Espen Surnevik (1973) has a personal practice based in Oslo, Norway. The practice focuses on building projects that reflect our time, but in light of the past and history. Espen Surnevik’s artistic work has its roots in his childhood, with origins in the depths of the rural west coast region of Norway. At the same time, he is also a product of growing up in a modernist, social-democratic Nordic country in the 1970s and '80s. In addition to the local and specific, he is also concerned with international and universal ideas, and the energetic friction that arises between these two different perspectives.
The development of his artistic work is also influenced by architectural history and classical architecture. This serves as a source for creating contemporary architecture in active dialogue with the past. All creation of architecture requires an implicit ability for an intuitive feeling for space. The practice, therefore, takes on all work where there is a shared will to seek new answers.
