Stipends/Awards
2011: The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, Scholarship for Artists over Age 60
2005-11: The Norwegian Government, Guaranteed Income for Artists
2004: City of Oslo, Cultural Stipend
2004: Office for Contemporary Art, Norway, Travel Grant
2003: Vederlagsfondets stipend
1967: Inger og Edvard Munchs legat
Member of
Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus (BOA)
Tegnerforbundet (TF)
Norske billedkunstnere (NBK)
Kunstnerforeningen
Education
1968–71 The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo (NO). Sculpture (Professor: Per Palle Storm);
1965–66 The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo (NO). Painting (Professor: Reidar Aulie);
1965 The National College of Arts and Crafts (SHKS), Oslo (NO). Drawing (Professor: Gert Jynge);
1963–64 The National College of Arts and Crafts (SHKS), Oslo (NO). (Professors: Olaf Mosebekk and Ivar Bell)
Misc.
2011: Guest Teacher, Kline Academy of Fine Art, Los Angeles
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);
1996-2002: Professor of figurative painting, the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
2002: Guest Lecturer, Oslo School of Architecture
2001-02: Coordinator of the Final Exams Exhibition for the students at the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway. (Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, May-June 2002);
2001-02: Board Member, the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo Norway;
1996-1997: Sub-Dean, the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
1996: Guest Lecturer. The Norwegian Kant Society, Oslo Norway
1996: Guest Lecturer. University of Tromsø, Tromsø Norway
1995-1996: Associate Professor, the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
1985-95: Manager and Teacher, Bruchion Center for Art and Gnosis, Los Angeles, 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
