since 1987 working as technical engineer NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Company)
1975 – 1980 MTS.Vakschool Schoonhoven, The Netherlands

solo exhibitions (selection)

2024 – Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany
2022 – La Joaillerie Par Mazlo, Paris, France
2020 – Atta Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
2019 – Galerie RA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2018 – Gallery Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal
2015 – Galerie RA, Amsterdam, / Frame 2015, Munich
2012 – Röhsska Design Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011 – Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
2007 – Galerie Metal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 –”Making,Meaning” Unit2 gallery, London Metropolitan University, London, UK
2006 – Galerie RA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 – National Museum Stockholm, Sweden
2001 – Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
1999 – Galleri Hnoss, Gøteborg, Sweden
1999 – Galerie RA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1998 – RAM Galleri, Oslo, Norway
1995 – RAM Galleri, Oslo, Norway
1990 – Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway

public / private collections

The Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switserland
Het Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, USA
Museum of Art and Design (MAD Museum), New York, USA
The Craft Museum of China Academi of Fine Art, Hangzhou, China
Middelsbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middelsbrough, UK
Design Museum, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
The international jewellery collection of the city of Legnica, Poland
Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway
Pinakothek der Moderne, Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, Germany
Röhsska Design Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Design Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Natsjonal Museumeet, Stockholm, Sweden
Royal College of Art London, UK
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, Norway
Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo, Norway
Design Museet Helsinki, Finland
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Nord Norsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway
Riksgalleriet, Norway
Pilotgalleriet, Akershus, Norway
Kunstvisitten, Akershus, Norway
Norsk Kulturråd, Norway
Momentum / Galeri F15 Punkt Ø, Moss, Norway
Fondet for Norsk Kunsthåndverk, Norway
B. Rockerfeller Foundation, New York, USA
Alice and Louis Koch Ring Collection, Bazel, Switzerland
Telenor A/S Bergen, Norway
David Andersen A/S, Oslo, Norway
Derrez/Hoogstede, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hellen Drutt English, Philadelphia, USA

awards

2016 Bayerischen Staatspreis (Bavarian State Prize), Munich, Germany
2015 Prins Eugene Medal (Given by the Swedish King: Carl XVI Gustaf)
2012 Torsten och Wanja Söderbergs Design Award, (World largest design prize) Gothenburg, Sweden
2010 “Jakob Prisen 2010”, Norsk Form Design Award
2001 1.prize NKs Jubileumsutstilling ”Trilleverk”
1997 Merket for God Design
1995 Kunsthåndverksprisen
1987 1.prize David Andersen Design Konkurranse
2000 Norwegian goldsmith award