Jógvan Biskopstø – Galleri Krebsen

Jógvan Sverrason Biskopstø

Born: 1970 in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Art, craft and design.

Background & Exhibitions

Education

Carpenter, Tórshavn, Faroes 1987-91
Boatbuilder, Tórshavn, Faroes 1992, 1998
Danish Design school, Copenhagen, Denmark 1994-2000
Hans C. Høier private art school, Birkerød, Denmark 1994-2000
China National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 2003-2005

Study tours

Sweden 1999, Finland 2000, China and Japan 2003-05, Greenland 2006

Award

Tórvald Poulsen av Steinum Grunnur 2004, 25.000 DKK

Exhibitions

Exhibitions
Ólavsøkuframsýning, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004.
Føroyingahúsi∂, Copenhagen, Denmark 1995, 1999.
Øksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2000.
Várframsýning, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2002.
The Nordic House, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2002, 2004
Galleri 21, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003.
China National Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China 2003.
Heystframsýning, Tórshavn, Faroes 2005.
Den Nordatlantiske Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark 2005.
Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006.
Modern Art from the Faroe Islands, Leopold Museum,
Wienna, Austria 2008.
Ást, list & ást, The Nordic House in Iceland 2009.
Ødesign, Bornholm, Denmark 2009.
Ødesign, The National Museum of Art, Visby, Gotland 2009.
Ødesign, The Nordic House in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2010.
Ødesign, The Nordic Embassy to Berlin, Germany 2010.

Seperate exhibitions
Bistrup Kirke, Denmark 1995.
Smi∂jan in Lítluvík, Tórshavn 1997, 2002.
The Nordic House, Tórshavn 2005.
The Faroe Islands Art Museum, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 2010.

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