ANNE GUDRUN SEJERSEN

ABOUT ME

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I am a trained artist with a degree in Fine Art Printmaking, art history and contextual studies from Robert Gordon University, Gray´s School of Art, Scotland. However, since graduating I have mainly made a living by teaching Fine Art. My name is Anne Gudrun Sejersen.

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I work in a wide variety of media. I especially enjoy making site specific work with a theme. I enjoy investigating a given problem and finding the story it is telling me. For example, 'what is important in this space and how does it relate to its surroundings?' and 'how can I best communicate my reflections of the life lived there combined with that which I find interesting and important?', 'how much can I reveal without stepping over the line?' or 'how can I change this space, so that we see it with fresh eyes and from new angles?'

Transformation - opening up the world to others in order to point to that which I find important. It really is about finding and telling narratives which unite us. The process is often painful and also necessary and sometimes meditative. Once in a while I think I should just make something pretty - lovely decorations for peoples walls. Being an artist can so easily become just about one’s own navel - a narcissistic exploration. Also the art world today is very much about money and one’s success is measured in how well the work sells. I think we need to be more socially conscious - look at the world around us and see our connection with it.

In a way I am attempting to reveal myself to others – i.e. by telling stories about myself and

how I see the world – I try to make meaningful connections between my past experiences,

the way I act and react in my present life and my conception of the future and how I would

like to shape it. I hope to avoid the superficial.