EDUCATION
2009-2011 MA studies in Fine art at Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway
2006-2009 BA at Bergen Academy of Art and Design, a textiles department, Norway
2001-2002 Gjøvik University College, Norway. Media.
1998-2000 Ålesund University College, Norway. GIS (Geographical Information Systems)
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2024 SOFT Galleri, Oslo, Norway
2024 KRAFT, Bergen, Norway
2024 TENDENCIES - In The Right Hands F15, Moss, Norway
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Macula Lutea”, Baroti Gallery Klaipeda, Lithuania
2018 "Garment Exchange" at Gallery Artifex, with Karina N. Presttun, Vilnius, Lithuania
2018 "Garment Exchange" at Gallery Christinegård, with Karina N. Presttun, Bergen, Norway
2017 "Det Dobbelte", Gamle Innvik Ullvarefabrikk with Karina N. Presttun, Innvik, Norway
2017 "Shed", Hå Gamle Prestegård, Stavanger, Norway with Karina N. Presttun
2016 "Entertwine", Kunstbanken, Hamar together with Karina N. Presttun, Norway
2016 "Vines", Galleri Kraft, Bergen, together with Karina N. Presttun, Norway
2016 Solo exhibition at Nils Aas Kunstverksted, Inderøy, Norway
2013 "Over/Under/Over": Solo exhibition at Galleri Format, Bergen, Norway
2005 "Drømmevandring": Solo Exhibition Møre og Romsdal Kunstnersenter, Molde, Norway
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 NIC N’ NO, group exhibition curated by USIKKERKUNSTJENTE, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway
2023 The 7th International Riga Textile and Fibre Art Triennial; Tradition and Innovation. QUO VADIS?, Riga, Latvia
2022 Textile Biennial, at Gallery Arka, Vilnius, Lithuania
2022 Årsutstillingen 2022 (Annual exhibition of the Norwegian Association for Arts and
2022 “Dei ekstraordinære”, SFKM, Førde, Norway
2021 Portrait Now! 2021, Ljunbergmuseum, Sweden
2021 "Vestlandsutstilling", Bergen, Førde, Stavanger, Ålesund, Norway
2021 “Skog”, NK Exhibition, Skien, Norway
2021 Årsutstillingen 2021 (National Exhibition of Applied Arts), Kristiansand, Norway
2021 BeCraft (European Prize of Applied Arts), Mons, Belgium
2021 Portrait Now! 2021, Fredriksborg, Denmark
2021 "Mønstring", Førde, Norway
2020 "Mendable" at House of Foundation, Moss, Norway
2020 "GRIT" online exhibition with Karina N. Presttun and Outi Martikainen
2019 Nils Aas Kunstverksted, Inderøy, Norway
2019 Gustav Gaudernack. The Magic of Enamel. KUBE Ålesund, Norway
2019 INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY, Lodz, Poland
2019 GARDEN OF EDEN - GROUP EXHIBITION AT NEUHAUS CASTLE, Haslach, Austria
2019 "CONNECTIONS", Gallery Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
2019 "Spring exhibition”, Charlottenborg, with Karina N. Presttun, Copenhagen
2018 The 33rd Chelsea International Fine Art Competition, Agora Gallery, NY, USA
2018 In Black and White: Art Meets Writing Exhibition at the SAA Collective, Illinois, USA
2018 ARTAPESTRY 5, international juried exhibition, Silkeborg Bad in Denmark
2018 ARTAPESTRY 5, international exhibition, Kulturcentrum Ronneby in Sweden
2018 ARTAPESTRY 5, international exhibition, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils in Latvia
2017 Kunstmaand Ameland with Karina N. Presttun, Rijswijk, Netherlands
2017 Rijswijk Textile Biennial together with Karina N. Presttun, Rijswijk, Netherlands
2016-2017 "Textile Art of Today", International Textile Art Triennial, Uherske Hradiste, Czech
Republic
2016 "Textile Art of Today", International Textile Art Triennial, Bielsko-Biala, Poland
2016 "Textile Art of Today", International Textile Art Triennial, Gyor, Hungary
2016 World of Threads Festival, The Gallery at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and
Cultural Centre (QEPCCC), Oakville, Canada
2016 VII Biennial of Lithuanian Textile Art, TEXTILE: BODY & SOUL, Gallery Arka, Vilnius,
Lithuania
2016 Added Value, Rom 8, Bergen, Norway
2016 "Textile Art of Today", International Textile Art Triennial, Poprad, Slovakia
2016 Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge, The Dennos Museum Center in
Traverse City, Michigan, USA
2015 Vevringutstillininga, Naustdal, Norway2015 "Out of the Box", the IX International
Biennial of Textile Miniatures, Janina-Monkute Marks Museum, Kedainiai,
Lithuania (2015 September 4 – 2015 October 17)
2015 "Hands+: Coexistence & Expansion", the 9Th Cheongju International Craft
Competition, Republic of Korea
2015 "Textile Art of Today", International Textile Art Triennial, Bratislava, Slovakia
2015-2016 "Mønstring", Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway
2015-2016 "Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge", The Dennos Museum Center in
Traverse City, Michigan, USA
2015 "Materialities Contemporary Textile Arts", Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, USA
2015 "Extreme Fibers: Textile Icons and the New Edge", Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon,
Michigan, USA
2015 "NORDART 2015", International Art Exhibition in Büdelsdorf, Germany
2015 "Out of the Box", the IX International Biennial of Textile Miniatures, Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 "10x10=100% JACQUARD", Titanikas, Vilnius, Lithuania
2014 Nantong International Craft Biennale, China
2014 "Contextile", Textile Biennial in Guimarães, Portugal
2014 "Play and Decay", Galera, UMI, Vilnius, Lithuania, together with Karina Presttun, Hilde
Frantzen and Gro Nevelsaker
2014 "SABOTasje: jacquard stories", Innvik Old Weaving Mill, Innvik, Norway
2014 "Springexhibition", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 Group show at gallery Parken, Bergen, December
2013 "Play and Decay": group show at Gallery 101, Kaunas, Lithuania. 5th to 29th of
November.
