Art. in vesterålen 2012 A GUIDE

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1 Art in vesterålen 2012 A GUIDE

2 2 Streams of energy This folder guides you to quality art and acquaints you with the artists in Vesterålen. Most of the exhibitions are scheduled during the summer months, but most of the information is valid throughout Cultural Cooperation in Vesterålen bids you welcome to a large variety of art experiences! Vesterålen is a strip of islands along the northwest coastline. Nowhere else in the world does the Gulf Stream snuggle in closer to the shoreline than here. It was for that reason that the Gulf Stream was chosen as a theme and metaphor when the Vesterålen islanders celebrated the new millennium. The celebration is still going on! The Gulf Stream brings with it warm blue currents and provides Vesterålen s oceanscape and landscape with an energy that inspires artists of many kinds. They may be visiting guests or artists from the outside world who have chosen to live and work here, but they also include Vesterålen residents who have lived here for generations. Much of the art created in Vesterålen may be experienced on a trip through the six municipalities, including Lødingen. This little folder is designed to be your guide to Vesterålen art. We present the artists, studios, sculptures, installations and galleries that display what the artists have created, as well as works in progress. We also focus on some of the collaborative projects, many of which are the result of the area s collective tribute to the Gulf Stream. Cover picture: Detail of photo of the electrical transformer shed named Currents by Heidi Nygård (See page 4 and 5).

3 4 Electrical transformer sheds become power art Six grey, drab and modest transformer sheds in the six Vesterålen municipalities have been transformed into powerful works of art. The project was achieved by the Vesterålen Cultural Council with joint financing and the collaboration of Andøy Energi, Hålogaland Kraft, Trollfjord Kraft, Vesterålskraft Nett, the municipalities of Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Lødingen, Sortland and Øksnes as well as Nordland County Administration. The transformer art is part of Vesterålen Cultural Committee s cultural boost from 2000 to 2010, and builds upon the concepts of the millennium celebration. But why transformer art? Art supervisor Ingrid Larssen explains: We have previously completed something similar through the RÆK project in collaboration with the Andøy Art School at Andenes. The transformer art was very well received here, and we wanted to extend the project. The transformer sheds practically screamed out for artistic decoration; they were solid cubes waiting for an artist s touch. Five artists closely associated with Vesterålen have completed their projects (sites in parentheses): Siri Tollefsen (Risøyhamn in Andøy), Terese Riis (Vinjesjøen in Bø), Myriam Borst (Stokmarknes in Hadsel), Heidi Nygård (Sortland centre and Lødingen centre) and Karel Rouwenhorst (Myre in Øksnes). Lødingen has two decorated electrical sheds, «Livskraft» (Life Power) and «Kystkraft» (Coastal Power). The first of these is located at the bus stop in Lødingen; the other is on the right side of the road exiting Lødingen. HADSEL: «Transformasjoner» Myriam Borst SORTLAND: «Strømninger» (Currents) Heidi Nygård ØKSNES: «Naustet» (The Boathouse) Karel Rouwenhorst ANDØY: «Havblomst» (Sea Blossom) Siri Tollefsen BØ: «Det røde gullbergslottet» (The Red Gullberg Castle) Terese Riis LØDINGEN: «Livskraft» (Life Force) Heidi Nygård

4 6 Art takes place Artscape Nordland is an internationally renowned art project. Six of the 33 sculptures are located in Veste rålen an area representing Artscape s northernmost border. Art takes place is a motto for Artscape Nordland. In Vesterålen, art takes place along the sea. All of the sculptures here are placed directly on the seashore or are inspired by a maritime theme. In Lødingen, one finds the 37-ton Eye in Stone, at Sortland The Eye on the Sea. In Bø, The Man from the Sea towers in tribute to the ocean, and in Øksnes, the artist located the lamp-like sculptures After-images in the former fishing village of Nyksund and in the centre of modern Myre. In Hadsel, the sculpture Days and Nights is installed across the inlet from the old coastal express Finnmarken, and at Andenes, Island Museum comprises a collection of articles found along the shoreline. Maaretta Jaukkuri has expressed the rationale for Artscape Nordland: The most important reason for these sculptures being placed in Nordland s landscape is that it was here that they originated in the meeting between the landscape itself and the artist. And it is in the corresponding encounters between the landscape, the sculpture and the beholder that significance is recognized and recreated. It is in the moment that art occurs. LØDINGEN: «Øye i stein» (Eye in Stone) Anish Kapoor SORTLAND: «Havsøye» (Eye on the Sea) Sigurdur Gudmundsson ANDØY: «Øymuseet» (Island Museum) Rafael Rheinsberg HADSEL: «Dager og netter» (Days and Nights) Sarkis ØKSNES: «Etterbilder» (After Images) Inghild Karlsen BØ: «Mannen fra havet» (The Man from the Sea) Kjell Erik Killi Olsen

