The Mission of the Archangel Michael

Oil and acrylic on canvas, oak wood frame

180 x 120 cm
Unique

Josefine Lyche (b. 1973, Bergen) is educated from the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts. Lyche explores the relationship between a kind of nonfigurative, post-conceptual painting to a cosmic, psychedelic New Age iconography, mixed with references to a classical painterly visual language with some added esoteric properties. The works display a combination of materiality and striking visuality that points to the belief in a beyond which promises eternal spiritual enlightenment. She primarily works within the field of abstraction, having made a significant mark within painting and sculpture.

Lyches work has been acquired by numerous private and public collections, amongst others Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo, Oslo Municipality Art Collection, Caviar Factory Art Museum, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, KLP and Dnb-Nor.

(If a Man is a Man) A Woman is a God (group), Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen, NO
2023
Afterglow (solo), Kunstbanken, Hamar, NO
2023
SPACE FLING (solo), VAN ETTEN, Oslo, NO
2023
Stargaze (solo), Kristiansund Kunsthall, Kristiansund, NO
2022
Illuminations (solo), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2021
Jærtegn (solo), Kraft—Rom for kunsthåndverk, Bergen, NO
2020
En sen kveld (group), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2019
Olje og Begjær (group), QB Gallery og Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo, NO
2019
Neon, Argon, Krypton (group), Bærum Kunsthall, NO
2018
Norsk Minimalisme (group), Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo, NO
2018
Cosmic Shoutout (solo), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2018
PAINTING | OR | NOT (group), Caviar Factory, Henningsvær, NO
2017
Norsk Skulpturbiannele (group), Vigeland-Museet, Oslo, NO
2015 - 2016
Tilfældet Oslo (group), Ringsted Galleriet, Ringsted, DK
2015
Sculpture and Object XVII (group), Brattislava, SK
2012
WhiteOut (duo with Ane Graff), Festspillene i Nordnorge, Harstad, NO
2011
The Feast (group) curated by Marianne Zamecznik, European Culture Congress, Wroclaw, PL
2011
Give med Your Eyes (group), Kunstverein Köln Mulheim, Cologne, DE
2011
Short Notice-Stir Heart (group), Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, DK
2010
Stir Heart – Urolig hjerte (group), Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, NO
2010
Favoured Nations, MOMENTUM (group), 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, NO
2009
Dreamscapes (solo) curated by Erlend Høyersten, Sørlandet Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO
2009
Up Against The Wall / Pod cian (group), Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL
2008
Cosmic Dropout, Örebro Kunsthall, Örebro, SE
2007
Norsk Skulpturbiannele (group), Vigeland-Museet, Oslo, NO
2006