Born in Lillehammer, NORWAY
Lives @ Mothership NYC and works @ Last Frontier NYC in Brooklyn, New York.
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York (1998)
Master of Arts in Art History, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, OH (1996)
Master of Arts in Romance Languages & Literatures., University of Cincinnati, OH (1993)
Magistère de civilisation française, Sorbonne, Paris, FRANCE (1992)
~ Universidad Nacional, Medellín, COLOMBIA (92-93)
~ Universität Wien, Vienna, AUSTRIA (90-91)
~ University of Georgia, Athens, GA (89-90)
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON SHOWS
2023 | For Many, Many Years. Curated by Natalia Ivanova. Open House New York, Brooklyn (October)
2022 | FEAT. with Elena Greta Falcini. Curated by Ernesto Morales. Edicola 51, Turin, Italy (November)
2021 | From Parts to Whole. Sponsored by NYFA Artist Grant. NOoSPHERE Arts, Brooklyn (September)
[COVID HIATUS]
2017 | CONTEXT Miami, Art Basel Miami Week, Represented by Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC (Dec)
2016 | IN THE AIR: New York with Peter Max-Jakobsen, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York (June-July)
2014 | IN THE AIR with Peter Max-Jakobsen, Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen (May-June)
2013 | A Red Song in the Night. Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo (Sept)
2012 | And the World Cracked Open with Anki King. Curated by Bjørn Inge Follevaag, NOoSPHERE Arts, L.E.S, New York (Jul-Aug)
2010 | Un-Interrupted with Erica Schreiner. Curated by Serena Ghilardi, Bill Hodges Gallery, New York (September)
2009 | Entre Sol et Ciel. Curated by Barbara Fragogna. Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin (April-May)
2008 | Book of Swells. Curated by Lars-Göran Persson. The Nordic Museum of Drawing [Teckningsmuseet i Laholm], Sweden (Jul-Aug)
2006 | Swift and Slow. National Nordic Museum, Seattle (Apr-Jun)
+ Strings of Beads. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (Jan-Feb)
2005 | Skeins & Veins with Håvard Homstvedt. Curated by Sean Gallagher, Samuel S.T. Chen Fine Arts Center, CT (February)
+ Perlestrenger. Galleri 27, Oslo, Norway (April)
2001 | Swirling. Tegnerforbundets Galleri (aka the “Norwegian Drawing Center”), Oslo (Nov.-Dec.)
1996 | Allegro Non Troppo. Brodie Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (Feb)
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2024
~The Female Gaze curated by Lynn Honeysett. Rotunda Gallery @ New Rochelle City Hall, New York (March-April)
2023
~ TRIANGLE! Curated by Rolf-Maria Krückels and Stefanie Gerstmayr. Studio 52, Munich, Germany (June)
2022
~ Norwegians in New York. Curated by Lise Ellingsen. Scandinavia House Gallery, New York (Sep)
[COVID HIATUS]
2019
~ A Book About Death: The Last Waltz. 10th Anniversary Show. Islip Art Museum, New York (Sep-Nov)
~ REPOPULATIONS. Curated by Daniela Holban. BWS Gallery, NYC (Sep)
2018
~ Today’ Silk Road V. Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi’an, China (Sep)
~ EMINENT DOMAIN. Curated by Katie Cercone. Robert Miller Gallery space, NYC (July)
2017
~ Today’s Silk Road III, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi’an, China (September)
2016
~ Art Southampton Art Fair, Nova's Ark Project & Sculpture Park, Bridgehampton, NY. Represented by Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC (July)
~ Kunstnerforeningen, City Hall Gallery, Oslo (March)
2015
~ You Can Feel It! Curated by Jonny Star. Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (November)
~ Connections II Curated by Wen Ji & Kim Massey. Sedec Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea (Nov)
~ Whispering Voices. Last Frontier New York, Brooklyn (Oct)
~ Connections I Curated by Wen Ji& Kim Massey. Cui Zifan Museum of Art, Qingdao, China (Oct)
~ Today’s Silk Road II, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xi’an, China (Sept)
~ Art from the Boros III, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Chelsea, New York (July+Aug)
~ Boy Toys & Girls Curated by Jonny Star. Rush Gallery, Chelsea, New York (March)
~ Circle of Fire: Visionary Art from Cold Climes. NOoSPHERE Arts, New York (February)
2014
~ Salon d’automne. Juried show. Grand Palais, Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (Oct)
~ Reunion. Curated by Thandiwe Pennant. Aronson Galleries, New York (Oct)
~ Ich liebe das Leben. Curated by Jonny Star. Chashama 266, New York (March)
~ Rett på veggen. Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo (Jan)
2013
~ Art Copenhagen. Represented by Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen (Aug-Sep)
~ Jubileumsutstilling [Anniversary Exhibit]. Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo (Aug-Sep)
