Siri Aurdal

Siri Aurdal (20 October 1937 – 31 March 2026) was a Norwegian painter, graphic designer and sculptor. She came from an artistic family with parents textile artist Synnøve Anker Aurdal and painter Leon Aurdal. Ludvig Eikaas was her stepfather from 1959.

Although Aurdal was both a graphic designer and painter, her main field was sculpture and work with sculpture. She made her debut at the Høstutstillingen 1961 with a bust of Egil Eggen in brass. After that, she made a number of other busts of famous people, including Earle Hyman (1963) and Svend von Düring and Ludvig Eikaas (1965).

In February 1969, she won a competition to decorate schools in Oslo, and in October 1972 presented the sculpture "Havbølger" at Trosterud skole. It was 12 × 6 m glass fibre tubes cut in wavy shapes which serves as a play sculpture for 100 children.

Notable exhibitions 2016 Bølger i parken rekomponert, Vigelandsparken, Oslo 1980 Begrensninger dialog, at Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo. 1969 Omgivelser, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1968 Galleri Kringla, Oslo 1966 Kunstforeningen, Oslo

Collaborative exhibitions 2016 Aurdal/Mugaas, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1974 Tre generasjoner, Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo

Collaborative exhibitions 2017 The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale : Mirrored 2016 Inauguration of new space, Galleri Riis, Oslo 2015 Pop Etc.! Norsk popkunst 1964–1974, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Bærum, Norway. 2013 Hold stenhårdt fast på greia di, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo 1979 The 15th Biennial, Antwerpen, Belgium 1973 Arkitektonisk miljø, Galleri F15, Moss 1972 Norsk skulptur, Nordjyllands Museum, Aalborg, Denmark 1972 Synspunkter, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1971 Synpunkter, Arkiv för dekorativ konst, Lund, Sweden 1968 The Nordic Youth Biennial, Helsinki, Finland 1961–1963 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

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