UTDANNELSE / EDUCATION
1970-71 Textile School of Craft, Tromsø, Norway
1972-74 National Academy of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway
1974-75 State College of Forming, tapestry, Oslo, Norway
1976-81 Vestlandets Art Academy, Bergen, Norway
1981-82 Art Academy in Stockholm, Sweden
SEPARATUTSTILLINGER / SOLO SHOWS (SELECTION)
2016 Our Inner Beasts, Galleri Christinegaard, Bergen, Norway
2015 Ink meets Paper, Galleri Christinegaard, Bergen, Norway
2013 Kristian's House, Museum for Northern People, Norway
2013 Blindsight, Obrestad Fyr, Norway
2012 Catch the Moment, Kunstbanken - Hedmark Art Center, Hamar, Norway
2009 The redeyed dogs Bødø Kunstforening, Bødø, Norway
2008 Left Overs Berg Museum Kragerø, summer show, Norway
2008 Catch Eyes Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China
2003 Bricoleurenes Messe, Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway
1999 Who can say no to three good wishes? - Festival artist, Bergen Art Hall, Norway
1998 Fullmoon in August, summer show KIO, Lillehammer, Norway
1998 Nomadic Travelling, summer show, Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway
1998 Modell, Galleri III, Oslo, Norway
1997 White Trash, Galleri Otto Plonk, Bergen, Norway
1997 Kaptein Hvile. Prosess Norsk Kunstbruk, Flå, summer show, Norway
1996 White Trash, Studio 1, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1996 Here-There, Studio 227, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1993 Tokt, Goethe Institute Oslo, Norway
1991 Moratorium, Føreløbig stopp, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway
1991 Magnetic soil, BWA, Lublin, Poland
1990 Tranquillitatis, BSMI gymnastikksal, Festival artist, Harstad, Norway
1989 Den flerkantede reise / The Polygonal Journey, Art Space Momokan, Kyoto, Japan
1988 White memories, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger, Norway
1988 Namadis, Bergens Kunstforening, Art hall, Norway
1987 Metro and Aero, Gallery Wang, Oslo, Norway
1987 Metro and Aero, The Art Hall / Brands Klëdefabrik, Odense, Denmark
1986 Panorama, Cafe Opera, Bergen, Norway
1985 Metro, Tromsø Kunstforening, Kirkenes Kunstforening, Norway
1985 Metro, PS1, NewYork, USA
1984 Scarecrows, Bergen Art Centre, Norway
1984 From: Performance - To: Exhibition, Galleri Lubbens, Molde, Norway
1982 227 Threads, Kanal 2, Copenhagen, Denmark
1982 Supert Marked, Bergens Kunstforening, Norway
1981 Rituale und Spiele, Rituals and Plays, Gallery NEMO, Kiel, Germany
1980 Fnatter, Galleri 1, Bergen, Norway
1980 Scrarecows, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norwayy
1980 Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway
1979 Textile / Sculpture, UKS, Oslo, Norway
GRUPPEUTSTILLINGER / GROUP SHOWS (SELECTION)
2016 SILENT REVOLT, NORWEGIAN PROCESS ART + CONCEPTIONAL ART OF THE '70s + '80s, National Museum of Norway, Oslo
2014 1814-2014: Red, White and Blue - Norwegian Constitution, American Inspiration, National Constitution Center, Norway, Galleri at Norway House, Minneapolis, USA
2013 The book, Kristian's House, leased at the Riddu Riddufestival
2013 Munch by Others, Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg, Norway
2013 Public Art Screens, Stavanger, Norway
2012 Das Verortete Verlangen 3, Alte Feuerwache, Berlin, Germany
2009 Nachspiel / Vorspiel, Vestfossen Art Laboratory, Norway
2009 Performative Photography, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
2009 AntArtica, Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg, Norway
2008 - 2010 Homage til Iver Joks, traveling show through Norway, Sweden, Finland
2008 Norwegian images, Gallery Bradstrup, Oslo town hall, Oslo, Norway
2008 Position East, figurations, Oslo, Norway
2007 North-Norwegian, art exhbition, traveling in Northern Norway
2007 Dump, National Museum, Oslo, Norway
2006 - 2007 POST NORA Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2005 North Norwegian, art exhbition, traveling in Northern Norway
2001 Subrosa, Charlottenborg Art Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark; Sodertalje Art Hall, Sweden + Amos Anderson Artmuseum, Helsinki, Finland
2001 Norwegian images 2001, Gallery Brandstrup in Oslo town hall, Oslo, Norway
2001 Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
2001 Trans-art, Trondheim, Norway
2000 Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
2000 The Glass millenium, Gallery Sølvberget Stavanger, Norway
2000 Norwegian images 2000, Gallery Brandstrup in Oslo town hall, Norway
2000 Plus-minus, traveling show Bodø, Rovaniemi, Karasjok, Svolvær + Luleå; Norway + Sweden
2000 To build a collection, Museum of Comtemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
1999 Norgespakken, Gallery 111, Oslo, Norway
1999 Nye innkjøp, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
1998 Exile Art, Tromsø byrom, Norway
