Edvarda A Braanaas

Edvarda Aslaksen Braanaas is a Norwegian artist based in Los Angeles. Over the years she has developed a distinct style that melds various pop culture imagery with her love of literature, fashion, film and photography. Her approach is always with a narrative intent.

In addition to her fine art work, Edvarda has worked on numerous projects at the intersection of art and fashion, literature, and digital surfaces.

In 2011 she launched the iPhone app “The Lolita Story” featuring 52 illustrations inspired by Vladimir Nabokov’s world classic “Lolita”.

“Dostoyevsky's Heroines” - a series of paintings where she transformed five of the most prominent female characters in Fyodor Dostoevsky's authorship into modern day poster models - has been shown at several exhibitions.

Since 2011, Edvarda has worked in Los Angeles. She spent the first three years there developing a large scale painting series titled “Mnemosyne”. The series was completed in the spring of 2014.

1994 - 95 Art History, Bachelor, University of Oslo, Norway
1986 - 90 Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1985 - 86 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy

2013 Bølgen & Moi, Oslo, Norway
2010 Ålesund Art Association, Norway
2010 Telemark county gallery, Norway
2008 Hole Art Center, Norway
2008 Viva Lolita!, Maddox Arts, London , UK
2006 Galleri Tonne, Oslo, Norway
2002 Gallery OBK, Oslo, Norway
2002 Nord-Trøndelag County Gallery, Norway
2000 Kulturhuset Øvre Frednes, Norway
2001 Galleri Steen, Oslo, Norway
2000 Jacob Church of Culture, Oslo, Norway
2000 International Print Biennale, Macedonia
1998 Gallery Heer, Oslo, Norway
1996 Gallery Skarer, Lørenskog, Norway
1995 Hamar Art Association, Norway
1994 Alesund Art Association, Norway
1992 Henie Onstad Art Center, Ska, Norway

GRANTS & AWARDS
2006 Ingerid, Synnøve og Elias Fegerstens Foundation
2005 Visual Art Voters Work Grant - 1 year
1996 Art Award, District of Alna, Oslo
1995 Chr. Lorck & Schive's Legacy Grant
1995 Norwegian Department of Culture, debut-support