CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

MFA Medium- and Material-Based Art, Oslo National Academy of Art, Oslo, Norway, 2019.

B.A. Studio Art, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2008.

Selected Exhibitions and Projects

2024 Understory. Solo exhibition. Galleri Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway.

Karbonlagring (Carbon Sequestration). Group exhibition curated by Trykk i sanntid. Galleri Nord-Norge, Harstad, Norway.

Kunst og konsekvens (Art and Consequence). Lecture and seminar at Agder University, Kristiansand, Norway.

2023 Curator, Blakerbiennalen 2023, w. Suzannah Øistad. Guttormsgaards Arkiv and KunstSkansen, Blaker.

Som vokser i skyggen (As Grows in Shadow). Solo exhibition, collaborative project as Verkstedbiblioteket (w.Suzannah Øistad and Cathrine Liberg). Guttormsgaards Arkiv, Blaker, Norway.

Juleutstillingen. Invitational group exhibition. Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo.

2022 Print Matters. Group exhibition. Asp Gallery, Krakow, Polen.

Ringvirkninger (Ripple Effects). Solo exhibition, collaborative project w. Suzannah Øistad. Kragerø Kunstforening. Kragerø, Norway.

Multippel. Group exhibition. Prosjektrom Helium. Fredrikstad, Norway.

Nye Medlemmer. Group exhibition. Galleri Norske Grafikere. Oslo.

Jomfrulandsutstillingen. Group exhibition. Fyrvokteren. Jomfruland, Norway.

Observasjoner (Observations). Permanent, public art installation. Agder Vocational School. Grimstad, Norway.

2021 Statens Høstutstilling. Juried exhibition. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway. Juried by a national elected committee from NBK.

Impulser for å holde motet oppe. Blaker Gml. Meieri, Blaker, Norway. Group exhibition curated by Ellef Prestsæter.

Åpningsutstilling: Stabbursfrieri. Group exhibition curated by Eirik Mikkelborg. LKT Grafikk. Leveld, Norway.

2020 Tynset Internasjonale Filmfestival. Featured video work “Ruderat (Ruderal),” Rambu kino, Tynset, Norway.

Den Store Kunstdagen. Pop-up exhibition, workshops and demos. Blaker Gml. Meieri, Blaker.

Temautstillingen 2020: Mendable – Klima og miljø i dagens kunstpraksiser. Group exhibition curated by Norske Kunsthåndverkere. House of Foundation, Moss, Norway.

Compose, Decompose, Pause. Group exhibition. Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn, Norway.

Drifting Bodies, Fluent Spaces. Group exhibition, online conference and publication. EAUM Museu, Guimarães, Portugal.

2019 SOG(AI). Group Exhibition, Tveten gård, Oslo, Norway.

Grafika Creativa: Jyväskylä International Print Triennial, Taidemuseo, Jyväskylä, Finland.

A Better Past is Still Possible. Group exhibition, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway. Curator: Joerg Franzbecker.

Print Matters. Group Exhibition, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm Sweden and Ålgården, Borås Sweden.

Paper in Particular. Juried Exhibition, Sidney Larsen Gallery, Missouri, USA. Juror: Eric Lutz.

A Lick and a Promise. Group Exhibition, Kunstplass Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway.

2018        Tynset Høstutstilling. Duo Exhibition, w/ Einar Sigstad, Galleri Elgen, Tynset, Norway.

Grafikk og Tegning. Group Exhibition, Galleri Seilduken 2, Oslo.

Open Call vol.04. Group Exhibition, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo.

Frekvens vol.2: Aftermath. Group Exhibition, Wald, Porsgrunn, Norway.

Frekvens vol.2. Group Exhibition, Galleri Norske Grafikere, Oslo.

Original Copy. Group Exhibition, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo.

New Publications. Group Exhibition, Reception Gallery at KHiO, Oslo.

Sitt heller på en stein enn på en pute. Group Exhibition, White Box/Galleri Seilduken, Oslo.

Leftovers VIII. Group Exhibition; Applestick Contemporary Art, Balnarring, Australia; Atelier 6000, Bend, Oregon, USA; MING, Boise, Idaho, USA.

MISS READ Art Book Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany. Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway.

2017         Paper in Particular. Juried Exhibition, Sidney Larsen Gallery, Columbia, Missouri, USA. Juror: Ben Cameron.

Watershed III. Group Exhibition, Truckee Meadow Gallery, Reno, Nevada, USA.

Annual Student Juried Exhibition. Juried Exhibition, BSU Visual Arts Center, Boise, Idaho, USA. Juror: Blake Shell.

2016        Selected Workings. Juried Exhibition, Surel’s Place, Garden City, Idaho, USA. Juror: Karl LeClair.

Watershed II. Group Exhibition, Readymade Gallery, Logan, Utah, USA.

