(also see link below for downloadable PDF)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Voices of Earth– paintings and works on paper
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2021 Installation of paintings and accordion books, Artist talk, YouTube
Off the Rails Gallery in Arthouse 6, Johnstown, PA
2019 Something’s Gotta Give – paintings and accordion books
Westbeth Gallery, NYC
2019 Art Fair 14C – paintings and accordion books
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Jersey City, NJ – Sponsored by the NJ Council for the Arts
2018 Dark Times – When Violets bloom on the Lips – mixed media
Galleri Schaeffersgate 5, Oslo, Norway
2017 “Personal Structures” Installation of 9 Concertina Books(catalogs) Palazzo Mora-Organized by the Global Art Affairs Foundation and hosted by the European Cultural Centre in the context of the Venice Art Biennale 2017 ITALY
2017 Three Concertina Books (catalog) -The Sculptors Guild celebrates its historic 80th anniversary with an exhibition curated by distinguished poet and critic John Yau
Westbeth Gallery in the West Village, NYC
2017 Symbolic and Abstract Landscape Paintings
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY (with Carmen Hay Kolodzey)
2016 TANGO-paintings & sculptures
Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2016 Paper the Walls – accordion drawings
Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NYC (with Lynne Mayocole)
2016 SONATINA – Solo installation of accordion books
Jefferson Market Library, NYC
2016 Volcanoes & a City that Never Sleeps – paintings on paper
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2015 Nature’s Intermezzo – paintings on paper
Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2014 A NOHO/SOHO Concertina – installation of Accordion books and paintings
Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ
2014 Floating Dreams – paintings (with Donna Marxer)
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2014 Thin Sliced Cravings – Installation of black & white accordion books NooSphere Gallery, NYC (with Cathrine Wessel)
2013 From NOHO to SOHO – mixed media works on paper
Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2013 Twilight of the Wild – paintings on paper (with Pedro Lujan)
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2013 SERPENTINE – installation of accordion books
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2012 And the Mockingbird Sang – paintings
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2011 Metamorphic – paintings
Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2011 Now and Then – paintings (with Pedro Lujan and Charles Meyers)
The National Arts Club, NYC
2010 Installation of 15 one foot paintings
Roger Smith Hotel Gallery, NYC
2009 Everglades in Mind – paintings and box art (with Charles Meyers)
Englewood Library Gallery, NJ
2008 A Sense of Place – paintings on paper & accordion books (catalog)
Galleria Nacional, San Jose, COSTA RICA
2008 Everglades in Mind paintings on paper (with Charles Meyers)
E. Coe Gallery, Everglades National Park, FL
2007 Unfolding Art from SOHO to SOBRO (with Lynne Mayocole)
South Broadway Cultural Center Art Gal, Albuquerque, NM
2004 Paintings
Trygve Lie Gallery, 52 St. NYC
2003 Fables & Dreams – paintings
Pomona Cultural Center, NY
2003 Paintings
Sandbekkstua – Raelingen Kunstforening, NORWAY
2003 Fantasy in Nature-The Nature of Fantasy-paintings (with Carmen Kolodzey and Charles Meyers)
Paterson Museum, NJ
2002 Everglades through the Eyes of an Artist – art created in the Everglades Coe Gallery (with Charles Meyers)
Everglades National Park – US Dept. of Interior, FL
2002 Pyramids – assemblage of paintings
Ed Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
2001 Magic in Boxes, Meaning in Books – box art
SUNY Westchester College, NY
2001 Doorway to Dreams – paintings
Center Gallery, OCCC, Demarest, NJ
2000 Lost Shrines & Magic Songs – paintings and box art (catalog)
Norsk Skog Museum, Elverum, NORWAY
2000 Paintings (with Charles Meyers)
River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
1998 Worlds Apart – paintings (catalog)
The Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
1998 Paintings
Norwegian Trade Council, NYC
1997 Dragon Heads & Flying Red Horses – paintings on paper
EFTA Brussels, BELGIUM
1997 Recent Paintings
Artbuilders Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
1997 Walking About – paintings
Watchung Art Center, NJ
1996 Immortality – paintings
River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
1996 Voices of the Earth -(with Eric Guttelevitz)
paintings Atlantic City Art Center, NJ
1996 Portals, Spires & Dragon Heads – paintings on wood and paper
Spiritual Art Gallery, Louisville, KY
traveling to Treasure Room Gallery, The Interchurch Center, NYC
1995 Spires & Dragon Heads – paintings on wood and paper
Kong Olav’s Church – Norwegian Cultural.Center, NYC
traveling to NYC Stavern Gamle Gymsal, NORWAY
1995 Dream Spirits – paintings
Artbuilders Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
1994 Oil Paintings – paintings
Kristal Gallery, Warren, VT
1994 Paintings Union Camp Corp Gallery – paintings
N.J.
