Jorunn Veiteberg lives and works in Bergen/Norway and Copenhagen/Denmark. She did her MA in art history in 1982 and Ph.D in 2000. She has worked as a critic, curator and head of arts in Norwegian Broadcasting/Television and was editor-in-chief of the Norwegian art and craft magazin ”Kunsthandverk” 1998-2007. Besides a range of scolarships she was awarded the Torsten och Wanja Söderberg’s Nordic design Prize as critic/writer in 1999. She is currently professor of curatorial studies and craft theory at Bergen National Academy of the Arts. In 2008 she became the project manager of "Creating Artistic Value", a research project that will take place for 3,5 years. It focuses on the development within ceramics during the latest 10-15 years when the use of rubbish and ready-mades has become more and more common as material in ceramic practises. The project will unfold through internal seminars and international conferences, exhibitions and publications. Latest books Craft in Transition, 2005 and Kim Buck It´s the Thought That Counts, 2007.
Preferred websites
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CURRICULUM VITAE
jorunn veiteberg
Date of birth: 23. July 1955
Nationality: Norwegian
Resident in Denmark since 1994
e-mail: jorunn.veiteberg@inet.uni2.dk
Education
Examen Artium (school-leaving examination) Øystese Upper Secondary School, Languages and drama 1974.
University of Bergen 1974–1982: Foundation course in theatre history, intermediate course in art history, foundation course in Nordic studies.
M.A. in art history 1982. Thesis: Kunst og kvinnekamp (‘Art and feminism’).
Ph.D, University of Bergen 2000. Thesis: ’Det moderne maleri er plakat’. Ein historisk studie av norske bildeplakatar 1898–1945. (’Modern painting is posters’. Norwegian posters 1898-1945).
Awards and scholarships (selection)
1982: W.C. Brøggers fond for unge lovende videnskapsmenn (fund for young promising scientists)
1988/1995/1999: Norsk Faglitterært Fond, project grant, the Norwegian fund for writers of non-fiction
1990: Olaf Norlis Bokhandel's literature prize in connection with the bookshop’s centenary celebrations for pictorial editorship of the Norwegian work “Jeg fant, jeg fant!”
1996-1998: Government Grants for Artists (three-year for non-fiction writers)
1999: The City of Oslo’s cultural scholarship
1999: Torsten and Wanja Söderberg’s Nordic design prize (as critic/writer)
Work experience
1980–1982 Art critic for the newspaper Bergens Tidende.
1982–1983 Guest teacher at Snoghøj Nordic Folk High School, Fredericia, Denmark.
1983–1986 Director of Exhibitions at Galleri 1, Hordaland Kunstnersentrum, Bergen.
1987–1988 Curator and editor Galleri F 15, Moss.
1989–1990 Researcher with NAVF, Department of media and communication, University of Oslo.
1991–1995 Head of Arts NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation)/Television.
1996–1998 Project manager “Det Tenkende Øye” (“The Eye that thinks” - a joint project involving the museums of applied arts and the Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts).
1998– Editor-in-chief of the Norwegian periodical Kunsthåndverk (Studio Crafts).
2002– Adjunct professor in craft theory, Bergen National Academy of the Arts.
2005- 2007 Adjunct professor (20%) in art theory, Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
2008- Professor and research manager Bergen National Academy of the Arts.
Offices on boards and committees (selection)
1984–1986 Member of committee evaluating applications to guest workshops in Berlin (Künstlerhaus Bethanien) and New York (PS 1).
1988–1992 Advisor to Det Norske Samlaget publishing house.
1990–1993 Member, and from 1992, chair of the Nordic committee on art and applied arts, Nordic Art Center, Sveaborg, Finland.
1992–1998 Member of KULT/The Research Council of Norway's liaison committee.
1993–2000 Member of the Arts Council Norways’ committee on art and new technology.
1997–1999 Chair of expert committee for Non-fiction Writers and Translators for the Norwegian Government’s scholarships for artists.
1995–1999 Chair of the board of the Artists’ Information Office, Oslo.
1996–2002 Member of the board of Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
1998–2001 Member of no[...]art, the steering committee for the participation of Norwegian art in major international exhibitions.
2000– 2003 Member of advisory committee on crafts, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2002– 2004 Member of Danish Art Fund’s committee on studio crafts and design
2004- Member of Think Thank, A European initiative for the applied arts
2007- 2008 Member of the board of The National Museum of Norway.
Exhibitions as freelance curator:
1984: Videokunst (Videoart), Galleri 1, Bergen
1985: Bildehoggaren Ambrosia Tonnesen 1859-1948 (the sculptor Ambrosia Tonnesen), Bergens Kunstforening.
1985: Koks (Per Manning og Stuntpoetene), Bergens Kunstforening.
1987: Nybrott 6 danske billedhuggere ( Danish postmodern sculpture) , Bergens Kunstforening og Hordaland Kunstnersentrum
1987-1988: Kvinnene på Skagen: Anna Ancher, Oda Krohg, Marie Krøyer. (Women painters at Skagen) Galleri F15, Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Skagen Museum, Danmark.
1988: KunstVideo! (ArtVideo), Galleri F15
1989: "Rooms with a View. Women's Art in Norway 1880–1990", Rotunda di via Besana, Milan; Villa Stuck, Munich; Kulturcentrum Elzenveld, Antwerp; Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig. (curated together with Anniken Thue and Anne Wichström).
1997: ”Keramisk ekspresjonisme: 7 norske keramikere.” (“Ceramic Expressionism: 7 Norwegian ceramists”), Ceramics Museum Grimmerhus, Middelfart, Denmark.
1998: ”Blikkfang. Norske plakater 1890-1940.” (“Eye-catchers. Norwegian posters 1890-1940”) (Producer: Norwegian Touring Exhibitions. Shown at the museums of applied arts in Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim, and at the Rogaland Art Museum. .
1998: ”Tendenser 98: Velkommen heim!” (“Trends 98: Welcome home”) Galleri F15, Moss.
1999: “Norwegian Contemporary Ceramics.” Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam.
(together with Torbjørn Kvasbø).
1999: ”Nordiske designskribenter” (“Nordic design writers”), Røhss Museum, Gothenburg.
2001: ”Caroline Broadhead, Sigurd Bronger, Carol McNicoll, Irene Nordlie,” Bergen Contemporary Art Centre.
2002: ”Marianne Heske To Whom it may concern”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo.
2002: “As women tell it, Nordic women painters 1880-1900”, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen; Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum, Hannover; Bergen Art Museum.
Publications
Books
Med og utan rammer. 17 artiklar om bilde. Ed. (together with Robert Øfsti). Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget 1984. (On visual culture)
Reklamebildet. Norske annonsar og plakatar frå århunderskiftet til i dag. (Together with Einar Økland). Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget 1986. (On advertising)
Bildeoppmerksomhet, hva bilder kan fortelle. Oslo: Aschehoug 1987/1995. (How to read pictures)
Reklamekunstnaren Alf Ellingsen, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget 1988. (Monography on a poster artist)
En kvinnelig oppdagelsesreisende i det unge Norge: Catharine Hermine K¢lle. (Together with Anka Ryall). Oslo: Pax Forlag 1991. (The history of the first women painter in Norway who also was an adventures traveller in the first half of the 19th century).
Den norske plakaten. Oslo: Pax 1998. (The history of the Norwegian poster)
KunstFotoNorge. Editor. Oslo: Pax 1999. (The first book on the history of Norwegian art photography).
”Jewellery. The art of small objects and large subjects”, 2. nordisk smycketriennal, København: Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 2001.
To Whom it may consern. Marianne Heske. Oslo: Museet for samtidskunst, 2002.
Women Painters in Scandinavia 1880-1900. (Editor) Copenhagen: Kunstforeningen, 2002.
Craft in Transition, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, 2005.
It’s the Thought That Counts: Kim Buck. Copenhagen: Arnold Busch Nordisk Forlag, 2007.
Editor
Samlaget presenterer, (together with Einar Økland), 10 titles 1988-1990, published by Det Norske Samlaget on visual popular culture: post cards, posters, playing cards, menus, LP covers).
Booklets
Fem blikk på kunsthandverk. Teksthefte til lysbildeserie. Oslo: Norsk filminstitutt 1998. (How to look at craft)
Det veltalende objekt. (Editor). Det Tenkende Øye, Oslo 1997. (Anthology on texts on craft in Norway 1970-1997).
Kunsthåndverket lenge leve, eller? (Editor), Det Tenkende Øye, Oslo 1997. (Report from symposium: Long live the craft, or?)
TV-script
Manus til Det tenkjande auge. 18 program a 3-5 min. NRK/Fjernsyn 1997. (18 episodes with a presentation of one craft object in each)
Contributions to books/anthologies/reports
"Elektroniske media - trussel eller utfordring?" I pose og sekk, red. Beatrice Halsaa og Else Viestad, Oslo: Emilia 1990, s. 145 - 155. (On electronic media and women)
"Galleri JV: Hommage à Einar Økland," Einar Økland 50 år, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget 1990, s. 41 - 47.
"Art and Television – an impossible Encounter?" Yearbook of Norwegian Art 1995, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget 1995, s. 58-71.
"Norwegian jewellery 1900-1995", Nordic Jewellery, ed. Jan Lohmann/Lise Funder. København: Arnold Busch Nordisk Forlag 1995, s. 129-196.
"Two Artists in Boderland: Liv Blåvarp and Sigurd Bronger," Yearbook of Norwegian Art 1996, Oslo: Universitetsforlaget 1996, s. 40-59.
”Frontfigurar med kraft”, Armerte kvinner – en skapelsesberetning i betong. Larvik 1996, s. 95 –102. [On the sculptor Marit Benthe Norheim].
"Visuelle gleder. Einar Økland og trivialbilde." ein orm i eit auge. Om Einar Øklands forfatterskap. Oslo: LNU/Cappelen Akademisk Forlag 1997, s. 162-169. (On the author Einar Økland’s pleasure in printed ephemera).
”Report from a Borderland: The Use of Ready-Mades, Recirkulation and Other Contemporary Strategies among Norwegian Craft Artists,” Ideas in the Making: Practice in Theory, ed. Pamela Johnson, London: Crafts Council 1998.
”Nye rollar for tre. Bruken av tre i norsk kunsthandverk og design”. Tid for skog. Elverum: Norsk Skogbruksmuseum 2001. (The use of wood in applied arts)
”Med kurs mot den smale port. Eller: Korleis posisjonere seg i norsk kunstliv.” Patrick Huse Penetration. Delta Press/The Stenersen Museum 2001. (On the painter Patrick Huse).
”Ceramics for everyday use – what’s the point?” New ceramics. Copenhagen: Rhodos, 2002.
“Kunst for alle sansar”, Kunst i det offentlige rom, Oslo: Press, 2003.
”Poetry for the eye”, The ceramist Jane Reumert, Copenhagen: Arkitektens Forlag 2003.
”Visuell forføring. Om Braschs plakat Synderinden”. Kunsthistoriske kontakter – tverrfaglige dialoger. Århus: Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2003. (An analysis of a Danish poster)
“Forsøksordninga 1998-2000 – eit tilbekeblikk”, Norsk kulturråd og den elektroniske kunsten, red. Marit Paasche, notat nr. 58, Norsk kulturråd, 2004. (On the Norwegian Arts Council’s support of electronic art)
“Rings in Dialogue”, Rings in Dialogue, Københavns Gullsmedlaug 575 år, Copenhagen 2004.
”A rytmic art”, Britt Smelvær, Leikanger: Skald, 2005.
”Fortellende figurer og sårbare skulpturer”, Billedkunstneren Marit Benthe Norheim, København: Thanning og Appel, 2005.
“Louise Hindsgavl. Burlesque Tableaus”, Clay Art International Yearbook 06/07. Athen 2007
“Scandinavian Clay a New Order”, Clay Art International Yearbook 07/08. Athen 2008.
“Post-human jewellery”, Katja Prins The Uncanny Valley, Cologne: Darling Publications 2009.
Articles in magazines, journals and catalogues (selected English texts only)
"Ceramic Expresssionism", Ceramics: Art and Perception No 14, 1993. (About Hanne Heuch)
"Transforming Ceramics", Ceramics Art and Perception nr. 21, 1995 s. 22-25. (On the Danish ceramist Jane Reumert)
"A Dialogue in Jewellery," Kim Buck 1997.
”Dangerous crafts,” Kunsthåndværk Design Biennalen 1999. Trapholt Museum, Denmark, 1999.
”Talkings objects. Examples of decorative art in a time without boundaries,” Torsten och Wanja Söderbergs nordiske designpris 1999. Røhss Museum, Gothenburg 1999.
”Nina Malterud. In a Conversation about Function”, Ceramics: Art and Perception”, No. 53, 2003.
”Postindustrial poetry”, Composit Jens Erland. Trondheim: Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, 2005.
“New Norwegian Jewellery”, Norwegian Contemporary Jewellery, Oslo 2003.
“Postindustriel poetry: Jens Erland”, Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 54, 2003.
„In Defence of Ornament“, Marit Tingleff Martin Bodilson Kahldal ceramics 2003, Copenhagen 2003.
“Trolls – Figures in Contemporary Ceramics”, Trolls, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2003.
“A Montage of Memories and Myths”, Anne Helen Mydland, Bergen 2004.
“’To be appreciated but not observed’. Reflections on a boiler suit”, Arttextiles 3, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, 2004.
“Material, Medium, Signifance”, Lone Skov Madsen The Platter 2003-2005, Copenhagen 2006. Ceramics: Art and
Perception nr. 71 2008.
“The re-enchantment of jewellery art”, Sefiroth Ruudt Peters, Nijmegen: Marzee Edition, 2006.
“Burlesque figurines”, Louise Hindsgavl/Mette Saabye, Copenhagen 2006.
“Identität und Erinnerung: Trine Hovden“, KeramikMagazin no 4, 2007.
“Visual Essays”, Edmund de Waal, London 2007.
“Irene Nordli”, Irene Nordli You can’t hold back spring, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design 2007.
“Lene Bødker”, Lene Bødker Works 2005-2007, København 2008.
”Loaded Manipulations”, Object Factory. The Art of Industrial Ceramics, Toronto: Gardiner Museum 2008.
Editor
Samlaget presenterer, (with Einar Oekland) 10 titles 1988-1990 on Norwegian printed ephemera (a visual history of the everyday).
F 15 Kontakt, Nordic art newspaper, editor-in-chief 1987-1989.
Siksi, Nordic journal of contemporary art, Norwegian editor 1991.
Kunsthåndverk. Norwegian arts and craft magazine, editor 1998-2007.
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