Elling Reitan is born in Trondheim, 1949.
He has drawn and painted all his life.
He studied under
Odd Nerdrum from
1982-87. Graphics
under Bjørn Sverrbo.
In addition to his educations as an artist he has also studied english and german languages at the Universities of Oslo and Trondheim, with a main focus on literature, and produced a master diploma on"The Grotesque in Shakespeare`s Tragedies"
Sepatate exhibitions, Norway:
Sept. 2010: "Song of Songs" and Elling Reitan Invitational at Landskrona Golfklubb, Sweden
2010: Galleri Pingvin, Oslo
2009: Soli Brug, Norway
2008: Galleri Pingvin, Oslo
2008: Galleri Grønneset, Trondheim
2006: Galleri Pingvin, Oslo
2006: Galleri SG, Trondheim
2005: Galleri Pingvin, Oslo
2003: Nicoline's House, Kragerø
2003: Galleri Pingvin, Oslo
2002: Hafslund Hovedgård
2002: Operautstiller, Kristiansund Art Society
Separate exhibitions, other countries:
2009/2007/2006/2005: Art Miami
2009: Time&Space Gallery, Bangalore, India
2008: Galleri M, Odense, Denmark
2008: Westbrook Gallery, London
2007: Art Miami, USA
2007: Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, USA
2006: Femmes d`Ibsen. Galerie Art Cadre. Paris
2005: Westwood Gallery, NY, USA
2004: Artobe Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004: Galeria de Arte El Catalejo, Spain
2003: DB Gallery, Marbella, Spain
2001: Westwood Gallery, NY, USA
2001: Jain Marunouchi Gallery, NY, USA
Representations:
- In different school books, both in primary and secondary school