Bergen School of Art and Design

Bergen School of Art and Design
founding	1972
place	Bergen , Norway
Students	about 400
Website	www.khib.no

Main entrance of the Bergen Art School

Annex building of the Bergen Art School at Kong Oscars gate

The art and design college in Bergen ( Norwegian Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen ) - KHiB for short - is an art college founded in 1972 in the Norwegian city of Bergen with around 400 students today. It is the only one of its kind in Norway besides the Oslo School of Art .

Departments

• visual communication
• Furniture design / interior design
• Free art
• Ceramics
• graphic
• photography
• Textile design

Professors

• Heike Baranowsky (* 1966), Professor of Photography (2005–2009)
• Thomas Kilpper (* 1956), German installation artist, draftsman and wood cutter (since 2014)
• Thomas Stricker (* 1962), Swiss sculptor, installation artist and action artist (guest lecturer 1998)
• Andrea Sunder-Plassmann (* 1959), Professor of Video and Temporary Arts (2001–2006)
• Lars Vilks (* 1946), Swedish doctor of art history (1997-2003)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fra to til én Kunstavdeling ved Kunst and designhøgskolen in Bergen. Retrieved April 2, 2014 (Norwegian). 

Web links

• Official website of the Bergen School of Art

Coordinates: 60 ° 23 '27.6 "  N , 5 ° 19' 58.7"  E