The Artist
Kjetil Finne
| Born in Bergen, Norway 1951 Lives and works in Stavanger, Norway EDUCATION The School of Arts and Crafts, Graphic Design Department, Bergen The Academy of Fine Arts, Bergen The Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland SOLO EXHIBTITIONS Gallery Langegaarden, Bergen Gallery F15, Jeløya Moss Gallery Henrik Gerner, Moss Gallery Falkum, Skien Nordic Counsil of Ministers, Copenhagen, Denmark Stavanger Art Society, retrospective exhibition, curator Lau Albrektsen Haugesund Art Society/Haugesund Museum of Fine Arts, retrospective exhibition, curator Lau Albrektsen Sandnes Art Society, Sandnes Hå Old Vicarage, Hå Municipality Le centre culturell de Francais de Jericho, Palestine Aalesund Art Society, Ålesund Gallery Søvberget, Stavanger Larvik Art Society, Larvik Gallery Koloritten, Stavanger Gallery Brandstrup, Moss Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts, Stavanger The exhibition centre “Gamle Holtegaard', Copenhagen, Denmark Ålborg Community Gallry, Ålborg, Denmark Gallery 1814/Unique, Eidsvoll Gallery Gann, Sandnes Rogaland Art Centre, Stavanger GROUP EXHIBITIONS Collector's Choice, Stavanger Art Society Le Centre Culturel Francais de Jerusalem, East Jerusalem Norwegian Pictures, Gallery Brandstrup/Dagens Næringsliv ICOM, Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts/Stavanger Art Society, Stavanger The Annual West Coast Exhibition in Norway The National Drawers’ Exhibition Association of Norwegian Printmakers’ 75th anniversary Exhibition, Oslo “Pictures at an exhibition”, City Concert Hall, Stavanger/Bryggen Museum, Bergen First International Print Biennial for Graphic Art, Horgen, Switzerland The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Oslo EXPO Palmstierna, Nordic Art Centre, Sveaborg, Helsinki, Finland Association of Drawers' 75th anniversary Exhibition, Oslo Norwegian Miniatures, Tromsø Art Society Blind Navigator, Heritage of Surrealism, Bergen Art Society/Museum of Fine Arts, Bergen Association of Visual Artists, Rogaland, 50th anniversary Exhibition North Sea Festival of Contemporary Art, Stavanger Speculum, Stavanger Cultural Centre Irvin Art Gallery, Irvin, Scotland Druckerei Kätelhön, Wamel am Møhnesee, Tyskland REPRESENTED AT Rogaland Museum of Fine Arts Haugesund Museum of Fine Arts Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs Stavanger Municipality Rogaland County Skien Museum of Fine Arts Palestinian Municipality, Jericho, Palestine “Art At Work”, Oslo The Norwegian State Oil Company (Statoil) Otto Johannessens Foundation, Haugesund OFFICIAL DECORATIONS NATO headquarters in Norway Rogaland County Administration Tysvær Municipality Stavanger University, department of health- and social workers Stavanger University, department of Comparative Education MEMBERSHIPS The Association of Norwegian Printmakers, Oslo The Association of Norwegian Painters, Oslo The Association of Drawers, Oslo The Association For Norwegian Visual Artists, Oslo SCHOLARSHIPS Polish Senior Scholarship through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs DAAD Scholarship, Germany The Norwegian daily financial newspaper 'Dagens Næringsliv's grant for artists Ingrid Lindebæk Langgaards Foundation Travel grant The Norwegian Government’s grant for travelling The Norwegian G overnment’s grant for equipment Rogaland County culture grant Stavanger Municipality’s culture grant HONORARY OFFICES The School of Art, Rogaland, Member of the Board The Visual Artist’s Association of Rogaland, Member of the Board The West Coast Exhibitions Council The Museum of Modern Arts, Rogaland, Member of the Art Committee The Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs, Representative for Rogaland County The Visual Artist’s Association of Rogaland, Member of the Jury Norwegian-Palestinian Art Festival, Adviser “Israel On Line”, exhibition of Israeli cartoonists, at Hå Old Vicarage, Adviser for the Israeli Embassy Stavanger Art Society, member of the board/jury BIBLIOGRAPHY Norwegian Artists Encyclopaedia, editor Leif Østby (University Publishing House), 1982 The Association of Norwegian Printmakers 75th anniversary, 1919–1994, Grøndahl Dreyer, 1994 Visual Artist’s Association of Rogaland, 50th anniversary, Dreyer Publishing House, Stavanger 1992 Kjetil Finne, author Lau Albrektsen, Labyrinth Press, Oslo 2001 Association of Drawers 90 years, Membership Catalogue, 2006 |