BIO
Eirik Lyster (b.1985, Stavanger, Norway) mainly works with drawing but uses also painting, sculpture and performance as medium, where he creates new mythologies in his very own dreamlike landscapes. His works have been shown at the Autumn exhibition (2022), The National Museum's display room Mellomstasjonen (2018), History Museum (2017) and Astrup Fearnley Museum (2013). Lyster has also made a cover art for the band Highasakite (2018). Identity, occultism, nature, sexuality, death and personal iconography are central themes in Eirik Lyster's artistry.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I want to depict the breaking point between the soulful and reality. The transition between the dramatic and the beautiful inspires me, how death and corruption are simultaneously surrounded by the beauty of nature. Such as looking at bruises on animal carcasses. How blood transitions to fur, skin, bone and forms a sort of washed-out rainbow on the body where there is bruises. Since everything is perishable, I think it is interesting to create something that will live beyond my human existence.
Eirik Lyster (b.1985, Stavanger, Norway) mainly works with drawing but uses also painting, sculpture and performance as medium, where he creates new mythologies in his very own dreamlike landscapes. His works have been shown at the Autumn exhibition (2022), The National Museum's display room Mellomstasjonen (2018), History Museum (2017) and Astrup Fearnley Museum (2013). Lyster has also made a cover art for the band Highasakite (2018). Identity, occultism, nature, sexuality, death and personal iconography are central themes in Eirik Lyster's artistry.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I want to depict the breaking point between the soulful and reality. The transition between the dramatic and the beautiful inspires me, how death and corruption are simultaneously surrounded by the beauty of nature. Such as looking at bruises on animal carcasses. How blood transitions to fur, skin, bone and forms a sort of washed-out rainbow on the body where there is bruises. Since everything is perishable, I think it is interesting to create something that will live beyond my human existence.