Mercenary

 

Jan Isak Saether: Dual Nature

 

Under a Bridge

 

Woman with Red Skirt

 

Uten tittel (1971)

 

REPRESENTERT I FØLGENDE SAMLINGER / REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS:

Norsk kulturråds offentlige samlinger, Oslo [The Norwegian Cultural Council Collection];
Drammen Faste Galleri;
Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo [The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Norway];
Universitetet i Oslo;
Vitenskapsakademiet, Oslo;
Skimuseet, Oslo;
Frimurerlosjen i Oslo [Free Masonry Loge, Oslo];
Oslo Konserthus;
Elvegårdens Samlinger, Drammen;
Østfold Fylkessykehus, Fredrikstad;
Federal Courthouse, Los Angeles, CA;
Federal Courthouse, Portland, OR;
Mika Company Collection, Los Angeles, CA;
Whittaker Corporation, Los Angeles, CA;
Chicago Hilton Hotel, IL;
Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA;
The Albert Hofmann Foundation, Los Angeles CA

In addition represented in several private collections in Norway, the US, Canada and France.

 

 

 

S O L O  E X H I B I T I O N S

2004: AN ARTIST IN EXILE: THE VILOSHIN LETTERS. nordic art info, Oslo, June 17-27. (60 year anniversary exhibition)
2004: ARRIVAL BY WITHDRAWAL. Galleri 21, Malmö (Sweden), January 10 - February 1
2003: «KONTRASTER. IDENTITETER». KunstVerket Galleri, Oslo, October 25 - November 9
2002: ENVELOPE. Galleri Sub Comandante, Oslo, April 25-28
2001: INPERMANENCE. Galleri Asur, Oslo, December 1 - 20
1997: OBJEKTER. Galleri Asur, Oslo
1993: Drawings. Bruchion Gallery, Los Angeles
1992: AN ARTIST IN EXILE: THE VILOSHIN LETTERS. Phoenix Bookstore and Gallery, Santa Monica
1990: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings. Andrea Ross Gallery, Santa Monica
1986: Paintings, Sculpture. Dassin Gallery, Los Angeles
1985: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings. Spring Street Design Center Gallery, Los Angeles
1984: Paintings. Gallery One, Beverly Hills
1980: Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings. X-Art Gallery, Santa Monica
1976: Paintings. Seventh Street Gallery, Los Angeles
1972: Paintings. Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo

G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S

2003
CLASS OF 2003. Galleri Sub Comandante in co-operation with Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium et al. Vestfossen Kulturlaboratorium, Nov-Dec.
PROSJEKT A4. KunstVerket Galleri, Oslo, December
VESTLANDSUTSTILLINGEN 2003. Haugesund Billedgalleri et al.;
"COMING OUT" UNITED NET-WORKS MOBILE ARCHIVE PROJECT. Group show. Kulturhuset Stockholm et al. 2003-04.

2002
PROSJEKT A4. KunstVerket Galleri, Oslo

2001
NORSKE BILDER 2001. Oslo Rådhus [City Hall, Oslo];
TRADISJON & FIGURASJON I 1970-ÅRENES MALERI. Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg [Haugar Vestfold Art Museum];
OLE FADUM, DAG FYRI, JAN VALENTIN SÆTHER. STIKKORD: FIGURATIV. Bærum Kunstforening, Sandvika 2001

2000
Gruppeutstilling under konferansen "Uten kultur visner Norge". Folkets Hus, Oslo 6. november 2000. (Thomas Knarvik, Thomas Sæverud, Jan Valentin Sæther, Harald Fenn, Vanessa Baird, Liv Heier, Bård Solhaug)

1999
JAN VALENTIN SÆTHER MED ELEVER. Galleri NK, Lillehammer;
SKÅRUTSTILLINGEN, Rogaland;
OM-63 (Elleve elever av Olav Mosebekk). Tegnerforbundet, Oslo

1998
HARDANGERUTSTILLINGEN;
SKÅRUTSTILLINGEN, Rogaland

1996
FIGURASJONER II. Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo [The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway];
ROMANTIKK OG REALISME. Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo og Kunsthuset, Oslo;
LA FIGURES: A SURVEY OF FIGURATIVE PAINTING IN LOS ANGELES. Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles

