Bård Breivik (23 November 1948 – 10 January 2016) was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor.

Biography

He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

, Norway. He was the son of Thomas Breivik and Sissel Søyland. His father Thomas Breivik (1923-1999) was a notable painter, graphics artist and art instructor. Following his parents divorce in 1951, he was raised by his mother in

Laksevåg Laksevåg is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough is located in the western part of the municipality. Historically, the area was called ''Laxevaag'', and it was a separate municipality until 1972 when it was m ...

. He was educated at the

Bergen Academy of Art and Design Bergen Academy of Art and Design ( no, Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen) or KHiB was one of two independent and accredited scientific institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway (The other is Oslo National Academy o ...

(''Bergen Kunsthåndverkskole'' and ''Vestlandets Kunstakademi'') and St. Martin's School of Art in

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. Breivik held a professorship at the

Royal Institute of Art The Royal Institute of Art ( sv, Kungliga Konsthögskolan) is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art,Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

from 1982 to 1985 and worked actively as an artist throughout his life. In the autumn 1981, the ‘Fibre’ exhibition opened with great success. At the same time, he did the scenography for the performance ‘Pyramider’ at the

Henie-Onstad Art Centre The Henie Onstad Kunstsenter is an art museum located at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality in Viken county, Norway. It is situated on a headland jutting into the Oslofjord, approximately southwest of Oslo. History The artcentre was founded ...

. Following year Breivik took part in the group exhibition ‘The Sleeping Beauty – Art Now, Scandinavia Today’, at the

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in New York. In 1984, Breivik took part in an international group exhibition at the Toyama Modern Art Museum in Tokyo, and he exhibited at the Nordic pavilion during the

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in 1985. The exhibition at the Nordic pavilion was curated by Mats B. In 1991 he was invited to exhibit at The São Paulo Art Biennial. The following year he completed the decoration with stone and water called ‘Kunsthagen’ outside the newly opened art museum in Lillehammer, designed by the architects’ office

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. One of his most high-profile projects was the erection of new decorative columns at Torgallmenningen square in his hometown of

, unveiled on 17 May 1999.

Notable works

Klosterenga Sculpture Park (''Klosterenga Sculpturpark'') in Oslo was created by Bård Breivik over several years, as an alternative to Vigeland park, and a common place for people coming from distant cultures, where they can meet and merge into one peaceful neighborhood. The intention of the multicultural space is to provide a global culture image, consisting of stone traditions from different parts of the world. Gulatinget Millennium Park Monumental (''Tusenaarsstaden Gulatinget'') was erected during August 2005 in commemoration of the

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anniversity of the

Gulating Gulating ( non, Gulaþing) was one of the first Norwegian legislative assemblies, or '' things,'' and also the name of a present-day law court of western Norway. The practice of periodic regional assemblies predates recorded history, and was fi ...

Gulen is a municipality in the southwestern part of Vestland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Eivindvik. Other villages in Gulen include Brekke, Byrknes, ...

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...

. Gulating was one of the oldest and largest parliamentary assemblies in medieval Norway.

Personal life

In 2009, he was awarded the Ingeborg og Per Palle Storms Ærespris. The honorary award was granted jointly with

Hugo Wathne Hugo Wathne (25 September 1932 – 6 September 2017) was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor. Biography Hugo Frank Wathne was born in Stavanger, Norway to Frank Ingolf Wathne and Birgit Rosenvold. His father was a painter and glass artist. ...

for their significant effort for Norwegian figurative art. He received in 2011, shared with

Kristian Blystad Kristian Blystad (born 18 March 1946) is a Norwegian sculptor. Career He was born in Bergen. Among his works is the fountain sculpture ''Kronos'' at Majorstuen, Oslo. A granite sculpture of Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was erected in front of t ...

. Bård Breivik died at Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital in Oslo after having fought an aggressive form of cancer for a year. He was buried at

Vestre Gravlund Vestre Gravlund is a cemetery in the Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway. It is located next to the Borgen metro station. At , it is the largest cemetery in Norway. It was inaugurated in September 1902 and also contains a crematorium (''Vestre kre ...

in Oslo.

References

External links

Bård BreivikKlosterenga Skulpturpark
{{DEFAULTSORT:Breivik, Baard 1948 births 2016 deaths Artists from Bergen Bergen Academy of Art and Design alumni Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art 20th-century Norwegian sculptors Norwegian educators Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal Burials at Vestre gravlund Norwegian contemporary artists