Galleri Erik Steen

LØVAAS & WAGLE

Biography

Astrid Løvaas born in 1957 in Bergen, Norway.
Kirsten Wagle born in 1956 in Oslo, Norway.



Education
1978-82 The National College of Art and Design (SHKS), Textile Art

Selected solo exhibitions

2009
Galleri Erik Steen (upcoming)

2008
Løvaas & Wagle, The Museum of Contemporary art, Oslo

2000
Hunting Scenes, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo

1995
Tepper, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Tepper, Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen

1986
Tekstile elementer, West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen

Selected group exhibitions

2009
New Works, Galleri Erik Steen

2005
Typical Norwegian, Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo
Mennesket og tingene, West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen
Design og Kunsthåndtverk, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
The National Museum of Decorative Art, Trondheim

2004
Nordic Cool, Hot Women Designers, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC

2002
Concrete – Non Figurative Art in Norway 1920-2000, Lillehammer- Trondheim- and Bergen Art Museum
The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago
Fiber, The National Museum of Decorative Art, Trondheim

2001
The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA), New York

2000
Scandinavian Sensibility, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Brown-Grotta Art Gallery, Connecticut

1998
Tekstil – bilder, figurer, minner, The National Touring Exhibitions
Tendencies, Galleri F15, Moss

1997
International Triennial of Tapestry and Textile Art, Tournai, Belgium
Oslo in Gothenburg, Contemporary Art from Norway, Gothenburg

1996
Stretch, Galleri F15, Moss
UKS (Young Artists’ Society)-biennial, touring exhibition, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tønsberg

1992
Textile art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
1990
Vilnius Exhibition Hall, Vilnius

1989
Norwegian Textile Art, The National Museum of Decorative Art, Trondheim
Norwegian Textile art in Moscow, Central House of Artists, Moscow

1987
Norwegian Textile Art, Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo

1986
6th International Biennial of Miniature Textiles, Savaria Museum, Szombathely, Hungary

1985
Nordic Textile Triennial
Sesjon, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

1983-02
The National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo


Selected commissions


2008
The Opera House, Oslo

2007
Public Part, Skien
Hamar Katedralskole, Hamar

2004
Cinema 1, Sandnes

2001
Adventures of the seas, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

1997
Main Stage Curtain at Trøndelag Theatre, Trondheim

1995
Bergen Music Conservatory, Bergen



Selected Public Collections
Oslo Municipal Art Collection
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
The Museum of Decorative Design, Oslo
The National Museum of Decorative Art, Trondheim
West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen
Arts Council Norway
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
LOOC, Lillehammer Olympic Committee