5 The Gulf Stream has gone ashore The warm caress flowing out of Mexico brings very much with it. At Andenes and Stø, in Hovden and on the seaward side of Hadseløya, some of what has drifted ashore has been used in art installations. ANDØY: RÆK I is located at the car park at Hisnakul, Andenes The RÆK projects were realized as a part of the Gulf Stream Cultural Lift, which began at Andenes in The art school here completed the project together with artists Bent Aune and Ingrid Larssen. Sundry items from the shoreline were affixed to a transformer shed in the harbour area, painted blue and decorated with words and phrases. In 2002, the project was expanded. Myre primary school, Husjord School, Romset School and Øksnes Coastal Society created RÆK II with ornament artist Ingrid Larssen as consultant. The artists, working on a volunteer basis, placed three large wooden beams at Stø. The boulder behind it was given an eye so that it looks like a whale or wolffish. ØKSNES: RÆK II at Stø near Stø Caravan Camping Using nine metre-long beams of driftwood and a twometre tall basalt column from Iceland, Oredam and his able assistants created the art installation RÆK III. On the outer side of Hadseløya, at Taen, a stone spiral has been created, since stones have also drifted with the Gulf Stream. Pupils from Stokmarknes primary school and Hadsel upper secondary created the installation in collaboration with artist Siv Johansen. A path with a love bench and youthful poetry leads down to RÆK IV. 8 BØ: RÆK III at Hovden in Bø HADSEL: RÆK IV at Taen in Hadsel

6 The Blue City by the Sea Sortland will be painted blue! Newspaper articles with this type of headline now fill several scrapbooks. Artist Bjørn Elvenes first presented the idea of a blue city in 1998, and a pilot project was started as part of Sortland municipality s millennium project and as part of its cultural boost and stream of culture, with the Gulf Stream as a source of inspiration. A storm ensued. The local newspaper, during several stormy periods, printed page after page of letters to the editor, both against and in favour of the blue city, for and against the various shades of colour that were presented. In the meantime, the city has become bluer and bluer. A wall here, an alley there, and a facade the next day. The idea is to give the local population and visitors to the city new energy, to improve open public spaces, and to create an environment for growth, quality of life and creativity. Some of this creative power has found expression in Writing on a background of blue. Young people from Vesterålen have worked together with author Lars Saabye Christensen to create literary embellishments on a volunteer basis. We plan to collaborate in order to give Sortland a gift of poetry, said Saabye Christensen, before the volunteer group went out into the streets to find locations in need of a word, a sentence, a poem, a phrase. The blue facades have been adorned with letters short phrases addressed to you who wander along a wall, cross a street, round a street corner. Be sure to stop and ponder for a moment! 10 Children s art in Sortland Sports Hall

7 Galleries, exhibitions, sculptures and installations (Subject to changes) ANDØY (1) ATELIER NØSS Nøss Tel: / Web site: Art medium: Paintings, woodworking, graphics, drawings, craft art, photographs, woven textile art. Exhibition: Gunnar Tollefsen, Siri Tollefsen, Espen Tollefsen and Åse Tollefsen. Open: 7 July 5 Aug. Tues. Sun (closed Mondays). About Gunnar Tollefsen: Art medium: Painting, woodworking, graphics, drawing. Education from the Academy of Fine Art, Oslo. Member of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK), NNBK and LNM. (2) DICK MONSHOUWER GALLERY Just across from the coastal express pier, Risøyhamn. Tel: / dick.monshouwer@c2i.net Web site: Exhibition: Jewellery, paintings. Open: Weds.-Sun and by appointment. Open year round, featuring exhibitions of original works. About Dick Monshouwer: Exhibition: He will also have an exhibition at Galleri Vesterålen (see page 22). Educated at Vakschool Schoonhoven, studio workshop residency, Kautokeino. Has participated in a number of juried group and solo exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NK. (3) GALLERI FARGEKLATTEN Sjøgata 36, Andenes. Tel: post@fargeklatten.no Web site: Sales exhibitions this summer: 12 May 30 June. Solo exhibition by Anja Van Den Berg from the Netherlands (paintings) July. Solo exhibition by Kati Gausmann from Germany (drawings) August. Solo exhibition by Laila Lanes from Tromsø (water colours). Open year round 12 16, (closed Sundays). Group reservations may be made by telephone or . Gunnar Tollefsen «Torso» Dick Monshouwer «Landscape» Siv Johansen «Blue Man» 12 13

