Johanne Hestvold

Beholder #2 / Container #2. Acrylic One and fiberglass, 240 x 90 x 148 cm. Installation view from the exhibition Sol og Vår i Januar at the Astrup Fearnley Museum in 2018. — Beholder #2 / Container #2 Acrylic One and fiberglass, 240 x 90 x 148 cm. Installation view from the exhibition Sol og Vår i Januar at the Astrup Fearnley Museum in 2018.

Johanne Hestvold is an artist and sculptor, based in Oslo. Through her practice she reworks familiar objects and materials into new shapes in order to challenge the ways we approach our familiar environments. She uses different materials, such as mycelium composite, a material where mycel (the root-like structure of a fungus) grows around hemp fibres, magnetic foils and iron powder, pieces of energy infrastructure and mass-produces consumer goods. Her sculptures evolves in dialog with and in relation to their surroundings.

Johanne Hestvolds website.

Commemoration (Treptower Park).
Mycelium composite and reinforced concrete, 126 x 155 x 50 cm. — Commemoration (Treptower Park).
Mycelium composite and reinforced concrete, 126 × 155 × 50 cm.

Edification (Oslo Botanical Garden). Mycelium composite and reinforced concrete, 46 x 177 x 88 cm. Commissioned for the Sculpture triennial 2021 in Tøyenparken, by The Association of Norwegian Sculptors. Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein. — Edification (Oslo Botanical Garden). Mycelium composite and reinforced concrete, 46 × 177 × 88 cm. Commissioned for the Sculpture triennial 2021 in Tøyenparken, by The Association of Norwegian Sculptors. Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein.

Hestvold has studied at Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Malmö Art Academy and Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki. Recent exhibitions includes “Kontakt” at Norwegian Sculptor Society, “Earthworks” at Bergen Kunsthall, “Grainy showers, coarse base” at KRAFT Bergen (collaborative project with Alexandra Hunts and Andreas Tegnander). Her work has been shown at amongst other the Astrup Fearnley Museum, The National Museum Oslo, RADIUS Delft, and Stavanger Art Museum.