1993 Paintings Oils(catalog)
The Williams Center for the Arts, Rutherford, NJ
1992 Temple and Time – Oil Paintings
Ward Nasse Gallery, SOHO, NYC
1987 Paintings
Royal Norwegian Consulate, NYC
1983 Paintings & Watercolors (catalog)
Norwegische Tage, Ingelheim am Rhein, GERMANY
1983 Spirits in Nature
Goldome Bank, NYC
SELECTED GROUP AND INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2023 SCRIBBLES
Carter Burden Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2023 The World We Made / Verden vi skapte
Galleri Schaeffersgate5, Oslo, NORWAY
2023 Future Tense /Past Perfect – “South of Nomad” accordion book
Culture Lab and LIC_Artists, Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2023 Grenseløst Kunst – Auction Røed Gård, Søndre Jelay Moss, NORWAY
2023 Allusions -Affiliate Exhibit / My Story
Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2023 Hard and Soft Contrasts/ NY1 TV interview March 14
The Yard-Columbus Circle, NYC
2023 Women Celebrate Women
El Barrio, Harlem, NYC
2022 Newark Arts Festival:Artful Healing – 3 concertina books
The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ
2022 Off the Wall – Culture Lab and LIC_Artists
Plaxall Gallery, LIC, NYC
2022 Seeing Music– concertina book about Cecil Taylors “As of Now” online
New York Artists Circle
2022 WOW:Wild Ornery Women – 3 concertina books and 2 paperworks Artworks Gallery, Ware, MA
2022 A Queens Fine Art Spring Affair – oil on canvas
Plaxall Gallery/ LICA-Long Island City Artists,NYC
2022 One Thing to Remember – works on paper / catalog Hovinkartano Arts and Cultural Center, HAUHO, FINLAND
traveling to Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2022 Ocean Purified _ Earth Day
Gallery Sitka, Shirley, MA
2021 20th Anniversary AIRIE exhibit
E.Coe Gallery, Everglades, FL
2021 Summer Exhibition- painting
Salmagundi Club, NYC
2021 No Vacancy – Sculptor Guild, Summer Art Exhibition
Shasmana, 1155 6th Ave, NYC
2021 Fragile Earth / Survival Virtual Exhibition
NY Artists Circle, NYC
2021 HERSTORY/Moving Forward / “Earth Mother”
Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2021 Storytellers– Costa Rican Dreams/ diptych
SILVERMAN and the Hamilton Square Condominium Assoc. Jersey City,NJ
2021/2022 Auction
Salmagundi Club, NYC
2020-2021 Global Tales IV– Accordion books and installation of 24 paintings
Off the Rails Gallery in Arthouse 6, Johnstown, PA
2020 Visual Thinking– 2 accordion books
Michael Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
2020 The Virtual Detritus Show – Edith Piaf:”Regret Rien”
Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2020 Triple Heart
Calabar Gallery, Harlem, New York City
2020 HERSTORY – All That Women Are – painting “Artemis”
Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2020 UNCERTAINTY – “Fulton Fish” Painting
Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2019 / 2018 A World Within – (catalog)metal, paint, found objects on 5 wooden pieces
Edison Price Lighting Co Gallery, Long, Island City, NY
2019 Jersey City Art and Studio Tour at JCAST HQ/ ArtFair 14C – 3 oil paintings -JCAST sponsors, including the Jersey City Economic Development Corp, Goldman Sachs, GFP Real Estate / Art 150, NJ Department of State, Division of Travel & Tourism, Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs / Tourism Development, The Hudson Reporter
2019 Newark Art Festival Woman’s Narratives: Brick City Blues – Curated by Atim Annette Oton -3 oil paintings
Halsey Building, Newark Arts Festival, New Jersey / sponsors Prudential Financial, United Airlines, NJ State Council for the Arts, Discover NJ, supported in part by a grant from NJ Dept.of State, NJ Travel and Tourism
2019 Oslo Open, Norwegian Worldwide Artists – paintings
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2019 Global Tales – travelling exhibition US/Norway