8 (4) ØYMUSEET (The Island museum) Artscape Nordland Raffael Rheinsberg. Collection of objects the artist found on the shores of Andøya during August Exhibition in a garage next to the Polar Museum. Open daily (enquire at the Polar Museum) See p. 6. (5) HAVBLOMST (The sea flower) Electrical Transformer shed. Siri Tollefsen. Decorated transformer shed at Andøykroa, Risøyhamn, See p. 4. (6) HISNAKUL, Andenes Centre for art and cultural experiences. Open: 15 June 15 Aug. between the hours of 9 18, and August between the hours of (7) RÆK I Decorated electrical transformer shed at Andenes, near HISNAKUL, see p. 8. (9) DET RØDE GULLBERGSLOTTET (The Red Gullberg Castle) Electrical Transformer Shed. Terese Riis. Decorated transformer shed at Vinjesjøen next to Museum Nord, Bø museum. See p. 4. (10) MANNEN FRA HAVET (The Man from the Sea) Artscape Nordland. Kjell Erik Killi Olsen. Cast iron and crystal. At Bø Community Museum, Vinjesjøen. See p. 6. (11) RÆK III Harald Oredam. Installation at Buholmen in Hovden. See p. 8. HADSEL Karin Hay White «Titleless» Anthony White «Girl on the Sofa» BØ (12) GALLERI UVÆR Teigan, about 13 km west of Stokmarknes Tel: (8) GALLERI HILDRELAND siv.johansen@gmail.com Straume. Tel: Facebook: Galleri Uvær. hildreland@gmail.com Exhibition: Summer exhibition by Web site: Siv Johansen and Wenche J. Art medium: Visual art, handicrafts, glass art, etc. Art medium: Glass and visual art, textiles. Summer exhibitions: «C è una storia» (5 June 31 Open: 17 June 5 Aug. Tues. Sun Christian Skagen August), «Angels and Matrons» (20 July 5 August), (closed Mondays). Contact us for appointments «Drawing no. 197 quad» «Nervous Aggressive Cross Stitching» outside open hours. Open Sundays off-season (1 July 5 August), «For You» (8 July 5 August). from Exhibitors: Berit Arktander, Gry Vebostad Hansen, Karin Hay White, Elin Rindahl Steiro, Ann-Helene Iversen About Siv Johansen: and others. Summer café in the barn Fridays and Art medium: Glass and visual art. Saturdays. Gallery shop featuring art and handicrafts. Education from Mølla School of Art and University Open: 1 July 5 Aug. Tues. Thurs , College of Oslo, several courses in glass Fri.12 18, Sat It is possible to ring for an fusing. Solo exhibitions and group exhibitions. Ann-Helene Iversen appointment outside open hours. Open year round; «C è una storia. Tazza 11» for opening hours off-season, see home page

