Edvarda Braanaas was born in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 1963. Her artistic training started in Italy, Venice1985. In 1986 she attended the National Academy of Art in Oslo for four years. Her later study in art history was completed at the University of Oslo in 1995. Edvarda has organized and participated in several solo and joint exhibitions. Her paintings and prints are represented nationally at Galleri Tonne, Galleri Heer, Galleri BOA, Galleri Steen, Galleri Kunstverket, Galleri Skårer, Ålesund Kunstforening, Kulturhuset Øvre Frednes, Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri etc. Since 2000 she has participated twice at the International Triennial of Graphic art in Macedonia and Egypt. In 2005 she recieved vederlagsfondet scholarship for artists. In 1995 he was given the Chr. Lorck and Shives Legat, and received public support the same year. In addition to Edvarda`s artistic activity she has been engaged in work related to art and communication at the Munch Museum, Høstutstillingen, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern art etc. Edvardas artistic purpose is to express a sense of beauty and sensuality, through a creative process where her greatest concern lies in materializing these visions, as narratives of individuals in different situations and settings. To fulfil her ideas she uses fragments of already existing icons from art and life. She rearranges the images by exploring new connections that reveal dreams and desires where the conscious and unconscious remain fluid. Her sense for the tension between chaos and perfection is an underlying aspect of her art. The crafted image strives to express a balance between harmony and disorder until it becomes a poem of suggestion and allusion. As she deals with myth of life and beauty, her inner wish is to offer the viewer a room for reflection and joy.
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