Noah Alveberg’s ongoing preoccupation with the bodily landscape, identity, ecology and history lends his works their multi-layered subject matter, fuelled by a variety of historical, mythological and literary sources. These include references to Greek and Hindu mythology, alchemy, kabbalah and tantric symbolism.
Noah’s practice has developed through the accumulation, mingling and reworking of themes, motifs and constellations which recur across diverse media. The language of material plays an essential role in his works, ellipsoids of sap or metallic spheres radiate out beyond the surface of the work—transforming matter into energy.

Highly symbolic connections emerge from sap, earth, metals and the inclusion of found objects such as river stones, whale vertebraes, tools and model ships. Organic materials like sap are associated with circulation in the life cycle of the tree, between heaven and earth–the proverbial tree of life and knowledge incarnates a state of wholeness, alienation and reconciliation. Many of his chosen materials and themes contain alchemical references, such as the transmutation of metals into gold that becomes a metaphor for spiritual enlightenment—for the alchemists, metals were alive.

He creates symbolic spaces inside the landscapes, inside the bodies, following a rigorous process of conception. Ritual plays a central role in the process of subtraction from, and excavation of the image. Creating riverbeds inside the work calls on nature to finish the work using the force of gravity, accommodating the volition of the material itself.

He considers himself a vehicle for ideas of universality and timelessness already present in nature. The mountains recalls the bond of the sky with the earth. Bodies mediate this bond, this permeability of opposites. Cinnabar evokes a dialectics of states, as it turns from stone to liquid quicksilver when subjected to extreme heat. This turn from dry to liquid, overcoming the ordeal by fire was for the alchemists a symbol of their work—matter becomes energy and they’re ultimately the same thing.

The drop recalls the bindu, the first seed that contains, in repose, all manifestation—dripping from heaven down onto the earth stone, it constitutes a vertical tension that aligns the planes of the world. Aligning the landscape with the axis of the human body universalizes this dyad—in the geological epoch we are now in: “the anthropocene”, Earth indeed behaves like a human being with agency, and we behave like a vulcano in terms of energetic expenditure. Channelling these principles, his works invite a contemplative, even meditative, engagement from the viewer.

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DOB: 31/05/1990
Based in: Oslo, Norway

Education
BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London | 2009–2012
Drawing studies under Guro Giske | 2004–2006

Solo Exhibitions
Gjengangere: Psyche ist ausgedehnt, weiss nichts davon, Galleri A-minor, Oslo | 2015
Sol, Galleri A, Oslo | 2012
DESCENT, Galleri A, Oslo | 2010

Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Juleutstilling Vinter, Fineart, Oslo | 2022
Syndere i Sommersol – Kollektiv Sommerutstilling, Fineart, Oslo | 2018
A-Laget UTVALG Sommer, Galleri A, Oslo | 2018
A-Laget UTVALG Jul, Galleri A, Oslo | 2017
Finearts Juleutstilling, Fineart, Oslo | 2012
A-Laget UTVALG Julen, Galleri A, Oslo | 2012
Finearts Juleutstilling, Fineart, Oslo | 2011
A-Laget UTVALG Julen, Galleri A, Oslo | 2011
A-Laget UTVALG Sommer, Galleri A, Oslo | 2011
A-Laget UTVALG Vinter, Galleri A, Oslo | 2010
A-Laget UTVALG Sommer, Galleri A, Oslo | 2010
A-Laget UTVALG, Galleri A, Oslo | 2009
Galleri Nordstrand, Oslo | 2008

Collections (Selected)
Swedbank FIRST Securities | 2010
NHO – Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise | 2009
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services | 2009
iSurvey – Offshore Surveyors | 2008

Film & Media
Contributing Artist – LOOK UP—The Science of Cultural Evolution (2024)
Directed by Nini Myhrvold & Dr. Espen Folmo
Multi-award-winning animated documentary exploring cultural and psychological evolution. Alveberg contributed three original artworks featured throughout the film. LOOK UP received Best Feature Documentary at the Cannes World Film Festival, London Movie Awards, and Hollywood Gold Awards, among numerous international recognitions.

Talks & Presentations

“Yoga as an Instrument for Self-Regulation”
The Oslo Body Psychotherapy Conference (OsloMet) | October 05, 2024
Workshop exploring the relationship between breath, movement, and the autonomic nervous system. Focus on exhalation and forward bends as tools for state regulation, with real-time HRV tracking through pulse bands.

“The Anatomy of the Subtle Body”
International Summer University, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) | August 19, 2023– A Comparative Exploration of Reich’s Seven Segments and the Seven Chakras.