MORTEN SLETTEMEÅS

Born 1975, Gvarv, Telemark, Norway.
Lives and works in Oslo

Morten Slettemeås was born in 1975. He grew up in Gvarv in Telemark. He now lives and works in Oslo. Slettemeås was educated at Einar Granum's Art School, 1996-1998 and the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, 1999-2003.

Slettemeås works with painting that alternates between the figurative and the abstract, with references both to art history, contemporary events and popular culture. By using his own ideas and experiences and putting them in context with international events, the work appears as a personal story telling. Several works are inspired by the tradition of landscape painters in Telemark, combined with impulses from the globalized world.

Morten Slettemeås is considered to be a resilient colorist, with his expressive and colorful paintings, often in large format.

He has shown his works in, among others, Kunsthall Grenland, Telemark Art Museum, Bomuldfabriken in Arendal, Lillehammer Art Museum, Haugar Art Museum, Sørlandets Art Museum, Stavanger Art Museum and Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Luis Potosí and Museo de la Cancillería in Mexico. Slettemeås has been purchased by, among others, Sørlandet's Art Museum, Malmø Art Museum, Oslo Kommunes kunstsamling and the Norwegian Cultural Council. In addition, he is represented in private collections in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Mexico and the United States.