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Aase Birkhaug ICA
International Certified Artist

Believing that surroundings can influence one` s health and mind Painter and Physiotherapist Aase Birkhaug has combined her two passions by painting roses for a soothing effect on humans.
I am compared to the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo who said I paint flowers so that they shall not die and I say I paint Roses so that I shall not die. The impact on humans from nature, flora, botanics and for me the most beautiful flower The Rose. We often search for answers to our questions and believe the complicated answer to be the solution to the complicated question. It is not always like that, if we use the words of the English Association of Healers: Healing is gentle, simple and effective. Having fallen in love with flowers, nature and painting from early age, it was only natural to merge these factors together at some point, and by combining the aesthetic beauty of botany with her skills as a painter. It is documented that colors have an effect on the sensory system, and some years ago I made the waiting room in my physiotherapy office into an exhibition for my paintings, so I discovered that it influenced the patients mental state. My paintings are regularly described as very soft and mild. The color combinations I use are tastefully and delicately fused to make a motif that can be described as very soothing to the eye. I discovered several years ago that Roses have a positive effect on me, almost like a “healing”, and the combination of the smell and the sight feels like a meditation, bringing about a certain calmness, which is something I try to reflect in my paintings. I do my paintings in different media Aquarelle Tempera Gouache Oil Acrylics and Pastel.

I have had exhibitions both in Norway and several countries abroad, internationally during the years 1990 2020. 90 international art exhibitions and art Biennales in the period 2016 2020. The most important

Palazzo Rosso Genova Italy 2016 Una Rosa e Una Rosa
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery New York 2016 2017 2018
Florence Biennale 2017
Solo Exhibition Rome Italy 2018 The Rose Garden at Galleri Il Collezionista
Chianciano Biennale 2018
Hageumung Museum South Corea Art Festival 2018 .
London Art Biennale 2019
Solo Exhibition Fana Culture House 2019 The Rose Garden Bergen Norway

Since 2016 I have received 86 international art awards and international art prizes.
I have received many international art critics from known international art curators during the period 2016 2020.
A long list of publications as articles and books about my art published internationally the last four years as well in Switzerland, Monaco, Canada, Italy, London UK, Germany, Netherlands, Marocco, France, Middle East, Denmark, USA, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Philippines, Dubai, Argentina and Norway.

My book THE ROSE GARDEN published march 2018 in London United Kingdom and Museo di Chianciano
My Book Artistic Visions published june 2017 in New York Amsterdam Whitney Gallery

Aase Birkhaug ICA
ICA International Certified Artist