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ABOUT
Lena Vida (also known as Mária Magdolna Vida) is a Hungarian-Norwegian artist based in Oslo, Norway. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art, design and art mediation from OsloMet, and a master’s degree in film an literature from the University of Oslo - in addition to another bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Károli University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.
In Budapest, Vida studied drawing, illustration, and painting in the atelier of Hungarian graphic artist Lili Rontó for six years. In Denmark, she studied painting in the atelier of Russian painter Alexander Thieme, former painter to the Queen of Denmark. She currently works as an Assistant Professor of Art and Digital Development at the Department of Art, Design and Drama at the Oslo Metropolitan University.
She works with portrait painting, analog photography, sound and sensory art and the production of custom-made cameras. As an art mediator and teacher, she works towards diversity and inclusion of people with various backgrounds and stories.
Lena Vida with the work titled "The Singing Camera" (2022), an installation which invites the audience to take sound-selfies of themselves.
RECENT Experience
Assistant Professor of Art and Digital Development
Oslo Metropolitan University, Department of Art, Design and Drama
March 2023 – Present
Assistant Professor of Art, Design and Digital Media
Oslo Metropolitan University, Institute of Art, Design and Drama
August 2022 – March 2023
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Art Mediator
Fotogalleriet
Aug 2021 – Present
Vida Art
DIY Camera Course at Fotogalleriet, with support from Sparebankstiftelsen DNB
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Education
Bachelor in Art and Design: Art and Dissemination
Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, NO
Painting, Graphic Art, Photography
Art Mediation, Art History
2019-2022
Master of Philosophy in Literature
University of Oslo, Oslo, NO
Literature in English. Researched new female narratives in American fiction and film.
2015 – 2018
Vocational Art Degree
Einar Granum Kunstfagskole, Oslo, NO
Graphic Art, Painting, 3D Art, Photography
2016 – ​2018
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​Visiting Student with Scholarship
Calvin University, Michigan, USA
Creative Writing with Professor Lew Klatt, Poet Laureate of Michigan.
2014 – 2014
Bachelor in English Language, Literature and Culture
Karoli University, Budapest, HU
2011 – 2015
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Student with CIRRUS Art Scholarship
Højskolen på Helnæs, DK
Painting, Ceramics
2010 – 2011​
awards and scholarships
Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, 2022. Support for Vida's DIY Camera Course.
OXLO Mentorship, Oslo Museet, 2016-2017
Calvin University Scholarship - Creative Writing, 2014
CIRRUS Art Scholarship, 2010-2011
WAMP Design Award, juni 2010
EXHIBITIONS
Selected Exhibitions 2017-2022
Transformasjon: Group Exhibition with CraftHub EU. Gallery PP33 OsloMet, 26 October- 1 November 2023.
Diploma Exhibition, Gallery PP33, OsloMet. Oslo, May 2022.
Exhibition of Vida’s Pin Cameras: Deichman Bjørvika. Opening of the new library. In collaboartion with OsloMet Makerspace. June 2020.
Oi!. Photography Member Exhibition with Studentenes Fotoklubb. Gallery Chateau Neuf, March 2020. Photography.
Exhibition of Vida’s Pin Cameras: Jenter og teknologi and Opinion Breakfast Conferance. In collaboartion with OsloMet Makerspace. February 2020.
The Night. Photography Member Exhibition with Studentenes
Fotoklubb. Gallery Chateau Neuf, December 2018. Photography.
Fra framtid til fortid, Galleri VEKTA, Grunerløkka, July 2018.
Painting and camera-free photography.
Destinasjon. Photography Member Exhibition with Studentenes Fotoklubb. Gallery Chateau Neuf, May 2018. Photography.
Exhibition with the artist group “Art in Progress”, MIR, Oslo, April 2018. Painting.
Rhodes works, ART Park Gallery, Rhodes, Greece, August 2017. Painting.
The Lost Millenium, duo exhibition with Sirin Johnsen,
Galleri VEKTA, Grunerløkka, June 2017. Painting.
Selected Exhibitions prior to 2017
Chosen exhibitions before 2017:
Szimpla Kert, Budapest, Hungary. Painting.
Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary. Painting.
Dzzs Bar, Budapest, Hungary. Painting.
Komarom Fort, Komarom, Slovakia. Painting.
Breeding Art Festival, Assens, Danmark.
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