CURRICULUM VITAE
Relevant work experience:
2005-2006 Publishing House, Vett og Viten, illustrator
2000 NRK.no, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Graphic web designer
1997-1998 NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Cultural Department
1998 NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Youth Department
1997 NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Youth Department
1994 NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, Design Section, scenography assistant
1994 The Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Oslo, scenography/design assistant
1994 -1995 National Theater, scenography/design assistant
1990 National Theater, scenography/design assistant
Education:
2002-2004 Noroff Institute, Bachelor of Multimedia Systems
1999-2000 Merkantil Institute, Web Design
1999 Merkantil Institute, Mac Design
1999 Merkantil Institute, Advertising and Design
1996-1997 Oslo Film and Television Academy, Director education
1995-1996 Oslo drawing and painting school, drawing and painting
1991-1992 Elisenberg Upper Secondary School, drawing, form and color
1988-1989 Drawing, Form And Color, Upper Secondary School, Oslo, Norway
1984-1985 Hegdehaugen Upper Secondary School
1982-1983 Sami Folk High School
Selected solo exhibitions:
2022 NOoSPHERE Arts, USA
2022 Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg
2021 Marj Inger Huset, Manndalen, Norway
2021 Samisk Hus, Oslo,Norway
2018 Fotografiens hus, The house of photography, Oslo, Norway
2018 Skábma festival, Kjøllefjord, Norway
2018 Oslo Project Room, Oslo
2018 Open Out,Tromsø, Norway
2017 Karmøy Art Society,Karmøy, Norway
2017 Oslo Project Room, Oslo
2017 Fotografiens hus, The house of photography, Oslo, Norway
2017 Galle Ruija, Skibotn
2015 Holmenes Gård, Birtavarre, Norway
2015 Agalaus National Arts Festival, Voss, Norway
2015 Centre for Northern people, Manndalen, Norway
2014 Arendal Art Association, Arendal, Norway
Selected group exhibitions:
2022 Chianciano Biennale 2022, Italy
2022 Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, Future Now Symposium 2022, UK
2022 SÍM Gallery – Korpúlfsstaðir, Iceland
2022 The Røros Museum, Røros
2022 Stiklestad National Cultural Center, Pride Art - Queer Spirit, Stiklestad
2022 Museum of Oslo, Skapet, Oslo
2021 Nil Gallery, New York, USA
2021 The National Art Exhibition, Norway
2021 NOoSPHERE Arts | Brooklyn, USA
2021 Riddu Riddu Festivalen, Manndalen, Norway
2021 Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, Future Now Symposium 2021, UK
2019 Sami Art Festival, Alta, Norway
2019 Time for Sculpture #2, Karasjok, Norway
2019 Pride Art, Oslo, Norway
2018 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Áigemátki – Time Travel, Karasjok
2018 Tokyo international photo awards exhibition, Japan
2018 Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, Kristiansund, Norway
2018 Finnskogutstillingen, Norway
2018 Oslo Open, Oslo, Norway
2018 Blanc Wall Galleri, Athen, Greece
2018 Pride Art, Oslo
2018 Skeive Sørlandsdager, Kristiansand, Norway
2017 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Áibbas Rabbas, Karasjok
2017 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Imago Mundi, Karasjok
2017 Pride Art, Oslo
2017 Gallery Seilduken, Oslo
2017 Tråante, 100th Anniversary, Trondheim
2016 Louvre Museum, Paris, France
2016 Vandalforening, Nove sed non nova Winter Solstice, Oslo
2016 Mile end pavilion- UCS Annual 2016, London
2016 Anniversary exhibition Áibbas Rabbas, Karasjok
2016 Oslofjord Art Center, Drøbak
2015 Centre for Northern people, Manndalen, Norway
2014 Bjørnson Festival, Molde, Norway
2014 Oslo Open, Norway
2013 Sakahàn , National Gallery of Canada, Canada
2012 Finart , Oslo,Norway
2012 Kråkeslottet, Senja, Norway
2012 Gierdu , Art Hall , Cultures , Luleå , Sweden
2012 Gierdu , Murmansk Region Art Museum , Russia
2012 Centre for Northern people , Manndalen, Norway
2012 Artista Gallery , Sandvika, Norway