St. Francis College,Brooklyn, NY / Button Works, PA/ Gal Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo
2019 & 2018 -120th & 119th Annual Exhibiting Artists Member – Oil Painting The National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NYC
2018 Migrating Identities – Accordion Books. (catalog)
Melahuset , Oslo, NORWAY
2017 New Conceptions – Accordion Books
Sculpture Guild at Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017 Idylls, Idols, Ideals – paintings
Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2017 Sculptors Guild 80th Year Gala (catalog)
Jim Kemper Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC
2017 Polluting Purity
Sørum Kunstforening, Norway
2017 Migrating Identities – accordion books
Galleri 69, Grünerløkka Lufthavn, Oslo, Norway
118th EAM Show- painting
The National Arts Club – Honorable Mention Award , NYC
2016 New Conceptions
Sculptor Guild at the Renee & Chaim Gross Foundation, NYC
2016 American Twist (catalog)
Governor’s Island, NYC
2016 Migrating Identities (catalog) Lørenskog Kunstforening, Norway
2016 Nature in Visual Art – AIRIE -Co Curator with Donna Marxer catalog
Puffin Foundation, NJ
2016 36th, 35th, 34th and 33rd Anniversary show – catalogs
Ashok Jain Gallery, NYC
2015 LAVELANET accueille 7 artistes NEW YORKAIS
Avelan Arts, FRANCE
2015 Big Art in Small Packages
Monmouth Museum, Middletown, NJ
2015 Crossing the Lines – Accordion books
Garrison Art Center, NYC
2015 Affordable Art Fair – NYC
2015 EAM 116th Annual show – ARTiculate 24th annual show
National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NYC
2015 GIRLS – for Alianza Shelter in Guatamala
Rogue Space Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2015 Explore St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
2014 The Art of Healing – Englewood Hospital, NJ
2014 The Suitcase Show – Art from the Endangered Everglades
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY – co curator Donna Marxer
2013 Min Stemme (My Voice) (100 years Norwegian anniversary women’s right to vote)
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2013 On The Right Track – co-curator with Grete Marstein (catalogs)
Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY traveling to Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
2013 114th Annual EAM NAC – oil painting – Honorable Mention Award
The National Arts Club, NYC
2012 Tenafly Artists – Belskie Museum of Art, New Jersey
2012 Women – Realizing Perspectives
Gaia & Portuguese Consulate of Newark, One Gallery, Newark NJ
2012 Postcards from the Edge Cheim & Read Gallery, NYC
2011 Eclectia Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY (curator/artist)
2011 10th Anniversary Exhibit Coe Gallery, Everglades, FL
2011 Art from Detritus Williamsburgh Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Transformations (Curator/artist) Oslo Open, NORWAY
2011 New Beginnings Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Francis Col, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Art Reaction Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2010 Let It Snow Newark School of the Arts, NJ
2010 Eat/Art Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2010 Art from Detritus Viridian Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2010 Water Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2010 6 Paintings 1ftx1ft Barking Lizard Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Postcards from the Edge Zieher Smith Gallery, NYC
2009 Postcards from the Edge Metro Pictures, NYC
2009 Exchange Rate Global Currency – 23 International Artists – (curator)
Oslo Open, Norway
2009 First Response (juror Jerelle Kraus, NYT) Pen and Brush, NYC
2009 Art into Life / Life into Art (juror Midori Yoshimoto) Pen and Brush, NYC
2009 And You Think That’s Funny? (juror Nicole Hollander)
