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-9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:22 AM Page 328 Autodidact Establishes her first studio at Storhaug Gård, Stavanger. Starts working for the independent theater company Chameleon Circus, 1980 founded by Randy Naylor, with Jan Grønli, Svein Slagsvold and Annika 1979 Makes her debut with With as members of the ensemble. an oil painting at the Performed at Club 7 and Hot House West Norway in Oslo, Stavanger Jazzclub and Exhibition. Hulen in Bergen. Chameleon Circus performs at the New Age Festival, Trondheim. “No title” oil on canvas, “Self Portrait” 180x135, 1980 oil on paper, 50x70cm, 1979 “Winter landscape” oil on canvas, 60x70cm, 1979 Painting accepted at West Norway Exhibition, 1980 myrvold pia interface 328 pia myrvold interface 329 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:22 AM Page 330 1981 Shows oil painting at the West Norway Exhibition Clockwise from top: “No title”, oil on canvas, 180x135, 1991. “Mobiles”, oil on canvas, 150x120, 1981. “Suffragette City”, oil on canvas, 135x140cm, 1981 “Blue Prose”, oil on canvas, 130x105, 1980. Painting accepted at West Norway Exhibition, 1981. interface 330 pia myrvold interface 331 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:22 AM Page 332 “City Animals”, oil on canvas, 140x190cm, 1983 Participates at the West Norway Exhibition and The National Annual Exhibition of The Visual Arts. First solo show, with Randy Naylor, at Gallery RuDolpH. 1982 Starts performance group “MX and The Blind Passenger” with Randy Naylor. Installation with painted TVs, chairs and transparent bed with plastic duvet, mixed media, Gallery RuDolpH. Art Attack “Lady in Swimsuit”, double canvas, one transparent silkscreen with pink insert, 150x120. Top right: “Night Music”, mixed media painting, 1982. Painting accepted at West Norway Exhibition, 1983. Middle right and bottom: “Figures”, part one and two, oil on canvas, 190x140. interface 332 pia myrvold interface 333 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 334 1983 Solo exhibition, Haugesund Art Society. Opens “Light House Creatives” in Stavanger, an alternative space with exhibitions of unique clothes and artworks. Commissioned by Cafe Sting and Terje Vallestad to paint the ceiling of this newly opened venue. A kind of unofficial collaboration takes place with Kjell Jansen, who experimented with radical hairstyles. Myrvold and Jansen share about 50 loyal customers, who with colorful and creative design and beauty aesthetics make a visual impact in the city. Mixed media painting at the West Norway Exhibition. Painting bought by Haugesund Museum of Fine Art. Clockwise from top: Pia Myrvold wearing her hand painted clothes in front of canvases in outdoor studio, Valberget, Stavanger. “Woman on Chair” acrylic on black vinyl, 140x120cm “Woman with interior” Friends and models wearing “Post Punk” collection posing acrylic on black vinyl, in environment with Myrvold’s and Naylor’s large paintings. 140x120cm Randy Naylor’s “Perception sticks” and painting; “Figure with stones” top and middle photo: acrylic on black vinyl, Kjell Jansen is on the left in the middle photo. 160x130 interface 334 pia myrvold interface 335 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 336 1984 During the early eighties Myrvold begins working with experimental art projects, making the art alliance “Art Attack” with American interdisciplinary artist Randy Naylor. The two work together on multimedia projects, videos, performance art, urban planning, interior design, and costumes, alongside Myrvold’s career as a painter and designer. Starts selling collections of hand painted jackets in Bonaparte and Try Us, Oslo, with customers including Anita Skorgan and Anne Grete Preus. Oil painting at the West Norway Exhibition. Clockwise from top: “The suicide note” acrylic on black vinyl, 160x140cm “Composition with woman and dress” oil on canvas, 170x140cm “Normal Madness” oil on canvas, 165x145cm. Top: Painting accepted at West “Clubbing”, Norway Exhibition, 1984. oil on canvas, 165x140cm “Old Ladies talking” Bottom: acrylic on black vinyl “Homeless Shadows”, “Listen Mirror” oil on oil on canvas, 155x138c. canvas, 185x140, 1983 interface 336 pia myrvold interface 337 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 338 Clockwise from top: “Desires and Illusions” 1984, 190x180cm. Model wearing painted and silk-screened wearable art in front of painting, at Bergen Art Society. Randy Naylor and Pia Myrvold with model, with wearable art, in front of painting installation by Randy Naylor. Model with wearable art in sound and video installation “The Grey Room”, by Myrvold/ Naylor 1985 Clockwise from top: “Woman Sleepless” acrylic on canvas 1984, 140x190cm. “Nature” acrylic