Per Dybvig, born in Stavanger (NO) in 1964, lives and works in Stavanger and Berlin. His main artistic medium is drawing, and in recent years he has spread his ideas across enormous formats, creating intricate drawings of wild and mysterious landscapes. A few years ago, his repertoire was dominated by complex drawings made from fragmented images from news media. With pictures resembling large mind maps, where political events act as footholds in a confusing pictorial landscape, he creates chaotic images reflecting the times in which we live. Nature is an essential factor in Dybvig’s body of work. Animals and birds take on humanoid forms and interact in subdued and beautiful yet frightening landscapes, carefully drawn with thin ink lines or depicted with ink wash and brush on large surfaces. Motion comes to the fore in Dybvig’s animation films dating from 2010. It is also at the centre of his work process, for his method involves rhythm and flow; emerging rapidly or slowly, his work is never predetermined. Balancing between the real and surreal, Dybvig questions the limits of reality through the medium of drawing.
Solo exhibitions (recent)
2019 Per Dybvig, Ringgalerie, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT).
2018 happy valley killer hare, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger.
Evig Din/Svartfossen, Christine König Galerie, Vienna.
Svartfossen, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger.
2017 Drawings, Møre og Romsdal kunstsenter, Molde (NO).
Group exhibitions (recent)
2019 Sculpture and Drawings, Werkstagalerie Hermann Noack, Berlin.
Disturbing Narratives, The Parkview Museum Singapore, Singapore (SG); The Parkview Museum Beijing, Beijing.
BOOKS * PAPERS II, Christine König Galerie, Vienna.
Tegnerforbundets utvalgte, bildebøker 2018, The Norwegian Drawing Association, Oslo.
Publications (recent)
DISTURBING NARRATIVES: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, exh. cat., The Parkview Museum Singapore, Singapore 2019.
The Salzburg Drawing Book, Salzburger Kunstverein/Christine König Galerie, Vienna 2019.
Svartfossen, Flamme Forlag, Oslo 2018.
www.galleriopdahl.no
www.christinekoeniggalerie.com
Portrait photo: Erik Sæter Jørgensen