Aulie is also known for her controversial performance art and guerilla marketing tactics to draw attention to her work, often employing nudity and dramatic gestures to do so.

In Norway Aulie, pregnant with her first child, juggled three odd jobs while she applied for the Bergen Academy of Art & Design.

After nearly being admitted twice in a row, Aulie decided to try and sell her paintings rather than continue to pursue a professional education.

Given Galleri Sand's creative reputation, they were contracted to help build brand awareness for Allkopi with the Norwegian public.

[6] To promote the partnership, Allkopi CEO Christian Paulsen "bought" a pair of Aulie's underwear as part of the deal.

[7] In a publicized gesture, Aulie pasted her panties onto a picture and swung a paintbrush over them to symbolically establish art for the partnership.

Priestess NYC, a favorite of supermodel Tyra Banks, artist Bjørk and actress Juliette Lewis, was one of the hottest fashion brands in 2010.

"[12] In September 2010, the pair debuted the collection alongside Aulie's original paintings in a show titled "Clowns, Chaos & Order" at Galleri Sand in NYC.

Ross described the show for Paper magazine: "Phantasmagoric, subversive, super-cool fashion meets abstract art, a directional fashion/art project that leverages surrealism, absurdism, shock-and-awe, technology and rigorous construction.

In 2007, Aulie caused a national stir when she took out a massive ad in the Norwegian publication Aftenposen's cultural section that consisted entirely of a photograph of her bare buttocks.

In March 2007 during a radio broadcast on NRK P3, Aulie accused artist Morten Abel and director Marius Holst of attempting to drug and rape her during a party in the mid 1990s.

[15][19][20] Aulie lives in the West Village neighborhood of New York City with her husband Aune Sand and their three daughters, Alba, Malove and Ava.