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May Hvistendahl

 

 

May Jacobsen Hvistendahl
Skåtøyveien 180 N- 3780 Skåtøy
Tel + 47 9168 2822
Orgnr : 939 135 383 MVA
may@filtmaker.no

 

NAME: May Jacobsen Hvistendahl
BORN: In 1949 Raufoss, Norway
EDUCATION: Journalist 1971, autodidakt feltmaker, fulltime since 1985

TRAVELS: England -85, India -90, France -91,Germany -92,-96,Nedtherland -94, Hungary -97,-99, Australia 2000,2005, Japan 2002, USA 2003, 2005, New Zealand 2005

BOOKS: "Håndlaget filt - ideer og teknikker" Cappelen forlag 2000,
"Nunofilt - toving med ull og silkestoffer" Damm & Sønn forlag 2004

PRICES:
The juries' first price for best hat in the exhibtion for Norwegian Milliners and Hat Designers in the Town Halls Galleri, Oslo -08

EXHIBITIONS ( selected):
2008:
April: Exhibition in the Town Halls Gallery, Oslo, Norwegian Milliners and Hat Designers
June-August The annual Summer exhibition at Jomfruland
July-August: International exh. "On the Felt Journey" Kivipankki Art Gallery, Juväskylä, Finland
Juli: Villvin Craft Marked, Risør
August: Borwegian Craft Ass. Summer Marked, Kirkeristen, Oslo
October: Fashion Show at World Champiuonship for Wool Cutters, Egersund
Tuition: 3 workshops for Moral Fibre, Ludlow, England, Hats and Headwear, Holland, Nunofelt Moeder Aarde, Holland and for Feltro, Bern Switzerland and for Humanitia, Cobbiolo, Switzerland.
2007: "Crowning Glory - Architecture for the Head" International Feltmakers Ass. Travel Exh.Scotland, England, Netherlands
2007: Lillehammer Kunstmuseum : Hats 2007
2006: Modum Kunstforening
2006: Galleri Dåm , Rauland 2006
2006: Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo Norwegian Milleners
2005: Textile Fibre Forum, Geelong, Australia
2004: Juryed exhib. Museum of Applied Art, Budapest and National Museum, Budapest
2001- 2003: Felt Crossing Borders: Bankfield Textile Museum, Halifax, England -03,Art Life Gallery, Kyoto, Japan -02,Aars Museum, Aars, Danmark -01, Kragerø 2000
2002: "Artiste de la Laine" Musee du Chaeau sur Lyon, France
2002: "Filt - tradisjon,klær, kunst" Østerbybruk, Sverige
2002: Ein Kleid für Ötzi" Ötzi Museum, Lana, Italia
2001- 2002: "Filz - Felt - Kunst - Kunsthandwerk -Design" Juryert vandreutstilling Tyskland, Nederland, Finland
1996- 1998: "Felt without limits- 12 voices from 6 nordic countries". Vandreutstilling Maihaugen, Lillehammer -96, Nordens Hus, Færøyene -97, Hafnarborg, Island -97, Dansk Textilforum, Herning -97, Södertäljes Konsthall, Sverige -97, Juväskele, Finland -98
1995- 2007: A number of exhibitions with Norwegian Feltmakers
1997-2007: Course center for felt, Bjørkhol
2007: Established studio and home in Skåtøy, Kragerø
Sells own work in her studio on Skåtøy