Yngve Henriksen's source of inspiration has always been the landscape he lives in, Lofoten. He is a storyteller and processes experiences, impressions and experiences in his images. The stories are about memories, contemporary times and everyday poetry.
Yngve Henriksen was born in 1965 and lives and works in Svolvær, a town in Lofoten in northern Norway. From 1983-1985 he studied basic arts and crafts in Lofoten and then continued his education from 1988-1990 at the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Design in Bergen. His public works include decorations for the Thon Hotel Lofoten, SAS Hotellet Svalbard, Oslo Tinghus, Kystverket Kabelvåg, Leknes Lufthavn, the University of Tromsø and the Central Hospital in Karlstad.