~ I Am My World. Curated by David Gibson, NOo, New York (March)
2012
~ North Stars @ SCOPE Art Show during Art Basel Miami Beach (Dec)
~ Voice of Drawing Curated by Loit Joekalda, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn (Jul)
2011
~ Nothing to Declare. Yuchengco Museum, Manila, Philippines (Nov-Jan)
~ Fountain Art Fair. Art Basel Miami Beach Week (Dec)
~ Out on a Limb, Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo (Nov-Dec)
~ ACTION-ReACTION Curated by Thale Fastvold, .NO, New York (Oct)
~ North Stars Series: RED. Inaugural Series @ .NO Gallery, New York (Apr)
~ North Stars Series: WHITE. Inaugural Series @ .NO Gallery, New York (Mar)
~ North Stars Series: BLUE Inaugural Series @ .NO Gallery, New York (Feb)
2010
~ Winter Salon Curated by Bjorn Ressle. Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York (Dec)
~ Parsons Alumni - Art Basel Miami Beach. Curated by Francine Birbragher-Rozencwaig. Caridi Gallery, Miami (December)
~ Glide Curated by Lesley Doukhowetzky, YES Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (Oct)
~ International Selection by Lee Sun-Don, X-Power Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan (July-August)
~ Works on Paper Curated by K. Teale, Big & Small Gallery, New York (May)
~ Bedtime Stories Curated by Helen Wu. Fardom Gallery, New York (Apr-May)
~ Body Marks. Video and live performance in collaboration with Tone Gellein and Vitor Truzzi. Dansens Hus, Oslo (April)
~ Pool Curated by Thierry Alet et al, Gershwin Hotel, New York (March)
2009
~ Exquisite Corpse. Paul Robeson Galleries, Newark (Nov-Jan)
~ A Book about Death. Curated by Matthew Rose. Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York (Sep)
~ DARKNESS DESCENDS: Norwegian Art Now. Traveling show curated by Christina Vassallo.
Chahasma, New York / Grossman Gallery, PA (September-October)
~ London International Creative Award. Soho Theatre, London (Sep)
~ Manu Propria: Tallinn International Drawing Triennial Curated by Loit Joekalda et al.
Tallinn Art Hall, Kumu Art Museum & other venues (May-June)
~ Art Wind Rises. Curated by Sun-Don Lee and A. K. Chen. XP Gallery, Los Angeles, and Taipei, TW (April)
~ Paper Design The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Japan (Feb)
2008
~ The Body as Image. Curated by Hollie Cohen. Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of Imagination, New York (Sept-Oct)
~ Represent Brooklyn. Curated by Kennis Baptiste. The Rising Art Gallery, New York (April-May)
2007
~ Remembering Ruth. Noho Gallery-Chelsea, New York (December)
~ Norwegian Artists in New York II. Curated by Anki King. Trygve Lie Gallery, New York (Nov)
~ Vevringsutstillingen. Vevring, Norway (September)
~ VÅR utstilling. Juried Show. Tegnerforbundet, Oslo (June)
~ Opplandsutstillingen. Peder Balke-senteret, Norway (June-August)
~ Her-Humanity: Transformative Agency Curated by Noreen Dean Dresser, Casa Frela, New York (February)
2006
~ Square Root of Drawing. Curated by Noel Kelly. Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin (Oct-Dec)
~ Anniversary Exhibit. Curated by Kjetil Skøien. Haugesund Billedgalleri, Norway (Oct)
~ Alpan International Juried by Donald Kuspit, Alpan Gallery, Hamptons, NY (Sep)
~ Improvisations. Curated by Loit Joekalda. Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia (Aug-Sept)
~ Kunst på Continental. National Competition, Oslo, Norway (Aug)
~ Anniversary Exhibit. Tegnerforbundet Galleri, Oslo, Norway (Jun-Aug)
~ Mjøskunst. Curated by Hilde Svae. Gjøvik Kunstgalleri, Norway (June)
~ New Acquisitions. Nordic Museum of Drawing [Teckningsmuseet i Laholm], Sweden (Jan)
~ One Year Later. Curated by Sam Romo. Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA (April)
2005
~ Working Artists in Brooklyn. Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA (July)
~ American Drawing Biennial. Muscarelle Museum of Art, VA (June)
~ Nurturing the New. Spike Gallery, New York City, NY (June)
~ Dirty Show. Tangent Gallery, Detroit, MI (Feb)
~ Terrestrial Domains. Curated by Jason Franz. Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH (Jan)
2004
~ Festival Mira! Lubolo* Casa de America, Madrid, Spain (Dec)
~ Identity Channel Curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne. National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania (May)
~ Vårutstilling. Juried Show. Tegnerforbundet Galleri, Oslo (April)
~ Sotheby’s Art Link International. Tel Aviv, Moscow, Amsterdam
~ American Art. Curated by James Rondeau. RIC Institute, Chicago (Feb)
~ Norwegian Artists in New York. Curated by Anki King. Trygve Lie Gallery, New York (Feb)
2003
~ 69th Juried Show. Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY (Sep-Dec.)
