PROFESSIONAL INFO
I am an art director, painter, photographer and feature journalist.
Former Student of Westerdals School of Communications in Oslo.
PERSONAL STATEMENT
"Sometimes, watching my portraits, I feel like looking at the same picture over and over. Whether it be a child, an elderly person, different genders, people of various social or ethnic backgrounds. Recurring themes become your signature.
I love the bold directness of my portrait subjects.
Traveling I find that nature never ceases to move me with its iridescence and
ever-changing lure. Saying claims beauty to be our hearts´ intuitive intelligence.
At times it is as if earth and sky is my real skin and all within me - gratitude.
Street photography is perhaps my favorite. Capturing peoples ordinary lives,
I choose scenes with a slight twist exposing specific social and cultural cues.
I enjoy sharing these intimate and unique moments observed around the world,
"Moments gone forever, impossible to reproduce."
When I was eight my mother taught me to paint using gouache, egg tempera, and oil.
I attended art history- and performing art classes throughout high school and college
and studied with seven different established Norwegian painters.
Languages
English
French
German
Skills
Photoshop
Indesign
Illustrator
Flash
Lightroom
Journal Designer
CV
KEY QUALIFICATION
Thirty years experience branding/logo design and illustration for a multitude of companies ranging from offshore industry, medical companies to publishing media.
Art director and photojournalist with 30 years of experience in public and private sectors; offshore, pharmaceutical industry, universities, newspaper & magazines. Serving and consulting clients on how to communicate corporate identity visually through branding, producing a wide range of products; websites, book covers, magazine-layout and logos.
Member of The Norwegian Union of Journalists. NJ.
Member of NSFF
For more info please visit my professional websites:
WORK EXPERIENCE
AD/creative director, PR & Communication Bureau Prguru.
Editorial manager; layout, photography, responsible for overall visual aspect of Norways´ largest hunting magazine, Jeger. In charge of all artistic and graphic production. Jan 2016-mars 2018.
Travel photographer; Vingreiser, Se & Hør, Tara Magasin, Bedre Helse, Jeger, Vi over 60.
Design, branding, illustration og production of advertising material at Dagbladet, Aller Media, MSD, Resmed, Andøco, Andersen & Ødegaard, Gastronaut, Ergoterapiforbundet, Statens Informasjonstjeneste.
Computer consultant, Statens Kunst & Håndverksskole, 87
Teacher, design and computer graphics, Merkantilt Institutt. 88-91.
Color Graphics as, Infobox Graphic computer designer. 86-88
LogoTyper: Graphic computer design and program developer. 86-2019.
EDUCATION
Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology (Westerdals Oslo ACT)
Art Direction, Graphic Design 1985 – 1987
Psychology - University of Oslo 84-85
Criminology - University of Oslo 82-83
Masterclass Printing, Per Arnfinn Persen and Morten Løberg 2018
Tine Poppe & Linda Cartridge 2013 Travel/Street photography Rajasthan India.
Eivind Røhne, 2009 Oslo.
Oslo Tegne- and Maleskole: croquis, portrait, oil-painting
Atelier Nord: webdesign & animation.
Private tutoring; Eser Afacan; classic oil-paint and preparation techniques; charcoal, oil.
Classes in portrait and oil painting, Folkeuniversitetet 1980
High school Art major. Relevant subjects; litho, woodcut, etching, sculpture, art history.
TEACHERS
Christian Montarou: litho, woodcut, aquarel.
Victor Hafseld; woodcut, lino and litho print.
Cecilie Nerdrum: croquis, collage.
Jakob Schmidt: painting techniques.
Cato Bødtger Oslo Tegne og Maleskole: croquis, portrait drawing, oil painting.
Marit Krogh: sculpting.
Eser Afacan: classic paint--and preparation techniques, charcoal, oil.
Tommy Sørbø: art history.
EXHIBITIONS
Solo: Larvik Kunstforening 2020
Solo: Galleri Svalbard 2020
Group: Galleri ER 2020
Drøbak Kunstforening 2020
Group: Grimstad Kunstforening 2021
Group: Asker Kunstforening Open Call Landskap 2019
Group: Galleri A. A-laget sommerutstilling Oslo 2019
Nominated for Cyan Folio Photography by Høvikodden and Fotogalleriet.
Showcased and reviewed at Nordic Light Photo Festival and Høvikodden 2019
Solo: Galleri Athene, Drammen, 2007
Solo: Bærum Kulturhus, 2005
Group: Galleri Arctandria, Oslo 1998, 2003, 2004
Group: Galleri G, Høvik, 2006
Group: Atelier fellesskapet Det Gamle Apotek
ART CLIENTS & COLLECTORS
Lundhs AS, Larvik. Boardroom.
NASTA AS. Boardrooms
Private collectors.
