Født i 1945

UTDANNELSE OG PRAKSIS
1981-84 Verksted/studio, Ghana
1981 Mesterbrev/master certificate
1976- Verksted/studio, Kristiansand
1969 Svennebrev i gullsmedfaget/goldsmith’s craft certificate
1965-69 Læretid hos/apprenticeship under goldsmiths Iver Nilsen, Oslo; Emil Lytskjold, Bergen
1964-65 Oslo yrkesskole/Oslo Vocational College, Oslo

UTVALGTE SEPARATUTSTILLINGER
2004 Hå gamle prestegård, Hå
2003 Risør Kunstforening, Risør
2000 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum/Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand
1996 Galleri 9, Kristiansand
1995, 1984 Hå gamle prestegård, Hå
1995, 1984 Kunstnerforbundet/Artists Association Gallery, Oslo
1993 Lillehammer Kunstforening/Lillehammer Art Association Gallery, Lillehammer
1991 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum/National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim
1990, 1979 Christianssands Kunstforening/Kristiansand Art Association Gallery, Kristiansand
1989 Orleans, Frankrike and Munster, Tyskland
1987 Gallery of Arts, Pristina, Jugoslavia
1985 Galleria Las Minas, Madrid, Spania
1984 Royal Dutch Embassy, Accra, Ghana
1980 Arendal Kunstforening/Arendal Art Association Gallery, Arendal

UTVALGTE GRUPPEUTSTILLINGER
2008 “Kunstbanken”, Hedmark Kunstsenter, Hamar
2008 “Fortellinger i april”, AKS, Kristiansand
2008 “Collect”, Victoria Albert Museum, London
2006 “In from the North”, Gallery The Yard, Nijmegen, Holland
2006 “Who cares”, UN 8 Millennium Goals, Agder regional Center of Arts, Kristiansand
2006 “Summer madness”, Electrum, London
2005 “Brooches” Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, Bellagio, North Carolina. and Pacini Lubel Gallery, Washington (2006)
2005 Contemporary Norwegian Crafts:
Flow, London – The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh – Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen.
2005 “Myten om ringen”, Nordens hus, Reykjavik
2005 Høstutstillingen, Christianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand
2005 ”Northern Light”, Studio Fusion Gallery, London
2004 Itami Int. Craft Exhibition, Itami, Japan
2003 Norwegian Contemporary Jewellery , Itami, Japan:
Gallery Yu, Tokio (2003) – Craft Council of Ireland (2004) – Galleria Marcolongo, Treviso, Italy (2005) – Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, Holland (2005)
2002 Giza La Pola Gallery, Tokio, Japan
2001 The Line Gallery, Edinburgh, Skottland
2000 Ny Arena, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
1999 Expo Arte, Oslo
1999 The World Competition of Arts and Crafts, Kanazawa, Japan
1996 Taffel, Hå gamle prestegård, Hå
1996 Samtid Syd, Kunsthåndverk fra Agder, Risør Kunstforening/Art Association
1996 Over Skagerak, Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum/Art Museum, Danmark; Søgne Prestegård, Norge
1993 Norway Crafts, Yokohama; Tokyo, Japan
1990 Art Horizon Art Competition, New York, USA
1990 Norske smykker/Norwegian Jewellery, Japan
1985 Smykker 85, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum/National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim
1977 Salon 77, Orleans, Frankrike

UTVALGTE ÅRS- OG LANDSDELSUTSTILLINGER
2000 Se, norsk kunsthåndverk/Norwegian craft arts, Bergen
1999 Rom, Galleri 9, Kristiansand; Arendal Kunstforening/Arendal Art Association Gallery, Arendal
1998 Ting, norsk kunsthåndverk/Norwegian craft arts, Kristiansand
1985-98 Norsk Kunsthåndverk, gjentatte deltakelser/The annual exhibition of craft arts, (repeated), various places
1989, 1987 Landsdelsutstilling/The regional exhibition of craft arts, Agder - Telemark/Agder - Buskerud

INNKJØP
2003, 2000, 1997, 1996 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum/Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand
2000 Kristiansand Kommune, Kristiansand
2000 Vest-Agder fylkeskommune, Kristiansand
1999 Fylkesgalleriet/county gallery, Møre og Romsdal
1997 Innkjøpsfondet for norsk kunsthåndverk/Foundation for Norwegian craft arts
1980-96 Norsk Kulturråd, 6 innkjøp/Norwegian Council of Culture, 6 purchases
1991, 1984 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum/National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim
1990 Art Horizon, New York, USA
1987 Pristina kunstsamlinger/art collections, Pristina, Jugoslavia
1985 Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo/Museum of Applied Art, Oslo
1984 Riksgalleriet/National touring exhibition

UTSMYKNINGER
2007 Straitunet, Kristiansand
2005 Taremareskogen, Flekkerøya, Kristiansand
2003 Kvadraturen skolesenter, Kristiansand
2003 Krossen skole, Kristiansand
2002 Jappa skole, Grimstad
2000, 2007 Rektorkjede/president’s chain, Høgskolen i Agder/Agder University College, Kristiansand
1997 Mandal videregående skole/college, Mandal
1980-93 Ordførerkjeder/chairman’s chains: Lund kommune; Vest-Agder fylke; Vennesla kommune
1993 Sauda videregående skole/college, Sauda
1992 Luftforsvarets tekniske skole/The Air Force’s technical school, Kjevik

STIPEND
2000 Vest-Agder fylkes kunstnerstipend/Vest-Agder County’s scholarship for artists
1978 Statens etableringsstipend/National scholarship for young artists
1976 Statens materialstipend/National scholarship
1975 Kristiansand kommunes kunstnerstipend/City of Kristiansand’s scholarship for artists

PRISER
2001 “New Ideas for Materials Integration Award”, Tokyo, Japan
1990 ”Art Horizon Art Competition”, New York, USA
1990 Årets mester, Vest-Agder fylkeskommune, Kristiansand