Curriculum Vitae
born in Sunndal, Norway
Education and Awards
| 1987-1988 | West Norway Academy of Fine Art, Bergen, Norway |
| 1970-1971 | College of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway |
| 1968-1969 | National Teachers' College for Art and Design, Oslo, Norway |
| 1964-1968 | National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway |
| 1979-81 | 3-years artist grant from the Norwegian government |
| 1988 | Honorary mention, The International Triennale of Tapestry, Lotz, Poland |
| 1993-2011 | GI, Annual grants from the Norwegian government |
| 2023, 2019, 2017 | «Utstillingsstipend» grant from Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Norway |
| 2003, 2014, 2016 | «Diversestipend», grant from Arts Council Norway |
| 2012, 2017, 2018 | «Vederlagsfondet», grant, The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) |
| 2020 | Grant from Norwegian Art Council, Norsk-Islandsk Kulturfond, Norway |
| 2024 | The BKV scholarship to establish artist digital archive |
| 2024, 2016 | Grant from Ingrid L. Langaard Fond, Norway |
Solo exhibitions (selected)
| 2027 | Galleri Langegården, Bergen, Norway (bekreftet) |
| 2026 | Tekstilindustrimuseet, Salhus, Bergen, Norway |
| 2023 | Oslo Prosjektrom, Oslo, Norway |
| 2021 | LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland |
| 2020 | Oseana Kunst- og Kultursenter, Bjørnafjorden, Norway |
| 2019, 2003, 1994 | Gallery Barbara, Sunndal Culture Hall, Sunndalsøra, Norway |
| 2018 | Kunstgarasjen, Bergen Norway |
| 2017 | Kunstbanken Hedmark Artists' Centre, Hamar, Norway |
| 2016, 2003 | M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum of Fine Art, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2016 | Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway |
| 2015, 1998, 1987 | Visningsrommet USF, The Culture Hall, Bergen, Norway |
| 2011, 1981 | Norsk Skogmuseum, Elverum, Norway |
| Elverum Kunstgalleri, Norway | |
| 2009 | Trondheim Museum of Art, Trondheim, Norway |
| 2009, 2002 | Gallery s·e, Bergen, Norway |
| 2006, 2001, 1984 | Galleri Vikerødegaarden, Hamar, Norway |
| 2004 | Luna Convento, Amalfi, Italy |
| 2003 | Gallery Brevik, Tromsø, Norway |
| 1999 | Sogn og Fjordane Artists' Centre, Førde, Norway |
| 1997 | Society of Art, Haugesund, Norway |
| 1993 | Møre and Romsdal Artists' Centre, Molde, Norway |
| 1991 | Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway |
| 1987 | Galleri Langegaarden, Bergen, Norway |
| 1981 | Oslo Society of Art, Oslo, Norway |
| Tromsø Society of Art, Tromsø, Norway |
Collective and group exhibitions (selected)
| 2018 | «Collage» Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, Norway |
| 2016 | «Fiberfeber», Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway |
| 2016 | «Nyt Kapitel - Artist Books», Svends Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2016 | «Samanhengande», Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, Norway |
| 2014 | «Bergenskunstnere», Gallery s·e, Bergen, Norway |
| 2002 | The 4th International Women's Art Festival, Aleppo, Syria |
| 2000-2001 | NORRUT; ASI Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland; Bryggen Museum, Bergen, Norway; Museum of Art and Design, Helsiniki, Finland; The Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany and The National Museum of Fine Art, Kaunas, Lithuania |
| 2000 | «Paper Road», Museum de Santa Maria Della Scala, Siena, Italy |
| 1999-2000 | «Edible paper», Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Düren, and The City Museum, Deggendorf, Germany |
| 1998 | Holland Paper Biennial, Rijswijk, The Netherlands |
| 1997 | «TXX», Museum of Decorative Arts, Bergen, Norway; Oslo Town Hall Gallery, Oslo, Norway |
| 1996 | «Stretch», Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway |
| 1996 | The Arsenal, Museum of Decorative Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania; Museum of Decorative Arts, Riga, Latvia; The County Museum, Pärnu, Estonia |
| 1996 | Norwegian Contemporary Art, Dolny Kubin, Slovakia |
