Rika Maja Duevel is a global nomad and this triggers the nucleus of her work. With each new adventure, she finds new inspiration. Her artwork manifests from her daily experi-ences, the idea of capturing the moment. She allows herself to embrace or let go of each experience by sharing a piece of it with others. Her wish is that the observer might be able to pull their own experience from each piece. She often uses vibrant colors and pat-terns to document this story. A sketchbook always at her reach, is her portable way of cap-turing each idea as they come. This process has taken her all over the world and with each destination she documents a different story, a different moment.
Born in Stavanger, Norway, Rika Maja Duevel grew up surrounded by the icy fjords and mountains; they reminded her that there was always a new adventure to be had just over the next mountain or path. Now as an adult she carries this concept as she journeys for-ward. Her journey has now taken her to Amsterdam, the Netherlands and she was lucky enough to have an atelier in Treehouse, a creative space for artists in multiple disciplines located in the NDSM neighborhood of Amsterdam.