2012 North Norwegian / Sami contemporary exhibition, Kiruna,Sweden
2012 Culture house, Tromsø, Norway
2012 Nord - Trøndelag County Gallery , Namsos
2011 Member Exhibition, Muitit , Karasjok, Norway
2011 Gallery Banksmidja , Voss, Norway
2011 Polar Exhibition , The Sámi collections , Karasjok, Norway
2011 Fotografiens hus, The house of photography, Oslo, Norway
2011 Installation / Performance Daban DA , Riddu Riddu Festival , Norway
2010 View Gallery , Oslo, Norway
2010 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok
2010 Gea - See , Sami Art Association membership exhibition, Karasjok, Norway
2010 Varanger Sami Museum , Varangerbotn, Norway
2010 Ođđasat / Latest News, Karasjok, Norway
2009 Somnulence 3, Daban Da, Performance, Skinn, Kirkenes, Norway
2009 Grimstad Art Centre, Grimstad, Norway
2009 Sami winter festival, Oslo, Norway
2009 Gallery Kaffe Café, Oslo, Norway
2008 National Museum of American Indian, Daban Da, New York, USA
2008 Somnulence, Daban Da, Performance, RiddoDuottarMuseat, Karasjok
2008 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, winter exhibition, Karasjok
2008 Gallery Kaiku, Finland
2008 Oslo Projectroom, Oslo
2008 Kamerina Cultur garage, Hovin, Telemark, Norway
2008 Scandinavian House, Daban Da New York, USA
2008 Gallery Lillestrøm, Lillestrøm, Norway
2008 Box Home, Tromsø, Norway
2008 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, summer exhibition, Karasjok, Norway
2008 HommagetilIverJåks, Tromsø Art centre, Tromsø, Norway
2008 Sami Winterfestival, Norway
2007 Montreux Art Gallery (MAG), Daban Da, Switzerland
2007 Fotografiens hus, The house of photography, Oslo, Norway
2007 Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, summer exhibition, Norway
2007 The cultural church of Jacob, Norway
2006 North Norwegian Art Gallery, Daba Da, Norway
2006 Gjenreisnings Museum, Norway
2006 RidduRiddu Festival, Daban Da, Riddu Gallery, Norway
2006 Sami House, Norway
1994 Galleriet, Norway
Film Awards:
2022 Best International short film 1 St place, Roshani International Film Festival,India
2022 Best International short film, LIGHT CAMERA ACTION FILM FESTIVAL, India
2022 Best Dramatic Short/Feature, Nawada International Film Festival, India
2022 Best Experimental, New Jersey Short Awards 2022, USA
2022 Best Dramatic Short/Feature, Nawada International Film Festival 3rd Season, India
2022 Best Experimental, Caravan International Film Festival, Bengal
2022 Best International short film, Makizhmithran International Film Festival, India
2022 Best International short film, POOMBUKAR INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, India
2022 Best International Short Film, International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Japan
2022 Best International Short Film , Pink Moon International Film Festival, India
2022 Best Experimental, Prokuplje Short Film Festival, Serbia
2022 Best International Short Film , Makizhmithran International Film Festival, India
2022 Honorable mention, Shanghai International Short Film Week, China
2022 Best International Short Film , SINGAPORE INDIE FILM FESTIVAL, Singapore
2022 Best Director of a Mystery Film, Best Actor & Director Awards - New York, USA
2022 Best Cinematography, DIAMOND BELL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, India
2022 Best Experimental, World Film Carnival, Singapore
2022 Best International Short Film , INDO FRENCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, India
2022 Best International Short Film , Kollywood International Film Festival, India
2022 Best International Short Film , ROSHANI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, India
2022 Best International Short Film , White Pearl International Film Festival, India
2022 Best Postmodern Films, Tagore International Film Festival (TIFF), Indi
2022 Best International Short Film ,Paradise Film Festival, Hungary
2022 Best International Short Film, Athvikvaruni International Film Festival, India
