Jørn O. Jøntvedt

Jørn O. Jøntvedt

Jørn O. Jøntvedt is a Norwegian contemporary artist, based in Oslo. And his art is described as "post modern, romantic, landscape, shit".

Jørn is strongly inspired by nature, and in his pictures you often find either mountains, forests or both. He likes to play with different materials, from wood, acrylic, old car lights, materials from boats, plaster, etc. When he works with wood, he carves out the motifs by hand. This is a process that takes many working hours. But the most important thing for Jørn is to get a good result.

Jørn creates both paintings, large sculptures and installations. He has his art education from the Norwegian School of Arts and Crafts, and the School of Visual Arts from New York. Since then he has done several different art projects. In 2022 he had a solo exhibition with us in gallery M35, and a year later, in November 2023, we are lucky enough to show 21 new works of art by this exciting artist.

The art exhibition from 2022 has been digitized and can be viewed here .

Jørn O. Jøntvedt collection

EXPERIENCES:

  • 2001 - Independent artist: painting, sculpture, music and video
  • 2003- Works as a freelancer at various art-related projects i.a. Bergen Natural History Museum, Nobel Peace Center and with the Tsunami memorial on Bygdøy.
  • 2001- Established Talking Piece : a network-based group working with socio-cultural current events manifested through objects.
  • 1994 - 2000 Artist associated with the SVA faculty, New York

EDUCATION:

  • 1990 - 1993 School of Visual Arts, New York, MFA Computer Arts
  • 1988 - 1990 Norwegian School of Arts and Crafts, Oslo, BFA

PROJECTS/REFERENCES (a selection) 1990 – 2020

Art:

  • The memorial to the victims of the Tsunami disaster on Bygdøy. Won participation after an open, international idea competition with 845 participants. Invited artist in a closed competition with six participants from several countries. (CHORUS)
  • Artist for Posten's Stamp Service, including City anniversaries (21) Oslo Stock Exchange 200 years (20) Tourist routes (19) Bridges (18), National Archives (17), Regent's jubilee (16), Norwegian Ski Association (08), Tourist stamp (08), Motorsport (07),Christmas stamp (06),
  • Invited artist for the Venice Architecture Biennale (06)
  • Nobel Peace Centre, " Triptych of Hope ", Opening Exhibition
  • Design of the Infocentre, Akershus University Hospital
  • Commemorative coin: " Dissolution of the Union " (05) for Norges Bank: Closed competition
  • Invited artist for the Center for studies of the Holocaust and minority views at Bygdøy, the exhibition " Katarsis "

Scenography

  • Red Cross films 2020
  • Katrine Hammel, Oslo Runway performance, Museum of Contemporary Art 2018
  • Telenor Mobil: Decoration and animation Gardermoen Airport
  • The theater workshop: " Marinetti " scenography / design
  • Oslo Friteater: " Onkel Vanja " scenography
  • Scene-x: " Ibsen's Gjengangere, Forbannelsen " scenography / graphic design
  • Norwegian Performance: " Terje Vigen " scenography / multimedia National Theater (Ibsen Festival-95)
  • Norwegian Performance: " The Peace Marking in Oslo Spektrum " scenography / multimedia for the Foreign Ministry (-95)

Design

  • Folkebadet Visual profile 2020
  • Thoothfairy Management i.a. Lovepeake, Frøder, Coucheron, Carl Louis etc
  • Blåfall: Visual profile
  • University of Oslo: ITU profile and div, implementation
  • Zonavi: Visual profile
  • The National Concerts: Season programme, posters and flyers
  • Ultima: Visual Profile and Festival Elements 2001
  • Film & Cinema: Visual profile
  • SAS: Posters for the 50th anniversary
  • Sparebank 1 Northern Norway: Further development of profile
  • Posten, anniversary logo

AWARDS

1999 - Silver prizes and diplomas in Visual, in illustration and graphic design for profiles, multimedia and packaging design.


POSITION

2007 - 2019 Deputy Chairman/Board member of Pecha Kucha Norway

2006 - 2010 Board member of the Polytechnic Association, Culture and Media

2005 - 2010 Board member of the Design Agency Association, DBF

2005 - 2014 Lecturer at Volda University College

2005 - 2012 Lecturer at Westerdal's School of Communication

2002 - 2005 Member of the Local Organizing Committee OSLO, ERA 05 (former World Design Conference) 2005

2002 Steering group, Designers Autumn Exhibition 2002, Norsk Form

2002 Jury member, Designers Høstutstilling 2002, Norsk Form /Grafill

2002 Lecturer at the Norwegian School of Crafts and Art (Visual Communication)

2000 - 2001 Jury member, Master's Candidate's Examination, SHKS

2001 Jury member, Master's examination, SHKS

2000 - 2001 Steering group, Designers Autumn Exhibition 2001, Norsk Form