Biography

Erik Formoe is a Norway based visual artist. His work draws on inspirations ranging from the Renaissance to Impressionism to Art Nouveau and has been exhibited and collected all over the world.

  • 1953 Born in Norway
  • 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)

Solo Exhibitions

2019

  • Soli Brug (Norway)

2017

  • Lohme Art Gallery (Malmø, Sweden)

2016

  • Oxholm Gallery (Copenhagen, Denmark)

2015

  • Ramfjord Gallery (Oslo, Norway)

2011

  • Soli Brug (Norway)
  • Ramfjord Gallery (Oslo, Norway)

2010

  • FA Gallery (Kuwait)

2001

  • Gallery 27 (Oslo, Norway)



Group Exhibitions

2019

  • Den Gallery (Kuwait City)

2018

  • Spoke Art Gallery (San Francisco, USA)

2017

  • Affordable Art Fair (Stockholm, Sweden)

2015

  • Scope (New York, USA)
  • Jørgen Østergaard Gallery (Denmark)

2014

  • Art Copenhagen (Denmark) 

2013

  • Scope Miami (Miami, USA)
  • Art Copenhagen (Denmark)

2012

  • Foresight Art Gallery (Amman, Jordan)



Triennials and Biennials

1992

  • International Graphic Triennial in Fredrikstad, Norway 

1991

  • International Graphic Biennale in Varna, Bulgaria
  • International Graphic Biennale in Ljubljana, former Yugoslavia
  • International Graphic Biennale in Ukraine
  • International Graphic Biennale in Cairo, Egypt
  • International Graphic Biennale in Ferrol, Spain


Public Collections

  • Municipality of Fredrikstad, Norway
  • Norwegian Arts Council
  • Østfold County, Norway
  • Council of Culture, Kotka, Finland
  • Council of Culture, Fredrikstad, Norway
  • Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York


Public Commissions

2005

  • Gudeberg (Fredrikstad, Norway
  • Trosvik (Fredrikstad, Norway)

2003

  • Orkeroed Hospital (Moss, Norway)

1997

  • Malakoff (Moss, Norway)


Awards

1992

  • Honourable Mention, International Graphic Triennial (Fredrikstad, Norway)