Liv Blåvarp



Born:

1956 Norway

Training / Education:

  • 1979 - 1983 State College of Art and Design, Oslo
  • 1983 - 1984 Royal College of Art, London

Exhibitions (Solo & Group Shows)

  • 1982 - 1990 "Norwegian Craft", annual exhibition, Oslo Norway
  • 1984 Gallery Aspects, London England
  • 1984 Kunstnerforbundet, summer show, Oslo Norway
  • 1984 Norwegian travelling exhibition, England
  • 1985 "Trikk-group", Ateljee 585, Helsinki Finland
  • "Trikk-group", summer exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo Norway
  • "Tendencies", annual exhibition of art in Moss, Norway
  • 1986 Gallery Tyholmen, Arendal Norway
  • "Trikk-group", Galleri Albin Upp, Oslo Norway
  • "New Jewelry", international exhibition, Kulturhuset Stocholm Sweden
  • "Design for the body", AFS-Gallery, New York
  • Gallery Clodage-Ross-Williams, New York
  • 1987 "Trikk-group", Gallery V&V, Vienna, Austria
  • "Schmuck-szene", Munich Germany
  • "Design for the body", travelling exhibition, Netherlands
  • "Scandinavia today", Tokyo Japan and New York
  • 1988 Art Society, Bergen Norway
  • Artists Union, Oslo Norway
  • 1989 Exhibition of Norwegian Jewelry, Rôhsska Museet, Gothenburg Sweden
  • "Alle ting er tre", exhibiton of wooden objects, Museum of Applied Art, Oslo Norway
  • 1990 Nord-Form 90, exhibition of Scandinavian Art and Design, Malmø Sweden Jewelry-triennial, Paris France
  • 1990 - 1991 "Norwegian Wood", travelling exhibition, Europe
  • 1991 Craft Triennial in Balticum, Tallin Estonia
  • Gallery RAM, Oslo Norway
  • 1992 Gallery Fjordheim, Lillehammer Norway
  • 1993 Lillehammer Art Union, Lillehammer Norway
  • Gallery Metal, Copenhagen Denmark
  • 1994 "In touch", Maihaugen in Lillehammer Norway
  • The Peder Balke Center in Østre Toten Norway
  • 1995 Hordaland Art Center in Bergen Norway
  • Rôhsska Museum of Applied Art, Gothenburg Sweden
  • "Circulation" Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo Norway
  • Artists Union, Oslo Norway
  • SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 1996 SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 1997 "The pilgrimage to Cythera", international exhibition of love and eroticism in fine arts, St.Petersburg Russia
  • 1997 - 1998 "Gifts of the forest, gifts of the loom", travelling exhibition in China, India, Korea and Russia
  • SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 1998 SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 1999 "Art o'hoi" Kapp Melkefabrikk in Østre Toten, Norway
  • Gallery Edvardas Hus in Tranøy Norway
  • Gallery Vikerødegården in Hamar Norway
  • SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2000 SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 20th Century Art Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2001 SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Museum of South Norway, Norway
  • 2001 - 2002 Travelling exhibition curated by Charon Kransen in Lenox, Santa Fe, Baltimore and New York USA
  • 2002 SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2003 Kanazawa Craft Forum
  • SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • ArtForm Palm Beach, Florida, Repr, by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Nordic House Museum Reykjavik Iceland, co-curated by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2004 - 2005 Itami Museum of Applied Art, exhibition of Norwegian Jewelry, Japan
  • SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • SOFA New York, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • Int. Art + Design Fair NY, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • PalmBeachContemporary Florida, repr.by Charon Kransen Arts USA
  • 2005 PalmBeachSOFA, Florida, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA

Awards / Grants:

  • 1988 Art price of Den Norske Hypotekforening
  • 1989 "The Arts and Crafts Price"
  • 1990 The Cultural Prize for Young Artists, Foreningen Norsk Form
  • 1995 Torsten and Wanja Sôderberg's Nordic Design Award
  • 1997 Jacob-prisen, Norsk Form
  • 2003 Prins Eugenes Medals

Collections (Private & Museum):

  • Museum of Applied Art in Oslo Norway
  • West-Norway Museum of Applied Art in Bergen Norway
  • The Trondheim Museum of Applied Art in Trondheim Norway
  • The Art Museum of Northern Norway in Tromsø Norway
  • The Art Council in Norway
  • Museum of Applied Art in Copenhagen Denmark
  • The National Museum in Stockholm Sweden
  • Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York USA
  • Kunstgewerbe-museum, Berlin Germany
  • National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh UK
  • Røhsska Museum of Applied Art, Gothenburg Sweden
  • Epcot-center in Florida USA
  • Lillehammer City Hall, Lillehammer Norway
  • American Museum of Art and Design, New York USA
  • Montreal Museum of Decorative Art Canada
  • Newark Museum of Art, New York USA
  • The Mint Museum, North Carolina USA
  • Houston Museum of Fine Art, Texas USA
  • Daphne Farago Collection USA
  • Norman Cohn Collection USA
  • Karen Johnson Boyd Collection USA

Publications:

  • International Crafts - Martina Margetts
  • "The Best in Modern Jewelry" - David Watkins
  • "Jewelry of Our Time" - Helen Drutt and Peter Dormer
  • Dictionary Inernational du Bijoù - Marguerite de Cerval

Commissions:

  • 1990 Hedmark College at Evenstad Norway
  • 1993 Vestfold Central Hospital in Tønsberg Norway
  • 1994 Lillehammer Trainstation Norway
  • 1995 Froland Secondary School Norway
  • 2000 Hamar Hospital Norway
  • 2004 Sørlandet Hospital in Arendal Norway
  • 2005 Marikollen Primary School in Kongsvinger Norway

Future plans:

  • 2005 Artist Union
  • 2006 Ålesund Kunstforening