LIV BLÅVARP

BIOGRAPHY

Date of birth: 1956. Norway Education: 1979 - 83: State College of Art and Design, Oslo 1983 - 84: Royal College of Art, London Group exhibitions: «Norwegian Craft», annual exhibition, Oslo, 1982-90 Kunstnerforbundet, summer show, Oslo 1984 Gallery Aspects, London 1984 Norwegian travelling exhibition, England 1984 «Trikk-group», Ateljee 585, Helsinki 1985 «Trikk-group», summer exhibition in Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 1985 «Tendencies», annual exhibition of art in Moss, Norway 1985 Galleri Tyholmen, Arendal 1986 «Trikk-group», Galleri Albin Upp, Oslo 1986 «New Jewelry» international exhib. Kulturhuset, Stockholm 1986 «Design for the body», ASF-Gallery, New York 1986 Gallery Clodage-Ross-Williams, New York 1986 «Trikk-group», Gallery V&V, Vienna 1987 «Schmuck-szene», Munich 1987 «Design for the body», travelling exhibition, Netherland 1987 «Scandinavia today», Tokyo, New York 1987 Exhibition of Norwegian jewelry, Røhsska Museet, Gothenburgh 1989 «Alle ting er tre», exhibition of wooden objects, Museum of Applied Art, Oslo 1989 Nord-Form 90, exhibition of Scandinavian Art and Design, Malmø 1990 Jewelry-triennal, Paris 1990 «Norwegian Wood», travelling exhibition, Europe 1990-91 Craft triennal in Balticum, Tallin 1991 Gallery Fjordheim, Lillehammer 1992 Lillehammer Art Union, Lillehammer 1993 Gallery Metal, Copenhagen 1993 «In touch», Maihaugen in Lillehammer, Norway 1994 The Peder Balke Center in Østre Toten, Norway 1994 Hordaland Art Center in Bergen, Norway 1995 «Circulation», Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo, 1995 «The pilgrimage to Cythera», international exhibition of love and eroticism in fine arts, St. Petersburgh, Russia 1997 «Gifts of the forest, gifts of the loom», travelling exhibition in China, India, Korea and Russia 1997-98 «Art o´hoi», Kapp Melkefabrikk in Østre Toten, Norway 1999 Galleri Edvardas Hus in Tranøy, Norway 1999 Galleri Vikerødegården in Hamar, Norway 1999 «Sofa», curated and hosted by Charon Kransen, Chicago 1995, 1997 «Sofa», curated and hosted by Charon Kransen, New York 1998, 1999, 2000 Solo exhibitions: Bergen Art Society, Bergen 1998 Artists Union, Oslo 1996 Røhsska Museum of Applied Art, Gothenburgh, Sweden 1995 Gallery RAM, Oslo 1991 Artists Union, Oslo 1988 Collections: Museum of Applied Art in Oslo West-Norway Museum of Applied Art, Bergen The Trondheim Museum of Applied Art, Trondheim The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø The Art Council of Norway Museum of Applied Art, Copenhagen The National Museum, Stockholm Cooper ­ Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin National Museum og Scotland, Edinburgh Røhsska Museum of Applied Art Gothenburgh Epcot-center in Florida Lillehammer City Hall Prices received: Art price of Den Norske Hypotekforening, 1998 «The Arts and Cratfs Price», 1989 The Culture Prize for Young Artists, Foreningen Norsk Form, 1990 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg´s Nordc  Design Award, 1995 Jacob-prisen, Norsk Form, 1997 International Publications: International Crafts ­ Martina Margetts «The Best in Modern Jewelry» ­ David Watkins «Jewelry of Our Time» ­ Helen Drutt and Peter Dormer Dictionaire International du Bijoù ­ Marguerite de Cerval Comissions: Hedmark College at Evenstad, Norway 1990 Vestfold Central Hospital in Tønsberg, Norway 1993 Lillehammer Train station, Norway 1994 Froland Secondary School, Norway 1995 Hamar Hospital, Norway 2000 Future plans: Solo exhibition at the Art Museum of South Norway, Kristiansand, Norway March 2001 Travelling exhibition curated by Charon Kransen, U.S.A. 2001-2002