Plans sometimes has to change, and so was the case with my “50 shades of skin”. I overworked the textile painting and had no chance of finishing it before the exhibition. Hundreds of working hours spent in a piece that for now will remain, unfinished, in my studio. A new version will start soon and I can’t wait to begin - the motif still excites me! And hopefully I learnt something during my previous attempt :-)

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Planer er til for å endres sies det, og det er tilfelle med “50 shades of skin”. Jeg stresset før utstillingen og endte med å overarbeide deler av det, slik at jeg ikke hadde mulighet til å bli ferdig. Flere hundre arbeidstimer ble brukt og verket vil forbli uferdig i atelieret mitt. Jeg starter snart en ny versjon og jeg kan nesten ikke vente! Motivet interesserer meg fortsatt veldig. Og forhåpentligvis har jeg lært noe gjennom forrige forsøk :-)

I am looking forward to take part in the x-mas exhibition at Rogaland Kunstsenter this year! We are 72 local artists participating. A perfect opportunity to find the really special gift for the holiday!

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Jeg gleder meg til å ta del i juleutstillingen ved Rogaland Kunstsenter i år! Vi er 72 kunstnere og kunsthåndverker som deltar i årets utstilling. En perfekt mulighet til å finne en helt spesiell julegave!

“Lend me an ear” / “Lån meg et øre”

“Lend me an ear” is a new series of sculptural textile works. The start of the serie will be shown at the X-mas exhibition at Rogaland Kunstsenter. It will consist of 5 framed, needle-felted ears mounted on linen canvas.

In our increasingly unstable world where we are moving away from our extended family many of us experience loneliness. It is no longer a given to have a confident, someone to share our big moments and griefs with.

With this series, I want to offer a constant listening ear to the viewer.

Our ears are so unique they can identify a person, just like our DNA and fingerprints.

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«Lån meg et øre» er en ny serie skulpturelle tekstile arbeider. Den begynnende serien vil bli vist i juleutstillingen ved Rogaland Kunstsenter. Den vil bestå av 5 innrammede, nålefiltede ører, montert på lerret av lin.

I vår stadig mer urolige verden hvor vi beveger oss vekk fra storfamilien er det mange av oss som opplever ensomhet. Det er ikke lenger gitt at vi har noen å betro oss til, noen å dele store og små øyeblikk med.

Jeg ønsker med denne serien å tilby evig lyttende ører til betrakteren.

Våre ører er så unike at de kan identifisere mennesker på samme måte som DNA og fingeravtrykk.

Welcome to Normanns gate 24! We are 18 artists opening our studios to the public. We are all located in the same building and all 3 floors will be open with studios to visit. In the second floor, we will have a group show in Salongen.

I look forward to show you my space!

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Velkommen til Normannsgate 24! Vi er 18 kunstnere som åpner våre atelier for besøk. Alle har atelier i samme bygg og det vil være åpent i alle 3 etasjer. I andre etasje er det en fellesutstilling med deltakende kunstnere - og utstillingen holdes i Salongens lokaler.

Jeg gleder meg til å vise deg atelieret mitt!

I am a part of Stavanger Open Studios and have cleaned up my studio for the occasion. In Salongen we have a temporarily group exhibition with Tove Sundt-Hansen, Camilla Løken Hill and me, Vibeke Andersen. Welcome!
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Jeg er med på OSS - Open Studios Stavanger og har ryddet atelieret for anledningen. Vi har samtidige med åpne studioer også en liten gruppeutstilling med Camilla Løken Hill, Tove Sundt-Hansen og meg, Vibeke Andersen. Velkommen!

In 2023, the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle will once again hold its Nordic portrait competition, the Carlsberg Foundation’s Portrait Award. This is the ninth time the competition is being held.
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Ved det Nasjonalhistoriske Museum i Fredriksborg Slott holdes den nordiske portrettkonkurransen, Carlsberg fondets Portrettpris. Dette er den niende gangen konkurransen arrangeres.

Portrait NOW! is a portrait biennale in Denmark. It Is sponsored by the Carlsberg foundation and is held at the amazing Fredriksborg Castle! I am thrilled to be a part of this exhibition with my painting with thread “KunZenTration”.
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Portrait NOW! er en portrett biennale i Danmark. Biennalen er sponset av Carlsberg fondet og arrangeres ved det utrolige slottet i Fredriksborg! Jeg er virkelig begeistret for å være med på utstillingen med mitt maleri med tråd “KunZenTration”.

The competition is open to all artists residing in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Åland Islands, Finland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, and all media – painting, sculpture, video, installation, sound art.

An international jury of experts will award the competition prizes and select a number of portraits that will be included in the exhibition Portrait NOW! 2023 at the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle from May 2023.
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Utstillingen er åpen for alle kunstnere bosatt i Danmark, Norge, Sverige, Åland, Finland, Island, Færøyene og Grønland. Utstillingen inneholder alle medium - maleri, skulptur, video, installasjon, lydkunst.

En internasjonal jury bestående av eksperter vil tildele priser og velge ut et antall portretter som vil bli inkludert i utstillingen Portrait NOW! 2023 ved Det Nasjonalhistoriske Museum ved Fredriksborg slott fra mai 2023.

Jury:

• Eva Lena Karlsson, Curator at Collections and Swedish National Portrait Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

• Anna Schram Vejlby, director of Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Toreby, Denmark

• Imogen Gibbon, Deputy Director & Chief Curator of Portraiture, National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Dr. Sarah Moulden, Curator of 19th-Century Collections, National Portrait Gallery, London, England

• Jesper Elg, director of V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Tore Leifer, portrait editor, The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg, Hillerød, Denmark

I am very pleased to have been selected for the textile triennale, TEXPO ART in Romania! Unfortunately, I can not attend the opening myself, but my self-portrait will be a part of the exhibition.

2+0+1+2+0+2+0+2+1+2+1+2+0+1+2+0+2+1 = 21  

The number 21 can be associated with a tarot card named “The World”. Unity and wholeness are amongst the symbolic meaning of this card. The number 21 can also be read as 2+1=3 - where the number 3 stands for the holy trinity, or past, presence and future.

«20 + 1» are 21 pencil drawings in the format of 20x20 cm. All drawings are drawn on Fabriano paper and mounted in a frame, painted directly on the wall, with the dimensions 21x21 cm. Opening date for the exhibition is 20.01.2021.

The work is based on traces of coffee from 21 coffee cups. Abstract traces of what has been, or can be symbolic of what to come. Fortune-telling from coffee grounds or tea leaves is an old tradition from Asia, Middle East and the Ancient Greece. The method is referred to as Tasseography.

The drawings have been meditation excercises where each drawing is a complete universe, created within its own borders. At the same time they are a reflection over the past year and the time we are living in. Twenty drawings from 2020 and one from 2021 where the mind has been circling around questions like; can a community be governed by tasseography, or numerology? Or is it possible for us to find our inner source and with increased awareness and total presence make external dogmas redundant?

More drawings from the exhibition can be viewed here