Aino Hivand

Norwegian-Sami visual artist and children's book writer

Aino Hivand (born 3 May 1947) is a Norwegian-Sami visual artist and children's book writer with an expressionist and abstract style.^[1]

Biography

Aino Hivand was born in Bugøyfjord, Sør-Varanger municipality. She studied decorative arts at Dalane High School in the 1986/87 school year and studied at Stavanger School of Art, spring 1986. Hivand resides in Samuelsberg in the municipality of Kåfjord in Troms county.

Exhibits

1989, Galleri du Nord, Stavanger
1991, Gallery Bryggerhuset, Egersund
1996, SDG, Sami Art Center, Karasjok
1999, Bugøyfjord Grendehus
1999, Savio Museum, Kirkenes
2001, Artist House, Gvarv
2006, Gallery NK, Vardø
2008, Finnmark county municipality's guest studio, Vadsø
2010, Parkalompolo, Sweden
2014, Várjjat Sámi Museums (Varanger Sami Museum)
2015, Contemporary Museum of Northern People

Selected works

1997 Sáhpán-Bánni báhtara^[2]
2004 Čoarvevieksá Lieđđeriemut
2009 Muittátgo; Husker du
2014 Atrata^[3]
2016 Garjjáid gižžu; Ravnenes kamp, (barnebok, nordsamisk og norsk, tekst og illustrasjoner) Gollegiella forlag

Awards and honors

1989, Arctic Product - product competition - 1st prize
1990, Project Neiden A / L - product competition - 1st and 2nd prize
1991, Sør-Varanger Joint Association - Logo competition - 1st prize
1992, Sør-Varanger Kongegave 1992 - 3rd prize
1996, Sálas - Logo competition - 1st prize
1998, Saami Council Literature Prize^[4]^[5]
2000, Jelovica Prize, from Word festival art on paper, Sloveni
2000, John Savio stipend
2001, SKFV, Travel Scholarship
2004, Sámiraddi / Sami Council Work Scholarship
2009, SKFV, Material Scholarship
2012, SKFV, Material Scholarship

References

^ "HJem". www.ainohivand.com (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ Eira, Ragnhild Gaup; Hivand, Aino (1997). "Sáhpán-Bánni báhtara" (in Norwegian). Davvi girji. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ "Aino Hivand: Atrata". Samisk bibliotektjeneste - Sámi girjerádjubálvalus (in Norwegian Bokmål). 19 November 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
^ Rantala, Leif. Sámiráđđi 50 jagi. p. 18. Accessed December 27, 2020 (in Northern Saami)
^ "Aino Hivand billedkunstner — Curriculum vitae" (in Norwegian). Retrieved December 27, 2020.