9 (13) TOLLERGÅRDEN ATELIER Melbu Artists Karin Hay White and Anthony White have their studio and exhibit their works here. Open: 1 31 July. Tues. Sun (closed Mondays). About Karin Hay White: karinw08@hotmail.com Web site: Art medium: Painting, drawing. Exhibition: She will also have an exhibition at Galleri Hildreland (see page 14). Education from Northbrook College, Sussex and University of Brighton. Solo exhibitions in Vesterålen, group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NBK. About Anthony White: antleo42@live.co.uk Web site: Art medium: Painting, collage, drawing. Education from Northbrook College, Sussex and University of Brighton. Solo exhibitions in Vesterålen, group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NBK. (14) ATELIER HOLTEN SKAGEN Ivar Bergmosgt. 6, Stokmarknes across from the hospital Tel: / adholten@gmail.com Web site: Exhibition: Painting, drawing. Artists Ragnhild A. Holten and Christian Skagen work and exhibit their works here. Open 15 June 29 August. Weds. Sun and by appointment. Holten and Skagen have an open studio and host visits by appointment year round in the oldest residence in Stokmarknes. About Ragnhild Adelheid Holten: Tel: / adholten@gmail.com Web site: Art medium: Painting. Education from Northbrook College, Sussex Education in woodworking and TV/film in Norway. Solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NBK. About Christian Skagen: Tel: papirarbeider@cskagen.no Web site: Art medium: Drawing and constructions. Education from Granum Art School, Kabelvåg Art School and NTNU. Public decoration commissions. Member of the Association of Norwegian Drawers and NBK. Myriam Borst «The Road» Ragnhild Adelheid Holten «The Tree» Bent Aune «Breaking Surf» 16 17

10 (15) GALLERIET PARALLELL UNIVERS Storskjervøya, access by boat from Stokmarknes Tel: Web site: Art medium: Pictorial art. Exhibition: At Storskjervøya by Myriam Borst can be seen by prior appointment made by telephone. Visitors can be picked up by boat, NOK 200 per person, by prior reservation via telephone. About Myriam Borst: Exhibition: She will also have an exhibition at Galleri Rødgården (see page 20). Education from the Willem de Kooining Academy in Rotterdam, Solo exhibitions and group exhibitions. Decoration commissions. Member NBK. (16) SMIA SILVIA Kalsnes, Stokmarknes Tel: Web site: Art medium: Handmade jewellery in noble metals. Exhibition: Silvia Rehnlund s jewellery. Open: Sundays or by appointment. Open year round. The artist lives on site and is available year round. (17) GALLERY AT FLATSET Flatset. 7 km west of Stokmarknes Tel: valdisopmanis@googl .com Web site: Exhibition: Visual art, glass art and jewellery by Valdís Opmanís and Gyndega Zíle. Open: July September. The artists live here and the gallery is open all day long. (18) GALLERI APOTHEKET Apothekergården, Stokmarknes Tel: / hadsel.vet.kontor@trollfjord.no Facebook: Galleri Apotheket. Exhibition: summer exhibition by Ruth Roland, Ingrid Larssen and Inger Blix Kvammen. Art medium: graphics, jewellery, textiles, photography. Open: 16 June 19 August. Daily (19) MELBU COMMUNITY CENTRE (basement floor) Strandgata 1, Melbu. Tel: epost@nordland-akademi.no Web site: Art medium: Visual art and ceramics. Exhibition: Inside/Outside Bendik Riis and Trastad Collections. Open: 6 14 July daily. Ingrid Larssen «Search» Ingunn Moen Reinsnes «The People Mountain» About Silvia Rehnlund: Exhibition: She will also have an exhibition at Galleri Rødgården (see page 20). Advanced craft certificate as a goldsmith from Plus School in Fredrikstad. Has worked during recent years designing original jewellery. Tove Hov Jacobsen «A place on the Land» 18 19

