Tegnerforbundet - exhibition and membership

Tegnerforbundet, or the Norwegian Society of Draftsmen, was founded in 1916 and is the oldest of the societies for visual arts in Norway. Tegnerforbundet became a member of Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK- Norwegian Visual Artists) in 1982. I was already a member of NBK through UKS (Unge Kunstneres Samfund - Young Artists Society) when I applied for membership in 2007, and I am now also a full member of Tegnerforbundet. Its members are professional artists sharing similar economical, artistic and professional interests, and their 'office building' has become a centre offering support, information, exhibition opportunities as well as a professional forum for draftsmen and illustrators. The members' work are available for commissions and sale alongside portfolios and catalogues in the Commission Room at the back of the gallery space. The society's second-most important function is perhaps as a show room or gallery space. I applied for an exhbition space at the gallery in 2007 and was granted a show in April 2009. I am very happy about that as it is my first attempt - and getting a show there is quite hard.

I've currently got Hfi3d, HMaG2d and KCCaD28d hanging in their Commission Room, and catalogues of my work are also available.
Tegnerforbundet is located in an old part of Oslo (Rådhusgaten 17) called 'kvadraturen' near the fortress 'Akershus Festning'. More information is available at their web page http://www.tegnerforbundet.no