Henrik uldalen

Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen is a self-taught artist whose creative production revolves around classic figurative painting, presented in a contemporary manner. Henrik explores the dark sides of life, nihilism, existentialism, longing and loneliness, juxtaposed with fragile beauty. Though a figurative painter, his focus has always been the emotional content rather than narratives. The atmospheres in his work is often presented in a dream or limbo-like state, with elements of surrealism…

you keep waiting for a savior but he never comesyou keep waiting for stories you’ll get to share with someone,the day passes by the nights are longwaiting for a glimpse of hopefor something o…

"Rue" Oil on wood 20x20cm 2017 Please contact @theunitlondon to purchase. This and four other paintings will be on display at Unit…

Portraiture deconstructed and reimagined

Henrik Uldalen is a London based artist well known for his emotionally-charged oil paintings of figures, often appearing weightless and diminishing into the background."My work is based on abstract ideas of existentialism and nihilism, and on loneliness and numbness," he says. "They’re fairly loose ideas, as they’re a direct translation of my changing emotional states." We first featured Uldalen on the cover of Hi-Fructose Vol. 24, and here on our blog, where we've seen the artist progress…

Henrik Aa. Uldalen on Instagram: "‘Flow’, on display at @jdmalatgallery in NYC today until 18.00"