Spring Exhibition is one of the most important open submission exhibitions in Europe, and has been held annually in Copenhagen since 1857. The 2013 exhibition features 74 Danish and international artists. The exhibited works …
Dear friends and colleagues! 2013 started with the long flight home from my stay at The Australian Tapestry Workshop, where I attended the Artist in Residency program. I had the most wonderful time, meeting the super skilled weavers and doing my own work in such an inspiring environment. Back home a letter was waiting …
Two new pictures from The exhibition at RAM gallery. It was great to finally be able to make an installation showing the work from its two sides, and also work with the light and color of the walls to create a very special ambience around the work.
The exhibition Interception opened nov. 8th at the Gallery 5 in Istanbul Turkey. Ten Norwegian and ten Turkish textile artists are exhibiting together. We had a great time at the opening, and the workshop with 50 Turkish children was great fun too! The exhibition was curated by Hane Haukom and Didem Capa. The Names of …
I had a great opening night at RAM gallery. About a hundred people showed up to take a look at Remembrance of the Sun. The speach by Elisabeth Sørheim made me very happy, it was to the point, personal and introduced multiple interpretations of the work. Thanks to RAM for painting the whole gallery black. …
[fbshare type=”button”] Here is the “How it was made-video” of Remembrance of the Sun. I decided early on to document the process of making this tapestry. It was more work than I expected, just setting the lights, tidy up the studio and comb my hair before getting to work. It is in Norwegian, but it …
Gro Lauvland has written a poem for my work “Remembrance of the Sun“. It is in Norwegian and read by Anders Elverhøy. Here’s the text: [typography font=”Bree Serif” size=”15″ size_format=”px”] Tinglyse Finner lyset fram til mørket når du går? Uensartet, og likevel ett materiale og én form – som inne i en hodeskalle løsrevet fra …
[fbshare type=”button”] ARTAPESTRY3 in Jyväskylä The next vernissage/preview will be 12th January 2013 in Museum of Central Finland, Jyväskylä. My work The Melancholy of Departure and Mom&Dad Emergency will be in the show. Check out http://www.tapestry.dk
I make large tapestries with motives that portray archetypal elements from landscape and architecture. The language of popular culture, Science fiction films, cartoons, computer games etc. inspires me. I omit super heroes, text and other narrative elements, so it’s just the environment, architecture, landscape, scenography that alone forms the motif. The Spectators herself can be …
My work ”The Blue Control Room” has been acceptet at the “Årsutstillingen 2012“. This is the Annual Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, Norway. It opened saturday 22. September at the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design. The Jury has chosen 48 artists and 71 works, among 244 artists and 736 works. More about the …
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My work “Very strange Figures upon this Earth” has been purchased for a public art project at Osterøy high school outside Bergen in western Norway. Images from the site will be posted as soon as i get them.
Welcome to ARTAPESTRY3 tour to open in Silkeborg Bad/DK on May 17
ETF’s 3rd European triennial features 51 tapestries from 14 EU countries
The desert is an archetypal landscape. In this work a wall surrounds it, that blocks out the horizon. There is an empty space upfront, but there are several hiding places for possible enemies. It’s dangerously quiet. There is no water in the desert, and no sign of organic life. The sky has an artificial yellow …
Welcome to my Solo Exhibition at Vestfold Artcenter http://www.vestfoldkunstsenter.no/ Opening on Saturday at 1 pm.
From 29th january 2012 The Art & Craft Museum in Trondheim has on show an exhibition of their new purchases. My work The Red capsule is up on the wall there. The exhibition is on to the 12th of March. more on their website.
Tove Pedersen, Kristin Sæterdal and Tonje Høydahl Sørli. View more at softgalleri.no 16. february – 18. march 2012 The three artists work with language of comics. In this exhibition, they want to explore this genre in dialogue with each other. Sørli, Sæterdal and Pedersen represent three generations of tapestry weavers. They all renew and continue …
The technology is today’s new religion. It will save us from the dangers that threaten our little blue planet be it natural disasters or man-made problems such as global warming and storage of nuclear waste. The question is whether we believe it or not. The last year has called infallible technology failed on both the …
The work was sold, and will for the future be in the collection of Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum! Høstutstillingen has chosen The red Capsule as one of 116 works by 93 artists to be on view at Kunstnernes Hus this September. This year it was a total of 2221 applications. Statens 124. Kunstutstilling, Høstutstillingen 2011 Kunstnernes Hus, …