2013 Pop-up exhibition at Trykk:trykK, Bergen, October
2012 Kunsthåndverk 2012 (National Exhibition of Applied Arts): The Museum of Decorative
Arts and Design, Oslo, Norway
2012 RAFF designer and exhibitor, under design week in Bergen, Norway
2012 Trykk:trykK: group show at Gro og Navle, Bergen, Norway
2012 ODDS: International exhibition in Odda, Norway.
2011 Experiments with light", juried international group exhibition, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2011 "Soft Technology 2011", international group exhibition Galleri 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2011 "Soft Technology 2011", juried international group exhibition Gallery Soft, Oslo, Norway
2011 "Pines and Powerlines", MA exhibition 2011, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
2010 "Under the surface", Art gallery in Anyksciai, Lithuania with Ruta Sipalyte.
2009 "Under the surface", Unesco gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania with Ruta Sipalyte.
AWARDS
2021 Special prize at the exhibition Portrait Now, The Museum of National History Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark
2018 2. Prize In Black and White: Art Meets Writing Exhibition at the SAA Collective,
Illinois, USA
2018 1. Prize at a juried exhibition at Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington, USA
2015 Honorable Mention at "Hands+: Coexistence & Expansion", the 9Th Cheongju
International Craft Competition, Republic of Korea
2015 3rd Place for the work Broken from Surface Design Association’s Materialities:
Contemporary Textile Arts Exhibition at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts: Selections,
Awards & Catalog
2015 The jury diploma for the sense of materiality from the IX International Biennial of Textile
Miniatures in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2014 Bronze prize for textile work Flies, Nantong International Contemporary Craft Biennale,
China
COLLECTIONS
2022 Lillesand Kommune, public commission home for the elderly, Norway
2018,21 NKIM (Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum), National Museum of Decorative Arts and
Design, Trondheim, Norway
2021 Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway
2020 Helse Vest (Hospital), Førde, Norway
2020 Bergen kommune, Bergen, Norway
2019 Jugendstilsenteret, museum and a national centre of Art Nouveau, Ålesund, Norway
2016 Art and Industry Museum in Oslo, Norway
2015 Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan, USA
Also private collections
SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS/SUPPORT
2022 Artist Scholarship from Vestlands County
2020-2025 Working Grant from Arts Council Norway
2019 Project Support from Vestland Fylke for the project Tekstillab
2019 Project Support from the Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts to the project Tekstillab
2019 Establishment Scholarship, Bergen Municipality
2019 Travel support for the International exhibition “CONNECTIONS”, Tartu, Estonia, by the Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts
2019 Travel support for the International exhibition “Garden of Eden”, Haslach, Austria, by
Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts
2019 Diversestipend (project scholarship) Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts
2018 Travel support for the exhibition “Garment Exchange” in Vilnius, Lithuania, by Norwegian
Association of Arts and Crafts
2017 1-year Working Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Remuneration Fund
2016 Sogn and Fjordane County Council Arts Scholarship
2016 1-year Working Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Remuneration Fund
2015 Travel support for “NORDART”, Germany, Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts, OCA
2015 Travel support for “EXTREME FIBERS”, USA, Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts, OCA
2015 NBK scholarship (National Organization for Visual Artists in Norway) for “10×10=100%
JACQUARD” exhibition at Titanikas, in Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 NK scholarship (National Organization for Applied Artists in Norway) for “10×10=100%
JACQUARD” exhibition at Titanikas, in Vilnius, Lithuania
2015 Support for “10×10=100% JACQUARD” exhibition at Titanikas, in Vilnius,
Lithuania OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway)
2014 NBK scholarship (National Organization for Visual Artists in Norway) for artists working in
Sogn og Fjordane
2014 Support for exhibition “SABOTasje” at Innvik Old Weaving Mill, Norway, Arts Council
Norway
2014 Support for exhibition “SABOTasje” at Innvik Old Weaving Mill, Norway, Stryn Municipality
2014 Support for exhibition “SABOTasje” at Innvik Old Weaving Mill, Norway, Sogn og Fjordane
County
2014 Support for exhibition “SABOTasje” at Innvik Old Weaving Mill, Norway, Arts Council
Norway, Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts
2014 Travel suport for “Contextile”, Textile Biennial in Guimarães, Portugal, Norwegian
Association of Arts and Crafts
2014 Travel support for “Spring exhibition”, Denmark, Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts
2014 Travel support for “Play and Decay” in Vilnius, Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts
2014 Travel support for “Play and Decay” in Vilnius, Lithuania Office for Contemporary Art Norway
2013 Support for the exhibition “Play and Decay” in Kaunas, Lithuania, Office for Contemporary
Art Norway
2012 Support for the publication “Odds”, Bergen Municipality
2012 Scholarship (2 years) for young, newly established artists, Arts Council Norway, NK
2011 Travel support for the exhibition “Experiments with Light” in Kaunas, Lithuania,
Arts Council Norway
2011 Establishment scholarship for young artists, Bergen Municipality
MEMBERSHIPS:
NK The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
NTK Norwegian Textile Artists
NBK The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists
NTA Nordic Textile Art