Jonny Andvik, A New Old Master

A New Old Master

The painter Jonny Andvik (1966 - ) is one of the foremost figurative painters of his generation in Scandinavia. Born in Porsgrunn, Telemark, Andvik studied at the School of Graphic Design, Lille Ulefos from 1984-86 and at the Exeter College of Art & Design (England) four years later. He also studied the work of the old masters and, as a young man, painted in the studio of Odd Nerdrum.

The Painter and His Work

Jonny Andvik's personal and artistic horizons have unfolded expansively since his childhood living in a farmers district in Telemark, Norway. That period of geographical isolation was in retrospect a blessing for the painter he recalls. "Because I grew up in a close connection to the cultural heritage of Telemark, I wasn't taught the cliches. My experience of the local people, there minds and there way of living shows in my paintings."

Born in 1966, he was unusually fortunate to be encouraged by his grandfather Alf Andvik in the pursuits of painting, himself a painter, donated his twelve-year-old grandson his first brush and paint.

Andvik's interest in drawing and painting continued as a teenager and he was further encouraged as a student both in Norway and at the Exeter ...

Jonny Andvik, born in Norway 1966

Education
2001 - 2003 Studing painting under the guidance of the painter Odd Nerdrum
1989 - 1990 Exeter College of Art and Design, England
1984 - 1986 School of Grapic Design in Lille Ulefos, Norway

Collective Exhibibtions
2008 The Brick Lane Gallery, London
2007 Festspillene p Nesbyen, Norway
2006 Gallery Steen, Oslo, Norway
2005 Grimdalsmuseum, Norway
2004 Gallery Porsgrund, Porsgrunn, Norway
2004 Fredriksvern, Stavern, Norway
2004 Kitsch 2004 Telemark Museum, Skien, Norway
2003 Gallery Oksen, Porsgrunn, Norway
2003 Gallery Raugland, Stavern, Norway
2002 Kitschkatakomben, Haugar Vestfold Artmuseum, Tnsberg, Norway
2002 Posh-Art, Porsgrunn Artgallery, Norway
2002 Gallery Oksen, Porsgrunn, Norway
2001 The Karmy Exhibition, Karmy, Norway
2000 Gallery Cudrio, Langesund, Norway
1999 Gallery Meierigrden, Krager, Norway
1998 Gallery Flystad, Arendal, Norway
1998 Gallery Fjset, Aall Hovedgrd, Ulefoss, Norway
1993 Gallery Osebro, Porsgrunn, Norway
1987 Gallery Jensen, Haugesund, Norway

Solo Exhibibtions
2007 The Nordic Heritages Museum in Seattle, USA
2007 Summershow at Krager Kunstforening, Norway
2004 Gallery...

Future Shows: 2011 Norway, Sweden and Italy.