CURRICULUM VITAE
Born in New York City Dec. 11, 1951. Lives and works on Nesøya, near Oslo.

Education
Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston 1970-74,
Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo 1974-79.

Solo exhibitions
1980 Galleri Haaken, Oslo
1982 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1984 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
1984 Galerie Wentzel, Köln
1984 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1987 Galleri Wang, Oslo
1987 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
1990 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
1991 Galleri Andersson Sandstrøm, Umeå
1994 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
1995 Babcock Galleries, New York (excerpt from exhibition catalogue with paintings - part1, part2 (.pdf))
1995 Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle
1995 Babcock Galleries, New York
1998 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
1998 Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal
1989 Babcock Galleries, New York
2001 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden (installation view)
2001 Nyfossum, Blaafarveværket, Modum
2002 Ida Lorentzen Museum, Blaafarveværket (excerpt from book (.pdf))
2004 Asker Kunstforening, Asker
2005 Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger. Hamlet's Kronborg (installation view), (artist statment)
2006 Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen
2006 Konsthallen Millesgården, Lidingö, Stockholm (works and installation view (.pdf))
2008 Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø (exhibition catalogue (.pdf))
2008 Baroniet Rosendal, Rosendal (view of works exhibited)
2009 Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum (exhibition catalogue with artist statement (.pdf))

Collections – selected list
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas; Art Institute of Chicago (Rita Rich Collection), Chicago; Asker kommune, Asker; Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Chemical Bank, New York; Det Kongelige Slott, Oslo; Det Norske Teateret, Oslo; Gjensidige Forsikring, Oslo; H.M.Queen Sonja Art Collection, Oslo; Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC (Holladay Collection); Nationaltheatret, Oslo; Norges Bank, Oslo; Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø; Norrköping kommune, Norrköping; Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo; Nyfossum – Ida Lorentzen Museum, Modum; Oslo kommunes kunstsamlinger; Palmer Museum, Penn State University, Pennsylvania; Rikshospitalet, Oslo; Statoil ASA, Stavanger; Storebrand, Oslo; Universitetet i Tromsø; Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum.

Research papers – selected list
Ida Lorentzen, Fra det ytre til det indre rom, written by Marina Gerner-Mathisen, spring 1999

Master Dissertation, University of Oslo

Ida Lorentzen, En reise gjennom tid og rom, written by Elen Lauvhjell, autumn 2004

Master Dissertation, University of Bergen

Flertydige rom. Møter med tre malerier av Ida Lorentzen, written by Stine Lundblad, spring 2008

Master Dissertation, University of Tromsø

Books and catalogues – selected list
Ida Lorentzen The Story of Seven Paintings, written by Donald Kuspit

artist statement included
Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S 1995

Ida Lorentzen Views of a Room, written by Gaven Janties and Selene Wendt

interview with the artist included
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter 2001

Ida Lorentzen Huset – Rommene – Fortellingen, written by Gunnar Danbolt

artist statement included
Blaafarveværket 2002

Ida Lorentzen Hamlet’s Kronborg, written by Ellen Sæthre

artist statement included
Rogaland Kunstmuseum 2005

Ida Lorentzen and Vilhelm Hammershoi, written by Bente Scevenius

artist statement included
Blaafarveværket 2005

Ida Lorentzen White Light, introduction by Isabella Nilsson

Konsthallen Milesgården 2006

Ida Lorentzen A Room of Her Own, written by Knut Ljøgodt

Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum 2008

Ida Lorentzen Hidden Secrets, written by Tone Lyngstad Nyaas

artist statement included
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseums 2009

Awards and prizes – selected list
1977 Edvard Munch Legat for young emerging Norwegian artist
1991 Purchase Prize for “The Ceromony of Consecration”

of H.M.King Harald and H.M.Queen Sonja

1995 American Academy Purchase Prize for “Awake or Asleep We See Forwards or Back”

from the series The Story of Seven Paintings

2008 Asker Kulturpris for 30 years of cultural service