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 Newark Open Doors – paintings
Gallery 744, National Newark Building, Newark Art Council, NJ
2018 In the News Pen & Brush, NYC (juror Morley Safer)
2008 Paintings Clinton Hill Art Festival, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Peter’s Valley Gallery, NJ – artist in residence exhibit
2007 NANI II – Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
2007 Dia de los Muertos painting
South Broadway Cultural Center Art Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2007 Happily Ever After Canco Lofts Building, Jersey City, NJ
2007 Oslo Open Galleri Schaeffers Gate 5, Oslo, NORWAY
2007 1 Concept 8 Directions Construction Co. Gallery, 18 St, NYC
2007 Juried Photography Exhibition/ Spring and Fall Exhibition
Pen & Brush, NYC
2006 Facing It Riverfront Gallery, Yonkers, NY (with Lynne Mayocole & Charles Meyers)
2006 Beauty, Magic, Mystery
Garnerville Arts Project Gallery, Garnerville Arts & Industrial Center, NY
2006 The Bicycle Show Center Gallery at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
2006 Artist Residence Exhibit – paintings
Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts & Sciences, NJ
2006 Tuckerton Seaport Museum, Tuckerton, NJ
2006 Foundry Gallery, London, UK
2006 Tired Feet St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Small Works Show Center Gallery, OCCC, NJ
2005 Bound_less / travelling show Stenersenmuseet, Oslo-Bodø Kunstforening – Jolster, Sogn / Fjordane Kunstmuseum – Harstad Distriktsmuseum – Kirkenes, Grenselandmuseet – Stavanger Kunstmuseum NORWAY
2005 Dining in / Dining out St. Francis College, Bklyn, NY
2005 Marlene Dietrich Box art – Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Draw_drawing Gallery 32, London Biennale, England
2004 Psychological Archaeology
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Water Show BWAC, Red Hook, NY
2004 Stave Church – mixed media – Boulder Museum of Contemp. Art, CO
2004 Paintings – Borough President of Manhattan, City Borough Hall, NYC
2004 Paintings Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2004 Paintings (catalog) J.M. Gallery, NYC
2003 The Birds -invitational- Edward Hopper House Gallery, Nyack, NJ
2003 World Paper Dana Library, Rutgers University, NJ
2003 Paintings YWCA Brooklyn, NY
The Pen & Brush, NYC /
L.N.M. Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2002 Paintings Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, NYC
Pomona Cultural Center, NY
YWCA, Brooklyn, NY
The Pen and Brush, NYC
Jersey City Museum, NJ
2002 Life of the City – MOMA, NYC
2002 Manifesta 4 – Biennial Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Paintings Noyes Museum, NJ
Paintings Sothebys.com, New York City Paintings
The Pen and Brush, NYC Paintings
92 St. YWCA, NYC Paintings
Inframundo Gallery, SOHO, NYC
2001 Blood and Guts YWCA Brooklyn, NY
2001 World Paper Haworth Library Gallery, N.J.
2000 25th Anniversary Exhibition City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
2000 Millennium Norwegian Artists reflecting
Norwegian Church and Cultural Center, NYC Paintings
Norwegian Trade Council, NYC
2000 Hoops – Whoops YWCA Brooklyn, NY
1995-2000 Paintings – yearly shows
Kristal Gallery, Warren, VT
1999 From Matter to Spirits: Women Artists facing the Millennium
Flushing Town Hall, NY
1999 Small Works Show-Jurors Award by Jerry Saltz
Center Gallery, OCCC, Demarest, NJ
1999 Perspectivas City Atelier Coletivo de Olinda, PE. BRASIL
1999 Perspectives 128 Gallery, NYC Paramount Art Center, Peekskill, N.Y.
1999 Paintings LNM Gal., Oslo, NORWAY
1999 Through our Eyes YWCA Brooklyn, NY
1998 Metro Show
traveling to Palmer Museum, Monmouth Museum, Bloomfield College, NJ
1998 Dark – City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
1998 Bible Interpretations – charcoal drawings
Watchung Art Center, NJ traveling to Artbuilder Gallery, J.C., N.J.
