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Saturday, 18 July 2009

Art Sunday, Icelandic artist, Arnor G. Bieltvedt




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Art Sunday; Arnor G. Bieltvedt

Arnor G. Bieltvedt is an Icelandic Artist. He grew up in Iceland and  after graduating from high school he moved to Germany. He lived in Munich and Augsburg for three years and received his "Vordiploma" in Economics and Social Sciences, from the University of Augsburg.

He then moved to the United States to continue his studies. He studied at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, R.I., where he received a B.S. degree in Marketing and a M.S. degree in Managerial Technology. At that point, dispite having no formal art training, and after studying for years in other subjects,  Arnor decided to devote his life to art.

His love for art developed slowly and  naturally until Arnor decided his calling in life was to become an artist. He then started his studies all over again, gaining a B.F.A. degree in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and a M.F.A. degree in Painting from Washington University in St. Louis.

After finishing his studies Arnor served for seven years as Art Department Head at Logos School, a school for at risk students, in St. Louis.  The next five years, from 2001 to 2006 Arnor was Art Department Head, Art Instructor and Gallery Director at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL.


Currently Arnor serves as Visual Arts Department Chair and Gallery Director at Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California.  In the last decade Arnor's work has been shown extensively in the USA and Europe and he has enjoyed representation by many reputable galleries around the world  Arnor's paintings reside in private and public collections in the United States, Europe and Asia.
 Arnor Bielvedt works in a unique, neo-romantic expressionist style.


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