Annelise Josefsen

Annelise Josefsen (born 2 October 1949) is a Norwegian-Sami artist. She works in many different techniques, but has particularly marked herself as a sculptor. She has been active in the Sami Artists Association (SDS), serving as chair of the board for several periods.

Biography Annelise Josefsen was born on 2 October 1949 in Hammerfest. She grew up in Sæterfjord in the neighboring Kvalsund Municipality in Finnmark. Her family ancestry is Seaside Sami.

Josefsen began her education at the Sami Folk High School in Karasjok. She then studied textile work at Finnmark homecraft school in Lakselv before furthering her training as an artist at the Western Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen (1979-1983).

On the occasion of her 60th birthday in 2009, she was invited to hold a separate exhibition in the Sami artist center, entitled "Dream and Deception". On 5 February 2017 the SDS opened the art exhibition ÁIGEMÁTKI (TIME TRAVEL) in Kraftbyen in Trondheim Municipality, as part of Tråante 2017. The exhibition shows works by 21 Sami artists from Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Josefsen was one of the artists represented at the exhibition. After exhibiting in Trondheim, the works traveled to other exhibition venues in the three countries. In the same month, Norges Bank issued a 20-krone coin with a Sami motif in connection with Sámi Assembly of 1917, the 100th anniversary of the first national meeting of the same people. The coin was designed by Josefsen, who in 2016 won a competition for this assignment.

Josefsen lives and works in Kokelv, Revsbotten, Finnmark.

Public art 2014: Muitu ("Remembrance"), war memorial at Tana church on Rustefjelbma in Tana municipality 2013: Støttetroppen,, sculpture group in Iddefjord granite, the outdoor area in Setermoen camp 2013: Bakmenn, decoration of foundation wall in the canteen at Lakselv upper secondary school 2013: Potensial, sculpture outside Lakselv high school Jente i tanker, Balmoral granite Gutt i tanker, Kuru Gray granite 2011: Rast ved veiskillet, Evjen granite. The sculpture stands at a resting place in the sculpture section of the Krutfjellsvägen at Tärnaby in Sweden 2011: Min bovdna, sculpture in polyester and porcelain, Vestfold University College, Bakkenteigen 2004: Iditboddu/Morgenstund,, sculpture group in concrete and metal; Sami sculpture park, Jokkmokk 2004: Messepikene,, granite sculpture group; the outdoor area at the fair at Setermoen camp; this was the winner's draft in a decoration competition in 2004 2004: Stallos hjerte, sculpture group in stone and wood, Statoil's administration building on Melkøya at Hammerfest 2000: Den lille internat-tanta, sculpture, the outdoor area at Sameskolen in Målselv 2000: U-dyr med to hoder, Ser to veier,, sculpture, outside area at Sameskolen in Målselv 1993: Bølgen, sculpture in lime tree, Hammerfest Library

Awards Josefsen has received a number of scholarships: 1984: State establishment grant 1985: Inger and Edvard Munch's scholarship 1986: Nordic Council of Ministers' travel scholarship 1987: Establishment grant 1988: The Remuneration Fund 1989: John Savio BKH Scholarship 1991-1993: The state's 3-year scholarship for Sami artists 2010: Sami Artists and Writers Remuneration Fund (SKFV) scholarship for spiritual practitioners 2015: Sami Artists and Writers Remuneration Fund (SKFV) material grant for 2015 2016: Sami Artists and Writers Remuneration Fund (SKFV) Material Scholarship for 2016