Gardar Eide Einarsson

Gardar Eide Einarrson
"An Inside Look at Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs", 2008, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 72" x 84"
Born	1976 (age 40–41) Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Known for	Painting, Installation art, Sculpture

Gardar Eide Einarsson (born January 12, 1976) is a Norwegian-born artist currently living and working in Tokyo and New York City.

Gardar Eide Einarsson (Norwegian, b. 1976) is an artist whose work encompasses installation, printmaking, painting and sculpture. In his work, he critically explores various forms of social transgression and arguments for political subversion and appropriates and recontextualizes imagery from subcultures. His artistic practice comprises a wide range of media, such as text, installations, and drawing.

Einarsson’s work incorporates acts of appropriation and the re-contextualization of imagery and information. He adopts and endows elements of cultural ephemera with a political charge, attempting to transform various materials into signifiers of dissent. His sources range from book cover graphics, mail-order catalogues, police instruction manuals, everyday objects and institutional architecture.

He lives and works in New York City and Tokyo.