Per Arne Heimly (born February 4, 1972) is a

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contemporary and commercial art

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.Per Heimly begjæres konkurs
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'', 7 May 2010, retrieved 2011-07-24 Well known for his celebrity portraits, Heimly's art practice includes video and installation artwork, in addition to a long-standing exploration of unflinching self-portrait photography. Heimly was a member of ''Den Nye Vinen'' (‘The New Wine’) an anarchist artist collective announced at the Theater Cafe in

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in 1993 that included

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, Bertrand Bisigye, and Henning Braathen. In 1999, Heimly co-founded ''Fjords Magazine'' with designer Pauline Nærholm''.'' He also served as a creative director and editor for ''Fjords'', a Norwegian fashion and design magazine with international distribution. From 2001 to 2006, he directed several projects as a videographer for the musician

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. Heimly appeared in the comedy TV series ''Uti vår hage'' ("Outside in Our Garden") in 2008. Heimly held a solo exhibition in 2010 titled ''Between Angels and Demons'' that featured his portrait, self-portrait, and landscape photography from the preceding twenty years. In 2011, Heimly co-hosted the award-winning Norwegian TV series on

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''Ari og Per'' (”Ari and Per”) with the late author and visual artist

. The appeal of one episode of the show was attributed, in part, to the willingness of Heimly and Behn to be authentic and vulnerable participants on camera at an

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festival. He appeared paired with Behn on a later TV program, "Ari and Per Solve World Problems" on

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in 2013. Heimly also appeared in 2013 in the TV series ''Hjerterått''.

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