GRO THORSEN
born 1966, Bergen
EDUCATION
Wimbledon School of Art (BA), London.
Kunstskolen i Bergen.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Hildringer, with Marianne Morild, Oseana Art and Culture Centre, Os, Norway
Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Knokke, Belgium
Recent Travels, Jill George Gallery, London.
‘Hong Kong Stills’, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong.
'Stills' Jill George Gallery, London.
'Still Lives' HKS (Hordaland Kunstsenter), Bergen, Norway.
'Still Lives' Touring exbibition (arranged by Hordaland Kunstsenter):Galleri Voss, Galleri N Bergslien Eidfjord and Galleri Trappa Austrheim.
Galleri LNM, Oslo, Norway.
'Night and Day' Jill George Gallery, London.
'Still Movements' No.5 Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway.
Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord, Norway.
Intimgalleriet, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Miniatures, TiT Art & Design, part of the official culture program for Cycling World Championship in Bergen, Norway
Autumn Delights, Jill George Gallery, London
Summer Delights, Jill George Gallery, London
Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium
Jill George Gallery at Gallery27 Cork Street, London
Threadneedle Art Prize, Mall Galleries, London
‘Autumn Leaves” Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus, Antwerp, Belgium.
Høstutstillingen/The National Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway.
‘Greatest Hits', Art at Pilgrim Street, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, London.
Celeste Art Prize', Old Truman Brewery, London.
'Norske Bilder, Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo, Norway.
'Duets', Europa Gallery, Sutton Central Library.
'New Artists, New Work', Jill George Gallery, London.
'The Figure Show', Jill George Gallery, London.
ARTfutures 2004, arranged by Contemporary Art Society, London.
'City to City' Collyer-Bristow Gallery, London.
Art at Pilgrim Street, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, London.
RWA Open Painting Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.
International Young Art 2001, Sotheby's New York.
International Young Art 2001, Sotheby's Tel Aviv, Isreal.
39 Essex Street, London.
'Good Taste/Bad Taste', Studio Voltaire, London.
'Vårutstillingen 2000', Gallery Steen, Oslo, Norway.
'Artist of Promise', Art at Fleet Place, London.
'Gush' Wimbledon Library Gallery, London.
'Refusert Kuratorens Utvalg', Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger, Norway.
ART FAIRS
London Art Fair (Jill George Gallery) London.
Toronto International Art Fair, Convention Centre, (JGG) Toronto.
20/21 British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, (JGG) London.
Art Chicago, (Jill George Gallery), Chicago.
Lineart, (Galerie Van Campen & Rochtus) Gent, Belgium.
Red Dot Art Fair, (Jill George Gallery) Miami.
Red Dot Art Fair, (Jill George Gallery) New York.
Glasgow Art Fair, (Jill George Gallery) Glasgow.
Art Madrid, (Jill George Gallery), Madrid.
Art London, (Jill George Gallery), Chelsea, London.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
COMMISIONS
Fidelity Ltd
St. Olav Hospitalet, Trondheim, Norway
Sjøkrigsskolen, Bergen, Norway
Warner Music Entertainment Network, London
IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, London
Baker McKenzie, London
Grieg Shipping AS, Norway
Alliance Bernstein, London
NAF (Norges Automobil Forbund), Oslo
Nordea, Norway
Norwegian Hull, Norway
Firmdale Group Ltd
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