~ Brave Destiny. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York (Sep-Oct.)
~ CPSA 11th International. Juried Show. City of La Brea Gallery, CA (Jul-Sep)
~ Artist Books. K.O.A.P. Gallery, New York City, NY (June)
2002
~ Night of 1000 Drawings. Artists Space, New York (Dec.)
~ One Small Step. Juried Show. Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC (Dec.)
~ Norske tegnere. Curated by Kjetil Skøien. Rælingen Kunstforening, Norway (Aug-Sep.)
~ A Virtual Memorial. Curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne. Le Musée Divisioniste, Cologne, Germany
~ Hopscotch:Associative Leaps in the Construction of Narrative. Curated by Ellen Rosenholz.
Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA (Feb.-March)
2001
~ Current Trends. Juried Show. Galleri Steen, Oslo, Norway (April-May)
~ Figurative Explorations. Goldstrom Gallery, New York (Mar-April)
~ New Space – New Audience. College Art Association 2001, Chicago. (Feb-March)
2000
~ Survey of Women Artists at the Millennium. A.I.R. Gallery, New York (Sep)
1999
~ Art: Fact or Fiction? NextMonet, San Francisco (Oct)
~ The Art of Storytelling. NextMonet, San Francisco (July)
~ Art by the Book. NextMonet, San Francisco (April)
~ 17th Annual Juried Show. Juried by Donald B. Kuspit. Pleiades Gallery, New York
~ Vårutstillingen [Current Trends]. Juried Show. Galleri Steen, Oslo, Norway (March-April)
1998
~ Lighter Than Air. Juried Show. Glenn Eure’s Fleet Gallery, NC (Dec-Jan)
~ Small Works. PS 122 Gallery, New York (Dec)
~ A to B Drawing Salon. Cameron/Weiland Gallery, New York
~ Graastein. Månefisken Galleri, Oslo, Norway (July)
~ Realism III. Juried by Sidney Goodman. CCC Gallery, Philadelphia (June)
~ Parsons MFA Thesis Exhibit. Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York (May)
1997
~ Night of 1,000 Drawings. Artists’ Space, New York (Dec)
~ Generations. A.I.R. Gallery, New York (Oct.-Nov)
~ 8th National. Juried by Thelma Golden. Viridian Artists, New York
~ 15th Annual. Juried by Donald B. Kuspit. Pleiades Gallery, NY
~ International Show. Juried by Donald B. Kuspit. Center of Visual Art for New Jersey, NJ
1996
~ Egg Tempera. Amos Joseph Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM (Dec)
~ Experiments in Flight. Glenn Eure’s Gallery, NC (Dec)
~ Contemporay Realism. Juried by Sidney Goodman. Gallery Alexy, Philadelphia
~ Small Works. Juried by Allan Hacklin. Schoharie Arts Council, NY
1995
~ The Innocent Eye Test II. Juried by John Stewart. 840 Gallery, Cincinnati (March)
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022
~ CE Creative Grant. Community Engagement Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA
2021
~ City Artist Corps Grants. New York Foundation for the Arts, NYC
2015
~ Project Support. Royal Norwegian Embassy, Beijing, China
2012
~ Project Support. Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tallinn, Estonia
~ Cultural Grant, Painting. American Scandinavian Society, New York
2011
~ Project Support. Royal Norwegian Embassy, Manila, Philippines
~ Project Grant. The Relief Fund for Visual Artists (BKH), Norway
~ Project Grant. Fearnley-Astrup Foundation, Oslo, Norway
2010
~ International Support Project Grant, Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
~ Project Grant. Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York
~ Edwin Austin Abbey Mural Fellowship, National Academy, New York
2009
~ Exhibition Award granted by international jury, Osten Museum of Drawings, Skopje
~ Shortlisted for London International Creative Award, LICC.us
~ Best in Show. International Drawing Triennial, Tallinn, Estonia.
