Inger Blix Kvammen
Røsslyngveien 5
9912 Hesseng
Norway
Tel. +47 789 99413
Mob. +47 950 64 5 64
Memberships
The Sami Artist Union, SDS
The North Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, NK
The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, NK
Education
1973-78 Cand.mag. at The University of Bergen in biology, chemistry and
social science
1982 Art studies at Alta University College
1985 Pedagogical studies at The University of Tromsø
1994 Art history at The University of Bergen
1995 Norwegian for Foreigners at Alta University College
Artist in Residency
1999 Artist in Residence at San Diego State University, Fine Art Dep
San Diego, California. Invited by prof. and artist Arline M. Fisch
Workshops/ Short cources in the art field
2007 Cource for artists arranged by Public Art Norway and The Art
Academy in Oslo about Public Art
2004 Short Cource for professional artists at Kunsthøyskolen in
Bergen, Photoshop, digital photoes
2003 Short cource for professional artists at Kunsthøyskolen in
Oslo. Photo /metal
1998/2000/
2001 3 shorter periods together with curator and jewellery artist
Barbara Cartlidge, the owner and director of Electrum Gallery,
London, for more than 30 years
2000/2001 2 short cources in London working at Silver Alchemy`s Cource
Centre with Precious Metal Clay
1999/2001 Several shorter periods with intensive cources at The
University of Central England, Birmingham, under Richard
Witek and Dean Norman Cherry
1989/1990 Several shorter periods at the studio
of the goldsmith Liv Runningen, Oslo
Solo Exhibitions, selected
2010 RIM- remake, The Finnmark County House, Vadsø,
Norway
2008 RIM, Tromsø Art Association, Tromsø, Norway
2007 Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
2006 Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden
2004 Textile Metals, Galleri Brevik, Tromsø, Norway
2002 Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
2001 Electrum Gallery, London
2001 Lillehammer Art Association, Lillehammer, Norway
2000 Images of the North, San Francisco
1999 Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
1998 Electrum Gallery, London
1998 Galleri Tablå, Bergen, Norway
1997 Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
1996 Eiker Art Association, Hokksund, Norway
1995 Lillehammer Art Association, Lillehammer, Norway
1993 With Roots in the North, Norwegian Russian Art
Centre, Kirkenes, Norway
1992 With Roots in the north. Galleri Vognremissen, Oslo
Group Exhibitions/ Collective Exhibitions, selected
2010 RYSSEN KOMMER! (The Russians are coming!)
Havremagasinet, Boden, Sweden
2009 Jewellery- What`s it all about ? Curated by Barbara Cartlidge,
Electrum Gallery, London
2009 Being a Part, Sami Artists Unions 30-th Anniversary,
A curated Travelling Exhibition
2009 20-years Anniversary Exhibition, Expo Arte, Oslo
2008 Construction, Contemporary Arts and Crafts,
International Travelling Exhibition
2008 North Norwegian Contemporary Art Trienale 2008,
International Travelling Exhibition
2008 Contemporary Crafts, JRB Gallery, Oklahoma City, USA
2008 Sami Daida- Dala Kulturarbi?- Sami Art- A Contemporary
Heritage? Rovaniemi, Finland
2007 Crocheted Wire Jewelry. Mobilia Gallery, Boston, USA
2006 35.th Anniversary Exhibition, Electrum Gallery, London
2006 In a Box, Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
2006 North Norwegian Artist Centre, Svolvær, Lofoten, Norway
2006 SOFA Chicago, with Mobilia Gallery, Chicago, USA
2006 Objects of Desire Gallery, Loisville, Kentucky, USA
2005 Formscape, A Barents Exhibition. A Barents Travelling
Exhibition. Oulo, Petrozavodsk, Luleå, Umeå, Bodø
2005 Summer Exhibition, Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
2005 Summer Exhibition, North Norwegian Artist Centre,
Svolvær, Norway
2005 Smykker NÅ!, Kongsberg Art Association, Kongsberg,
Norway
2005 Opening Exhibition, New Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
2004 Trienale 2004, North Norwegian Contemporary Art
Trienale, Kirkenes, Harstad, Svolvær, Norway
2004 At COLLECT with Velvet da Vinci, Victoria and Albert
Museum, London
2004 Nordic Cool- Hot Women Designers, National Museum of
Women in The Arts, Washington DC
2004 Schmuck und Kunsthandwerk, Museum fur Kunsthandwerk,
Leipzig, Germany
2004 Trienale 2004, Jewellery - Metal - Wood, Norsk Kunstindustri-
Museum, Oslo
2003 Chess, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, International travelling
Exhibition
2003 30th Anniversary Show, Julie Artisans, New York
2003 Teapot redefined, Mobilia Gallery, SOFA, Chicago
2002 Arctic 5, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
2002 Norway Day Festival, San Matteo, California
2002 Fish and Fashion, Norwegian presentation of design,
fashion and food
2002 Textile techniques in metal, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2002 Til minne om Aillohas, SDG, Karasjok
2001 The Vevring Exhibition, Vevring, Førde, Norway
2001 Rock, Paper, Scissors, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco
2001 Rana Art Association, Rana Museum, Mo i Rana, Norway
2000 Norway Day Festival, San Francisco
1999 The Art Festival of Northern Norway, FINN`s Gallery, Harstad
1999 Lier Art Association, Lier, Norway
1999 Body Jewelry, Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
1999 Åse Kleveland, Culture on the Agenda in year 2000,
Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
1998 North-Norwegian Culture Festival, Sola Culture House, Sola