1997 Northern light festival,Tromsø Cultural House, Norway
1997 The provocative picture, Galleri F 15, Jeløy, Norway
1997 22 artists from Oslo, America House, Gøteborg, Sweden
1997 Norwegian Profiles, Museum Folkwang, Essen; Kunsthalle Rostock; Germany
1997 null en, norsk kunstrom, CD
1996 Lofoten Art Festival, Svolvær, Norway
1996 Gjest Billedhuggerforeningsjubileum, Henie-Onstad Art Centre + Bergens Kunstforening, Norway
1996 Dark time exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway
1995 Artscape Nordland, Øksnes kommune, After Images, permanent work, Norway
1995 Arkipel, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
1994 Norge midt i verden, Høvikodden Art Centre, Norway
1994 North Norway on North Norwegian, North Norwegian Art Museum,Tromsø, Norway
1994/95 Sao Paulo Biennial, Brazil
1994/95 MAM, Museum of Modern Art, skulpture park- Outdoor-Indoor, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1991 Over Grensene, Galleri F15, Jeløya, Norway
1991 Norwegian Images, Oslo, Norway
1989 Skala 1, Roma, Enter this way, Italy
1989 Biura Wystow Artystycznych, Lublin, Poland
1988 Galleri F15, Moss
1987 Foreningen Norden, Copenhagen, Denmark
1987 Galleri Garmer, Gøteborg, Sweden
1987 Gjest, Heimdalsutstillingen, Jordtegn, Norway
1986 Gjest Sørlandsutstillinga Metro, Kristiansand, Norway
1986 Statens Høstutstilling, Oslo, Norway
1986 North, Odense, Denmark
1986 Stealing Diamonds, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
1986 Norealis, Daad Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
1985 Lasser galleri, New York, USA
1985 Clocktower, New York, USA
1985 Galleri Now, New York, USA
1983 Scandinavia Today, traveling show, USA
1982 Art from top of Europe, traveling show, Scandinavia
1982 Kunst aus Bergen, Malmø, Sweden
1982 Scandinavia Today, traveling show, USA
1981 7 tilfeldige fra Bergen, traveling show, Bergen, Oslo, Kristiansand, Trondhjem, Norway
1980 Accent in Northern Art, Helsinki, Finland
1980 Skulptur Underveis, Oslo, Bergen + Trondheim, Norway
1979 Nordisk Tekstiltriennale, traveling, Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland
1979 Statens Høstutstilling, Oslo, Norway
INNKJ0PT / COLLECTIONS
PUBLIC WORK
PROSJEKTER / PROJECTS (SELECTION)
FORESTILLINGER, PERFORMANCER / PERFORMANCES (SELECTION)
2010 BACARDY OG COLA Dramatic House Oslo, Norway
2008 Jeg fant det du forlot (I found what you left), with Cecilie Løveid, Dramatikkens Hus, Oslo
2008 Jeg håper jeg kan få filosofene til å se, Filosofifestivalen Kragerø
2007 BACARDY OG COLA, tekst og performance pågående prosjekt med Det Åpne Teatret
2006 ORANGE workshop med egen tekst, Det Åpne Teater, Oslo
1994 "LUZ" workshop Officina Cultural de Andrade, Sao Paolo
1991 "Far from Bremen", Bragdøya
1991 "Ekspedisjon", Århus Festival week, Denmark
1991 "Magneto Land", Lublin, Poland
1990 "Foreløbig stans", Heine-Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway
1989 "The Polygonal Journey", Tromsø, som over
1988 "The Polygonal Journey", Kyoto Japan, Art Space Momokan/Winter Cities.konsept/regi i samarbeide m. Willie Flindt
1984 "Namadis", produsert av Bergen s Kunstforening og Bergen Internasjonale Teaterfestival
1982 "Fra: forestilling til: utstilling", Molde og Bergen
1979 "Vi vil det skal vare evig", Heine-Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway
1979 "Ei fortelling om Kvitebjørn", Bergen, Norway
SCENOGRAPHY / COSTUMES / LAYOUT
2016 "LØPERJENTEN (RECONSTRUCTED)", set and costume design, collaboration with Carte Blanche Dance Company and the National Theatre Bergen
2016 "Stilleben / Still Life", scenography for the film by Chris Erichsen
2003 "Uncle - in Underground House", Cultural House, Guovdageaidnu, Norway
2003 "Internateti" collaboration with Bo Bisgaard, Baivas Sami Theather
2001 "Bricoleurenes Messe", Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Norway
1990 "Kajakkvinnen"Sampo teater i samarbeide med Baivas S.T. Premiære festspillene i Harstad
1990 "Anna Rogløy"ved Synne Skauen, Festspillene i Harstad
1986 "Sezuan" B. Brecht, Isprosjekt Kautokeino, Baivas S.T./Hålogaland t./Sampo/Studioteater
1983 "Balansedame" av C. Løveid, Den Nationale Scene Bergen,Småscenen
1983 "Vinteren rivnar", av Cecilie Løveid, Det Norske Teater, Scene 2
REISE OG STUDIEOPPHOLD / TRAVEL AND STUDY PLACES (SELECTION)
SCHOLARSHIPS (SELECTION)
1999 guaranteed minimum income
1998 Compensation Fund grant
1997 Compensation Fund grant
1994/95/96 State 3-year grant
1989/90/91 Compensation Fund grant
1985/86/87 State 3-year grant
1982 Conrad Mohrs legat
1980 Government travel grant
1999-2003: elected to the board of Chairman / director of Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo / curatorial work as director for Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Realized several major exhibitions in this four-year period plus in the intermedial space.