Annelise Josefsen

Iditboddu/Morgenstund in Jokkmokk

Annelise Josefsen (born 2 October 1949) is a Norwegian-Sami artist. She works in many different techniques, but has particularly marked herself as a sculptor. She has been active in the Sami Artists Association (SDS), serving as chair of the board for several periods.[1][2]

Biography

Annelise Josefsen was born on 2 October 1949 in Hammerfest.[3] She grew up in Sæterfjord in the neighboring Kvalsund Municipality in Finnmark.[4] Her family ancestry is Seaside Sami.

Josefsen began her education at the Sami Folk High School in Karasjok. She then studied textile work at Finnmark homecraft school in Lakselv before furthering her training as an artist at the Western Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen (1979-1983).[5][6][7]

On the occasion of her 60th birthday in 2009, she was invited to hold a separate exhibition in the Sami artist center, entitled "Dream and Deception".[8] On 5 February 2017 the SDS opened the art exhibition ÁIGEMÁTKI (TIME TRAVEL) in Kraftbyen in Trondheim Municipality, as part of Tråante 2017. The exhibition shows works by 21 Sami artists from Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Josefsen was one of the artists represented at the exhibition. After exhibiting in Trondheim, the works traveled to other exhibition venues in the three countries.[9] In the same month, Norges Bank issued a 20-krone coin with a Sami motif in connection with Sámi Assembly of 1917, the 100th anniversary of the first national meeting of the same people. The coin was designed by Josefsen, who in 2016 won a competition for this assignment.[10][11]

Josefsen lives and works in Kokelv, Revsbotten, Finnmark.[12]

Public art

  • 2014: Muitu ("Remembrance"), war memorial at Tana church on Rustefjelbma in Tana municipality[13]
  • 2013: Støttetroppen,, sculpture group in Iddefjord granite, the outdoor area in Setermoen camp[14]
  • 2013: Bakmenn, decoration of foundation wall in the canteen at Lakselv upper secondary school[15]
  • 2013: Potensial, sculpture outside Lakselv high school[15]
  • 2011: Tanker for to, two sculptures in Tranøy sculpture park, Tranøy, Hamarøy:[16][17]
  • Jente i tanker, Balmoral granite
  • Gutt i tanker, Kuru Gray granite
  • 2011: Rast ved veiskillet, Evjen granite. The sculpture stands at a resting place in the sculpture section of the Krutfjellsvägen at Tärnaby in Sweden[18]
  • 2011: Min bovdna, sculpture in polyester and porcelain, Vestfold University College, Bakkenteigen
  • 2004: Iditboddu/Morgenstund,, sculpture group in concrete and metal; Sami sculpture park, Jokkmokk[19][20]
  • 2004: Messepikene,, granite sculpture group; the outdoor area at the fair at Setermoen camp; this was the winner's draft in a decoration competition in 2004[21]
  • 2004: Stallos hjerte, sculpture group in stone and wood, Statoil's administration building on Melkøya at Hammerfest[22]
  • 2000: Den lille internat-tanta, sculpture, the outdoor area at Sameskolen in Målselv[23]
  • 2000: U-dyr med to hoder, Ser to veier,, sculpture, outside area at Sameskolen in Målselv[24]
  • 1993: Bølgen, sculpture in lime tree, Hammerfest Library[14][17][24]
  • 1993: Uten tittel, sculpture in stone from Lødingen, at the university square in Tromsø[25]

Awards

Josefsen has received a number of scholarships:[3]

  • 1984: State establishment grant
  • 1985: Inger and Edvard Munch's scholarship
  • 1986: Nordic Council of Ministers' travel scholarship
  • 1987: Establishment grant
  • 1988: The Remuneration Fund
  • 1989: John Savio BKH Scholarship
  • 1991-1993: The state's 3-year scholarship for Sami artists
  • 2010: Sami Artists and Writers Remuneration Fund (SKFV) scholarship for spiritual practitioners
  • 2015: Sami Artists and Writers Remuneration Fund (SKFV) material grant for 2015
  • 2016: Sami Artists and Writers Remuneration Fund (SKFV) Material Scholarship for 2016