~ Artist Travel Grant. Royal Norwegian Embassy, Tallinn, Estonia
~ Solo Exhibition Support. Royal Norwegian Embassy, Berlin.
2007
~ Artist Grant. Norwegian Visual Artists Association, Oslo.
2006
~ Project Grant. Fearnley-Astrup Foundation, Oslo
~ Artist Grant. Puffin Foundation, New Jersey.
~ Artist Grant. Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York.
~ Cultural Heritage Grant. Sons of Norway Foundation, MN.
2005
~ Artist Grant. George Sugarman Foundation, Novato, CA.
~ Artist Grant. Ruth Chenven Foundation, NY.
~ Public Project Grant. American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York
~ Artist Grant. Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York.
2004
~ Honorable Mention in Exhibition of American Art. Curated by James Rondeau. RIC Institute, Chicago
2001
~ Artist Grant. Robert Rauschenberg’s Foundation (Change). New York
~ Project Grant. Arts Council Norway
~ Rolf Daldorff’s Foundation for Visual Artists. Oslo, Norway
~ Honorable Mention. Awarded by Donald Kuspit, Visual Art Center for New Jersey.
~ Lis and Arnfinn Heje’s Foundation Award. Oslo, Norway
1999
~ Solo Exhibition Grant. Arts Council Norway
1998
~ Excellence in Drawing. Glenn Eure’s Gallery, Nags Head, NC
~ Special Gallery Prize awarded by Sidney Goodman. CCC Gallery, Philadelphia
~ Advanced Education Grant. Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
~ Edwin Gould Foundation Award. National Arts Club, New York
~ Johan J. Brochs Artist’s Grant, University of Oslo, Norway
1997
~ AAUW International Fellowship, Washington, D.C.
~ Parsons Scholarship, Parsons School of Design, New York
96-98
~ Oscar Kolin MFA Fellowship, New School University, New York
1996
~ Research Grant. Fearnley-Astrup Foundation, Oslo, Norway
1995
~ Three Arts Scholarship, Cincinnati Women's Club
~ ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA Graduate Merit Award, Chicago
93-96
~ Knut Hamsun's Award, Oslo, Norway
COLLECTIONS
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
The Nordic Museum of Drawing [Teckningsmuseet i Laholm], Sweden
Osten Museum of Drawings, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Cultural Department of Shaanxi Province, Xi’an, China
Broadway Stages, New York City
The Kinsey Institute, IN
Private collections in USA, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
The Nordic Museum of Drawing [Teckningsmuseet i Laholm], Sweden
Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
Crest Hills Year Round School, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Sør-Aurdalshallen, Bagn, Norway
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014 to present:
~ Artist-in-Residence @ Broadway Stages, NYC
2010 to present:
~ Founding Artistic Director of 501c3 nonprofit NOoSPHERE Arts, New York
2008
~ Artist Residency, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin (Spring)
2006
~ Swift and Slow slide lecture, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle (Apr)
~ String of Beads slide lecture, Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati (Jan)
2005
~ Founding Director of Mothership NYC Artists Collective, Brooklyn
~ Slide lecture on recent work, Central CT State University (Feb.)
1998
~ Assistant instructor of sophomore painting at Parsons School of Design, New York.
1997
~ Assistant instructor of art history, University of Cincinnati.
1994
~ Stage set painter and actor and in Le medecin malgré lui, University of Cincinnati
ARTISTS’ ORGANIZATIONS
Tegnerforbundet (Norwegian Drawing Art Association)
Kunstnerforeningen, Norway
The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY