Per Inge Bjorlo was born in Spjelkavik, Norway, in 1952. He trained in Norway at the College of Arts, Craft and Design in Bergen, and also at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. Bjorlo has represented Norway at various international art festivals, including both the Venice and Sao Paulo biennales. He collaborated with Kenneth Tyler at Tyler Graphics on two occasions, and produced a large body of prints.
Bjorlo’s striking prints are typically executed in stark black and white, and feature haunting images of the abstracted human face.
Emilie Owens
1952
Born in Spjelkavik, Norway
1969
Travels to New York; United States of America, lives on a farm in South Dakota, studies English
1974–77
Attends National College of the Arts, Bergen, Norway
1975
Studies under Else and Povl Christensen, Helsingør, Denmark
1977–81
Attends National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
1980
First solo exhibition, at the Young Artists’ Society, Oslo
1982
Included in European graphics biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
1983
Included in European graphics biennale, Baden-Baden, West Germany
1984
Solo exhibition, at Henie-Onstad Arts Centre, Høvikodden, Norway
1985
Included in International biennale of graphic art, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia;, Biennial of São-Paulo, Brazil
1986
Included in exhibition, Norealis, Galerie Daad, Berlin, Germany
1987
Included in Venice biennale, Italy
1988
Included in Venice biennale
1989
Included in exhibition, Borealis, at the Louisiana Museum, Louisiana, Denmark
1990
Included in the Seoul international print biennale, South Korea; International biennale of drawings, Riejeka, Yugoslavia; solo exhibition, at The National Museum for Contemporary Art, Oslo
1992
Solo exhibitions, at Henie-Onstad Arts Centre, Høvikodden; The family pictures, Bergen International Festival, Bergen; included in exhibition, New Expressionism, Artist’s House, Oslo
1994
Included in group exhibition at Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
1995
Solo exhibition, at Henie-Onstad Arts Centre, Høvikodden; included in exhibition, ARS 95, Helsinki, Finland
1996
Solo exhibition, at Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway; completes first series of mixed-media works completed at Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, New York
1997
Included in exhibitions: Norwegian profiles, at Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Extended points: three contemporary artists from Norway, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Travelling exhibition, We are all sailors and women left behind, originated at Galleri Wang, Oslo; Heads from balance series of etching/aquatints and six large linocuts completed at Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco
1999
Eleven linocut prints completed at Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco
2000
Solo exhibition, Heads from balance,Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2001
Completes Dark matter, collaborative installation-performance work with conductor, Christian Eggen, music by Richard Barrett, performers courtesy of ensemble Elision and Cikada, installation by Per Inge Bjørlo, hosted by Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia; solo exhibitions, at Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo; Lokstallet Konsthall, Strömstad, Sweden
Per Inge Bjørlo currently lives and works in Hønefoss, Norway
Barbara Delano © Tyler Graphics Ltd., revised Kate Buckingham, 2006
This chronology provides an overview of selected biographical information, major solo and group exhibitions held within the artist's own lifetime.
