Lova Hiselius

(b. 1997, Stockholm) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. Her main mediums are painting, sculpture and installation. Her works explore absence and presence through motifs extracted from her surroundings. She is currrently completing her MFA at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. 

hiselius.lova@gmail.com
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Bli / Stay

solo exhibition at Centralbanken, Oslo. Glass work made in collaboration with glass artist Åsa Elida Wigum.


documentation by Johan Andrén,
full documentation available on request.


click here for exhibition text. february  2025

Safty Curtain / Empty man, Simon Mullan&Lova Hiselius

duo exhibition at Podium, Oslo. Curated by Sara-Lovise Ask Ewertson and Joel Billekvist. Textile and tile work by Simon Mullan, paintings by Lova Hiselius.

sound performace during the opening night by Ekaterina Burlyga (Deep water Cycle).

documentation by Erik Mowinckel,
full documentation available on request.


august - september  2024

Commonplace

Stop Sign
epoxy and discarded jewellery

group exhibition in Akademirommet, Kunstnerernes Hus, Oslo. 

MFA class of year 2023 - 2025


documentation by Åsa Båve.

may  2024

Somnambulance

group exhibition in White Box, Oslo National Academy of the Arts. 

participating artists: George McGolddrick, Nils Elvebakk Skalegård, Signe Greve, Lova Hiselius & David Noro.


documentation by David Noro

click here for exhibition text and list of works.


march  2024

Lilleborg fresco

experiments from a two week workshop in al fresco and al secco painting,  at the Mural Workshop in Lilleborg, Oslo.

sand, chalk, water, pigments

october  2023

OsloCity#12

Smycke I, Smycke II, Smycke III
oil and oil pastel on canvas

Juliteckningar 
oil pastel on stenograph paper, pillow cases

exhibited at Billedkunstnerne i Oslo, curated by Hedda Grevle Ottosen and Ida Charlotte Nilsen. Room installation view with works by Leon Lindgren and Ilavenil Vasuky Jayaplan.

documentation by Jacky Jaan-yuan Kuojuly 2023

FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL/ Avgang 2023

Reva / Rip

light box, pearls, curtain, wooden frame

Exhibited as part of the BFA degree show at Oslo Kunstforening. Room installation view with video work by Karla Bring Uddén.

documentation by Einar Fuglemmay 2023

Smältvatten

trinkets, magnets, pearls, mirror foil, and a one page publication

Exhibited at Breadbox Contemporary, a student driven gallery space located in a breadbox in the canteen at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
april 2023

Världens Gulligaste tjej

cotton canvas, charcoal, plastic and metal objejcts, clay, tiles, pearls

Exhibited at Skylight, Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

full documentation on request
september 2022

           

Lova Hiselius b. 1997 Stockholm

Education

2023 - 2025     MFA Oslo National Academy of the Arts

2020 - 2023     BFA Oslo National Academy of the Arts

2018 - 2020     Konstskolan Idun Lovén

2014 - 2016     Södra Latins Gymnasium, Bild och form-programmet


Solo exhibitions

2025        Bli / Stay, Centralbanken, Oslo

2023        Smältvatten, Breadbox Contemporary

2022        Världens gulligaste tjej, Skyligt, Oslo National Academy of the arts

2021        Make out desk & Other works, Seilduken 2, Oslo National Academy of the arts


Group exhibitions

2025        upcoming: MFA degree show, Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo

2024       One Week Only, Sorgenfri, Oslo

                Safty Curtain, Simon Mullan & Lova Hiselius, Podium, Oslo

                Commonplace, Akademirommet, Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo 
                 
                 Painters Club:  In the archive, Seilduken 2 & Skylight, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

                 Somnambulance, White Box, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
 
2023       Foreplay, Hammersborggata 19, Oslo

                Melkebutikken, Sorgenfri, Oslo

                Open Academy, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

                Entrada, P0, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

               OsloCity#12, Billedkunstnere i Oslo

               Avgang 2023 / FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL, Oslo Kunstforening

               Vårsalongen 2023, Liljevalchs, Stockholm

               Give us a mountain, Kuva, Helsinki

2022    Open Academy, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

               The Opening of Akademirommet autumn 2022, Akademirommet Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo

               Cruella Novella part 1, Seilduken 1, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

               13 Strangers, 8 languages, 7 walls, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

                The losers that can’t afford holiday 2, Akademirommet Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo

                Alger og bystøv, Galleri Gayah, Åretak Brygge, Oslo

               ”Oåg landskapet av oss, ligger vi der til det som kan gi evigeheten”, Akademirommet Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo                         

                  Sex Exhibition, GalleriKIT, Trondheim

2021         Artist Supermarket, Sorgenfri, Oslo

                    Open Academy, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

2020        Inne-håll-ut, Konstskolan Idun Lovén, Stockholm

                    Lova Hiselius x Andreas Widoff, Galleri Hallen, Konstskolan Idun Lovén, Stockholm                            

2019        Konstskolan Idun Lovéns vårutställning, Stockholm                         

2014        Ung Vårsalong, Liljevalchs, Stockholm



Grants

2020     Stiftelsen Gustaf & Ida Unmans donationsfond 
2025     Kulturdirektoratets Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere                                          


Residencies

2023     OsloCity#12, Podium Summer Residency,  Oslo                    

2019     Tomma Rum sommarresidens, Arjeplog 


Other

2024    Student representative in admission committee for the BFA-program, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

2023     Participant in Fresco course in the Fresco workshop in Lilleborg, Oslo

                Assisting painter for Vinge/Müller’s production Byggmester Solness, Det Norske Teatret, Oslo

                Student representative in admission committee for the BFA-program, Oslo National Academy of the Arts

2020     Student representative in admission committee for painting program, Konstskolan Idun Lovén, Stockholm

2019     Oil portrait for the cover of the short film Wimbledon (Barbosa film As, 2019)