08/30/2024

Quick Hits: Kristina Søbstad’s ‘Still’

Kristina Søbstad’s exhibition ‘STILL’ – on now through Feb. 24 at Katzman Art Projects in Halifax – is a collection of works centered around the beauty, chaos, and unpredictability of human experience. (Above: Let’s go at high tide, oil on canvas, 30”x40”)

Let your colours bleed and blend with mine, 2023, oil on canvas, 42 x 56″

Kristina Elise Øvrevoll Søbstad is a Canadian-Norwegian visual artist currently based in Nova Scotia, Canada. Søbstad earned a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2010.

Unbound IV, 2018, oil and chalk pastel on canvas, 142 cm x 172.5 cm x 4 cm via Canada Art Bank

Søbstad has participated in over 200 international group and solo exhibitions since 2007, most recently a residency and exhibition with the Museum of Modern Art in Chiloe, Chile. In 2019, her piece Unbound IV (above) was purchased by the Canada Council Art Bank for their permanent collection in Ottawa.

Kristina Søbstad’s website, here.

Her Instagram, here.

Katzman Art Projects, Halifax, here.

Image in banner at top of post: Dream each night of some version of you, oil on canvas, 30 x 48


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