Biography

Born in Stavanger, Norway 1973.

 

EDUCATION (SELECTED)

1998  Master of Art, Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of The Arts London, UK

1997  Bachelor of Art, Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, University of The Arts London, UK

1996  BFA Fine Art Painting, University of Houston, USA

1994  Fine Art Foundation, Kunstskolen i Bergen, Norway

EXHIBITIONS GROUP (SELECTED)

2017 Kunstrommet, Trondheim, Norway 

2013 Dør 13, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, Norway 

2011 R-Open, Stavanger, Norway

2011 Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway

2011 Base Camp, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway

2011 Sommerutstillingen, Albin Upp, Kunstkompaniet, Oslo,Norway

2010 Høstutstillingen, Sound of Mu, Oslo, Norway 

2002 The Fridge Gallery, London, UK

2002 Fresh Art Fair, London Business Design Centre, London, UK 

2001 Remote Sensing with Igloo Productions, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2000 Office Hours, Wickam House Business Centre, London, UK

2000 Living with the Dutch, Erlanger Road, London, UK

2000 Introduction services, Zwemmers Gallery, London, UK 

2000 Hard Candy, Westbourne Gardens, London, UK

2000 Multiples, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 

1999 Igloo Productions, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

1999 Rooms For All, Jersey Galleries, Osterley Park House, London. UK 

1998 Twelve Portraits, Gallery 54, New York, USA

1998 MA on A4, Pump House Gallery, London, UK

1998 Video Festival, Transmedia Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1997 Bandits Video Festival, Bourges, France

1997 Worldwide Video Festival, Den Haage, Holland

1996 Plastique Video Art Festival, Centre D Art Caen, France

1995 24 Years From Scratch.The Institute of Contemporary Art, (The ICA), London, UK

 

EXHIBITIONS SOLO (SELECTED)

2001 Void, Void Gallery, London, UK

1999 The Object Lesson, Galerie D’Art Charleville, Meziere, France

1998 Inter Exit, Brass Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

1997 Spaced, Brass Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany

1997 Spectacle of the Bizzart, London, UK

1995 Video Fantastic, The Young at Art film and video Screening Festival, UK

1994 The Screaming woman on the Bridge, Performance series, Chelsea Space, London, UK

1994 Street SmArts, performance art, Riverside, Hammersmith, London, UK

1994 Hung Up, Performance series, Various locations, London, UK

 

GRANTS

2000 Statens travel grant for artists, Norway

2000 Statens after education grant, Norway

1999 "Sleipnir". Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, exhibition grant, Finland

1999 Nifca, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, travel and exhibition grant, Finland

1996 King Sturge Art Prize, UK

 

MEMBERSHIPS

NBK- Norske Billedkunstnere (Society of Norwegian Visual Artists)

BKFR- Bildende Kunstneres Forening Rogaland (Society for Visual Artists Rogaland, Norway)

LNM- Landsforeningen Norske Malere (Society for Norwegian Painters)