"Lines Among Lines" - Inger Johanne Grytting
Drawings

Opening Reception, Thursday March 25th, 6-8 pm

Trygve Lie Gallery is proud to present an exhibit of abstract drawings by Norwegian-born artist Inger Johanne Grytting.

About the artist

Grytting works from the basic, primal language of mark-making to create drawings filled with organic lines. Each line is drawn following certain self-imposed rules; left to right, top to bottom. Some lines will make it all the way; some end where the pencil-point breaks.  Irregularities in the paper force others into unexpected paths.  As a result, there is a rhythm, a pulse in the work as emotions and insights are drawn out onto the paper.  This layering of marks represents a meditation about time and human sedimentation.

Grytting was born and raised in Svolvær, Lofoten. Inspired by visiting foreign artists who came to document its rugged and striking landscape, she started by imitating artworks she saw there. Her focus from an early age was on drawing, the medium she felt was the most intimate and direct.  When Grytting was eighteen, she went to Paris to work and study, and in 1972 she moved to New York. She keeps a close connection to Norway, where she has had several solo exhibits, including at the Tegnerforbundet in Oslowhere she is a member. Her work is in many public collections and museums both in the US and in Norway, and she has received two grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).

Artist Resume
A selection:

Solo Exhibitions:

         2005   Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
         2006   Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø
                    Atelier Lofoten, Svolvær
         2003   Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
         2000   Galleri Embla. Tromsø

Group Exhibitions:
         2010   Muriel Guépin Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
         2009   Nord-Norsk Kunstnersenter 30 år, Svolvær
         2008   Hommage à Iver Jåks, Travelling exhibit, through 2010
         2007   Tegnerforbundet’s Vårutstilling, Oslo
         2006   Jubileumsutstillingen, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo     
         2005   Far East, Christiansands Kunstforening, Kristiansand
                   Den 59. Nordnorske Kunstutstilling, Bodø (& 02, 00, 94, 93, 92)
         2004   Nordnorsk Samtidskunst Triennale
                   Gallery 402, New York
         2001   Mørketidsutstillingen, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø
                   Tegnerforbundet’s Vårutstilling, Oslo
                   Reykjavik Art Museum, Repr. in Slide exhibition-TF
         1998   Statens 111. Kunstutstilling, Oslo

Collections:
                   Jan Groth’s Samling, Rogaland Kunstmuseum (2003, 00 & 99)
                   Leif Høegh & Co. “M/S Arctic Princess” (2005)
                   Svolvær Bys Faste Samling, Svolvær (2005 & 1994)
                   Universitetet i Tromsø, “ Den Norske Fredsfilmprisen, ” TIFF
                   Nord-Norsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø (2000 & 1995)
                   Norges Bank, Tromsø (2000)
                   Vera P. List Collection, CT (1999 & 98)
                   Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Stavanger (1997)
                   Troms Fylkeskommune, Tromsø (1995)
                   Albany Print Museum, Albany, NY (1992)

Commissions:
                   “M/S Midnatsol,” Library (2003)

Grants:
                   New York Foundation for the Arts, The Artist Fund (2007, 2004)
                   Vederlagsfondet, NBK (2005, 04, 03 & 01)
                   Norsk Kulturråd, Utstillingsstipend (2004)

Memberships / Affiliations:
                   The Drawing Center, New York, The Artist Registry
                   Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
                   Norske Grafikere, Oslo
                   Nord-Norske Bildende Kunstnere
                   Norske Billedkunstnere, Oslo

EXHIBITION DETAILS
Opening Reception Thursday March 25, 2010, 6-8 pm
The exhibition is on view March 25 – May 21, 2010

Trygve Lie Gallery
317 East 52nd Street (bet 1 & 2 Ave)
New York, NY 10022
http://www.trygveliegallery.com

Hours: Mon-Thu 12-5pm; Fri-Sat 12-5pm; Sun 10am-5pm
Subway: 6, E or V to 51st/52nd Street and Lexington Ave.
Gallery Contact:
Vidar Eldholm, Gallery Director
+1-212-319-0370 / vidar.eldholm@sjomannskirken.no

Anki King, Art Director          
+1-917-434-5960 / ankiking@hotmail.com

.