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Finn Eirik Modahl (born 1967) is a Norwegian multidisciplinary artist whose work spans from large scale public artworks and site specific installation to performance art. He specializes in conceptual art, using various forms of expression and materials. Modahl is the artist behind – among others – "Konglo", the pine cone sculpture in Sotra outside Bergen, Norway, and Elektra, the National Monument for Water Power in Tyssedal, Norway. He is most recognized internationally for SOL - a futuristic and innovative project where contemporary art and new forms of habitation interact with each other. The project has been named among the world's 50 most influential art works since 1879 by Amy Dempsey in her book, Destination Art, published by Thames & Hudson (2011). The SOL project was featured in Pythagoras, a Dutch match magazine, in November 2010, and has also received admiration from award-winning mathematics writer Ivars Peterson for its geometric truncated icosahedron form.

Modahl has a diverse background from engineering and urban planning, and has served as head of a number of committees for public art. His earlier career experience includes working with a design bureau and as creative director of an IT firm.

Modahl lives and works in Bergen, Norway.

Selected works

 * 2014 "Konglo" copper sculpture in Bergen/Sotra
 * 2013 Code sculpture at FEH. Norwegian Defense Intelligence School (NORDISc).


 * 2012 "Ledelys" / "Beacon" 5 sculptures/Installations placed according to Goethe's color wheel. In Bergen/Fana.


 * 2011 Javel Sculpture/installation at Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand. Kilden is the home of Agder Regional Theatre, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Opera Sør.


 * 2005 SOL / Pulse Sculpture Project


 * 1999 Elektra, National Monument for Water Power in Tyssedal, Norway. - Interactive sculpture

Career

 * 2010 Head supervisor, the department of specialized art, KHiB
 * 2009 Supervisor, the department of specialized art, KHiB
 * 2008 Curator VU08 -Vestlandsutstillingen 2008
 * 2004-06 Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall. Director
 * 2001-04 Electric Farm. Creative Director.

Education

 * 1995-99 KHiB
 * 1992-94 Art Studies, University of Bergen.
 * 1990 United Nations Forces, Lebanon, Officer.
 * 1989 Theatre science, University of Bergen.
 * 1988-89 Royal Norwegian infantry officer training school/Border Ranger, Norwegian/Soviet border.