1997 Painting still happens Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ
1997 Metro Show City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
1997 Ellarslie Open XI Trenton City Museum, NJ
1997 Mixed Media 97 The Stage Gallery, Merrick, N.J.
1997 Recent Acquisitions Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Paramus, NJ 1996
1996 Mind, Body and Soul Berlex Laboratory, NJ 4
1996 Personal Landscapes City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ
1996 Saints and Angels Artbuilders Gallery, J.C. traveling to
St. John Gallery, Newark, N.J.
1995 Wergeland – Painting LNM Gallery, Oslo, Norway
1993-96 Small Works Show/Masks/Olympia Center Gallery, Demarest, NJ
1993-94 Postcards from the Edge Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC
1994 Pyramid Paintings Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
1994 Scandinavian Art Gen. Utility Corp. Gallery, NJ
1994 Variations Cork Gallery Lincoln Center, NYC
1994 New York City Oil Painting Port Authority of NY/NJ (42 St Bus Terminal)
1994 Speaking in Colors Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, N.J.
1994 Centennial Celebration J.C.C. on the Palisades, N.J.
1994 Natural Forms / Human Touch Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
1992-1994 Paintings Jain Marunouchi Gallery, NYC, Art News Nov.1994
1993 Art: New Jersey Ben Shahn Gallery, Wm Paterson College, NJ
1993 Imaging/Aging Johnson & Johnson Corp. Gallery, NJ traveling to
Bucknell University PA and Jahnssen Pharmacy, N.J.
1993 OIA Benefit Show Brooke Alexander Gallery, NYC
1993 Metro Show City Without Walls, Newark, N.J. and Bucknell University, PA
1993 Maximum Impact Nabisco Gallery, NJ
1993 Contemporary Artists for Global Peace (catalog)
Casa Argentina, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
1993 Inner Moods and Dialogues – paintings Barn Gallery, Ringwood Manor, State Park, N.J.
1993 Jubileum Exhibition LNM Gal., Oslo, NORWAY traveling to
Ibsen Huset, NORWAY
1992 AMERICA 500 (catalog) Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA traveling to
Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College, New York City
1992 Beyond Boundaries/Contemporary Art by Scandinavian Artists (catalog) Forum Gallery, Jamestown College, NY
1992 Juleutstilling – Galleri LNM, Oslo, NORWAY
1992 Spectrum -LEVER House, NYC
1992 Contemporary Artists of Genius- Passaic County College, NJ
1992 Contemporary American Immigrant Experience – Iona College, NY
1992 La Femme / AMERICA Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, NJ
1992 Painterly Abstraction/Fantastic Image Ward Nasse Gallery, SOHO, NYC
1991 Broadening the Collection Roland Gibson Gallery, Potsdam College, State University of NY
1991 Personal Reality/ Art and the Environment
Ward Nasse Gallery, SOHO, NYC
1991 Biennial Show Bergen Museum of Art & Science, Paramus, NJ
1990 Common Ground-New Directions Dallas City Hall, Texas
1990 Exchange Year of Music – paintings
Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC
1989 Paintings Art Expo Javits Center, NYC
1983-89 Paintings Manhattan Studio Collective, SOHO, NYC
ART EDUCATION
1990 Institutt for Romkunst (Prof. J. Pallasmaa) Oslo, Norway
1981 Art Student League, NYC (studied with Joseph Hirsch and Richard Pousette-Dart)
1981 & 1979 Voss School of Fine Arts, Norway (sponsored by the British Council) 1967 Oslo Engineering Skole, Norway
PROFESSIONAL ART ASSOCIATIONS
NBK Norwegian Association of Visual Artists
LNM Association of Norwegian Professional Painters
Sculptors Guild, NYC
Salmagundy Club, NYC
Newark Art Council, NJ
Jersey City Professional Artist Registry, NJ
Life Member of Art Student League, NYC
