Born in Andoya, Northern Norway
Education:
- High school Sortland, Northern Norway 1965
- Foyer des Arts Plastiques Paris 1966-67
- National Art and Craft School Oslo 1968-69
- National Art Academt Oslo 1967-73
- Scholarship National Art Academy 1974-76
Solo exhibitions:
- Young Artists Society Oslo paintings 1972
- Listaskalan Torshavn Faroe Islands paintings 1973
- Vestfold Music Festival Larvik sculpture 1992
- North Norwegian Music Festival Harstad sculpture 1993
- Oslo Kunstforening (art society) sculpture 1995
- Cité Internationale des Arts Paris sculpture 1999
- Artists House Sortland sculpture 2000
- Eidsfoss Mansion sculpture and digital prints 2012
- Kulturfabrikken Sortland, models Golfstream Park, digital prints 2016
- Culture House BØLGEN (The WAVE) Larvik. sculptures and digital prints 2016
Collective exhibitions:
- The Fall Exhibition Oslo 6 times 1978-98
- «Sculpture Under Way» Oslo Bergen Trondheim 1980-81
- Baerum Art Society 1996
- «Norge 97» Goetenburg 1997
- Gallery F 15 Moss 1997
- Centre d’Art Microscopique de Paris 1999
- Art society «Worlds End» Tjoeme 2000
- Summer exhibition Fossekleiva Svelvik 2001
- Haugar Vestfold Art Museum Toensberg 2003
- «Halvdan Ljoesne (one of my professors at the Art Academy) with students» Baerum Art Society 2005
- Art society «Worlds End» Tjoeme 2012
National collections:
- Norwegian Cultural Council painting 1973
- National Gallery Oslo sculpture 1980 (Now in The Museum of Contemporary Art)
Public works:
- 21 works all together in Norwegian cities.
- 2 works in Croatian village Mimice 1997 and 2001
- 1 work at Ege University Izmir Turkey 2013
Travels and work stays:
- France Spain Algeria Tunis Greece Brasil Sri Lanka Nepal Svalbard Italy Croatia Vietnam Turkey
Positions of trust:
- Member of the art buying committee of The National Gallery 1981-83
- Member of The National Jury (The Fall Exhibition) 1996-97
- President World Art Games Norway since 2012
Languages:
- Norwegian (opens up also for Swedish and Danish)
- English and French fluent
- Navigate also in German Spanish and Italian
Miscellaneous:
- Awarded in a number of open competitions
- Participated in symposiums in Croatia 1997 and 2001 in Larvik Norway 2000 and in Izmir Turkey 2013
- Idea-provider for «Cultural Thanksgiving to the Gulf Stream» a cooperation between 6 municipalities in Vesteraalen Northern Norway 1999-2005
- Granted one year stay at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris 1999-2000
- Taken part in international theatre-project in France with stage sculpture (scenography) 2000-2003 with among others performance in La Comédie Francaise Studio in the Louvre complex
- Worked for several years trying to move the Norwegian government to become co-creators of a Gulf Stream Park in Andoeya Northern Norway as a permanent homage and thank you to our life-providing ocean current. Without it life at our latitudes would have proved very difficult if not impossible