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		Websites ImagineFX Conceptart.org Folkeuniversitetet i Bergen cgpad Gallery Rallaren Isotop
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:2009:
:Christmas exhibition in Galley Yr: In November I was invited to join a Christmas exhibition in Galley Yr in Os, Norway in December. Here I showed paintings, drawings and the result of a little hobby I've got; knifemaking. This gallery is a part of a new studio community in Os. It's so young that I'm not even sure they have given it a name yet:)

Opening time. The exhibition opened with the beautyful music of Sonja Otto, followed by a speech by the mayor in Os, Terje Søviknes.

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:Exhibition in Gallery Rallaren: In 2009 I was invited to join a group exhibition by my friend and colleague Jarl-Hugo Låstad. There I exhibited four drypoint prints from my ongoing serie of pictures were I portray the life of the Hammerheads, and one sci-fi pencil drawing. Here we also did Jarl-Hugos preformance project "Artistic Fellowship". This is an artistic collaboration with electronic music composed by Jarl-Hugo Låstad and Geir Låstad, live painting by Jarl-Hugo and myself improvising on jawsharp. We try to give the audience an artistic crossover experience with artistic expressions that usually isn't combined in this way.

Here we are preforming Jarl-Hugo's preformance project "Artistic Fellowship". Unfortunatly I haven't gotten the nessesary premission to show the video.

The jawsharp I played on. It's a beautyful and good instrument made by the smith and folk musician Bjørgulv Straume from Setesdal, Norway.

Time for vernissage party. It was such a nice evening so we decided to sit outside and barbeque. Unfuotunatly it got to dark to take any more photos. But you get the drift:)

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:The Skjerjehamn exhibition: In mai 2009 I had a solo exhibition in Skjerjehamn in Norway. This is a beautyful place some miles north of Bergen by the sea. Seeing as I don't drive a car, I always have to rely on friends to be my driver. And one I always can count on, is my dear friend and colleague Jarl-Hugo Låstad. This time he was busy with an exhibition himself, so he brought with him a small painting to work on while I mounted my exhibition.

Here is a true art appreciator. He use a good 15 minutes prancing around and looking up on my art.

And here are some pictures from the exhibition finally finished.

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:The flying lesson: installation Have you ever wanted to learn how to fly? Have you ever tried? Did you find it hard?

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:Portrait: installation This piece came about after seeing how the american government treated the prisoners at the Guantanamo base in the aftermath of the terror attack 11 september 2001. And how the american government called them detainees, so they could hold them prisoners for indefinite time without any official charges. On the painting behind the sack the words "In God we trust" is written. The same sentence that is inscripted on the American coins.

This installation was exibited in "Prøverommet " in Bergen in 2006. Here is a bar view.

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Websites

ImagineFX
Conceptart.org
Folkeuniversitetet i Bergen
cgpad
Gallery Rallaren
Isotop

:2009:

:Christmas exhibition in Galley Yr:

In November I was invited to join a Christmas exhibition in Galley Yr in Os, Norway in December. Here I showed paintings, drawings and the result of a little hobby I've got; knifemaking. This gallery is a part of a new studio community in Os. It's so young that I'm not even sure they have given it a name yet:)

Opening time. The exhibition opened with the beautyful music of Sonja Otto, followed by a speech by the mayor in Os, Terje Søviknes.

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:Exhibition in Gallery Rallaren:

In 2009 I was invited to join a group exhibition by my friend and colleague Jarl-Hugo Låstad. There I exhibited four drypoint prints from my ongoing serie of pictures were I portray the life of the Hammerheads, and one sci-fi pencil drawing.
Here we also did Jarl-Hugos preformance project "Artistic Fellowship". This is an artistic collaboration with electronic music composed by Jarl-Hugo Låstad and Geir Låstad, live painting by Jarl-Hugo and myself improvising on jawsharp. We try to give the audience an artistic crossover experience with artistic expressions that usually isn't combined in this way.

Here we are preforming Jarl-Hugo's preformance project "Artistic Fellowship". Unfortunatly I haven't gotten the nessesary premission to show the video.

The jawsharp I played on. It's a beautyful and good instrument made by the smith and folk musician Bjørgulv Straume from Setesdal, Norway.

Time for vernissage party. It was such a nice evening so we decided to sit outside and barbeque. Unfuotunatly it got to dark to take any more photos. But you get the drift:)

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:The Skjerjehamn exhibition:

In mai 2009 I had a solo exhibition in Skjerjehamn in Norway. This is a beautyful place some miles north of Bergen by the sea. Seeing as I don't drive a car, I always have to rely on friends to be my driver. And one I always can count on, is my dear friend and colleague Jarl-Hugo Låstad. This time he was busy with an exhibition himself, so he brought with him a small painting to work on while I mounted my exhibition.

Here is a true art appreciator. He use a good 15 minutes prancing around and looking up on my art.

And here are some pictures from the exhibition finally finished.

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:The flying lesson: installation

Have you ever wanted to learn how to fly? Have you ever tried? Did you find it hard?

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:Portrait: installation

This piece came about after seeing how the american government treated the prisoners at the Guantanamo base in the aftermath of the terror attack 11 september 2001. And how the american government called them detainees, so they could hold them prisoners for indefinite time without any official charges.

On the painting behind the sack the words "In God we trust" is written. The same sentence that is inscripted on the American coins.

This installation was exibited in "Prøverommet " in Bergen in 2006. Here is a bar view.

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