Toril Bjorg - silver jewellery



	1944 Born in Oslo Education: 1964-68 Metalwork degree, National College of Art & Design, Oslo 1981-82 Post-graduate sculpture studies, National College of Art & Design, Oslo Selected solo exhibitions: 1978 "Tendenser", Gallery F15, Moss, Norway 1979 "Festival of Elverum", Elverum, Norway 1980 "Tendenser", Gallery F15, Moss, Norway 1981 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway 1982 Galleri Finn, Festspillene I Nord-Norge, Harstad 1984 Bryggen Museum, Bergen, Norway 1985 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway 1986 Hordamuseet, Bergen, Norway 1987 "Tendenser", Gallery F15, Moss, Norway 1990 "Bergen Music Festival", Bryggen Museum, Bergen, Norway 1991 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway 1993 Electrum Gallery, London, UK 1998 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway 1999 Atelier 88, Bodø, Norway 2000 Arvika Konsthall, Arvika, Sweden 2004 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo 2005 Museum of Applied Art. Trondheim 2005 The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø 2006 Aalesund kunstforening, Ålesund, Norway Selected group exhibitions: 1973-74 "Norwegian Craftsmen Today", Germany, UK, USA 1984 "Norway Now", Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, UK 1987-89 "Norwegian Jewellery", Japan, Germany, London, Edinburgh (UK) 1989 "Norska Smycken" Röhss Museum of Applied Art, Gothenburg, Sweden 1991 "The 20th Anniversery Show", Electrum Gallery, London, UK 1994 "Giello Norvegisi 1945-94" Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome, Italy 1995 "High Tech" The Jazzfestival of Kongsberg, Kongsberg, Norway 1996 "Norge-Belgia, objekten & juvelen" Villa Eksternest, Brussels, Belgium 1997 "10 years" The Scottish Gallery Edinburgh, UK 1997-98 "Nordic Jewellery" The first Nordic jewellery triennale 1998 "Jewellery Moves" The National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK 2002 "Textile Techniques in Metal", Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, US 2003 “Norwegian Contemporary Jewellery", traveling exhibition. 2005 Contemporary Norwegian Craft, Flow Gallery, London, 2005 Contemporary Norwegian Craft, The Scottish Gallery, Edinburg 2005, SOFA Chicago, repr. by Charon Kransen Arts USA 2006 Aalesund Kunstforening, Ålesund, Norway 2006 SOFA New York, repr. by CharonKransen Arts, USA Other commissions: Designer at David-Andersen A/S Jewellers 1972-79 Principal´s Chain, Norges Musikkhøgskole (Norwegian National College of Music) Oslo, Norway Interior decoration, Court Building, Lillestrøm, Norway Emblem, Norges Juristforbund (Norwegain Law Association)