I'm a norwegian artist working in a broad field with visual art, theatre projects, art projects and literature.

  I'm also    the grateful wife of a musician, a  lucky mother to four lively children,    an enthusiastic  cook, a devoted gardener, an eager supporter of positive thinking, spending time in nature, doing yoga, practicing foregiveness and never ever stop playing. 

I'm a fighter for women's and children's rights, equality, socialism, love  and sustainable, natural  living -  like it is shown to us by the ecovillage movement. I believe that  we all matter!

MEMBER OF:

• Scenekunst Sør (an organization for performing arts based in Southern Norway)
• The theatre company  TEENY TINY (Bitteliten), specialized in theatre for a very young audience (0-2 years).

• 08.2015-03.2018: Masters degree in Fine Arts, University of Agder (Kristiansand, Norway). The theme for my master's thesis was "stories from real life retold on stage, face to face and one person at a time". It was an artistic research containing both practical work and theoretical reflection.
• 08.2004-06.2009: Teaching degree (adjunct) in practical and aestatical subjects; fine arts, theatre, music and  norwegian, University of Agder (Kristiansand, Norway). I specialized in interdisciplinary projects.

COURSES

• 2016-2017: "Life Stories", writing course with author Merete Morken Andersen (Oslo, Norway)
• 2016: BNIM course (Biographic Narrative Interpret Method) with Tom Wengraf, the Academy of Arts (Oslo, Norway)
• 2012 - 2014: Drawing and painting in artist Olaf Karlsens studio (Farsund, Norway)
• 2013: Abstract painting and technique, weekend course, Nydalen School of Art (Oslo, Norway)
• 2007: Painting course, acrylic and aquarelle, Kristiansand School of Art, (Kristiansand, Norway)

COMMISSIONS AND SALES

Since august 2015 I have been taking commissions and I have been selling paitnings and drawings straight  from my studio.

EXHIBITIONS

• September 2017: Digital exhibition, Guerilla-Calligraphy Part 1
• June 2018: Lighthouse paintings at the lighthouse Odderøya in Kristiansand, during the art festival Odderøya Open.
• August 2018: Art around the river, Drammen

Upcomming exhibitions 2019:

DRAWING PROJECTS

• Guerilla-Calligraphy Part 1:Shown digitally during "the Protest festival" in Kristiansand, september 2017. Guerilla-Calligraphy is my own concept. They are calligraphies and handlettering art, with a strong political, surprising, provocing og protesting content. They are about good craft and own opinions, meant to make the reader reflect about the content. The theme in the first Guerilla-calligraphy series, was "the parlimentary elections".
• Guerilla-Calligraphy Part 2: A production for "the Cultural School Bag" in Kristiansand, a workshop that toured secondary schools, where the youth got to draw their own guerilla-calligraphies. September 2018.
• Guerilla-Calligraphy Part 3 & 4 have the themes "climate, plastic and the future of the earth" and "the Uprbringing of boys today" - and they will be produced in the spring 2019.

THEATRE AND ART PROJECTS DURING MY MASTER'S IN FINE ARTS

See HERE for more details!

• FRAGMENTS (2018) - my final exam, a theatre performance. Stories from real life retold on stage, face to face and one person at a time. Location: An old villa.
• SECONDHAND STORIES 1 & 2 (2017) - two theatre performances based on women's stories from their youth, retold to the audience by young girls one to one. Location: An old fortress. Part of my Master's thesis.
• the RUFFEN PROJECT (2016) - based on the children's books about Ruffen by Tor Åge Bringsvær. A workshop for children and families, where we bulid a combined installation and scenography, and two theatre performances: One interactive performance for children from 3-6 years, and one for children from 0-2 years. Location: Local library (Vågsbygd). part of my exam in the subject Art Dissemination.
• CONVEYOR CONSIDERATIONS (2016) - a performance and a site-specific installation art; I built a conveyor and put it in a tiny passage between two stages in an old theatre, and had a performance by the conveyor - it all reflected about life, impermanece and the importance of beeing present in our lives. Final exam in the subject Artistic research.
• GESAMT (2015) - a contemporary opera where the audience was interactive, created togehter with my fellow students. Final exam in the subject Interdiciplinary Projects.
• the RESTAURANT (2015) - a pilot project together with fellow students. Stories were told to the audience by people sitting by "restaurant tables", and the audience moved between the different tables and stories.

THEATRE PERFORMANCES I HAVE DIRECTED (IN SELECTION)

Theatre performances I have produced, directed and instructed, as I have worked with the youth theatre Buketten. All productions are our own, created through devising-prosecces and with lots of improvisation.

• MASKS IN THE GARDEN (2016) - a performance with masks in an old garden.
• AQUARIUS (2016) - a critical musical theatre performance about the big questions in life and great mysteries, starting out in a small hippie society.
• A CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE (2015) - beeing little elves, walking around in the city centre, carrying a large present.
• 13 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS (2014) - an improvised christmas performance where the only line was the title-line.
• HALLOWEEN PERFORMANCE (2014)
• MISSING (2013) - about two girls who goes for a walk, and only one comes back.
• THE STAR, THE SHOE AND THE GIFT THAT WENT MISSING (2012), a christmas comedy.
• THE LIFE OF A CLOWN (2012)
• THE GIRL IN THE FIRE (2010)
• HALOWEEN PERFORMANCE (2009)

See more.

UPCOMING PROJECTS 2019:

• STORIES FROM KRISTIANSAND - about the great differences of the people in Kristiansand, september 2019.
• ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS - based on old people's recollections, december 2019.
• TEENY TINY - The secret life of the Kitchenware - A theatre performance for the very youngest audience (0-2 years)
• TEENY TINY STORIES - stories for the youngest children
• GUERILLA-CALLIGRAPHY PART 3 & 4

ALSO UNDER PLANNING...

• AN ART NIGHT AND A WORKSHOP
• A MOTHER AND CHILD ART PROJECT
• NEW PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
• MUSIC AND PAINTING PERFORMANCE