Biography Born in 1944 in Aalesund, Norway Lives/works at Godøy close to his hometown of Aalesund in Norway Education: Statens Kunst- og håndverksskole and Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo Professor at Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo 1985-1992 Selected solo-exhibitions : 2011 Purdy Hicks Gallery 2010 Northumbria University Gallery, Newcastle 2009 Norske Grafikere, Oslo Kings Place Gallery, London Hamsun, Grimstad Kunstforening 2008 Filmfestivalen i Haugesund, festivalutstiller 2007 Galleri Haaken, Oslo Census of Marine Life, travelling exhibition in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute of  Marine Research. Paris, Geneva, Helsinki & Milano 2006 Et dramatisk møte - Ørnulf Opdahl og Peder Balke, Blaafarveværket Centro Cultural Correio, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 2005 Between Darkness and Light, Purdy Hicks Gallery, London University Gallery, University of Northumbria, Newcastle Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Iceland 2004 Henie Onstad, Oslo (retrospective) 2003 Purdy Hicks Gallery Trondheim Kunstmuseum (retrospective) 2001 Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Harstad Baroniet i Rosendal 2000 Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen Syv hav, et landskap Hadeland Glassverk 1999 Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle 1998 Festspillutstiller, Bergen 1997 Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo Gaasbeck Castle, Brüssel 1996 Bryggens Museum, Bergen Galleri Hoglund, Stockholm 1988 Galleri Concorde, Paris 1987 Tromsø Kunstforening 1984 Bergens Kunstforening Trondhjems Kunstforening Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1979 Galleri Riis, Trondheim 1976 Stavanger Kunstgalleri 1973 Aalesund Kunstforening 1969 Galleri Haaken 1972, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007 1968 Permanenten, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1966 Oslo Kunstforening Selected group exhibitions: 1999 100 år med Landskap, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum Osloskolen, Astrup Fernley Museet for Moderne Kunst Sublimate, Clink Wharf Gallery, London  1998 Natura, Charlottenborg, København  1996 Stevnemøter – Norges romantiske tradisjon, Oslo Kunstforening 160 år 1994 - og vestenfor måne, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst 1993 Vinterland, Lillehammer COLLECTIONS: Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst Bergen Billedgalleri British Museum, London Det norske Nobelinstitutt, Fredspris-Diplom 1995 Nasjonalbiblioteket, Oslo Norsk Kulturråd University of Northumbria H.M. Dronning Sonjas Samling Norges Bank, Oslo Norsk Hydro Rolf Stenersens Samling Statoil PRESS – PUBLICATIONS Press Publications: 2006 Marit I. Lange: Et dramatisk møte. Ørnulf Opdahl. Peder Balke. Stiftelsen Modum Blaafarveværk. Silje Opdahl Mathisen: Ørnulf Opdahl på Alnes fyr.  1994 Holger Kofoed: Ørnulf Opdahl. Labyrinth Press. New, updated version printed 2004. 1997 Cecilie Malm Bruntland: Ørnulf Opdahl – ved havet. Labyrinth Press. Book cover/illustrations: 2009 Illustrations in the book Life in the Mid Atlantic by Peter Boyle. Bergen Museum Press, University of Bergen. 2004 Artist in residence to the MAR-Eco expedition, mapping life along the Mid- Atlantic ridge. 2002 Illustrations to the book Klangbunn by H. M. Queen Sonja  2000 Illustrations the book Brekkukotkrønike by Halldór Laxness. 1995 Diploma for the Nobel peace prize