“I feel strongly connected to a rich textile history in which I find the pattern that gives body to my narratives.”

The Home I Could Not Find, 2014 Textilintarsia/inlayed textile. Woven woollen cloth. Hand dyed and hand stiched. Backing is vieseline and solidot, 220 H x 300 W cm

Inger Johanne Rasmussen b. 1958

Inger Johanne Rasmussen is one of Norway’s most prolific textile artists renowned for her large‐scale textile works. Inspired by the Bizarre style (applied in the early 17th century to small textile patterns and sampling) and the Swedish abstract painter Hilma af Klint, she continuously references ancient textile traditions to express a contemporary narrative. Her work spans a broad visual range in terms of motif, colour, tone and pattern through which she creates her unique pictorial stories. Everything is hand‐stitched while the artist herself dyes most of the fabrics.

Her subject matter varies from the purely abstract to poetic floral compositions comprising ornaments, flowers, leaves, and geometrical figures.

Education

1992 ‐ 1994 Norwegian National College of Applied Art and Design, Bergen, Norway 1983 ‐ 1984 University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden 1977 ‐ 1982 Bachelor’s Degree in textile arts, Norwegian National College of Applied Art and Design, Bergen, Norway 1975 – 1976 Weaving, Lista Vocational School, Norway 1974 – 1975 Interior Decoration, Vocational School, Norway)

Selected Public Collections

2015 / 2011 Petter Olsen collection 2013 Norwegian Embassy, Riga, Latvia Oslo Kommune, Norway 2012 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway 2011 Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway 2010 Utenriksdepartementet UD 2009 Guttorm Guttormsggards Archive, Norway 2008 Drammen Museum, Norway Norwegian Embassy, Buenos Aires, Brazil 2007 Norwegian Embassy, Singapore Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway (Arts and Crafts Fund) Permanenten, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, Norway 2006 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway Utenriksdepartementet UD Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway Permanenten, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen, Norway 2002 Sørlandet Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway 2000 Permanenten, VK, Bergen, Norway 1996 Norsk Kulturrådet, (Arts Council) Norway 1989/92/99 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway

Selected Commissions

2015 Dalerna Kommune, Sweden Trandum, The Norwegian Police Tromsø University Hospital Hotel, Norway A‐Senter Haugesund, Norway 2014 Ree Kommune Health‐house, Norway Sam Eyde Public School, , Norway 2012 Depoet, Norwegian armed forces, Akershus, Norway 2010 Voss Culture House, Norway Ålesund Hospital, Norway Prestheia Nursing Home, Norway 2009 Eidsiva Energi (electric power company) 2008 Norwegian Embassy, Brussels, Belgium

St. Olav Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Skien Nursing Home, Norway 2007 Solholmen School, Lørenskog, Norway Norwegian Defence Estates Agency (Forsvarsbygg), Akershus, Norway 2006 Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy 2003 Nursing Home, Norway Royal Caribbean Cruise Line 2001 Aker Hospital Bjørkelangen State Church, Norway 2000 Vågsbygdtunet Nursing Home, Norway 1999 Løken State Church, Norway 1998 Norwegian Embassy, Den Haag, The Netherlands Hvalstrand Restaurant, Sandvika, Norway Hamre State Church, Osterøy, Norway Norwegian Consulate, San Francisco, USA 1997 Norheimsund State Church, Norway Risør State Church, Norway Rondal State Church, Hordaland, Norway 1996 Norwegian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan Vang State Church, Voss Norwegian Embassy, Beijing, China 1995 Norwegian Consulate General, New York, USA 1994 Norwegian Embassy, Cairo, Egypt Grave Chapel, Norway 1993 Birkenes Municipal Centre, Norway

Selected Exhibitions | Solo

2015 Sven Harrys Kunstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden Telemarksgalleriet, Notodden, Norway 2014 Bomuldsfabriken, Kunsthall, Norway 2012 Museum of Armed Forces, Akershus, Oslo, Norway 2011 Kabuso Gallery Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum Trondheim, Norway 2008 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway Drammen Art Museum, Norway 2007 Radøy Art Centre, Norway 2007 Risor Art Society, Norway 2006 – 2007 Sørlandet’s Art Museum, Norway 2002 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway

1989 Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen, Norway Gallery Karl‐Johan, Oslo Sogn og Fjordane Art Centre, Førde, Norway 1987 Art Society

Selected Exhibitions | Group

2015 SKMU Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway Nordenfjeldske Art and Craft Museum, Norway Bergen Art Museum KODE Guttorm Guttormsgaard Exhibition, Stenersenmuseum, Norway 2014 Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway 2013 Revelation, Grand Palais, Paris, France Modern Masters, [curated by Sotheby’s] Chatsworth Castle, England 2010 Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, England 2008 Construction, Ministry of Foreign Affairs exhibition Kirkenes, Norway and Murmansk, Russia 2007 Spring Exhibition, Gang Gallery, Hovedøya, Norway Nothing Disappears, Norwegian Folk Museum, Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway 2006 Norwegian Textile Art, Lithuania 2005 Typically Norwegian?, Vigeland Museum, Oslo and Hamburg, Germany NorTh, Bangkok, Thailand International Textile Triennial, Lodz, Poland 2004 100 from Sørlandet, Bomuldsfabriken, Norway 2002 Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway Fibre, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway Design Roundtrip, Norsk Form, Oslo, Norway 2001 Tendencies, Gallery F15, Jeløya, Norway 2000 New Arena, Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway 1993 ‐ 1994 From Dream to Reality, by invitation from Norsk Form, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Gothenburg, Sweden 1992 Sørland, Hå Old Vicarage, Jæren, Norway Skandinavian Mats, Nordic Institute in Athens, Greece Arts and Crafts Regional Exhibition, Høvikodden, Oslo, Norway 1991 26 Nordic Designers, Röska Museum of Design and Decorative Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden 1990 Sørlandet’s Artists, Rogaland Contemporary Art Centre, Stavanger, Norway 1989 Carpet Art, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, Norway 1988 Me and Five Others, Kristiansand Art Society, Norway 1985 5th International Textile Biennial, Lodz, Poland Opening, Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen, Norway 1983 ‐ 1985 Christiansholm Fortress, Kristiansand

1983 From the West, Sillegården, Värmland, Sweden 1980 Christiansholm Fortress, Kristiansand, Norway

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