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
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