2022 Best International Short Film, Golden Horse International Film Festival, India
2022 The Critics Award, The North Norwegian Art Exhibition, Norway
2022 Best Experimental, Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift, Canada
2022 Silver Award Fantasy, Hollywood Gold Awards, USA
2022 Best Postmodern Films, Druk International Film Festival, Bhutan
2022 Best Editing in Short, Niagara Falls International Short Festival, USA
2022 Best Director, Oniros Film Awards New York, USA
2022 Best Experimental, Cult Critic Movie Awards, India
2021 Best Cinematography Sacramento World Film Festival, USA
2021 Best Cinematography, Europe Film Festival, Great Britain
2022 Best Experimental, New York International Film Awards, USA
2021 Best Cinematography, Cairo Indie Short Festival, Egypt
2021 Best Experimental, Silk Road Film Awards Cannes, France
2021 Best Experimental, Around International Film Festival, Spania
2021 Best Experimental , Hollywood Venus Awards, Turkey
2021 Honorable mention, American Filmatic Arts Awards, USA
2021 Nominated, Prague International Film Awards, Czech Republic
2020 Best International , Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, Bengal
2020 Best International, SACRAMENTO UNDERGROUND FILM & ARTS FESTIVAL, USA
2020 Best Mystery Film, Short, Top Short Film Festival, USA
2020 Best Cinematography, Halicarnassus Film Festival, Turkey
2020 Best Cinematography, Madrid Art Film Festival, Spain
2020 Best Fantasy, Florence Film Awards, Italy
2020 Best Experimental, L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF), India
2020 Best Documentary Short, 7th Art Independent International Film Festival, India
2020 Best Experimental Short, Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival, USA
2015 International Award of excellence Winner,Filmfestival Spirituality,Religion; Visionary, Indonesia
2006 Honorable mention, Film, Sami Film Festival, Kautokeino, Norway
Photography Awards:
2022 Honorable Mention,17th POLLUX AWARDS
2022 Highly commended, Siena International Photo Awards, Italy
2022 Visual Story Awards, Editors' Picks, The Independent Photographer, Italy
2022 Best Shoot, London International Creative Competition, UK
2022 Honorable Mention, The 17th Pollux Awards, United Kingdom
2021 Gold Winner-Fine Art / Landscape-Tokyo International Foto Awards, Japan
2021 1 St Place Winner- Fine Art Professional, FAPA, Fine Art Photography Awards, UK
2021 2 St Place Winner- Fine Art Professional, Chromatic Photography Award, UK
2021 Honorable Mention, ND Awards Photo Contest, USA
2021 Silver Winner, Muse Photography Awards, Malaysia
2021 Bronze Awards, Moscow International Photo Award, Russia
2021 Honorable Mention, Moscow International Photo Award, Russia
2019 Honorable Mentions, Neutral density photography awards, USA
2018 Finalist, Fine Art Photography Awards,USA
2018 Honourable Mention, Tokyo International Photography Awards, Japan
2017 Honourable Mention, Neutral Density Photography Awards, USA
2017 Honourable Mention, IPA, International Photography Awards,USA
2017 Honourable Mention, Prix de la Photographie, Paris/ France
2016 Finalist, Photographer's Forum magazine's, USA
2016 Honorable Mentions, Moscow International Photo Award, Russia
2015 Honorable Mentions, Fine art photography awards, USA
2015 Honorable Mentions, Neutral Density Photography Awards, USA
2014 Honorable Mentions, Moscow International Photo Award, Russia
2012 Honorable Mentions, Photography Art Contest, USA
2012 Bronze Awards, International Loupe Awards, Australia
2011 Honorable Mentions, Photographer's Forum magazine's, USA
Other Awards:
2022 The Critics Award, The North Norwegian Art Exhibition, Norway
2019 NOoSPHERE Arts Residency Award 2019-2020, USA
1997 Gullrutens Sølvrute, Children and youth program Go 'elg, NRK, Norway
Illustration/Photo:
2017 Book, SARP (Sàmi Art Research Project),UIT
2006 Book, Finnmarksmuseum tells it -fra andehodeamuletter til kongekrabbe
Book release:
