The Danish visual artist Svend-Allan Sørensen presents BEAT COLOUR BAM SLAM BOOM , his third solo exhibition in Oslo. Working at the intersection of visual art, literature, rural life and hunting culture, Sørensen has developed a distinctive graphic practice grounded in linocuts, woodcuts, etchings and lithography. Sørensen draws upon close, lived experiences of landscape and nature. His works revolve around themes of hunting, wildlife and the human relationship to the natural environment. Hunting forms both a thematic and experiential foundation within his artistic practice, shaping his imagery as well as his conceptual approach.
Text frequently appears alongside motifs of birds, tools and references to hunting traditions. Through printmaking, Sørensen situates these elements within a dynamic tension between tradition and contemporaneity, where questions of aesthetics, cultural inheritance and understandings of nature are explored with humour and precision.
Absurd Black and White Creeper, 2025
Absurd Ivory Billed Woodpecker, 2025
Svend-Allan Sørensen (b. 1975) is based in Tovstrup, Jutland. He was the QSPA prizewinner in 2014. He has exhibited widely in Denmark and internationally, and his graphic works are represented in both private and public collections.
Woodcut, 2015
QSPA Bispevika
The Queen Sonja Print Award exhibition space is centrally located in Bjørvika, the rising cultural hub of Oslo. Surrounded by architectural masterpieces like MUNCH, Vannkunsten, and the Deichmanske public library, this part of Bjørvika has become a trendy and stylish residential area where small cafes, bars, restaurants and galleries lay side by side.
The opening of the QSPA exhibition space in spring 2021 was an important milestone on the foundation's mission to raise public awareness of and interest in graphic art. By creating a meeting place that offers unique and high-quality fine art prints, the exhibition space highlights the excellence that exists in fine art printmaking today and makes it more available to people. We see it as the epicentre for graphic art, and a window for the world to witness the greatness of this genre.
The QSPA exhibition space hosts selected pieces by recipients of the Queen Sonja Print Awards and various artists from around the world, in addition to some of HM Queen Sonja’s own work. The foundation's association with the best artists and their works, makes it possible for the exhibition space to host events and exhibitions of high quality and international magnitude.
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