11 (20) MELBU MANOR Maren Fredriksens Alle 1, Melbu Tel: Web site: Exhibition: Gunnar Berg s murals and multimedia presentation (photos) relating the history of the building. Guiding 11 a.m., 13 and 15. Open: 20 June 20 August between the hours of (24) TRANSFORMASJONER (Transformations) Electrical Transformer Shed. Myriam Borst. Decorated electrical transformer shed at Stokmarknes, near the hospital. See p. 4. (25) RÆK IV Stone spiral near the bathing beach, Taen. Siv Johansen, artist responsible for the work. See p. 8. Eva Charlotte Nilsen «Fingers» (21) GALLERI RØDGÅRDEN Strandgata 5, Melbu post@museumnord.no Web site: Art medium: Painting, prints, water colours, mixed techniques, ceramics, jewellery. Summer exhibition 2012 during Summer Melbu. Hadsel Art Association hosts an exhibition featuring the following artists: Myriam Borst, Magdalena Brunzell, Dora Bendixen, Espen Justdal, Kari Giebelhausen and Silvia Rehnlund. Open: July between the hours of Rødgården is open only during the summer. (22) BADEBÅT (Bathing boat) Harald Oredam. Sculpture across from gravel pitch, Melbu School. Dark larvikite. (23) DAGER 0G NETTER (Days and nights) Artscape Nordland. Sarkis, Turkey. Sculpture in two parts. Lødingen- and white granite. On the shoreline at the bridge spanning Børøya Stokmarknes. See p. 6. LØDINGEN (26) FARKOST Annelise Josefsen. Sculpture at Lødingen Upper Secondary School. Lødingen monzonite. (27) KOMMUNIKASJON (Communication) Ellen Jacobsen. Bronze-cast sculpture at the Telenor Building in Telecom park, Lødingen. (28) LIVSKRAFT (Life force) Electrical transformer shed. Heidi Nygård. Decorated electrical transformer shed at the bus stop in Lødingen. See p. 4. (29) KYSTKRAFT (Coastal Power) Electrical Transformer Shed. Heidi Nygård. Decorated electrical transformer shed at the entrance to Lødingen. See p. 4. (30) ØYE I STEIN (Eye in stone) Artscape Nordland. Anish Kapoor. Lødingen granite. Stands on the shoreline at Hustad Farm, Lødingen. See p. 6. Elin Rindahl Steiro «Once Upon a Time» Anja Veronica Hanssen «Loves me, Loves me not?» 20 21

12 SORTLAND (31) GALLERI JENNESTAD Jennestad Trading Station Tel: Web site: Art medium: Oil paintings, graphics, sculpture. 10-year jubilee exhibition this year. Sales exhibition: Tor-Arne Moen, Lars Elling, Christopher Rådlund, Vibeke Slyngstad, Frank Brunner, Petter Hepsø, Håkon Gullvåg and Håkon Bleken. Permanent exhibition: Hamsun portraits, Jennestad Sculpture Garden. Open: 30 June 12 August. Weds. Sun. from Mon. Tues. open by appointment. (32) GALLERI VESTERÅLEN Strandgata 33, Sortland. Tel: (currently being changed). See home page. Web site: Art medium: Oils, water colours, graphics. Exhibition: Dagfinn Bakke, Gunn Vottestad, Eva Harr, Kari Rindahl Endresen, Tove Hov Jacobsen, Elin Rindahl Steiro, Ingunn J. Moen Reinsnes, Dick Monshouwer. Open year round Mon. Fri. between 10 16, Saturdays 10 14, (closed Sundays). About Tove Hov Jacobsen: Exhibition: She will also have an exhibition at Galleri Vesterålen (see p. 22) and at Galleri Hildreland (see p. 14). Education from Egen Art school of painting, Oslo and studies in France. Solo exhibitions throughout Norway, group exhibitions. Several decoration commissions. Member NBK. (34) THE ARTISTS RESIDENCE Gårdsaleen, Sortland Sortland Municipality c/o Mona Dahl Tel: Gallery and workshops for artists. Exhibition: Ove Aalo, Elin Rindahl Steiro and Jane H. Nilssen. Open: 8 June 15 August. Weds., Fri., Sat. from About Anja Veronica Hansen: Tel: anjavero@hotmail.com Art medium: Textile artist. Showing: Visits by appointment at The Artists Residence. Educated at the Academy of Art, Bergen, textile department. Has participated in exhibitions in Norway and abroad. Blås Idé Karin Hay White «Titleless» About Elin Rindahl Steiro: (33) LIHALLEN CULTURAL CENTRE Tel: Lihallveien 37, Sigerfjord elin.rindahl@c2i.net Tel / Web site: post@lihallen.no Art medium: Drawing, painting, collage, Web site: water colours. Art medium: Painting and graphics. Exhibition: She will also have an exhibition at Exhibition: Tove Hov Jacobsen. Galleri Hildreland (see page 14) as well as at Open: 27 June 12 August. Weds. Sun. from Galleri Vesterålen (see p. 22) (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays). Education from The Interdisciplinary Institute We can be contacted outside summer season/ in Bærum, Tromsø University College and advanced studies in Fine Arts and Graphics, USA. «Moose» Karel Rouwenhorst opening hours. Has participated in solo and group exhibitions