1998 Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
1997 Norwegian Arts and Crafts, Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
1997 Miniatures, Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
1996 In Peder Balkes Footsteps, Peder Balke Centre, Østre Toten,
Norway
1995 The Barents Exhibition: Women in the North, Norwegian
Russian Art Centre, Kirkenes, Norway
1994 Galleri Fjordheim, Olympic Games 1994, Biri, Norway
1993 North-Norwegian Contemporary Art, Svolvær, Lofoten, Norway
1992 Jewellery, The Art Festival in Svolvær, Lofoten, Norway
Periodical Exhibitions
1995- 2009 Christmas Exhibitions, Electrum Gallery, London
Represented at Galleries
Sami Art Centre, Karasjok, Norway
North Norwegian Artist Centre, Svolvær, Norway
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo, Norway
Electrum Gallery, London, England
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, USA
Hilde Leiss Galeri Fur Schmuck, Hamburg, Germany
Expo Arte, Oslo, Norway
Scholarships/ Grants
2011 The Norwegian State`s 3 Year Work Grant; 2011-2013
2011 Material Grant from SKFV
2010 The Sami Parlament`s Art Grant 2010, Travel/Study Grant
2008 Exhibition Grant from SDS
2007 Travel Grant and Project Support from Public Art Norway,
KORO
2007 3-year Work Grant from Finnmark County Council, 07-09
2006 The Norwegian State Art Grant, Materialgrant
2006 Exhibition Grant from The Norwegian Council of Culture
2005 Project Support from Finnmark County Council
2005 The Norwegian State Art Grant, Travel/Study Grant
2004 Project Support from Finnmark County Council
2004 Grant and Travel support from Cources for prof. artists
2003 Project Support from Finnmark County Council
2003 The Norwegian State Art Grant, Travel/ Study Grant
2003 Travelling Scholarship, SKFV
2003 Grant and travel support. Cources for prof. artists
2002 Project Support from The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Culture Section
2002 Project Support from The North Norwegian Council of
Culture
2002 The Norwegian State Art Grant, Material Grant
2001 Cultural Grant from Finnmark County Council
2001 Cultural Support from Finnmark County Council
2000 One Year Work Grant from SKFV
2000 Project Support from The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Culture Section
2000 Project Support from The Norwegian American Cultural
Foundation, NAFV
2000 Project Support from Finnmark County Council
2000 Cultural Grant from Finnmark County Council
1999 Cultural Grant from Finnmark County Council
1999 Project Support from Finnmark County Council
1999 Material Grant from SDS
1998 The Norwegian States Art Grant
1998 Material Grant from SDS
1998 Project Support from Finnmark County Council
1998 Project Support from Sør-Varanger Municipality
1995 Øst-Finnmark Regional Council and Sparebank1
Nord-Norges Culture Grant
Purchases by government / private institutions etc, selected
2008 The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø
2008 The Norwegian Ministery of Foreign Affairs
2004 The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø
2004 The Norwegian Council of Culture
2001 Øystre Slidre Primary School, Dokka
2001 The Lillehammer Museum of art, Lillehammer
2001 The Sami Parlament, Karasjok
1995 Finnmark County Council, Kirkenes Hospital
Sølvberget, Finnmark County Council
The Elderly Centre, Kirkenes
1991 Sør-Varanger Municipality, Langfjorden School
Kirkenes Legesenter, Kirkenes
Sør-Varanger Innvest
Finnut
Vardø Utvikling, Vardø
1989 Finnmark County Council
Commision
2003 The Finnmark County Library, Vadsø
In Publications
2010 Being A Part. Samisk Kunstnerforbund
2008 Sami Art - A Contemporary Heritage? Samisk Kunstnersenter
2008 Nordnorsk triennale 2008. Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter
2007 Constructions, Contemporary Norwegian Arts and Crafts.
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2006 Crocheted wire Jewelry. Arline M. Fisch, Lark Books
2005 500 Bracelets. Lark Books
2001 Textile Techniques in Metal. Arline M. Fisch
2000 Virtual Gallery of Contemporary Jewellery, CD-ROM,
UCE Birmingham, England
1997/98 Design i sentrum. Norway Designs
1994 Art and Art History, Kirsten Røvik Håberg,
Yrkesopplæring ANS
Study trips
2010 South Caucasus, Kars Region
2009 Istanbul
2008 Damaskus, Palmyra, Syria. Kars, turkish Caucasus.
Nennets Autonomous Okrog, Cap Kanin
2007 Turkish Caucasus, Tblisi Georgia
2006 Berlin, North West Russia, Moscow
2005 Turkish Caucasus and Istanbul
2005 North West Russia
2000 Sami areas in The Barents Region
1999 Artist in Residence, San Diego State University, San Diego,
California, + study trip to New York and San Francisco
1993 Rome, Italy
Other relevant tasks / jobs
From 2011 In The Board of Public Art Norway (KORO)
From 2010 In The Board of SDS
From 2009 In The Art Consultant Register for Public Art
Norway (KORO)
From 1995 Many differents tasks for SDS
2008- 2011 In the Board of The Art Festival of Northern Norway
2007- 2010 In the project group and the jury for NKNN`s
regional Exhibition POTENSIAL
2006-2009 Art Consultant at The new Sami Science Centre in
Kautokeino
2005- 2011 Member of The Board of NK
2002 Art Consultant at Kirkenes High School
2001- 2005 Head of Board of The North Norwegian Artist Centre
in Svolvær, Lofoten
2001- ---- Work part-time, +- 50%, for Pikene på Broen AS, with
project developement/ management, as an advicer and
as a curator
1996- 2001 Member of the free group Pikene på Broen
1996 One of the initiativtakers to Pikene på Broen