CURRICULUM VITAE
Iselin Bast is born the 21th of April in Oslo 1950
EDUCATION
1970 - 71 Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France
1971 - 74 The NationalAcademy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Oslo
1974 - 75 Scenographer by The Norwegian Theatre, Oslo
1975 - 76 Free-lance scenographer by the State Theater
1976 From that time worked as a self-employed black-and-white artist, painter
and graphic artist with the techniques, drypoint, etching, softground and lithography
1977 Teaching practice by Centre Grafik, I. Chr. Sørensen in Denmark
2003 Teaching practice by Akademia Sztuk Pieknych; Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
SCHOLARSHIPS
1974 A.C. Houens legacy for scenographers
1977
Scholarship from the Norwegian Culture Counsil
1977 Scholarship from the VestfoldCounty community
1982
Scholarship for establishing from the Brunlanes community
1982 Scholarship for establishing from the Ministry of Cultural and Sciencal Affairs
1987
Brunlanes Community Culture price
1993 Scholarship from the Larvik community
1993 Vestfold County Artist price
2004 Harriet Backer´s Memorial Foundation
EXHIBITIONS
From 1975 until today participated yearly by collective and separate exhibitions around in Norway, and in addition exhibited in:
Sweden
, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Austria, France, Holland, Poland, Spain and USA (:New York and New Orleans)
2002
Participated by The International Biennial of Pastels in Nowy Sacz in Poland with the
pastellpainting titled “Seascape”.
2003
Participated by The Mini Print International 24 Cadaques in Barcelona in Spain with 4 works titled “Deux Saules”, “Saules de suite”, “Aune” et “La Colombe”
PROJECTS
1974
Acted the artist Dagny Juel Przybyszewska in Peter Watkins film “Edvard Munch”
1981 “Artists for Peace”; a collaboration with the British filmdirector Peter Watkins
1985
“Art for Peace”; a collaboration with the ballad singer Arild Nyquist and the actor
Morten Røhrt
1992
Worked out “Moja Polska, zobaczyc - pokochac - zachowac (My Poland, discover-see-protect)
”, presented as an exposition in Norway after working as an open-air painter around in Poland
1993 Worked out “My Norway, discover-see-protect - open to nature” shown in an
exposition in
Muzeum Przyrodnicze in Kazimierz Dolny in Poland
2006 Worked out and arranged ”Chrix Dahl (1906 – 94), a jubilee exhibition”
in Edvard Munch´s Studio at Ekely in Oslo
SYMPOSIA
2004
”Miedzynarodowy plener malarski”, International Open Air-Artistic Marine Meeting
in Bialogóra, Poland
2005
”Miedzynarodowy plener malarski”, International Open Air-Artistic Marine Meeting
in Krokowa, Poland
2006
“Inter - Winter”, International Open Air-Artistic Marine Meeting
in Bialowieza, Poland
2008
“Miedzynarodowy plener malarski”, International Open Air-Artistic Marine Meeting
in Bialogóra, Poland
1987 – 2004 Iselin Bast carried on her gallery; Havehuset in Stavern,
for twenty five years. There she exhibited works of other artists,
supplementary to her own works of art.
ACTIVITY WITHIN A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT
2006 Having the leadership and teaching in the fine arts by The Visual Section at
The Cultural School of Larvik
HOMEPAGE
www.iselinbast.no