Erling Sjovold uses painting to explore the intersection of landscape and cultural history.
He received his BA in Studio Art from U.C. Berkeley and his MFA in Painting from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is included in the collections of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Sjovold has received numerous grants and residency awards, including the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, Ragdale, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, and the Hafnarborg Cultural Center in Iceland. His awards also include the Jessie Ball duPont Summer Fellowship, Georgia Council for the Arts Individual Artist Grant, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship.