B. June 12th 1979
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (SELECTED)
16. - 18.02.2026: Tegnekurs for barn og unge. Drawing course for children and youths, Holmen Fellesverksted, Fredrikstad, Norway
29.09. - 01.10.2025: Tegnekurs for barn og unge. Drawing course for children and youths, Holmen Fellesverkstad, Fredrikstad, Norway
22. - 25.09.2025: Workshop linosnitt i regi av Sirius Kunstnerunion, Kulturkonfirmasjon, St. Croix, for 9th graders, Fredrikstad Kommune
30.06 - 02.07.2025: Tegnekurs barn og unge. Drawing course for children and youths, Holmen Fellesverksted, Fredrikstad Norway
17. - 19.02.2025: Tegnekurs for barne og unge. Drawing course for children and youths, Holmen Fellesverksted, Fredrikstad, Norway
Februar 2025 - Mars, Uke 5-11: Praksisperiode 2, Glemmen Videregående, Høgskolen i Østfold
Oktober 2024 - November 2024, Uke 43-48: Praksisperiode 1, Glemmen Videregående Skole, Høgskolen i Østfold
30.09 - 02.10.2024: Tegnekurs for barn og unge. Drawing course for children and youths, Holmen Fellesverksted, Fredrikstad, Norway
September 2023 - August 2024. Holmen Fellesverksted, mentorordning. Fredrikstad.
Mars 2019 - September 2019. Barry X Ball Studio, sculptor. Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NYC
October 2014- January 2019. Jeff Koons LLC, sculptor. Chelsea, NYC
EDUCATION
2025 Praktisk-Pedagogisk Utdanning, Høgskolen i Østfold
2011 - Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture + Anatomy Track, New York Academy of Art
2005 - The National Academy of the Arts, Bachelor of Visual Arts, Oslo
2001 - Mølla Kunstskole, Moss
2000 - Plus- skolen, Fredrikstad
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2025 Sirius Kunstnerunion, Fredrikstad
2011 NBF - Norsk Billedhoggerforening/ The Association of Norwegian Sculptors
2011 NBK - Norske Billedkunstnere/ Norwegian Visual Artists Association
2012 ØBK - Østfold Bildende Kunstnere/Østfold Visual Artists Association
GRANTS/AWARDS
2011 Faculty award for Excellence in Sculpture, New York Academy of Art 2010 Eckbos Foundation, Grant 10 000 NOK Johan Heimlich Janson & Marcia Jansons Foundation, Grant of 100 000 NOK Merit based tuition award, 5000 USD. New York Academy of Art Fulbright Grant of 50 000 NOK U.S. - Norway Fulbright Foundation for Educational Exchange 2009 LCU Foundation, 5000 USD Housing Grant Fulbright Grant of 100 000 NOK U.S. - Norway Fulbright Foundation for Educational Exchange 2005 Government Grant on completion of Art Studies, Art Council Norway
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 23.05 - 23.08. Sommerutstillingen, Østfold Kunstsenter, Fredrikstad 7. - 22. Mars. Vinterutstillingen. Juried show/juriert utstilling. Østfold Bindende Kunstnere, Halden Kulturhus
2025 8. - 23. Februar. Vinterutstillingen. Juried show/Juriert utstilling i regi av Østfold bildende kunstnere, Halden Kulturhus. 2024 Februar. «Vinterutstillingen», juryert utstilling i regi av Østfold Bildende Kunstnere. Halden Kulturhus. Sommerutstillingen, Østfold Kunstsenter. 2023 Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2022 “Jule-Munch” Gamle Munch Museum, Tøyen Oslo Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter
2021
Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2020 Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2019 Go Figure, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NYC 2017 No Net Ensnares Me, Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport Texas Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, NYC 2016 Picturing the Unprintable. Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art. Flux Factory, Long Island City 2015 Kafé Nyt, Østfold Kunstsenter Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2014 Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2013 Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2012 Untitled, Galleri 19, Oslo Sommerutstillingen, ØBK, Østfold Kunstsenter 2011 Christmas Exhibition, The Association of Norwegian Sculptors/ Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo Made in New York, Fredrikstad Kunstforening Juvenarte 2011, Galleri Ramfjord Oslo Uncharted, MFA Exhibition New York Academy of Art Please swipe again, Single-fare, metrocard show 2, Sloan Gallery, New York CAA MFA Exhibition, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York 2010 Deck the walls, New York Academy of Art Single-fare, New York Metrocard Show, Williamsburg Haiti relief, Prince Street Gallery, New York Just look at yourself, New York Academy of Art 2009 Deck the walls, New York Academy of Art Galleri Clara, Gamlebyen Fredrikstad 2006 Group show, Galleri Clara, Gamle Fredrikstad 2005 Bachelor Of Visual Arts Exhibition, Christiania Seilduksfabrikk, Oslo