Gro Selvik

I was born in Oslo in 1959 and live in the small community of Ringerike 50 km outside Oslo, the capital of Norway.
Painting and drawing has been my greatest passion since I was young and I have been testing a lot of different techniques.
I work part time as an illustrator and drawer.
The rest of my time I use to make paintings in acrylics. After attending Vika Art School in 2003/2004
I found a great interest in the more fundamental means of painting such as material and visual bases.
I am more and more captivated by the different ways you can use to apply paint to a canvas and how
form and shape are distributed within a composition.

To work with different techniques and materials in combination with acrylic paint is an interesting and challenging task.
It,s like a treasure hunt when you find a little piece here and a little piece there.
This is what I feel when I am making my paintings with paintings, sand , gras and metal.

Iv got my Atlier in Hole communety at Nesheim by the Tyrifjorden.

Important teachers:
Willbald Storn (Austria) in aquarelle
Harald Pettersen in oil
May Tallberg in acrylics
Jørn Nilsen in graphics
Lars Eje Larsson (Sweden) in advanced aquarelle techniques
Jan Bringevik (Sweden) in “simplicity”
Allison Legat, Vika Art School
Stefan Ceder (Sweden) in advanced acrylic techniques.

1990-96
Regular exhibitor in Gallerie Elsama, Oslo
1994
“Two textile artists” together with Gunvor Eide, Sundøya Hotel
1996
“Landscapes” together with Børge Brekke, Vik bank
1999
Decoration in Bærum Governmental House 28 x 3m with athletic motivs
2000
“Lights and shadows”, together with Photographer Trude Jerijervi in Bærum Governmental House
2003
Artistic leader in the architect group “Matrix” for the arcitektcompetition about “St. Olavs Place” in Oslo 2004
Received stipend from Bærum Government
2005
“Moods” graphics and acrylic paintings, Sandvika , Norway
2006
“Roses” acrylic paintings, Sundøya Hotel, Norway
2007
“Roses in the wind” acrylic paintings, Sundøya Hotel, Norway
"European masters of Modern art - EMMA" Austria http://www.emma.exto.nl/
"Soloexibition Ringerike Liberary", Norway
2008
"Gest artist" Kistefossmuseet, Norway
2009
"Arte Genova" Italy, "KunStart" Bolzano, Itali. "Line art" Gent, Belgium.
Member of the art group "Hole Artstudio".
60 Illustrationn fore Guidelines for Universal Design Bærum Kommune.
2010
"Galeria de arte Gaudi" Madrid Spain
"Gjøken Galleri" Soloexsibition Oslo Norway
2011
Oslo Kunsthall- Open Kunsthall 28 august, Norway.
Novemberexibition Hole Liberar...