Curriculum Vitae
Tove Hirth
b. 1970, Jevnaker, Norway
email thirth@tovehirth.com
Tel. 00 47 975 78 159
artists statement
I am a figurative artist. The beginning of the process is always the human body. It is where I begin and it is where it ends. My work is the product of a process of transformation where I start with an impression, a movement or an experience and try to capture this in a three dimensional form.
I use the human form because it is through this that we experience joy, pain and sorrow – and therefore it is the strongest symbol accessible to me. My sculptures can be experienced as they are – a physical description in three dimensional form – and it can also be a memory, a feeling – a moment. For me they are personal, something I have experiences, felt or seen, but I hope and experience often that the viewer might have completely different associations. This will never be incorrect – only an affirmation of arts ability to make us think, feel and reflect upon our lives.
education
MA Sculpture-Foundry route, Royal College of Art, London (1997)
BA (Hons) Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art (1994)
International Baccalaureate(IB), Lester B.Pearson College United World College(1987)
awards
The Tussauds Award for Fine Art (1997)
Po-Shing-Wo scholarship (1996 & 1997)
selected solo exhibitions
· Oslo Prosjektrom, with Nichola Jane Aindow, Oslo, 2009
· Annual home exhibitions, Smalgangen, Oslo, 2005-2008
· 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
· Annual award for the Chambre de Commerce Franco-Norvégienne 2005-2010
· "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 1995-2005
· Culture Prize, KKG (The Women's Culture Group), Oslo Norway 1992 | 
