Education

2007 Honorary BA Visual Art, KhiO (Oslo National Academy of the Arts), Norway

1992-94 SHKS (NCAD) The National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway

1992-97 Assistant to Per Ung

1984 Academia di bell’arte, Perugia, Italy

1984- Self-taught sculptor

Commissions and collections

2010

'Mari and Christine', Schneider Family, Moss 

'Instinct', Christian Oppegaard, Moss

 'Annette', Øivind Nustad, Moss

2009

The Muse, Family Salbuvik, Hotell Refsnes Gods, Moss, Norway

Oslo Business for Peace Award, Business for Peace Foundation, Oslo (Annual award) www.businessforpeace.no

The ‘M’,Culture Awards Trophy, Moss, Norway, (Annual award)

King Chistan Frederik Awards Trophy, Moss, Norway

2008

Marble bust of Antonia, Aase Larsen, private collection, Oslo, Norway

‘Dawn’ Widar Salbuvik, Refsnes Gods Hotel,,Moss, Norway

2007

‘Antonia’  Aase Larsen, private collection, Oslo, Norway

2006

‘Tzedakah’ Høienhald Invest AS,Yngvar Sommerstad, Moss, Norway

‘Woman’s back’ Widar Salbuvik, Refsnes Gods Hotel, Moss, Norway

‘Vesla’, Fredrik Thorne, Jeløy, Moss, Norway

2005

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Maris Janson Stipendium, Norway

2005 ‘Three Graces’, Widar Salbuvik, Refsnes Gods Hotel,Moss, Norway

‘Gift of Life’, Widar Salbuvik, Moss Public Library, Moss, Norway

2004

Bust of Widar Salbuvik’s children, Jeløy, Moss, Norway

Busts of Thor Øistein Kilstad’s children, Moss, Norway

2003

 Gravestone of Dereka Maria Rukan Mikula, Son, Norway

2001

‘Deluge’, Widar Salbuvik, Refsnes Gods Hotel, Moss, Norway

2000

Ole Gunnar Selvaag, Selvaagbygg A/S, Oslo, Norway 

Kjell Wenstad, private collection, Oslo, Norway

Terje Fjetland, private collection, Oslo, Norway 

Tombstone to Wai King Hagberg-Karlsen, Asker Cemetery, Norway   

 1999

D/S Louise Restaurant, Oslo, Norway

1997

Ole Gunnar Selvaag, Selvaagbygg A/S, Oslo, Norway

Bust of Oddvar Refsland, Oslo, Norway 

Portrait of Harald Strøm, Strøm Memorial Park, Horten, Norway

Kjell Wenstad, private collection, Oslo, Norway

1996

Garden Arcadia, Historic St Olav's Gate 7, Oslo, Norway

 1995

May 1st Rat, Youngs Torget, Oslo, Norway

Bust of Emperor Haile Salassie, Exodus Ethiopian Restaurant, Oslo,Norway

1994

Selvaagbygg A/S, Oslo, Norway

1988

Wilhelm Falck, private collection, Oslo, Norway

Lars Øivind Knutsen, private collection, Oslo, Norway

Exhibitions

2010

Portrettet uten oppdrag (Portait without commission), Galleri Pan, Oslo

Erotikk, Galleri Pan, Oslo

Spring Kitsch, Galleri Pan, Oslo

The Return, Galleri Pan, Oslo

Fall Kitsch, Galleri Pan, Oslo

2009

Florence biennale 2009, Firenze, Italia

2008

Galleri Frie Kunster, solo exhibition, Oslo, Norway

2007

Galleri Soon, solo exhibition, Son, Norway

National Sculpture Society 74th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY and The Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida

2006

National Sculpture Society 73rd Annual Awards Exhibition, Quick Center for the Arts, Fairfield Univiversity, Fairfield, Connecticut and Brookgreen Gardens, St. Pauleys Island, South Carolina

2006

In cooperation with Momentum 2006 -Nordic Contemporary Art Biennale, Norway

2004

Henrik Gerner Gallery, Moss, Norway

2003

Skulptur 2003, Outdoor Sculpture Show, Aker brygge, Oslo

2001

Autumn Exhibition, Galleri Kjeldaas, Oslo, Norway

2000 Momentum, Canal Park Summer Sculpture Show, Moss, Norway

1998

Winter exhibition, Kunsthuset, Oslo, Norway

1997

Selected Autumn Exposition, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord, Norway

1996

National Autumn Salon, Artist House, Oslo, Norway

1995

Galleri Louise, Oslo, Norway (gallery opening exhibition)

1991

Kristiania Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway

1985,1986

Colori nel Mondo Biennial, Perugia, Italy

 

Awards

2007 The Bedi-Makky Foundry Prize, National Sculpture Society’s 74th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY

2000,2002 2nd, 3rd prize, Selvaag Gruppen AS National Figurative Sculpture Competition, Oslo, Norway

1998 Selected Autumn Exposition, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord, Norway

1997 Juried National Autumn Salon, Artist House, Oslo, Norway

1993 Exxon Logo Painting Competition, Oslo, Norway

 

Teaching engagements

ongoing Private teaching/workshops in sculpture and drawing

2010 Establishing of Arcadia Art Center, Moss

2009 Establishing of Arcadia kunstskole, private art school, Moss, Norway

2007- Ekholt ungdomskole (middle school) Rygge, Norway

2002- Part-time teacher, Kirkeparken vgs (high school), Moss, Norway

2003 Guest teacher, Rogaland College of Fine Arts, Stavanger, Norway

2002 Guest teacher, Mølla Art College, Moss, Norway

 2002 Guest teacher, Einar Granum School of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway

 

Art Organizations

NBF, Norwegian National Sculpture Society, Oslo, Norway

NBK, Norwegian National (Visual) Artist Society, Oslo, Norway

NSS, The National Sculpture Society, New York, NY

Moss kunstforening, Moss, Norway