Aino Hivand

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

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 Gáivuotna Municipality 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 2004 Čoarvevieksá Lieđđeriemut 2009 Muittátgo; Husker du 2014 Atrata 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 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