13 About Ove Aalo: Tel: Web site: Art medium: Photography. Exhibition: He will also have an exhibition at Nyksund Ekspedisjonen all summer long. (See page 27.) Self-taught. (35) WORKSHOP SALES OUTLET CERAMICS Risev. 253, Sortland Tel: / Web site: Art medium: Ceramics. Exhibition: Ivar Mallaug has sales of ceramics directly from the workshop. Open: Daily Applied crafts and unique items in stone and porcelain. Open Sundays during the rest of the year, see home page. (36) COASTAL EXPRESS TERMINAL Open: and º N. Decor by Oili Puolitaival On the terminal wall there are two texts that are part of the project Writings on a Field of Blue (see page 10). (37) SAABYE S LIBRARY/ HAMSUN FOYER Sortland Hotel, reception floor and lower ground floor, Sortland. Bust of author Lars Saabye Christensen, bust of Knut Hamsun and sculpture by artist Nico Widerberg of the protagonist of the novel «Herman». (38) EKSPEDISJONEN (lunch restaurant) Blåbrygga, Sortland Exhibition: Alternating exhibitions. Open: During the restaurant s scheduled opening hours. Open year round. (39) HAVSØYE (Eye on the Sea), Artscape Nordland. Sigurður Gudmunðsson, Iceland. Granite. Facing the waterfront at the marketplace, Sortland. See p. 6. (40) INTERN DIALOG (Internal dialogue) Harald Oredam, Sculpture at the entrance to the newspaper building. Rådhusgata 2, Sortland, Monzonite. (41) MANN MED EGET TAK (Man with His Own Roof) Harald Oredam, Bronze sculpture at Breines, inner Sigerfjord, down on the shoreline. (42) STRØMNINGER (Currents) Electrical Transformer Shed. Heidi Nygård. Decorated electrical transformer shed in downtown Sortland outside the «Meireiet» building. See p. 4. Ivar Mallaug «Lady» Ann-Helene Iversen «C è una storia. Tazza 1» 24 Dick Monshouwer «Painting on Paper» 25

14 ØKSNES (43) BLÅS IDÉ T. Liens vei 3, Myre Tel: / Facebook: Blås Idé. Art medium: Glass art. Glass-blowing workshop where the artists work and have a sales exhibition of their glass art, featuring Hilde Skjønberg Hansen and Robert Tangrang. Blås idé also has an exhibition at Galleri Tinden (see below). Open: 2 June 10 Aug. Mon Sat , (closed Sundays). Appointments can be made for visits outside opening hours. (46) NYKSUND EKSPEDISJON Restaurant and café in Nyksund Exhibition: Exhibits of photography by Ove Aalo this summer. Open: During the restaurant s scheduled opening hours. (47) EKSPEDISJONEN VERTSBRYGGA Restaurant in Nyksund Tel: post@nyksund-info.com Web site: Exhibition: Photo exhibition pictures from Nyksund by Kristin Opdan. Open: 1 June 31 August between the hours of Myriam Borst «The Light» 26 About Hilde Skjønberg Hansen and Robert Tangrang: Hilde was educated at BA Glass University of Wolverhampton, England. Robert has lengthy experience as a glassblower. (44) GALLERI TINDEN Tinden Tel: / post@tinden.oksnes.no Web site: Art medium: Visual art and glass art. Exhibition: Kari Rindahl Endresen, Rolf Etnan and Blås Idé. Open: 23 June 4 August between the hours of (45) GALLERY ARCTIC SEASONS FINVÅG Finvåg. Tel: / post@finvag.no Web site: Art medium: Graphics. Exhibition: Jarle Rosseland. Open: 23 June 4 August between the hours of (48) ETTERBILDER (After Images) Artscape Nordland. Inghild Karlsen. Granite, galvanised and polished steel. vacuum-pressurized acrylic and eternal lamplight. Sculpture in two parts placed in the harbour park at Myre and on the market square in Nyksund. See p. 6. (49) NAUSTET (The boat house) Electrical Transformer Shed. Karel Rouwenhorst. Decorated electrical transformer shed at Myre at the entrance to the town. See p. 4. (50) PORTAL Gunn Harbitz. At Myre Church. Granite. (51) RÆK II Installation of driftwood and stone at Valen, Stø. See p. 8. Bent Aune «Evening Ambiance Røst» Silvia Rehnlund «Kjærill» 27

