Pop Art By Leikny

Leikny is an Norwegian Pop Art artist, under the pseudonym Leikny. Leikny has been living and working in the capital of Norway, Oslo.

Leikny is a Norwegian girl name with origins in the Old Norse words leikr, meaning "play", and nýr, meaning "new" or "young". Leikný was the Old Norse form of the name.

Leikny often paints celebrities and icons such as Clint Eastwood, Elvis Presley, Gandhi, Jayne Mansfield, David Bowie, Martin Luther King, Lennon, Hendrix, Sophia Loren, Godzilla, King Kong, Muhammed Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta…

But a very important part of Leikny's work is also devoted to the Native Indians, Holocaust and other oppressed people.

Leikny began drawing at a very young age, harboring a vague dream of becoming an artist. When the pandemic struck and forced the artist to live under strict lockdown measures, with movement drastically limited, Leikny's creative response unexpectedly led to the birth of a new Norwegian pop art star.

Leikny strive for straightforwardness in the work, using bold swatchs of primary colors, favored realism, everyday imagery and heavy doses of irony and wit. Leikny is very aware of the past and challenge traditional boundaries between mediums and techniques, merging illustration w...

Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology