Education
2005-2009: Bachelor in animation at Volda University College in Norway, with specialization in drawn films.
Graduated with the movie Sáiva receiving 6 prizes at home and abroad
2002-2004: Asker Art School, Norway
Graduated with the movie Sáiva receiving 6 prizes at home and abroad
2002-2004: Asker Art School, Norway
Practical Experience
2020-22: Exhibitions with drawings from the book "Tidewater":
2021-22: Big Spoon Animation (Vatsø): Animator at the shortfilm "Whose daughter are you?".
Director: Astrid Alma Aakra
2021: Kattas Puppetry Ensemle (Tønsberg): Designer and animator at screenings on stage for the play "Newborn Andersen". Director: Anne Helgesen
2020-21: Mikrofilm Studio (Oslo): Animation Director at the shortfilm "The Cockroaches". Director: Adel Khan Farooq
2020: Jippi Comics (Oslo): Published my book "Tidewater". A visual story.
2020: The Norwegian Cartoonist Galleri (Drøbak): Separate exhibition with over 70 drawings from my bookproject "Tidewater". All originals are drawn with ballpointpen.
2020: Volda University College: External sensor for the bachelorstudents at animation.
2019-20: Mikrofilm, Dockhus and Nørlum (Norway/Sweden/Denmark): Animation Supervisor at the norwegian department for the featurefilm "The Apestar".
Director: Linda Hambäck
2019: Kattas Puppetry Ensemle (Tønsberg): Puppetmaker for the performance "Bing and Boss". Director: Anne Helgesen
2019: Fabelfjord and Bautafilm (Norway/Sweden): Animator at pilotproject, "Maanaj Vaajese" (sami tv-series).
Director: Oskar Njajta Östergren
2018: Færder Nationalparkcenter (Tjøme): Puppetmaker for a Marine Theatre about life in the sea.
2018: Færder Cultureworkshop (Tjøme): Two weeks of animation-workshop for children in the summer holidays.
2017-18: Kattas Puppetry Ensemle (Tønsberg): Scenographer and puppet maker at the production "Petra and the Wolf". Director: Anne Helgesen
2016 and 17: Volda University College: Guest lecturer for the bachelor animation students. A two weeks workshop in TVPaint software and classical drawing animation: how to animate a complex figure.
2017: Mikrofilm Studio (Oslo): Animator on the vignette at the documentary "Childhood". Director: Margreth Olin, Speranza Film.
Animator at the music parts at the documentary "When the bones becomes jelly". Director: Tommy Gulliksen, Norsk Fjernsyn.
2017: Tromsø Museum: Animator and designer. I made a film about prehistoric trilobites for the exhibition "TellUs".
2016-17: Sandnes Media (Larvik): Animation workshop-holder for 10th graders with the Cultural Rucksack
2016: Kattas Puppetry Ensemble (Tønsberg): Scenographer and puppet maker at the the shadowplay "Shadows of Chat Noir". The play was a collaboration with the Royal Navy Orchestra and singer/actor Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen. Director: Anne Helgesen
2014-16: Grande Production (Oslo): Designer and head animator at the short film "The Lonely Catwalk". Director: Martine Grande
2015: Tenk Tv (Jar): Storyboarder. Partly animatic for the feature film "The Tower". Director Mats Grorud
2015: Vestfold County: Cultural Scholarship. With this scholarship I traveled with Kattas Puppetry Ensemble to Italy on a shadow theater workshop held by the Italian shadow theater company Gioco Vita.
2015: Sandnes Media (Larvik): Characteranimator. Animated the dog and the cat in the short film for children:
" The Little Goat Who Could Count to Ten ". Director: Hans-Jørgen Sandnes. Co-director: Ingebjørg Faugstad Mæland
2014-15: Tromsø Museum: Designer and animator at “March of the Animals” in collaboration with paleontologist. 30 animal species from Cambrian to present walks over a 3 X 7m large wall as part of the exhibition "TellUs".
2014: Mikrofilm (Oslo): Head animator at the experimental short film “It Was Mine” . Director: Kajsa Næss
2014: Aldeles Production Company (Bergen): Characteranimator at the short film for children:
“The Singer, the Captain and the Pilot”. Director: Øyvind Tangseth
2013: Theater Nova (Åsgårdsstrand): Puppetdesigner and animator in the theater piece “Play With a Guineafowl” .
Director: Simone Thiis
2013: Blåst Film (Leikong): Designer, director and animator at an episode of a major television series concept for children called "The Birdcliff ". Screenplay in collaboration with biologist Are Pilskog. Completed the 1st episode, a pilot, about the top cormorants.
2012-14: Sandnes Media (Larvik): Workshop-holder. Plastelina-animation workshop for 10th graders with the Cultural Rucksack
2011-12: Mikrofilm Studio (Oslo): Characteranimator. Head animator at the short documentary film "It´s Up to You" .
Director: Kajsa Næss
2011: Bogen Art Galleri (Stokke): Separat exhibition. Drawings, paintings, graphic and photo.
2010: Annette Saugestad Helland (Hølen): Characteranimator at the short film for children ”Superdaddy and Pelé”.
Director: Annette Saugestad Helland
2010: Eastern Sami Museum in Neiden: Animator. Made a film for use in the museum that conveys the old
Skolt Sami community structure.
2010: Sami Film Center (Kautokeino): Animation workshop-holder the week before Easter for all 7th graders in Kautokeino. The film was shown at the Sami Film Festival in the Easter.
2009: College in Volda: Director, screenplay, designer and animator at my graduation film "Sàiva". Music: Trygve Nielsen
2008: Jippi Comics: Published my comic "Safe as Milk" in the fanzine "Forresten" and gained silver in Grafills Visual Contest
- The National Park Center at Verdens Ende, Tjøme. Separate exhibition (2022)
- Serieteket, Deichmanske at Grünerløkka, Oslo. Separate exhibition (2021-22)
- Verdens Ende Art Association, Tjøme. Group exhibition(2021)
- The Drawing Association, Oslo. Group exhibition (2021)
- The Norwegian Cartoonist Galleri, Drøbak. Separate exhibition, over 70 originals drawn with ballpointpen (2020)
2021-22: Big Spoon Animation (Vatsø): Animator at the shortfilm "Whose daughter are you?".
Director: Astrid Alma Aakra
2021: Kattas Puppetry Ensemle (Tønsberg): Designer and animator at screenings on stage for the play "Newborn Andersen". Director: Anne Helgesen
2020-21: Mikrofilm Studio (Oslo): Animation Director at the shortfilm "The Cockroaches". Director: Adel Khan Farooq
2020: Jippi Comics (Oslo): Published my book "Tidewater". A visual story.
2020: The Norwegian Cartoonist Galleri (Drøbak): Separate exhibition with over 70 drawings from my bookproject "Tidewater". All originals are drawn with ballpointpen.
2020: Volda University College: External sensor for the bachelorstudents at animation.
2019-20: Mikrofilm, Dockhus and Nørlum (Norway/Sweden/Denmark): Animation Supervisor at the norwegian department for the featurefilm "The Apestar".
Director: Linda Hambäck
2019: Kattas Puppetry Ensemle (Tønsberg): Puppetmaker for the performance "Bing and Boss". Director: Anne Helgesen
2019: Fabelfjord and Bautafilm (Norway/Sweden): Animator at pilotproject, "Maanaj Vaajese" (sami tv-series).
Director: Oskar Njajta Östergren
2018: Færder Nationalparkcenter (Tjøme): Puppetmaker for a Marine Theatre about life in the sea.
2018: Færder Cultureworkshop (Tjøme): Two weeks of animation-workshop for children in the summer holidays.
2017-18: Kattas Puppetry Ensemle (Tønsberg): Scenographer and puppet maker at the production "Petra and the Wolf". Director: Anne Helgesen
2016 and 17: Volda University College: Guest lecturer for the bachelor animation students. A two weeks workshop in TVPaint software and classical drawing animation: how to animate a complex figure.
2017: Mikrofilm Studio (Oslo): Animator on the vignette at the documentary "Childhood". Director: Margreth Olin, Speranza Film.
Animator at the music parts at the documentary "When the bones becomes jelly". Director: Tommy Gulliksen, Norsk Fjernsyn.
2017: Tromsø Museum: Animator and designer. I made a film about prehistoric trilobites for the exhibition "TellUs".
2016-17: Sandnes Media (Larvik): Animation workshop-holder for 10th graders with the Cultural Rucksack
2016: Kattas Puppetry Ensemble (Tønsberg): Scenographer and puppet maker at the the shadowplay "Shadows of Chat Noir". The play was a collaboration with the Royal Navy Orchestra and singer/actor Hilde Louise Asbjørnsen. Director: Anne Helgesen
2014-16: Grande Production (Oslo): Designer and head animator at the short film "The Lonely Catwalk". Director: Martine Grande
2015: Tenk Tv (Jar): Storyboarder. Partly animatic for the feature film "The Tower". Director Mats Grorud
2015: Vestfold County: Cultural Scholarship. With this scholarship I traveled with Kattas Puppetry Ensemble to Italy on a shadow theater workshop held by the Italian shadow theater company Gioco Vita.
2015: Sandnes Media (Larvik): Characteranimator. Animated the dog and the cat in the short film for children:
" The Little Goat Who Could Count to Ten ". Director: Hans-Jørgen Sandnes. Co-director: Ingebjørg Faugstad Mæland
2014-15: Tromsø Museum: Designer and animator at “March of the Animals” in collaboration with paleontologist. 30 animal species from Cambrian to present walks over a 3 X 7m large wall as part of the exhibition "TellUs".
2014: Mikrofilm (Oslo): Head animator at the experimental short film “It Was Mine” . Director: Kajsa Næss
2014: Aldeles Production Company (Bergen): Characteranimator at the short film for children:
“The Singer, the Captain and the Pilot”. Director: Øyvind Tangseth
2013: Theater Nova (Åsgårdsstrand): Puppetdesigner and animator in the theater piece “Play With a Guineafowl” .
Director: Simone Thiis
2013: Blåst Film (Leikong): Designer, director and animator at an episode of a major television series concept for children called "The Birdcliff ". Screenplay in collaboration with biologist Are Pilskog. Completed the 1st episode, a pilot, about the top cormorants.
2012-14: Sandnes Media (Larvik): Workshop-holder. Plastelina-animation workshop for 10th graders with the Cultural Rucksack
2011-12: Mikrofilm Studio (Oslo): Characteranimator. Head animator at the short documentary film "It´s Up to You" .
Director: Kajsa Næss
2011: Bogen Art Galleri (Stokke): Separat exhibition. Drawings, paintings, graphic and photo.
2010: Annette Saugestad Helland (Hølen): Characteranimator at the short film for children ”Superdaddy and Pelé”.
Director: Annette Saugestad Helland
2010: Eastern Sami Museum in Neiden: Animator. Made a film for use in the museum that conveys the old
Skolt Sami community structure.
2010: Sami Film Center (Kautokeino): Animation workshop-holder the week before Easter for all 7th graders in Kautokeino. The film was shown at the Sami Film Festival in the Easter.
2009: College in Volda: Director, screenplay, designer and animator at my graduation film "Sàiva". Music: Trygve Nielsen
2008: Jippi Comics: Published my comic "Safe as Milk" in the fanzine "Forresten" and gained silver in Grafills Visual Contest