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Ivar Vatne
Kupedalen 12
5723 Bolstadøyri, Norway
ivar@ivarvatne.no
+47 970 80 178

CV

Ivar Vatne

painter and drawer

born in Sandnes, Norway 1944

last name Wathne before 1975

materials

oil, water colors and mixed media

drawings in pencil, inks and mixed media

digital prints in inkjet on paper

education

1963-64: university of Bergen, Norway

1969-70: artists' workshop, Stavanger, Norway

1976-79: teachers' academy, Tromsø, Norway

1986-87: university of Bergen, Norway

travels

1966: long stay in Spain

1968-69: long stay in Spain

1982-2023: Spain annually

grants

1978: the cultural grant of Troms county, Norway

1981: national artists' material grant

1982: national grant for Norwegian establishing artists

one- and two-man exhibitions

1971: Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway

1972: Impuls, Tromsø, Norway

1974: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1974: Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø, Norway

1975: Prelaten, Tromsø, Norway

1977: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1978: Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway

1981: Galleri Paletten, Tromsø, Norway

1981: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1984: Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway

2006: Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway

2023: Galleri Træet, Voss, Norway

juried national end regional exhibitions

1970: Norwegian national autumn exhibition

1972: society of young Norwegian artists' spring exhibition

1972: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition

1972: Southern Norwegian regional exhibition

1972: Norwegian national autumn exhibition

1973: Norwegian young artists' spring exhibition

1973: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition

1973: Norwegian national autumn exhibition

1974: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition

1975: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition

1975: Western Norwegian regional exhibition

1975: Southern Norwegian regional exhibition

1976: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition (jury member)

1977: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition

1977: Southern Norwegian regional exhibition

1977: Norwegian national autumn exhibition

1978: FINN's gallery, the Northern Norwegian plays

1979: juried regional spring exhibition, Tromsø, Norway

1979: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition

1979: first Northern Nordic exhibition

1980: Western Norwegian regional exhibition

1981: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition (jury member)

1981: Western Norwegian regional exhibition

1982: regional exhibition of Hordaland, Norway

other exhibitions by selection or invitation

1971: auction exhibition, Lions Club Sandnes, Norway

1971: christmas exhibition, Galleri 12B, Fredrikstad, Norway

1971: christmas exhibition, Society of Young Norwegian artists

1972: collective exhibition, Group 9, Brevik, Norway

1972: auction exhibition, Lions Club Sandnes, Norway

1973: summer exhibition, Society of Young Norwegian artists

1974: auction exhibition, Lions Club Sandnes, Norway

1974: christmas exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1977: Northern Norwegian artists in Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway

1977: presentation exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1978: ambulant exhibition, SKINN, Northern Norway

1982: spring exhibition, Fauske Kunstforening, Fauske, Norway

1983: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway

1984: summer exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1985: artists' gifts exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1985: christmas exhibition, Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway

1986: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway

1988: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway

1989: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway

1990: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway

1991: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway

1992: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway

1992: 5 poster originals, Vossajazz, Voss, Norway

2002: christmas exhibition, Galleri Haganes, Sotra, Norway

2007: 400meterkunst, Voss, Norway

2008: 400meterkunst, Voss, Norway

2011: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag

2012: works in comission, Voss Kunstlag

2013: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag

collections

1972: University of Tromsø, Norway

1974: Northern Norwegian cultural council, Norway

1974: Norwegian cultural council, Norway

1974: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

1974: Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø, Norway

1974: Regional Hospital of Bodø, Norway

1979: Regional Hospital of Tromsø, Norway

art comissions

1980: Bardufoss military airport, the Norwegian cultural council, Norway

1983: Heggen secondary school, Harstad, Norway

comission consultant

1980: Fredlund, Sørreisa, the Norwegian cultural council

1980: installation of aquired works, Regional Hospital of Tromsø

other comissions

1986-90: 5 posters for Vossajazz, Voss, Norway

courses, talks, articles and presentations

1974: travelling guide, Nord-Norge i Norsk Bildende Kunst

1974: article about critical German realism, Nordlys 4. april

1974: talk about critical German realism, Tromsø Kunstforening

1976: course in oil painting, Målselv Mållag

1977: course in oil painting, Tromsø AOF

1977: course in oil painting, Målselv Mållag

1977: course in art evaluation, Tromsø Kunstforening

1981: course in understanding art, Tromsø Kunstforening

1981: cuide for Riksgalleriet, exhibition in Tromsø

2006: course in oil painting, Voss Husflidslag

2007: course in oil painting, Voss Husflidslag

2019: mentor for the group Molino Verde, Grazalema

delegate assignments

1974: Northern Norwegian visual artists' jury

1974: Northern Norwegian cultural council's acquisition committee

1975: jury member Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 1976

1977: Northern Norwegian visual artists revision committee

1980: jury member Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 1981

1981: jury member Central Norwegian regional exhibition

1981: Norwegian cultural council's acquisition committee

affiliations

1971: Society of Young Norwegian artists

1973: Northern Norwegian visual artists

1973: artist with voting rights

1974: Norwegian visual artists

1982: Western Norwegian visual artists (Hordaland)

other professional activity

1985-2006: high school teacher

last update April 2023