Education

University of Oslo / The Faculty of History and Philosophy
French (mellomfag), University of Oslo and Aix-Marseilles, 1971-73
Art History (grunnfag), 1974

Ecole des Beaux Arts, 17 Quais Malaquais, Paris
Studies in Figure Compossision, Art Atelier Bertholle (Ecole des Beaux Arts), 1974
Studies in Life Painting Atelier Gustav Singier (Ecole des Beaux Arts), 1974

Oslo Art Academy (Kunstakademiet i Oslo), 1974-80
Studies under Professor Alf J. Aas, 1974-75
Studies under Professor Ludvig Eikaas, 1976-77
Studies under Professor Halvdan Ljøsne, 1977-80

Centre G. Pompidou, Services de Documentations.
French research stipend from Centre International des Etudiants et Stagiaires, 28 rue de la Grange aux Belles, Paris
Subject: "Recherches dans le domaine de l'art conceptuel en France” (“Research in the field of Conceptual Art in France”.), 1980

Collections
The Olympic Collection / Den Olympiske Samling, 1982
Museum of Contemporary Art / Museet for Samtidskunst, 1985, 1985, 1985, 2008
Arts Council of Norway / Kulturrådet (2001,1 video purchased), 1981, 1986, 1990, 2001
Oslo City Council’s Art Collection / Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger, 1978, 1985
Trondheim Art gallery / Trondheim Kunstmuseum, 1984
Statoil Art Collection / Statoils kunstsamling, 1997

Solo exhibitions, experimental works, and large scale works in public places
Tegn og Utegn (Signs and Non-Signs), Frogner Gallery, Oslo, April 1985
Notasjoner fra kjente kretsløp (Notes from Well Known Circuits), Oslo Kunstforening, Mar 1988
Between, Unge Kunstneres Samfunn Oslo, Nov 1990
The Suave Bright Uniforms of the New Guard, MUE.1, Skarpsnoparken, Oslo, Jun - Jul 1995
Per Ardua ad Astra, Rådhushallen, Oslo City Hall, Oct 1995
Forlatte Landskap (Abandoned Landscapes), Paintings, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Jan - Feb 1997
Etter de Profetiske Skulptørers siste Pust (After the Prophetic Sculptors Last Breath),
Sculpture 2000, Kristiania Torg, Oslo, Jun - Aug 2000
Animosity. V.A.R.P. Hundre Års Ensomhet (Hundred Years of Loneliness),
Baron Falkenberg Säby, Sweden, Jun - Aug 2005
Uprising – Scenes of Dreams and Irrationality, Gallery Trafo, Asker May 2007 So Ratio finally took us all. Odda Biennale, Jun-Aug 2006
When Blood no longer helps 3-channel film-screening test. Artist studio, Sinsen, Oslo April 2022

