Curriculum Vitae

Tove Hirth
b. 1970, Jevnaker, Norway

Email thirth@tovehirth.com

Tel. 00 47 975 78 159

artist's statement
At the beginning there is a notion, a sensation of sorts, an idea and the desire to act on it, do something with it. For me it always starts with and derives from the body: the female body in particular, my own, others. It is where I always begin and where it ends – the work is what happens in between, the outcome of the process of transformation.

Some of my work is on a small scale, 10 to 40 cm high but I have also worked to life size and all my work is cast in bronze. I am trained in bronze casting and I choose to finish and patinate all my own work. I continue to exhibit in Scotland, London, and Norway. Private sales and commissions also include clients in Japan and Germany.

education
MA Sculpture-Foundry route Royal College of Art, London (1997)
BA (Hons) Sculpture Edinburgh College of Art (1994)

awards
The Tussauds Award for Fine Art (1997)
Po-Shing-Wo scholarship (1996 & 1997)

selected solo exhibitions

  • The Compass Gallery, Glasgow Sep 2000
  • The Harriet Green Gallery, Soho London Aug 1997
  • The Practice Gallery, Glasgow Dec 1995
  • Norrie Toch Studios, Gullane Jun 1995

selected group exhibitions

  • Norwegian Club, Paris, 2002
  • Society of Scottish Artists Annual Show, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 1999
  • Galleri Roenland, Norway 1999, 1998, 1997
  • The Students Gallery, London 1999, 1998, 1997
  • Islington Art Show, Henry Brett Galleries and The Compass Gallery 1997, 1996, 1995
  • The Graduate Gallery Summer Show, Edinburgh 1995
  • Galleri Roenland Sculpture Exhibition, Jevnaker Norway 1995
  • The Compass Gallery Christmas Show, Glasgow 1995, 1994
  • The Graduate Gallery Christmas Show, Edinburgh 1994
  • Tradition and Consequence presented by Philip L Godsall, Hyde Park Gallery, London 1994
  • The New Generation Show, The Compass Gallery, Glasgow 1994

selected commissions

  • "Jenta" life size bronze commissioned by the Norwegian Public Art Fund for Bergebakken School, Jevnaker Norway 1999
  • "Lars Hirth Nesheim" life size bust, private commission, Norway 1999
  • Artist's Award, Telewest Communications (formerly United Artists) 1995, 1996
  • Channel 4 Director's Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival 1995-2000
  • Culture Prize, KKG (The Women's Culture Group), Oslo Norway 1992

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