2006 Joik in the old Sami religion, a collaboration with Elin Margrethe Wersland.
2014 And the mountains are the same - Várit leat seammát, Photo book
A selection of Film festivals:
2021 Silk Road Film Awards Cannes, France
2021 Around International Film Festival , Spania
2021 Hollywood Venus Awards, Turkey
2021 American Filmatic Arts Awards, USA
2020 Short, Top Short Film Festival, USA
2020 Halicarnassus Film Festival, Turkey
2020 Madrid Art Film Festival, Spain
2020 Florence Film Awards, Italy
2020 L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF), India
2020 7th Art Independent International Film Festival, India
2020 Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival, USA
2018 Schouskollektivet Extended: Moving Interactions, Oslo, Norway
2018 Vigil for the Earth, eco art festival, Oslo, Norway
2016 Erotic & bizarre art Film Festival, Spain
2016 Finno-Ugric Film Festival, Estonia
2015 Alliance Film Festival, USA
2015 ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, Canada
2015 Spirituality,Religion; Visionary Film festival , Indonesia
2014 Bodø Art Society, Bodø, Norway
2013 Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 FestivalMIDEN, Greece
2011 Tampere Film Festival, Finland
2011 Skábmagovat Film festival, Finland
2010 National Geographic All Roads Film Festival, USA
2010 Watch movie/RidduRiddu, Norway
2010 AthensVideo Art Festival, Greece
2010 Sami Film Festival, Norway
2010 Skábmagovat Film Festival, Finland
2009 New York Short Film Festival, New York
2009 Perpetual Art Machine, Utsikten Kunstsenter, Norway
2008 International Videoart Festival, Örebro, Sweden
2008 Nepal Internationale Indigenous Film Festival, Daban Da, Nepal
2008 Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Thailand
2008 Sami Film festival, Daban Da, Norway
2008 Lucania Film Festival, Italia
2008 700IS Film festival, Icland
2008 Skábmagovat Film festival, Finland
2008 Sami Film festival, Daban Da, Norway
2008 Tromsø Internationale Film festival, Norway
2007 National Geographic, All roads film festival, USA
2007 Beirut International Documentary Festival, Libanon
2007 Doc.Port Film festival, Czech Republic
2007 Riddu Riddu festival, Urfilm, Manndalen, Norway
2007 Sami Filmfestival, Kautokeino, Norway
2007 Minimalen Film festival, Trondheim, Norway
2007 XXI Pärnu International Film Festival, Estonia
2006 BIFF, Bergen Internationale Film Festival, Norway
2006 Kosmorama, Trondheim Internationale Film Festival, Norway
2006 Media Art Festival, Friesland, Holland
2006 Daban Da, Reykjavik Light Winter Festival, Iceland
2005 Sami Film Festival, Norway
Purchased by:
2021 Preus Museum of Photography, Norway
2015 The Sami Collections/Sami Art Museum, Norway
2014 Skytterhusfeltet Kindergarten, Norway
2012 Nord-Trøndelag Gallery, Norway
2008 Troms County Council, Norway
2007 The Sami Collections/Sami Art Museum, Daban Da, Norway
2006 The Sami Collections/Sami Art Museum, Norway
2006 The Norwegian State Housing Bank, Norway
2005 The Sami Collections/Sami Art Museum, Norway
Grants and support:
2021 Travel grant, The Sami Parliament, Norway
2021 Travel grant, SDG, Norway
2019 The Sami Parliament, Marketing of documentary- and short films, Norway
2019 Arts Council Norway, Marketing of documentary- and short films, Norway
2019 Dáiddafoanda, Norway
2018 International Sámi Film Institute, support for short film "Life is a to way dream", Norway
2017 Travel grant, The Sami Parliament, Norway
2012 Exhibition Scholarship, The Sami Parliament, Norway
2010 Travel grant, The Sami Parliament, Norway
2009 Material Scholarships, The Sami Parliament, Norway
2007 The Sami Parliament, support for the short film "The Forgotten Place", Norway
2007 Norwegian Film Compensation Fund, Scholarship, Norway
2006 Establishment Grants, The Sami Parliament, Norway
Residencies:
2022 NOoSPHERE Arts Residency, USA
2020 SÍM Residency, Reykjavík, Iceland
2019 Circolo Scandinavo, Roma, Italy
Member of:
Sami Association of Artists – Sámi Dáiddačehpiid Searvi . SDS
The Norwegian Association for Fine Art Photographers - FFF
Sami Film Workers' Union - SFS
Art purchase committees:
2009-2011: Procurement Consultant Contemporary, Sami Parliament