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Ivar Vatne 
Kupedalen 12 
5723 Bolstadøyri, Norway 
ivar@ivarvatne.no 
+47 970 80 178 
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Ivar Vatne 
painter and drawer 
born in Sandnes, Norway 1944 
last name Wathne before 1975 
materials 
oil, water colors and mixed media 
drawings in pencil, inks and mixed media 
digital prints in inkjet on paper 
education 
1963-64: university of Bergen, Norway 
1969-70: artists' workshop, Stavanger, Norway 
1976-79: teachers' academy, Tromsø, Norway 
1986-87: university of Bergen, Norway 
travels 
1966: long stay in Spain 
1968-69: long stay in Spain 
1982-2023: Spain annually 
grants 
1978: the cultural grant of Troms county, Norway 
1981: national artists' material grant 
1982: national grant for Norwegian establishing artists 
one- and two-man exhibitions 
1971: Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway 
1972: Impuls, Tromsø, Norway 
1974: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1974: Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø, Norway 
1975: Prelaten, Tromsø, Norway 
1977: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1978: Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway 
1981: Galleri Paletten, Tromsø, Norway 
1981: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1984: Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway 
2006: Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway 
2023: Galleri Træet, Voss, Norway 
juried national end regional exhibitions 
1970: Norwegian national autumn exhibition 
1972: society of young Norwegian artists' spring exhibition 
1972: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1972: Southern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1972: Norwegian national autumn exhibition 
1973: Norwegian young artists' spring exhibition 
1973: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1973: Norwegian national autumn exhibition 
1974: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1975: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1975: Western Norwegian regional exhibition 
1975: Southern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1976: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition (jury member) 
1977: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1977: Southern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1977: Norwegian national autumn exhibition 
1978: FINN's gallery, the Northern Norwegian plays 
1979: juried regional spring exhibition, Tromsø, Norway 
1979: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 
1979: first Northern Nordic exhibition 
1980: Western Norwegian regional exhibition 
1981: Northern Norwegian regional exhibition (jury member) 
1981: Western Norwegian regional exhibition 
1982: regional exhibition of Hordaland, Norway 
other exhibitions by selection or invitation 
1971: auction exhibition, Lions Club Sandnes, Norway 
1971: christmas exhibition, Galleri 12B, Fredrikstad, Norway 
1971: christmas exhibition, Society of Young Norwegian artists 
1972: collective exhibition, Group 9, Brevik, Norway 
1972: auction exhibition, Lions Club Sandnes, Norway 
1973: summer exhibition, Society of Young Norwegian artists 
1974: auction exhibition, Lions Club Sandnes, Norway 
1974: christmas exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1977: Northern Norwegian artists in Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway 
1977: presentation exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1978: ambulant exhibition, SKINN, Northern Norway 
1982: spring exhibition, Fauske Kunstforening, Fauske, Norway 
1983: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway 
1984: summer exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1985: artists' gifts exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1985: christmas exhibition, Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway 
1986: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag, Voss, Norway 
1988: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway 
1989: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway 
1990: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway 
1991: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway 
1992: Lurautstillinga, Sandnes, Norway 
1992: 5 poster originals, Vossajazz, Voss, Norway 
2002: christmas exhibition, Galleri Haganes, Sotra, Norway 
2007: 400meterkunst, Voss, Norway 
2008: 400meterkunst, Voss, Norway 
2011: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag 
2012: works in comission, Voss Kunstlag 
2013: summer exhibition, Voss Kunstlag 
collections 
1972: University of Tromsø, Norway 
1974: Northern Norwegian cultural council, Norway 
1974: Norwegian cultural council, Norway 
1974: Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway 
1974: Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø, Norway 
1974: Regional Hospital of Bodø, Norway 
1979: Regional Hospital of Tromsø, Norway 
art comissions 
1980: Bardufoss military airport, the Norwegian cultural council, Norway 
1983: Heggen secondary school, Harstad, Norway 
comission consultant 
1980: Fredlund, Sørreisa, the Norwegian cultural council 
1980: installation of aquired works, Regional Hospital of Tromsø 
other comissions 
1986-90: 5 posters for Vossajazz, Voss, Norway 
courses, talks, articles and presentations 
1974: travelling guide, Nord-Norge i Norsk Bildende Kunst 
1974: article about critical German realism, Nordlys 4. april 
1974: talk about critical German realism, Tromsø Kunstforening 
1976: course in oil painting, Målselv Mållag 
1977: course in oil painting, Tromsø AOF 
1977: course in oil painting, Målselv Mållag 
1977: course in art evaluation, Tromsø Kunstforening 
1981: course in understanding art, Tromsø Kunstforening 
1981: cuide for Riksgalleriet, exhibition in Tromsø 
2006: course in oil painting, Voss Husflidslag 
2007: course in oil painting, Voss Husflidslag 
2019: mentor for the group Molino Verde, Grazalema 
delegate assignments 
1974: Northern Norwegian visual artists' jury 
1974: Northern Norwegian cultural council's acquisition committee 
1975: jury member Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 1976 
1977: Northern Norwegian visual artists revision committee 
1980: jury member Northern Norwegian regional exhibition 1981 
1981: jury member Central Norwegian regional exhibition 
1981: Norwegian cultural council's acquisition committee 
affiliations 
1971: Society of Young Norwegian artists 
1973: Northern Norwegian visual artists 
1973: artist with voting rights 
1974: Norwegian visual artists 
1982: Western Norwegian visual artists (Hordaland) 
other professional activity 
1985-2006: high school teacher 
last update April 2023 
  
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