Born:
1951 in Aasiaat, Greenland

Education:
Copenhagen Art Academy (Kunstakademiet København)
School of Graphics from 1980-82 under Prof. Dan Sterup-Hansen
School of Art Pedagogy from 1982-84 under Prof. Helge Bertram

Grants and Awards:
National Art Fund of Denmark (Stat. Kunstfond) in 1976, 1991 and 2001
Greenland Home Rule Governments Artist in Residence Legate
(Grønlands Hjemmestyres arbejdslegat in 1996 and 1997
Legate in Memory of Hans Lynge (Hans Lynges Mindelegat) 1997
National Art Fund Artist in Residence legate (Statens Kunstfonds arbejdslegat) 2001
Travel Legate of Anne Marie Telmanyi født Carl-Nielsens Fond, 2002

Separate Exhibitions:
"Fra trykkerens værksted" (From the Printmaker's Workshop) Gallery Admiralgade, Copenhagen, 1985
Qaqortoq Museum, Greenland, 2002

Selected Group Exhibitions:
"Inuit Nunaat", 1979-80
"Biennale der Ostseeländer" Kunsthalle Rostock 1981
"Spiegel van het Verlegen" Armersfoort, Holland 1988-89
"De passé en present" The Danish House, Paris, France, 1989
Arts from the Arctic, 1993
The Flying Kayak 1994
Grafikersymposium, Thorshavn, Faroe Islands, 1995
920 Millibars, Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, 1995
Nordgrafia, Gotlands Konst Museum, Swedem, 1996
Aassuutit, Sophienholm, Copenhagen, 1996
Højlys og Dybtryk, Fotogravure i Norden, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark1997
Guest artist with The Colorists (Koloristerne), 1997
Kunst aus Greenland, Kiel, Germany, 1998
Nordisk Grafiktriennal III, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1998
KIMIK's Fall exhibition, Nuuk, Greenland, 1998
KIMIK's Fall exhibition, Nuuk, 1999
KIMIK's Spring exhibtion, Nuuk. 2001
AHOLKAHESTEN A, Gudhjem Museum, 2001
Danish Organization of Artist Associations, 2002
Guest artist with artist association The Colorists (Koloristerne), 2002
Koloristerne, 2003

Fellow Organizer of Exhibitions:
"Inuit Nunaat", (Peoples Land), 1979-80
Animals and Humans in Greenlandic Art, 1986
Hans Lynge Retrospektive, Katuaq, Nuuk, 1997
Jens Rosing Retrospektive, Katuaq, Nuuk, 1999

Illustrator of several books:
Beautification of the Queen Ingrids Hospital Chapel in Nuuk, 1987
SAS-menue card, 1988
Nukissiorfik Chimney Tower in Aasiaat, 1991
Copper Placesetting Collection in 1989 and 1996
Decoration of Municipal Hospital Vordingborg, Denmark, 1997
Museum for Photographic Art, Brandts Klædefabrik, 1998
Decoration of the Airport Terminal Aasiaat, 1998
Permanent Collection of Hotel Nuuk, 2000
Postage Stamp Series Heritage and Culture, 2000-2002
Beautification of Queen Ingrids Hospital in Nuuk, 2001

Member of Artistic Organizations:
Member of Danish Graphic Artists
Member of Artist Association The Colorists
Contributing founder of The Greenland Artists Association, 1995
Chairman of The Greenland Artists Association, KIMIK, 1997 until the present.

Info: "Sermitsiaq" 2003, Graphic art, 23,5 x41,5 cm

Info: "Sermitsiaq" 2003, Graphic art, 23,5 x41,5 cm

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