| 1996 | «Sea Born Papers», Clausens Pakhus, Nysted, Denmark |
| 1995 | «Encounters», The National Museum of Fine Arts, Amman, Jordan |
| 1995 | «Paper Path», Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark, travelling exhibition in Denmark |
| 1994 | «Golden Autumn», Museum of Decorative Art and Folk Art, Moscow, Russia |
| 1994 | «Paper Manifestation», Museum Aemstelle, Amstelveen, The Netherlands |
| 1994 | «Nordic Art», Frederikshavn Art Museum, Denmark |
| 1993 | «Célébration Papier», Montreal, Canada |
| 1991-93 | «KVADRAT», Christiansand Society of Art, Kristiansand; Hå gamle prestegård, Jæren; The National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway |
| 1992 | The IVth International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany |
| 1992 | «Kryss/Crossing Borders», Bergen, Norway |
| 1992 | «New Norwegian Tapestry», The National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway |
| 1991 | «Crossing Borders», Norwegian/Russian Art, Gallery F 15, Moss, Norway |
| 1990 | «Nordform 90», Malmö, Sweden |
| 1990 | «Between Spaces», Bergen, Norway |
| 1989 | Norwegian Textile Art, Moscow, Russia |
| 1989 | «Perspective on Paper», Maihaugen, Lillehammer, Norway |
| 1988 | Audio-Visual Experiment Festival, Arnhem, The Netherlands |
| 1988, 85 | The International Triennial of Tapestry, Lodz, Poland |
| 1984 | Michoacan International Exhibition of Miniature Textiles, Morelia, Mexico |
| 1984 | «Hexagon», travelling exhibition in Sweden, Iceland and Norway |
| 1977, 79, 80, 88, 93 | The State Autumn Salons at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway |
| 1979, 82, 85, 88, 92 | The Nordic Textile Triennial; travelling exhibition in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands |
Commissions (selected)
| 2023 | Åsaheimen behandlingssenter, Bergen, Norway |
| 2018 | St. Paul Gymnas, Bergen, Norway |
| 2003 | Øvsttunheimen Nursing Home, Bergen, Norway |
| 2001 | Tredal School, Sunndalsøra, Norway |
| 1989 | Sunndal Town Hall, Sunndalsøra, Norway |
| 1988 | Tysvær Town Hall, Ryfylke, Norway |
| 1987 | Rauma Town Hall, Åndalsnes, Norway |
| 1985 | Karmøy Town Hall, Norway |
| 1983 | Norwegian Broadcasting Cooperation (NRK), Elverum, Norway |
| Løten Nursing Home, Norway | |
| 1982 | Statkraft Administrative Building, Sunndalsøra, Norway |
| Stange Nursing Home, Norway | |
| 1979 | Rogaland Regional College, Stavanger, Norway |
Public Collections
| Trondheim Museum of Art, Trondheim, Norway | |
| Arts Council Norway, Norway | |
| The National Gallery of Fine Art, Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| Queen Noor Foundation, Amman, Jordan | |
| The Russian Museum of Decorative Art and Folk Art, Moscow, Russia | |
| Museum of Modern Art, Morelia, Mexico | |
| Hedmark County Council, Norway | |
| Bærum County Council, Norway | |
| Several private and public collections |
Publications
| 2016 | «Tekstilkunst i Norge» by Randi Nygaard Lium, Museumsforlaget Trondheim, s.218, 219, 220, ISBN 9788283050233 |
| 2009 | «Norsk Kunsthistorie, Bilde og skulptur frå vikingtida til idag» (Norwegian Art History) by Gunnar Danbolt, Det Norske Samlaget, s.379-80, ISBN 978-8252017435-9 |
| 2009 | «Portfolio Collection Inger-Johanne Brautaset», Telos Art Publishing, Brighton, England, ISBN 1-902015-99-6 |
| 2004 | «Art Textiles of the World, Scandinavia» vol. 1, edited by Matthew Koumis, Telos Art Publishing, England, ISBN 1-902015-01-0 |
| 1999 | «Paper», edited by Gabrielle Falkiner, Watson-Guptill Publications New York, USA, ISBN 978-0823003044 |
| 1998 | «Fire and Paper», edited by Pat Torley and Peter Gentenaar, Gentenaar & Torley Publishing, Rijswijk, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-9080418318 |
| 1998 | «Ariadnes tråd» (Ariadne's thread) by Jorunn Haakestad PhD, Norwegian Academic Press, Kristiansand, Norway, ISBN 82-7634-167-5 |
| 1992 | «Ny norsk billedvev» (New Norwegian Tapestry) by Randi Nygaard Lium MA, C. Huitfeldt Forlag, Oslo, Norway, ISBN 82-5252-156-8 |