on canvas 1984, 135x185cm. Painting accepted at West Norwy Exhibition, 1985. “Fans”acrylic on canvas 1985, 190x140. interface 338 pia myrvold interface 339 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 340 1985 Art Attack wins competition for outdoor installation at the Nordic Textile Triennial, involving giant textile figures suspended from trees and architecture in the Gallery F15 Park. Art Attack exhibition featuring paintings and performance art, Husets Udstillinger, Copenhagen. Exhibition “Art Transplant” at the Bergen and Drammen Art Societies. Oil painting at the West Norway Exhibition. Model Veslemøy wearing hat, shirt and pants designed by Pia Myrvold in art installation by Randy Naylor. Opposite page, clockwise from top: “Dawn”, acrylic on canvas 1985, 190x140cm “Night”, acrylic on canvas 1985, 190x140cm “No title”, acrylic on canvas 1985, 140x200cm interface 340 pia myrvold interface 341 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 342 1986 March Establishes Gallery Art Attack, Stavanger. July Art Attack initiates and curates the Sola International Art Festival, at Sola Beach, with 30 international contemporary artists. It is the first time an independent art group in Norway works and curates outside the established institutions on this scale. Invited artists include Arvid Pettersen, Ragnhild Monsen, Torgeir Norheim, Ellinor Flor, Morten Børresen, Bill Viola, Kjartan Slettemark, Michael O’Donnell, Steinar Christensen, Kristina Elander, Eva Grøttum, Iodine Jupiter, Peter Andersson, Anne-Marie Norden, Hans Casper, Jan Erik Willgohs, Groupe Værst, Christian Lemmerz, Michael Kvium, Sonny Tronborg, Ingunn Jorstad, Hexakin Dance Group, Simon Nicholson, Andrej Nebb (Holy Toy), Pathrick Saytour, Martin Koeppl, Jørgen Knudsen, Rainer Mang, Pjeroo Roobjee, Joan Jonas, Something Else Theater, Y.Oerlemans. Top: From “Multiple Reality” Top installation, with painted “Multiple Reality” I and boats, Sola International II, acrylic on canvas, Detail, mural, café section of the Lucky Star Art Festival 185x145cm Night Club Bottom left: Bottom right: Boat seen from the ocean, “Multiple Reality “Multiple Reality” Listening Seminar” installation, with painted acrylic on canvas, boats, Sola International 200x180cm Art Festival Bottom left: Bottom right: “Multiple Reality “Wearable Art”, costume Hello” acrylic on canvas, for horse and rider 150x120cm interface 342 pia myrvold interface 343 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 344 1987 Gallery Horneman, Trondheim, solo exhibition. Samfundet, Samfundet Cultureweek, with exhibition based on collections. Study grant at Scandinavian Foundation, Rome. Art Attack conceives of large-scale performance installation “Land, Air and Sea”, commissioned by Stavanger Chamber of Commerce, using caterpillars, airplanes, horses and the largest firefighting vessel in the world. Create interior design and art for Lucky Star Nightclub, Stavanger, with Torgeir Norheim and Randy Naylor. The National Annual Exhibition of The Visual Arts with installation from Sola International Art Festival. Top: From performance “Land, Air and Sea”. Colored lights were set on the giant water canons of the world’s largest firefighting ship, here reaching up to 250 meters. Rosenberg Verft shipbuilding cranes seen in the background. Bottom: From the Banner series “New Silhouette” acrylic on paper, 98x65cm, Rome 1987, “Balance” acrylic on paper, 98x65cm Rome 1987 interface 344 pia myrvold interface 345 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:23 AM Page 346 1988 Study trip to New York. Group show with large paintings on display, Neo Geo in Soho Gallery. Art Attack create second large-scale performance installation “Riders of the Arts” using cement trucks and dancers and musicians from Stavanger’s hotbed of talents, to inaugurate Storhaug Tunnel. Top: “Construction in Naples Yellow” 150x120cm Bottom right: “Slow Emotion” acrylic and grass on canvas, 170x140cm Bottom lef: “Here and then” acrylic on canvas, 170x140cm From performance “Riders of the Art” by Myrvold/Naylor interface 346 pia myrvold interface 347 pia myrvold -9 PIA-interface_BIOGRAPHY:Layout 1 9/26/07 8:24 AM Page 348 1989 Solo show, Stavanger Art Society. Art Attack initiates and curates the exhibition “Enter This Way” in Gallery Sala 1, Rome, with the support of the Norwegian Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Invited artist include Kjell Erik Killi Olsen, Ellen Bang, Michael O’Donnell and Inghild Karlsen. Myrvold is awarded first prize for “Best Installation of the Year” by prestigious art magazine in Rome Clockwise from top: From installation “Central Voyage” in Sala 1, which won first prize for best installation in for her installation “Central Voyage” Rome 1989. in