1995
ROMANTIKK OG REALISME. Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo;
OPENING STATEMENTS. Lizardi/Harp Gallery, Los Angeles

1994
BURNING LIGHTS: SPIRITUALITY, TRADITION AND CRAFT IN RECENT ART FROM THE CITY OF THE ANGELS. Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Travels to Palm Springs Desert Museum; Biola University; and Hearst Gallery and St. Mary's College, Moraga

1993
OBJEKT/SUBJEKT. Galleri Bellman, Oslo;
FIVE SCANDINAVIAN PAINTERS. University of Oregon, Portland;
SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION by Karin Blehr. Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo [The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway]

1992
Caplan Gallery, Santa Monica

1991
Ingvaldsen Gallery, Portland, Oregon;
Caplan Gallery, Santa Monica

1990
THE BIG PICTURE. Riverside Museum, Riverside;
FIVE PAINTERS. Andrea Ross Gallery, Santa Monica

1989
Andrea Ross Gallery, Santa Monica

1984
BROAD SPECTRUM—THE OLYMPIC ARTS FESTIVAL. Spring Street Design Center Gallery, Los Angeles;
STUDIO SPAZZAPAN PRESENTS FOUR ARTISTS. Spring Street Design Center Gallery, Los Angeles

1983
PULSART INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa;
SCANDINAVIA TODAY: SCANDINAVIANS IN LOS ANGELES. Bridge Street Gallery, Los Angeles

1980
ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE AND PORTRAITURE.
J. Paul Getty Museum in cooperation with Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles

1979
STATENS 92. HØSTUTSTILLING. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo [The National Autumn Exhibition]

1977
VENICE STUDIO SHOW, FACULTY. Venice, CA

1974
STATENS 87. HØSTUTSTILLING, Kunstnernes Hus. Travels to Bergens Kunstforening

1972
STATENS 85. HØSTUTSTILLING, Kunstnernes Hus. Travels to Trondhjems Kunstforening

1971
ROMANTIK, REALISME. Oslo Kunstforening

1970
FIGURATIVT MALERI FRA SEKSTITALLET. Oslo Kunstforening

1968
VÅRUTSTILLINGEN. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

T E A C H I N G  E X P E R I E N C E :. O F F I C I A L  
A S S I G N M E N T S

2003: Director & Art Teacher, Jan Valentin Saether Fine Art Studio, Oslo;
2003: Teacher, Figurative Nude Class. International Summer School in Florence together with artist Inger Hodgson;
2003: Curator, Vestlandsutstillingen (together with dr. art. Lars Fr. H. Svendsen);
2002: Guest lecturer, Oslo School of Architecture;
1996-2002: Professor of Figurative Painting. The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo Norway. (Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Avd. Statens Kunstakademi);
2001-02: Coordinator of the Final Exams Exhibition for the students at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway. (Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, May-June 2002);
2001-02: Board member, the National Academy of FIne Arts, Oslo Norway;
1996-97: Sub-dean. The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo Norway;
1996: Guest Lecturer. The Norwegian Kant Society, Oslo Norway;
1996: Guest Lecturer. University of Tromsø, Tromsø Norway;
1995-96: Assistant Professor. The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo Norway;
1985-95: Manager and Teacher, Bruchion Center for Art and Gnosis, Venice, California;
1990: Guest Lecturer. University of California, Santa Barbara, California;
1984: Teacher. Brandes Art Institute, Reseda, California;
1979: Teacher (painting). University of Judaism, Los Angeles, California;
1976-82: Teacher. Venice Painting and Sculpture Studio, Venice, California;
1973: Vice chairman, Landsforeningen Norske Malere

S C H O L A R S H I P S :. A W A R D S :. S T I P E N D S

2004: City of Oslo, Municipal Stipend for Artists
2004: Office for Contemporary Art Norway (travel grant)
2003: Vederlagsfondets stipend
1967: Inger og Edvard Munchs legat

O T H E R

2003-: Co-Owner / Senior Consultant, nordic art info, Oslo Norway; <www.nordicart.info>
2001-03: Co-Editor, BarokkMinimalist: e-zine for art criticism <www.barokkminimalist.com>
1972-73: Art and literature critic, Morgenbladet (Oslo)
1964: Junior assistant to Sigurd Winge and Elsa Hagen

 

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