EAM (Exhibiting Artist Members), National Arts Club NYC until 2019
The Pen and Brush NYC
National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington DC, Archives on Women Artists (Library and Research)
Sonoma State University Special Collections Rohnert Park, CA
Advisor to Board of Director to Everglades Artists in Residence (AIRIE) FL
Board of Director to Artists Talk on Art (ATOA) until 2019. NYC 5
SELECTED PAINTINGS AND CONCERTINA BOOKS IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Biblioteca Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, College of Charleston
Galeria Nacional San Jose, Costa Rica
National Sept 11 Memorial & Museum World Trade Center, NYC
Museum of Modern Art NYC (Artist Book – Everglades in Mind)
The Ontological Museum Santa Fe, NM Paterson Museum Paterson, NJ
US Department of Interior Everglades National Park, FL
Norsk Skogs Museum Elverum, Norway
Elverum Energi Verk Elverum, Norway
YC Company Elverum, Norway
Bergen Museum of Art and Science Paramus, NJ
Norwegian Seamens’ Church NYC
EFTA European Free Trade Association, Brussels, Belgium
Casa Argentina Jerusalem, Israel
Cathedral Heritage Found Louisville, KY
Norwegian Trade Council NYC – Norway
Private Collections in USA, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Iceland, Finland, Israel, Germany
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND STIPENDS
2017 The ASL of NY Honorable Mention 118th EAM Show at the National Arts Club in New York City
2015 Stipend Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
2013 Gamblin Honorable Mention Award 114th Exhibiting Artists Member (EAM) Show at the National Art Club
2008 Stipend from NJ Council for the Arts & G. Dodge Foundation Peter’s Valley Artists Residency, NJ
2008-19 The Julia & David White Artists’ Colony, Costa Rica
2006 Stipend from NJ Council for the Arts & G. Dodge Foundation Artist in Residence – Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, NJ
2004-02 & 1996-95 Stipends Royal Norwegian Consulate, NYC
2002 Fellowship & Stipend US Dept. of Interior, Everglades National Park artist-in residence (AIRIE)
2002 & 1994 Award Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
1998 Juror’s Award Jerry Saltz
2013, 2000 & 1994 Inger G. Ginsberg Grant NYC
1997 Award Seton Hall University, Newark, NJ
1993 & 95 Stipend Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC
LECTURES
2021 Talk about my art. (YouTube) Arthouse 6, Johnstown, PA
May 22, 2022 Talk about my paintings / A Queens Fine Art Spring Affair Plaxall Gallery/ LICA-Long Island City Artists,NYC
Dec.19, 2015 The Wilderness Experience – panel Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ July 11, 2007 The Artful Life – panel South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
2002 Talk about my art inspired by the Everglades Florida International University, Honor Class, Florida
Jan 2001 Talk about my paintings and box sculptures Norsk Skogsmuseum, Elverum, Norway
Oct.24, 1995 Contemp. Norwegian Women Artists – lecture The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
May 9, 1995 Contemp. Norwegian Women Artists – lecture The Pen & Brush, Inc, New York City
Oct.6,1996 Art inspired by Norwegian stave churches Cathedral Heritage Foundation, Louisville, KY
1995 & 2002 Art inspired by Norwegian stave churches Norwegian Seamen Cultural Center, New York City
2003 Talk about my art Dana Library, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 1997 Talk about my art Haworth Library, New Jersey
Open Studio Lectures to visiting groups such as the 92nd Street Y and American Scandinavian Association 2004.
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