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Art education
1987–1991 University of Art and Design, Gothenburg (MFA)
1986–1987 Art Academy, Bergen
1985–1986 Drawing / Form / Color, Husflid School, Kristiansand

Solo exhibitions
2024 Galleri Gulbrandsen, Flekkefjord Art Association, “Ambivalence”
2023 Agder Museum, “DGB ITPD It’s Fine – Don’t Think About It”
2021 Vestbygda Chapel, Farsund, solo exhibition, painting, “Whirls”
2021 Agder Museum, “Necessary Efforts”
2019 Galleri Farsund, installation/painting, “Polymer”
2018 Kristiansand City Hall, painting/installation, “Polymer”
2018 Galleri Aspect, Kristiansand, solo exhibition – painting/installation, “Polymer”
2013 Lista Driftwood Museum, “Mental Hats”
2011 Lista Driftwood Museum, “Alter Ego”

Group exhibitions
2025 T I D, Mandal
2024 Galleri Lista Lighthouse, “Art & Kitsch”
2024 Søgne Old Vicarage, “Blood, Sweat & Tears”
2023 North Sea Folk Music Festival, installation, “Ballad for a Laundry”
2022 Grant Exhibition Agder, sculpture, “Holy Navel”
2022 Anniversary Exhibition, Farsund Art Association
2022 Kunstpunkt Lista AKS, “Habitat 2022”
2022 Southern Norway Exhibition (Sørlandsutstillingen), 2 works
2022 KUNSTiLÅVEN, installation, “Aftermath”
2021 Nordberg Fort, “Lista in Art”, installation
2014 Southern Norway Exhibition (Sørlandsutstillingen), sculpture
2017–2025 Annual exhibitions at Galleri Farsund and Farsund Art Association

Juried exhibitions
2022 Grant Exhibition Agder
2022 Southern Norway Exhibition (Sørlandsutstillingen), 2 works
2022 Second jury round, Annual Exhibition, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
2014 Southern Norway Exhibition (Sørlandsutstillingen), 1 work

Acquisitions
2024 Flekkefjord Art Association, 2 works
2024 Arts Council Norway, illustrations for the book
           “SMELL – The Story of a Faded Sense” by Bjørn Berge, Spartacus Publishing

Grants
2022 Grant from the Relief Fund for Visual Artists (Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond), 
             Grant Exhibition Agder

Positions
2023 Jury member, Grant Exhibition in Agder
2026 Representative Assembly, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts 
           (Norske kunsthåndverkere), deputy
2027 Nomination Committee, Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts 
           (Norske kunsthåndverkere), deputy

Memberships
Member of Norwegian Visual Artists (Norske Billedkunstnere), since 2021
Member of Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts

             (Norske Kunsthåndverkere), since 2024

Upcomming exhibitions
2026 Agder Art Centre, Imaginations of Scent, March/April

 

Education and workexperience
Education and professional experience in graphic design, book illustration, branding and product development, animation, technical drawing, and fashion design.
Agricultural education, Bachelor in Early Childhood Education
and “Director” of Norway’s smallest teddy bear factory: www.bjornefabrikken.no