Eram, Sum, Ero
Hi, I should use this first post to introduce myself. My name is Ellen Ringstad, I am 50/50 Portuguese/Norwegian, and for the time being a student of Fine Arts at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts. The last three decades I’ve been a curious student of many subjects, although it is within the realm of Art I feel most at home.
Humans have a tendency to categorize information in order to make it more understandable, but no category can fully describe a person. As an artist, and especially as an art student, one is required to write “artist statements”. Such statements can easily lock an artist into fixed categories from which it is difficult to escape.
Although I wish to dodge the pitfalls of categorization, it is clear that some subjects interest me more than others, which in turn affect my aesthetic expression(s). But with time, my taste is likely to evolve, interests will change, nothing will remain the same. Therefore I will not be tempted to write any general description of myself at this point. I hope only that I am, and always will be, able to learn and to evolve.
