Born 1950, Greytown, South Africa

1967 Rorkes Drift Art Center, South Africa
1973 University of Oslo, Law School
1977 Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway

Academic Appointment

2000 Professor : Kunsthøyskolen i Oslo
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway

Public Collections (selected)
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA / Fuping International Art Museum, China / Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Misouri, USA / Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, USA / Museo Giuseppe Mazzotti, Albisola, Italy / Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway / Jingdezhen San Bao Art Museum, China / Museum of Contemporary Ceramics Istanbul, Turkey / Museum of Decorative Arts in Oslo, Norway / Nordenfjeldske National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway / Norwegian Cultural Board / Oldenburg Statsmuseum, Germany / Riksgalleriet, Oslo Norway / Shigaraki Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki, Japan / Guangdong Shiwan, Ceramic Museum, Foshan China

Public Commissions (selected)
2006 Dahlske Highschool, Grmstad Norway / 2006 University of Bodø, Norway / 2005 Ignis Monument Skansekaia Aalesund Norway / 2004 Norwegian Forest Museum, Elverum, Norway / 2003 Huaxia Portal, Foshan China / 2003 Iznik, Turkish Bath, Rjukan, Norway / 2003 Sylling School Lier, Norway / 2003 Madlamark Church, Stavanger, Norway / 2001 KPMG Corporate Center, Majorstua, Oslo, Norway / 2000 Ivar Aasen Museum, Museum of the New Norwegian Language, Ørsta, Norway / 2000 University of Oslo, Faculty of Divinity / 2000 Telenor Corporate Center, Bergen, Norway / 2000 Bank no. 1 Oslo, Norway / 2000 Kanebogen Church, Harstad, Norway / 1999 Performing Arts Center, Kulturhuset i Sandnes, Norway / 1998 Norske Skog Corporate Center, Fornebu, Norway / 1998 Performing Arts Center, Parken Kulturhus Aalesund / 1997 University of Oslo, Faculty of Divinity / 1994 Oslo Court Building, Norway / 1992 Commerce Place, Edmonton, Canada

Exhibitions (selected)
2006 Solo Exhibition, Pickle Art Center, Beijing, China / Solo Exhibition, Gallery Urd, Bergen Int.Art Festival, Norway / Group Show, Gimhae Clayarch Museum, South Korea / Group Show, Art of Clay, Stenige Castle, Stockholm, Sweden

2005 Solo Exhibition, Museo Civico D`Arte Contemporanea, Albisola, Italy / Solo Exhibition, Gallery Pahk, Loveed Fine Arts, New York USA / Solo Exhibition, Gallery Russeck, Miami Arts Festival, USA / Solo Exhibition, Aalesund Art Cener, Norway / Group Show, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany / Group Show, Fuping International Art Museum, Xian, China / Group Show, Jingdezhen Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, China / Group Show, Høvikodden Art Center, Munch Revisited, Oslo, Norway / Group Show, Vigeland Museum, Typical Norwegian, Oslo, Norway / Group Show, Shanghai Normal University Art Gallery, China

2003 Solo Exhibition, Arabia Museum Finland / Group Show, Fiskars, Finland / Group Show, National Museum of Kiev, Russia / Group Show, Frednes Art Center Porsgrund / Solo Exhibition, Galleri Urd Bergen, Norway / Group Show, The World Contemporary Ceramic Exhibition Ichon, Korea / Group Show, Ceramic Bienal of Kapfenberg, Austria / Group Show, Keramion, Frechen, Germany / Group Show, SOFA New York, Loveed Fine Art, USA / Group Show, Hadeland Glassverk, Norway / Group Show, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo Norway / Group Show, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo Norway / Group Show, Stenige World Ceramic Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden / Group Show, Gallery Jæren, Stavanger, Norway

2002 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Maronie Kyoto, Japan / Group Show, Leedy Voulkos Art Gallery, Kansas City,. USA / Group Show, Invitational Exhibition of International Ceramic Artist Works, Guangdong Shiwan, Ceramic Museum, Foshan China / Group Show, Exhibition of World Building Ceramics, Nanzhuang Huaxia Ceramics Exposition, Foshan, China / Group Show, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia Missouri, USA / Group Show, SOFA New York, Loveed Fine Art, USA / Group Show, Shijingyi Art Museum Foshan, China / Group Show, Gaungzhou Art Museum, China / Group Show, Millennic Glass Gallery - Transfer Imagery - Kansas City, USA

Literature
Janet Mansfield — New Horizon of Ceramic Art, Australia
Bai Ming World Famous Artists Studios, China
Matthias Ostermann — The Ceramic Narrative, Canada
Gimhae Museum — Int. Arch. Ceramics Exhibition, Gimhae Clayarch Museum Korea
WOCEK — New Horizon of Ceramic Art, Korea-WOCEK Now & Now, Korea
Judy Schwartz — Controversial Clay, New York, USA (in print)
Paraxo- La Via Dell`ArteI & II, Albissola Italy