Scott Thoe

Scott Thoe er norsk-amerikaner, født i Minnesota. Han er utdannet i litteraur ved universitetene i Washington og Harvard (M.A., Ph.D.) før han fullførte sin kunstutdannelse ved kunsthøyskolen i Kiel i Tyskland og kunstakademiet i Krakow i Polen. Han er representert ved nasjonalgalleriene i Wasrzawa og Gdansk. I Norge er han mest kjent for sine offentlige utsmykninger på bygninger. Han har bodd og jobbet de siste år i Lofoten, hvor han er opptatt av livet og naturen i øysamfunnet. 

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Scott Thoe, a Norwegian-American, was born in Minnesota but spent most of his childhood in California. At the age of 13 he was invited to attend the Berkeley College of Arts and Crafts after participating in an art exhibition in Oakland. He received his higher education in both Europe and the United States with M.A. degrees from University of Washington and Harvard, a Ph.D from the University of Washington before completing his art education at the Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland, preceded by two years at the Kunsthochschule in Kiel, Germany. Thoe has spent the last 30 years living in the Lofoten Islands of Northern Norway, where he paints and concocts his monumental building projects. In 1992 he was invited to Moscow by President Gorbachev and in 1993 he made a presentation of his art concept "Tanks for Peace", a bridge of dismantled tanks,  before the Russian Duma. The model of the  40 thousand-tanks bridge was exhibited as well in the OSCE Headquarters in Vienna and the Bundestag in Berlin. 

Education

California College of Arts and Crafts, Berkeley 1961–63
Baylor University, Waco, Texas 1965–67
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa (Bachelor of Arts) 1967–68
Harvard University, Cambridge (Master of Arts) 1968–70
Universität Kiel, V. Tyskland 1970–73
University of Washington (M.A., Ph.D. – 1975) 1973–75
Kunstakademiet i Krakow 1975–78
Mural techniques, Art Academy Oslo 1998

Collections

National Gallery in Poland, Warszawa
National Museum, Syktyvkar Russia
National Gallery in Gdansk
National Gallery of the Reupublic of Komi, Russia
​Festspillene i Nord-Norge
Harstad Kommune
Dom Polonias samling, Krakow 
Cultural Centre ,Koryazhma, Russia
Luther College, Iowa, USA
Cultural Center, Pac.Luth.Univer., Washington
Vestvågøy Kommune
Deere Born Country Art Center, Minnesota, USA

Public Art

Vestvågøy Rådhus, Lofoten, Norway
Green River Municipal Library, Wyoming, USA 
Northwood County Civic Center, Iowa
Leknes Lufthavn
Hol Bygdeheim 
Gimle Kino, Stamsund 
Forsvarets Overkommandosentral, Reitan 
Snorreplatformen – boligkvarteret 
Ballstad Slipphall – utendørs veggmaleri (3000 kv.m.) 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Galleri Nord Norge                                                                           2017
Kotlas Centennial, Russia                                                                2017
National Museum, Syktyvkar Russia                                               2015
Center for Modern Art, Karyazhma, Russia                                     2014
Art work onboard Space Shuttle "Atlantis"                                       2013
Art Center, Univeristy of Syktyvkar, Russia                                      2013
Silver Crest Gallery, Oroville, California                                           2010
Rana Art , Norway                                                                            2006
Atelier Lofoten, Svolvær                                                                   2004
Galleri Nord-Norge, Harstad                                                             2002
Skien Kunstforening Gallery                                                             1999
Nøtterøy Kunstforening                                                                    1999
Harstad Kunstforening                                                                     1995, 89, 83,77
State Duma, Moscow                                                                        1995
Dom kulturi, Kiev, Ukraine                                                                 1995
Kinocentre, Moskva                                                                           1995
Listafelaget (National Gallery) Torshavn,  Faeroe Islands                 1989
Sandpiper Gallery, Washington, USA                                                 1988
Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA                                             1988
Fredrikstad Kunstforening, Norway                                                    1985,82,79
Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Iceland                                                       1984
Minnesota Museum of Art,  St.Paul, USA                                           1984
Galeria BWA Gdansk, Poland                                                             1984
Galeria Jarskulka, Krakow, Poland                                                     1983
Galeria MPIK, Warsaw, Poland                                                           1983
Festspillene I Nord-Norge, Harstad                                                     1978

                 Scott Thoe - Kalender 2019