Group Exhibitions
27 Unge Malere (27 Young Painters), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo and Christiansand Kunstforening, Jun 1981
Tegning (Drawing), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, May 1982
Det kan inte hände här (It cant happen here), Nordisk Kunst-Centrum, Helsinki, Jan 1982
Ratatoskr, Oslo-Artists in Copenhagen, Islands Jetty, Copenhagen, Denmark, Aug 1984
Uteksti, Affection and Reflection in Norwegian Art, Gallery Wang, Oslo, Oct 1984
Sesjon, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Jun 1985
KEX, Nordic Exhibition, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Feb 1986
KEX, Nordic Exhibition, Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Jun 1987
Statens 100. Kunstutstilling / 2nd. Historical Jubilee Exhibition (1945-87), Oslo, Oct - Nov 1987
Norsk kunst i Gøteborg / Norwegian Art in Gothenburg, Jun 1987
Ned og Nord (Down and North), 5 Oslo-Artists in Rotterdam, Galleri 12-24, Binnerotte, Rotterdam, Feb 1988
7 Artists, Ibsenhuset, Skien, May 1988
Eikaas’s Students, Oslo Kunstforening /Oslo Art Association, Aug 1991
Medaljens bakside (The Reverse side of the Medal),
Pirouettes, Lillehammer City Collection, Mar 1993
Network, Kunstnernes Hus, Olympic Collection, Oct 1993
Voluptas, Norwegian Artists in Slovakia, April 1996
Kruttfeber (Dynamite Fever), Karlskoga Konsthall, Sverige, Oct 2000
Christus 2000, Galleri F15, Moss, Jan 2001
En Flok af Skygger I. (A Flock of Shadows I), Galleri Pascal-Cottard Olsson,
Østermalm, Stockholm, Mar 2001
Utvalg fra Kulturrådets innkjøp (A selection of the Art Council’s Purchases), Bomullsfabrikken, Arendal, Jan 2002
Ludvig Eikaas and his Students. Jølstramuseet, Jølster, Jul 2002
En Flok av Skygger II. (A Flock of Shadows II), Baroni Falkenberg, Säby, Sverige, Jul - Aug 2003
Choice by Heart. Kun Ming, Røde Kina (Red China), Sept 2003
Palestinian Time, video. Cinemateket, Oslo, May 2007
Five Gathered, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, May 2008
Mangfold (Diversity), Trondheims Kunstmuseum, 2008
Blodig Alvor (Bloody Serious), Norwegian Art in 1980’s, Bergen Kunstmuseum. Feb - Mar 2010
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum May - Aug 2010
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Sep –Dec 2010
Trondheim Kunstmuseum Jun –Dec 2011
Tidsslynge (Time Loop), Ulefoss Kunstforening, Jun – Jul 2010
On Trial…Christ 2012, Gallery F-15 Jeløya, Moss, Jul - Sept 2012
Tatt av GI (Taken by GI), Gallery L.M.N., Oslo, May - Jun 2012
On Trial…Christ 2012, II. Museum og Modern Art in Jerevan, Armenia, Aug 2013
On Trial…Christ 2012 III, Al Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah, Mar 2014
Between Faith and Art, 2015. Installation, photo, diverse materials and video
at Mile End Art Pavillion, London, Feb 2015
Det Felles Eide, Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling-
The Oslo City Collection. Kunstnernes Hus, Mar-Apr 2018
Viggo´s Friends, Sandnessjøen Kulturhus, Mai-Juni 2019
Views and Frontiers, art-point gallery, Huitfeltsgt. Oslo Okt 2020
Seen from another Viewpoint. Verksveien 47. Øvre Eiker August 2021
Viggos Friends. Trondhjems Kunstforening. Mai 2022

The Provins Group - an experimental group.
Gallery Musk, Bærum, May 1980
Bergens Kunstforening, Mar 1981
Blomquist Kunsthall, Oslo, 1982
Vilje-Intensjon I, Tromsø Kunstforening, Nov1982
Vilje-Intensjon II, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Feb 1983
Provins in Trondheim, Trondheim Kunstforening, May 1984

Official state exhibitions
Høstutstillingen (The Autumn Exhibition), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1987
Vårutstillingen, (annual Spring Exhibition) UKS, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 1978, 1980, 1981
Østlandsutstillingen (Østlandets annual regional Exhibition), 1977, 1980, 1981

Project Support
Arts Council of Norway to the exhibition Between UKS (30000), 1990
Project Mobile Exhibition Unit with Kalle Grude and invited artists (335 000), 1995
Per Ardua ad Astra, Oslo Rådhus / Oslo City Hall (40000), 1995
Uprising - Scenes of Dreams and Irrationality 2007, installation (40 000), 2007
Le Vertu de la Providence, (worktitle) Support for storyboard and script (70 000), 2017

Stipends
Materialstipend 1977
French State Stipend 1980
Oslo City’s Culture Stipend 1997
Norwegian State’s Travel Grant 1982
Norwegian State’s Painter’s Stipend 1983
Norwegian State’s Travel and Study Stipend 1984
Norwegian State’s 3-year Working Grant 1987–1991
Vederlagsfondets stipend 1991, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004 (materialstipend), 2010, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2022
From 2001: Norwegian State’s Lifetime Guaranteed Income for Artists (Statens garantiinntekt for kunstnere)
Lindbäck Langaards Fund’s Travel Stipend 2004
Blom stipend 2004, 2007
Lindbäck Langaards Fund’s Stipend and free studio in Paris 2016
NBK Stipend 2024

Public Commissions
Public Commission, Civil Aviation Authority Oslo, Administration Building, 1984
Midtstuen School, Oslo. Internal decoration of the building, 1993

Membership
Member of The Norwegian Artist Association (Norske Billedkunstnere, NBK)
The Norwegian Organization of Sculptors in Norway (Norsk Billedhoggerforening)
Member of International Association of Art Critics (AICA).