Kontekst

Kontekst is a digital culture magazine published by the Norwegian union for arts and culture, Creo. I do editorial illustration for the psychology articles in Kontekst on a regular basis.

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in December 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about how ghosting has become a common affair when it comes to artists seeking work from potential clients.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in October 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about those who perform and their innermost motivator for doing art.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in June 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about how listening to yourself on tape can be brutal, but a valuable reality check.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in May 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about performance anxiety and how believing in yourself can make the difference between panic and execution.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in April 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about the paradox of the smartphone and the impossible balancing act it creates for artists.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in March 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about creative flow and allowing yourself to produce uncritically before your inner critic catches up.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in February 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about the fine line between being cooperative and losing yourself to compliance as a freelance performing artist.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in January 2025. The illustration is the main image for an article about how stage fright can be combated through positive exposure therapy.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in November 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about the importance of having good relationships in your life during job droughts as a freelancer.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in October 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about “coopetition” and why cooperating with competitors and partners is important.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in September 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about the practice dilemma - should you prioritize perfecting your strengths or strengthening your weaknesses?

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in June 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about perfect pitch and the mysterious people with this ability.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in June 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about attention span and inner and outer distractions.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in March 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about thinking differently about being nervous, and using it as a strength.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in January 2024. The illustration is the main image for an article about the struggle of balancing life as a parent and a performing artist.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in November 2023. The illustration is the main image for an article about the psychological needs you have as a freelance musician, and what happens when these are not met.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in November 2023. The illustration is the main image for an article about the mystical disease "musician’s dystonia”, which can affect professional musicians.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in August 2023. The illustration is the main image for an article about goal setting for stage artists.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in May 2023. The illustration is the main image for an article about how becoming a professional in the culture industry can be a motivation trap.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in February 2023 for the culture magazine Kontekst. The illustration is the main image for an article about impostor syndrome among stage artists.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in January 2023. The illustration is the main image for an article about how stress is the price freelancers in the culture industry have to pay for their ambitions.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in November 2022. The illustration is the main image for an article about an ongoing collective exhaustion in the culture industry after the pandemic.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in September 2022. The illustration is the main image for an article about how difficult, yet important giving and receiving feedback from colleagues in the culture industry can be.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in August 2022. The illustration is the main image for an article about how important a culture teacher can be in a child’s life.

 

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Editorial illustration for Kontekst, made in June 2022. The illustration is the main image for an article about the personality trait of “openness to experience”.