15 The Artists in Vesterålen The Vesterålen artists who have open galleries or sales exhibitions are presented in the first part of the brochure. The following artists can be contacted for visits and appointments. One must take into account that they may not always be available. ANDØY (52) BENT AUNE Fr. Nansens gt. 37, Andenes. Tel: Art medium: Graphics, paintings. Exhibition: «Verkstedet» Studio. Ring to make an appointment. Educated at the Academy of Art, Bergen. Has participated in a number of juried exhibitions in Norway and abroad. Several public acquisitions. Member of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) and NNBK. HADSEL (53) INGRID LARSSEN Hadsel, Stokmarknes. Tel: ingrid.larssen@c2i.net Web site: Art medium: Arts and crafts design, jewellery and objects in silk and wool. Exhibition: Summer exhibition at Galleri Apotheket (see page 19). Viewings: Ring to make an appointment. Educated at the Norwegian National College of Craft and Art Industry and the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. A number of solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NK. SORTLAND (54) EVA CHARLOTTE NILSEN Torget 16, Sortland Tel: rampelys@online.no Web site: Art medium: Photography and film. Viewings: Ring to make an appointment. Education as a film photographer. Experience as a producer and director of films. Member of the Norwegian Film Association. Elin Rindahl Steiro «Notice of Spring» Ivar Mallaug «Lady» Christian Skagen «Drawing no. 203» 28 29

16 (55) INGUNN MOEN REINSNES Lamarkvn. 54, Sortland Tel: Web site: Art medium: Painting, drawing. Viewings: Ring for an appointment for a studio showing. Education from the Oslo School of Drawing and Painting. Has participated in a number of juried group and solo exhibitions. Public decoration commissions. Member NBK, LNM and SDS. (56) KAREL ROUWENHORST Gåsbøl, Sortland. Tel: karelkotz@gmail.com Art medium: Collages in Shamanistic style, works with skulls, bones, driftwood, etc. Viewings: Studio in Gåsbøl and studio in Nyksund. Visits by telephone appointment. Self-taught artist from the Netherlands. (57) ANN-HELENE IVERSEN Slalomveien 16, Sortland Tel: / lene.iversen1@gmail.com Art medium: Installations, woodworking, graphics, painting. Exhibition: Galleri Hildreland (see page 14) and at Smak in Bø. Catalogue C è una storia which tells stories about coffee cups. can be purchased from the internet shop at The artist can be contacted for an appointment. Educated at the University College of Akershus, Art education from Italy and Denmark. Solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Responsible for this brochure: Cultural Cooperation in Vesterålen c/o Margrethe Berntsen and Vibeke Suhr (responsible). Pictorial composition: Ingrid Larssen and Ingunn Moen Reinsnes. Photographers: Pages 1-11: Trym Ivar Bergsmo, Erik Bugge, Heidi Nygård, Vegard Moen, Alf Oxem, Terese Riis and Svein Spjelkavik. Reference texts: Pages 2 10: Bård Michalsen. Layout: Advertising agency Mål og Mening in collaboration with the editorial committee. English translation: Tim Challman. The artists from Vesterålen who are represented in this brochure are either members of national professional associations for artists or have been qualified for inclusion by a jury of professionals. Financed through a cultural agreement between Nordland County Administration and Vesterålen Cultural Council. Gunnar Tollefsen «The shoreline» Eva Charlotte Nilsen «Reaching for the Light» Siv Johansen «Polkadot»

17 = Art galleries/workshop studios/sales exhibits Andenes = Artscape Nordland = RÆK- og TRAFO installations = Sculptures/other Nyksund Stø Nøss Risøyhamn 11 Hovden 44 Tinden 45 Finvåg Myre Sørvåg 56 Gåsbøl 50 8 Jennestad Straume Sortland Vinjesjøen Kalsnes Rise Sigerfjord Breines Skjervøy Børøya Teigan Flatset 17 Stokmarknes Taen Hadsel Melbu 53 Lofast Hustad Lødingen