Exchange. Group Exhibition, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.

6x6. Juried Exhibition, ArtSource Gallery, Boise, Idaho. Juror: Zella Beardley.

Watershed. Group Exhibition,  Rocky Mountain Print Alliance Symposium, Boise.

Insight. Juried Exhibition,Visual Arts Center, Boise, Idaho. Juror: Jason Manley.

2015       Current Works. Group Exhibition, FAB Gallery, Boise, Idaho.

Grants and Awards

2023 Diversestipend, Kulturdirektoratet

Tilskudd til kunst- og kulturprosjekter, Viken fylkeskommune

Prosjektstøtte for Understory, Kunstsentrene i Norge og Kulturdirektoratet

Prosjektstøtte for Som vokser i skyggen, Kulturrådet

Prosjektstøtte for Blakerbiennalen 2023, Norske Grafikeres Fond

2022 Arbeidsstipend, Norske Billedkunsteres Vederlagsfond

Prosjektstøtte for Ringvirkninger, Kulturrådet

Arbeidsstipend, Norske Grafikeres Fond

Etableringsstipend, Oslo kommune

Innkjøpt av Agder Kommune til permanent utsmykning ved Fagskolen i Agder.

Innkjøpt av Kragerø Kommune kunstsamling

2021 Jomfrulandsstipendet. Vestfold og Telemark Fylkeskommune.

2019       Diversestipend Grant for nyutdannede kunstnere, Kulturrådet (Arts Council Norway).

Grant, Norske Grafikeres Fond (Norwegian Printmakers Foundation).

2017   Art Department Award. Annual Student Juried Exhibition. Boise State Visual Arts Center. Boise, Idaho.

2016     Juror’s award. Insight. Boise State Visual Arts Center. Boise, Idaho.

Public Collections

City of Oslo Art Collection

City of Kragerø Art Collection

City of Boise Portable Works Collection

City of Boise Visual Chronicle Collection

Residencies

2024 Leveld Kunstnartun, Ål, Norway

2021 Jomfrulandsstipendet, Jomfruland, Norway.

2020 Sommerstudio, Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn, Norway.

2019 Checkpoint Charly, Bologna, Italy.

2018    Helium AiR, Hydrogenfabrikken, Fredrikstad, Norway

KHiO project residency at Charles Nypels Lab, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands.

2017    Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy.

Selected Professional Experience

2020 – Present Firefighter, City of Oslo (Oslo Brann- og Redningsetat), Oslo, Norway

2020 – Present Guide / Instructor / Technician, Ekeberg Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway

2020 – Present Freelance Preparator, Munchmuseet, Oslo, Norway.

2019 – Present Master Printmaker at Blaker Gml. Meieri, Verkstedsbiblioteket, Blaker, Norway

2019 – Present Co-Owner/operator, Lommetyven Press, Oslo, Norway

2021 Instructor, relief printmaking, Lillestrøm sommerskole, Blaker, Norway

2020 Instructor, hand papermaking and bookbinding workshop series, House of Foundation, Moss, Norway

2020 Curator, artist video program, Tynset International Film Festival, Tynset, Norway.

2020 – 2021 Staff writer (art criticism), Subjekt, Oslo, Norway

2010 – 2019   Wildland Firefighter, Federal service: USDA Forest Service and DOI Bureau of Land Management, various locations, USA.

2015 – 2017    Graduate Teaching Assistant, Boise State University                   

2016 – 2017        Gallery Assistant and Preparator, Visual Arts Center, Boise, Idaho, USA.

2012  Instructor, Relief printmaking workshop, Zion Canyon Arts and Humanities Council, Springdale, UT.

Press

Mona Pale Bjerke, “Ung energi løfter Høstutstillingen,” NRK, September 12, 2021.

Drifting Bodies, Fluent Spaces. Lab2pt: Minho, Portugal. 2021.

Mina S. Haufman, review: “A better past is still possible,” Billedkunst Nr. 4, 2019.

Arntsen, Thomas H. “Kunstneren bruker skogbranner i USA i sitt uttrykk.” Fredrikstad Blad. August 16, 2018.

Studio Visit Magazine, Issue 37, Summer 2017.       

Not Dead Yet: The Sexuality of Growths/Absences I-IV, by Europa Babbini for "Real and Fictive in Contemporary Art," a conference at Reed College. December 18, 2008. 

Professional Memberships

Unge Kunstneres Samfund (Norwegian Young Artists’ Society)

Norske Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Visual Artists’ Association)

Norske Grafikere (Norwegian Printmakers Association)

Norske Kunsthåndverkere (The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts)

International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists