CURRICULUM VITAE
1948 Born in Bergen, Norway.
Lives and works in New York, Oslo, Norway and Sibbhult Sweden
STUDIUM
1967-70 Bergen School of Arts and Crafts
1970-71 St. Martin´s School of Art, London
1982-85 Professor of scupture, National Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN
1974 Galleri 1, Bergen, Norway
1979 Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
1981 Galleria Skulptor, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Nemo, Eckenförde, Germany
Trondhjems Kunstforening, Norway
Høvikodden Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
1982 Galleri Aronowich, Stockholm, Sweden
Galeri Pictura, Lunds University, Lund, Sweden
Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, New York, USA
1983 Galleri Nordenhake, Malmö, Sweden
Galerie Nemo, Eckenförde, Germany
1984 Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
1985 Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway
Galleri Nordenhake, Malmö, Sweden
Galleri Barbar, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1986 Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Germans van Eck, New York, USA
1987 Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Eklund, Umeå, Sweden
1988 Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
Granit, Belfort, France (with Sverre Wyller)
Edward Thordén Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
Germans van Eck, New York, USA
1989 Galleri Eklund, Umeå, Sweden
Galleri Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1990 Citadel, Oslo, Norway
Germans van Eck, New York, USA
Center for Contemorary Art, Chicago, USA
Citadel, Oslo, Norway (A cooperative project between a contractor, architects and Bård Breivik)
1991 Biennale Sao Paulo ,Sao Paulo , Brazil
1992 Germans van Eck , New York, USA
1993 Art Museum of Lillehammer (Inagural exhibition), Norway
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
1994 141:an Gothenburg, Sweden
1996 Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Sweden
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, København, Denmark
1997 Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen, Norway
Galleri s.e., Bergen, Norway
1999 Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal, Norway
Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen, Norway
2000 The Chinese European Art Center, 22.sept. - 20. okt. 2000
2001 Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
2001 Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
2003 Galleri Riis / Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo
2004 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Rosendal Musikkfestival, Norway
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway
AUSSTELLUNGSBETEILIGUNGEN (AUSWAHL)
1981 Norwegische Kunst Heute”, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
1982 Matter/Memory”, Lund, Sweden
“ Helsinki, Finland
“ Oslo, Norway
“ Copenhagen, Denmark
1982-83 “The sleeping beauty-Scandinavian Art Now”,
Guggenheim museum, New York
“ The Port of History Museum, Philadelphia
“ Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1984 “ARS´83”, The Art Museum of the Atheneum, Helsinki, Finland
1985 “Borealis 2”, The Nordic Biennale, Høvikodden Kunstsenter, Oslo
“Kunst in Norwegen Heute”, Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen
1986 “Nordanad”, Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, Frankrike
“Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sverige
“La biennale di Venezia”, Venice, Italy
1987 “ScandinaviaToday”, Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
“Norealis” DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany
1988 “Three Contemporary Norwegian Artists, Centro Cultural Arte
Contemporráneo, Mexico City, Mexico
1989 “Meeting in the north”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1990 “Northlands” , MOMA, Oxford
“Trinity College, Dublin
1993 “Riis til egen bak” Galleri Riis, Oslo
Juxtaposition” Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
1994 Etcaetera, Etcaetera” Galleri Riis, Oslo
1995 “La Hora del Norte” Centro Cultural del Conde Duque, Madrid
2000-2001 “Between space and time”, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, Giorgia, USA
Steensland Art Museum. St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA
The American Scandinavian Foundation, New York, USA
2001 Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
2003 Rio de Janeiro
2005 ”Focus Norway”, Galerie Lelong, Zürich
”Blickacksen”, Bad Homborg, Germany
AUFTRÄGE ZUR KÜNSTLERISCHEN GESTALTUNG
The Government Building, Oslo 1981
The National Theatre Railway station, Oslo 1981
Norsk Hydro, Bergen, 1986
Christies Park, Bergen, 1987
Lillehammer Museum for Modern Art, Lillehammer 1992
WASA Insurance, Stockholm, 1992
Kalmar Gymnas, Kalmar, 1993
University of Lund, Lund, 1993
Haukeland Hospital, Bergen 1994
Jussi Björlings Plats, Gothenburg 1994
City of Malmø, Sweden 1996
“Torvalmenningen”, Main plaza, City of Bergen, Norway 1996-99
“Botsparken”, East Side Park, City of Oslo, Norway 1999
Umedalen Sculpture-park, Umeå, Sweden 2001
ANKÄUFE
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Bergen Art Museum, Bergen
Malmö Museum, Malmö
Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
The Art Museum of the Atheneum, Helsinki
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg
Høvikodden Kunstsenter, Oslo
Lübeck Museum, Lübeck
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
Fredrik Roos Collection, Rooseum, Malmö
Norrköpings Konstmuseum
Power Collection, Sydney
Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Schyls Donation
Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim
Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
Sandnes City Art collection , Sandnes, Norway
The Norwegian Foundation for Art in Public Buildings, Norway