Ragnhild Jevne's work explore the relationship between human consumption, material value, and the resilience of nature.
With a background in industrial design, Jevne examines the objects and systems we create and the ease with which they become disposable. Gold leaf, a recurring material in her practice, challenges these perceptions of value, elevating ordinary manufactured objects through a material traditionally associated with preciousness and permanence.
More recently, her work has turned toward the natural world. Inspired by its ability to persist and reclaim spaces shaped by human activity, Jevne brings botanical forms into dialogue with machinery and industrial structures.
Through vivid color, intricate detail, and contrasting materials, she creates imagined environments in which nature gradually overtakes human invention. Rather than presenting an image of environmental despair, her work offers an optimistic vision of renewal, questioning what we choose to value and what ultimately endures.
Photography by: Alexander Heidel