Liv Dessen

Liv Dessen (b. 1935 in Løten) is an abstract artist and works with painting, drawing and collage. She studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA (1971-72) and has been a pupil to several painters.

Dessen had her debut exhibition at LNM in 1980, and has had solo exhibitions at, among others, the Nordnorsk kunstnersenter, Svolvær (2018), Trafo Kunsthall (2013), Tegnerforbundet (1994, 1999, 2006 & 2016) and kunstforeninger in Oslo, Hamar, Skien, Porsgrunn, Sandefjord, Holmestrand, Bærum, Asker, Hol and Gol. She has also participated several times in the Statens Kunstutstilling Høstutstillingen, and regional exhibitions such as Sørlandsutstillingen and Østlandsutstillingen. Other group exhibitions include the Norwegian Drawing Triennial (2019), the National Gallery's anniversary exhibition "New Norwegian Drawing" (2002) and the "Salon d'Automne" Grand Palais in Paris (1983). Works by Dessen have been purchased by the National Museum, the British Museum, Telemark and Hedmark County Councils, and the municipalities of Løten, Gol, Hol, Sandefjord and Bergen.

Liv Dessen lives and works in Oslo.