| Artist | Storöy | Resides | Norway |
| Website | sivstoroy.no | Medium | Photoshop Mixed Media Digital Art |
| Print Shop | sivstoroy.no/shop | [email protected] | |
| Follow the Artist | Themes | Women Mythology Dark art Melancholy Mysticism Fantasy | |
| Press | sivstoroy.no/bio |
About the artist
Storöy is a contemporary graphic artist and illustrator based in Hamar, Norway. She thinks of herself as a visual storyteller; influenced and inspired by her background on the coast of Northern Norway, a region known for its many myths and folk tales. Growing up in a solitary fjord surrounded by majestic mountains and glaciers, she was drawn to the mystery of nature. She found herself constantly reading, drawing and creating narratives with mythical creatures and empowered women. At an early age she was drawn to various creative subjects but had a hard time deciding what field she should study. As a result, she decided not to exclude any of them, but rather combine several disciplines. Her education and creative merits span from from graphic design to illustration and fine art, accomplished amid Oslo and Milan. As a result, her images may be difficult to categorize, as they often consist of a mix of multiple directions. She thinks of her works as unfinished stories or scenes, and her characters often carry a sub-tone of otherworldly and mysterious illusion to them.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Storöy blends aspects of nature details, fashion and geometrical shapes with a poetic approach, creating stylised depictions of her female characters. The female personas, either presented on their own, or as part of a larger narrative scene, inhabit dreamy landscapes or worlds, inspired by stories, myths and fairytales. Creating female figures with a technique structured and developed over years, her work allows her to constantly explore new ways of presenting them.
Storöy has always been fascinated by exploring strength and vulnerability in feminine archetypes. Through her work, she tries to move into an interdisciplinary collaboration between traditional, hand-crafted techniques and digital infusion. It is an exploration, allowing her to to use a variety of methods and angles in each image. Her works inhabit a somewhat haunted and ethereal appearance, inviting the viewer to move into a space of juxtaposition of fantasy and reality.
Press
Storöy’s works have been published in magazines such as Creativpaper, Art Reveal Magazine, Veneno Magazine, Creative Booom Magazine, Blanc Magazine, Favriver Magazine, Acuzar Magazine and Aloa Magazine.
CV
Education
2007 Vika Art Academy, Oslo, Norway
2005 Fine Art, Nuova Accademia de Belle Arti, Milan, Italy
2003 Mac Design, MI, Oslo, Norway
2000 Graphic design & illustration, MI, Oslo, Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Convergence, Gallery Ether, Tokyo, Japan
2020
Little Treasures, Gallery Ateneo de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
2019
Little Treasures, Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, Italy
2018
Itinerary Firenze-Londra, Mentana Art Gallery, London, England
Mystery as Muse, Gallery AG, New York, United States
Raw, Digital Art Factory, Rome, Italy
STROKE 2018 Art Fair, Munich, Germany