References

  1. ^ "SAMISK KUNSTNERSENTER". archive.li. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2019. Annelise Josefsen has been an important driver for the Sami Artists Association (SDS) through several positions. Among other things, she has served as chairman of the board for several periods and has been a juror in connection with several exhibitions and she is the leader of the project group for the relocation project to new premises for the Sami Artist Center.
  2. ^ Sara, Oddbjørg Hætta (30 July 2015). "Samisk kunstnersenter med to styreledere". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Persen (editor), Synnøve; Eira (translator), Inga Ravna; Turi (illustrator), Johan (1994). "Sámi dáiddárleksikona" (in Norwegian Bokmål). Sámi dáiddaguovddáš (Sami artist center). pp. 90–93. Retrieved 2 August 2019. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Larsen, Dan Robert (24 May 2016). "Samisk kunstner er stolt av å ha laget vinnerutkastet til samisk minnemynt". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019. Annelise Josefsen was born in Revsneshamn in Kvalsund municipality in Finnmark, and is a Sami-Norwegian sculptor and painter. She grew up in a seaside Sami family in Sæterfjord in Kvalsund municipality.
  5. ^ "SAMISK KUNSTNERSENTER". archive.li. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2019. Annelise Josefsen started with textiles at Husflidskolen in Lakselv, and in the early 1980s she educated at Vestlandets Kunstakademi in Bergen.
  6. ^ Somby, Liv Inger (22 February 2008). "Tragisk at kunst blir gjemt bort". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019. Annelise Josefsen has her education from the Sami Folk High School in Karasjok, Finnmark house-craft school in Lakselv and the Western Academy of Arts in Bergen. Josefsen works extensively with natural materials such as stone and wood.
  7. ^ Larsen, Dan Robert (24 May 2016). "Samisk kunstner er stolt av å ha laget vinnerutkastet til samisk minnemynt". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019. Josefsen graduated in textile at Husflidskolen in Lakselv and at the Western Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen 1979-83.
  8. ^ "SAMISK KUNSTNERSENTER". archive.li. 17 November 2012. Archived from the original on 17 November 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2019. As Annelise Josefsen turns 60 this year, Samisk Artist Center has invited her to a separate exhibition.
  9. ^ Larsen, Dan Robert (19 January 2017). "Samiske kunstnere tar deg med på en tidsreise". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019. The exhibiting artists come from Norway, Sweden and Finland. These are: Victoria Andersson, Tomas Colbengtson, Eva Delving Wiklund, Monica Edmondson, Bente Geving, Annelise Josefsen, Per Isak Juuso, Inger Blix Kvammen, Britta Marakatt Labba, Mathis Nango, Charlotte Nilsen, Hege Annestad Nilsen, Hilde Skancke Pedersen, Synnøve Persen, Outi Pieski, Gjert Rognli, Maret Anne Sara, Odd Marakatt Sivertsen, Lena Stenberg, Anders Sunna and Liselotte Wajstedt.
  10. ^ Balto, Piera (2 February 2017). "Samiskinspirert mynt og frimerke til 100-års jubileum". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  11. ^ Larsen, Dan Robert (24 May 2016). "Samisk kunstner er stolt av å ha laget vinnerutkastet til samisk minnemynt". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2 August 2019. Following input from the Sami Parliament and the Sami Artists' Association, Norges Bank invited seven artists to a competition for designing the anniversary motif on the back of the coin. The front of the 20 crown will be like before, marked by King Harald V. The winner of the competition was visual artist Annelise Josefsen, from Kokelv in Finnmark, with the motif "Interaction". "Interaction" is meant to symbolize the interaction of forces. The symbols are taken from Sami mythology, and freely put together after many characters from the rune bar, a Sami drum instrument. Minor adjustments can be made to the design before the coin is put into production.
  12. ^ "Velkommen - Annelise Josefsen". 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019. I'm a visual artist, and I live in Kokelv where I have my studio / workshop. Kokelv is a small place in the heart of Revsbotten that you find far west in Finnmark.
  13. ^ "Om Tana". Minnesmerke for 1944. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Setermoen leir". koro.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 August 2019. At the main entrance to the fair, at one end of a pedestrian street that extends through the camp, the sculpture Fairgrounds is located. Three slightly abstracted girl figures sit on a large, round stone outside the fair. In 2011, the same artist was commissioned to create a new work of art at the other end of the pedestrian street. The new work is entitled The Support Troop, and is located in a busy intersection where people pass on their way to work. The three abstracted male figures are made of lddefjord granite. The pedestals protect them from snow and slack in the winter, and in the long darkness they are illuminated by the street lights around. Two of the Armored Battalion soldiers tell the newspaper Nordlys that they like the new work of art: "Art in a military camp is positive. The name sounds good, and is enough to honor us in match support.
  15. ^ a b "Velkommen - Annelise Josefsen". 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  16. ^ "OMNIA - Fantastisk steinskulptur på Tranøy -"Tanker for to"". www.omnia.ie. Retrieved 2 August 2019. Have you heard that Tranøy has a sculpture park? Outside of Tranøy in Hamarøy there is a sculpture park to the delight of visitors. The sculptures are located out in the landscape. Opposite a beautiful sandy beach sits two stone sculptures with some distance to each other. It is the work "Thoughts for Two", created by the Sami artist Annelise Josefsen from Kokelv.
  17. ^ a b "Tranøy skulpturpark 2002-2011" (PDF). 15 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Jovattnets dalgång, med Krutfjellsvegen". boka.hemavantarnaby.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 August 2019. In Västansjö's crossroads, there is the sculpture, Rast at the crossroads, by the artist Annelise Josefsen. The theme of the artwork is communication across borders where the Sami, Swedish and Norwegian peoples meet.
  19. ^ "Annelise Josefsen". www.nnks.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  20. ^ Lindstrand, Åsa (29 October 2011). "Samisk skulpturpark på stabil grund". www.kuriren.nu. Retrieved 2 August 2019. They're sitting there in the haze, untouched by the cold October rain that falls. They are sculpted into silence by Dálvvadis, the figures in Annelise Josephsen's sculpture Iditboddu, Morning Time. The sculptor's idea was that the empty table and the empty chairs would open for thoughts and associations. Who's sitting there? Why are they kneeling? On Friday night, the Sami sculpture park in Jokkmokk was inaugurated.
  21. ^ mai 2004, Postet av Bengt Eggen Publisert 19 (19 May 2004). "Messepiker og multimediakunst - Bardu kommune". www.bardu.kommune.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 August 2019. The assignment of decorating Setermoen camp goes to artist Annelise Josefsen from Kokelv in Finnmark. Josefsen won the competition with the sculpture "Messepiker".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ "Utsmykker Statoil". www.nordlys.no (in Norwegian). 11 May 2004. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Den lille internat-tanta - KORO". 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  24. ^ a b "U-dyr med to hoder, ser to veier - KORO". 7 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  25. ^ "Uten tittel [Skulptur]". digitaltmuseum.no. Retrieved 2 August 2019. Annelise Josefsen from Kokelv is awarded NOK 160,000 in work grants by visual artists. The purpose of the grant is to support Sami artists and writers. Visual artists, artisans / duo járat and free photographers must submit slides or other documentation and attend a scholarship exhibition which is held in early November each year.