Yngvar Larsen lives and works in Oslo, Norway.

Yngvar Larsen has maintained a diverse artistic practice for more than 30 years, working across installation, sculpture, painting and print making. Rooted in a conceptual and contextual tradition, his practice is primarily idea-driven rather than style-driven. His work engages with fundamental questions concerning life, with recurring references to politics, ethics and religion.

Larsen’s commissioned works are represented at institutions including Rikshospitalet and the Institute of Psychology in Oslo. His work has been acquired by the Arts Council Norway on several occasions and is held in the collections of the National Museum and a number of private and public collections. Since completing his studies in 1992, Larsen has received numerous grants and project supports.

For extended periods over the past 30 years, Larsen has lived and worked internationally, including in Hong Kong, Rotterdam, Miami and Waterloo, Belgium.

1966 Born in Oslo
1984-1986 Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway
1988-1992 Vestlandets Kunstakademi (KHiB), Bergen, Norway
1991 College of Art, Kumasi, Ghana

Professional Experience

2021 Parttime teaching, Associate Professor, Institute of Landscape Architecture, NMBU, Ås, Norway
2024–2025 AHO, Oslo, Norway
2000–2005 Associate Professor, Institute of Landscape Architecture, NMBU, Ås, Norway
2021-2025 Chair of the Board, Østfold Kunstsenter, Norway

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2026 Perennis, snø galleri, Oslo
2025 Marengo, Kasematt, Oslo
2022 The Waterloo Battlefield Paintings, Nordstrand Kulturarena, Oslo
2021 Oblat, Jar Church with Eli Eines, Oslo
2020 Thirteen Colonies, Rederiet, Nordstrand Kulturarena, Oslo
2020 EN KOPP FOR HVER VILLE TIGER, Nordstrand Kulturarena, Oslo
2020 DRIVE THRU DAVIE, photographs from the archive, Nordstrand Kulturarena, Oslo
2016 LYNX LYNX, Medieval Week in Numedal
2015 DRIVE THRU DAVIE, Montly, Nesodden, Oslo
2015 DRIVE THRU DAVIE, Jotunheimen Gallery, Davie/Miami
2012 Nærmere deg, Munch Museum, Oslo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 Postcards from the Edge 2026, Visual Aids/Berry Campbell Gallery, New York
2025 November Exhibition, Drammen BBK, Drammen Museum,Oslo
2025 Multippel 25, Nova Huta, Fredrikstad
2024 Atelie Studio, Oslo
2024 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids/Berry Campbell Gallery, New York
2023 PAVILJONG I , Paviljongen i Hvervenbukta, Oslo
2023 Hvitsten Salong,Hvitsten
2023 Østlandsutstillingen,Buskerud Kunstsenter, Østfold kunstsenter, Drammen, Fredrikstad
2023 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids/Ortuzar Projects, New York
2022 Skisser Atelie Studio, Oslo
2022 Multippel 2022, Project Room Helium, Fredrikstad
2022 One Painting, Three Sculptures, Four Events, Gamle Aker Church, Oslo
2021 Rykk tilbake til start (igjen), Atelier Studio, Oslo
2021 UTBRUDD!, Rogaland Art Centre, Stavanger
2021 RISS!, Østfold Art Centre
2021 Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnerneshus, Oslo
2021 Kunstrom Skogen, Nærsnes
2019 Markus Brendmoe and Friends,Munch’s Studio, Ekely, Oslo
2018 Darker #5 : Her der hvor som helst , Kunstpassasjen, Oslo
2018 Multipelmarked, Prosjektrom Helium, Fredrikstad
2018 #METOO, Kunst på arbeidsplassen / Art in the Workplace
2018 Between the Lines, Women’s Museum,Kongsvinger
2018 Between the Lines, KHIO, Oslo
2016 KUNSTLAND
2015 MONTHLY , Group Exhibition
2015 Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, Oslo
2015 OTTO PLONK . STANDARD, Oslo

Public Art and Commissions

2022-2026 Hvilende tårn, Tromsø (work in progress)
2021 Two Sculptures Two Meters Apart, Kunstrom Skogen, Nærsnes
2017 Ephemerality – A Permanent Collection, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, University of Bergen, Bergen
2005-2006 Institute of Psychology, Blindern, Oslo, with Josefine Lyche, Hennie Ann Isdahl and Christian Montarou
2005 Agderklinikken, Kristiansand

Selected Public Collections

National Museum, Oslo
Municipal Art Collection,
Arts Council Norway: 1992, 2002
Randers Municipality, Denmar