About Erik Formoes paintings
At the first encounter, Erik Formoes paintings seem obvious, innocent and public.
Erik Formoe is a riddle teller. Each image may be thousand pictures. Each question he poses can lead to thousand responses, or a thousand new questions.
People in Erik Formoes images are silent storytellers. They are anonymous figures who might meet, or maybe not. Apparently they are introverted melancholic’s. They all carry with them glimpse of joy, hint of sorrow. They know something. You can take part in their secrets, if you are curious enough.
Memories are eternal, even if they are created only once. Erik Formoes paintings dwell on this subject.
Bengt Børresen
A small selection of my paintings, done in the period 2009-2011.
100x105cm Acrylic on canvas 2010 (Sold in Kuwait)
100x105cm Acrylic on canvas 2010
75x75cm Acrylic on canvas 2010 (Sold)
75x75cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
125x125cm Acrylic on canvas 2009 (Sold in Kuwait)
125x125cm Acrylic on canvas 2010
125x125cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
125x125cm Acrylic on canvas
125x125cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
90x75cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
75x90cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
105x135cm Acrylic on canvas 2011 (Sold)
75x75cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
75x75xm Acrylic on canvas 2010
75x75cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
50x50cm Acrylic on canvas 2010( Sold in Kuwait)
50x50cm Acrylic on canvas 2010 (Sold in Kuwait)
75x90cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
75x90cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
75x75cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
75x90cm Acrylic on canvas 2010
135x250cm Acrylic on canvas 2011
80x150cm Acrylic on canvas 2009 (Sold)
80x150cm Acrylic on canvas 2009 (Sold)
32x32cm Lithography
32x32cm Lithography
Biography
Born in Fredrikstad, Norway 1953
Education
1975-79 State school of Art and Craft, Oslo (Visual Art)
1979-83 Academy of Art, Oslo (Visual Art)
2001-02 State school of Art and Crafts, Oslo (Lithography)
Triennials and Biennales
International Graphic Biennale in Varna, Bulgaria, 1991
International Graphic Biennale in Ljubliana, former Yugoslavia, 1991
International Graphic Biennale in Ukraina 1991
International Graphic Biennale in Kairo, Egypt
International Graphic Biennale in Ferrol, Spain
International Graphic Triennial in Fredrikstad, Norway 1992
Prices
Honourable mention at the International Graphic Triennial in Fredrikstad, Norway 1992
Public commissions
Decorated following schools and institutions in Norway:
Malakoff, Moss, Norway 1997
Orkeroed Hospital, Moss, Norway 2003
Trosvik, Fredrikstad, Norway 2005
Gudeberg , Fredrikstad, Norway 2005
Selected Grants
Galleri 12b´s Grant 1980
Thomas Fearnley´s Memory Grant 1981
Dr. Ragnar Forsbergs legat 1984
Artfund 1990
State Travel Scholarship 1991
Artfund 1994
Grant from Fredrikstad Council 1999
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Gallery Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway 2011
FA Gallery Kuwait 2010
Gallery BI-Z,Kristiansand, Norway 2009
Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway 1999
Selected Group Exhibitions
Gallery Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway 2010
Gallery Gerner, Moss, Norway 2010
Norwegian Miniatures, Tromsoe, Norway
International Miniatures 5 and 6 Gallery Gamlebyen, Fredrikstad, Norway
Gallery F-15, Moss, Norway
Galleri 27, Oslo, Norway
North Norway Exhibition
State Autumn Exhibition, Norway. Several times
South- East Reg. Exhibition, Norway. Several times
Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway 2001
Gallery Brandstrup, Moss, Norway 2001
Oldenburg, Germany
Riga, Ukraine
