Øyvind Torseter is a Norwegian artist

Artist

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, illustrator

Illustrator

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, comic book

Comics

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 artist and author

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He has qualifications in illustration from Merkantilt Institutt in Oslo

Oslo

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 (1991-1992), Skolen for Grafisk Design in Oslo (1992-1994) and Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone

Maidstone

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 (1995-1998). He has illustrated many picture book

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s, including the prize winning Klikk from (2004) with his own text.

Torseter works with both traditional and digital picture techniques. He also experiments with graphic effects and three-dimensional paper clips. The pictures in his books can be illustration

Illustration

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s to the text, but also play

Play (activity)

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 and experiment with free drawing

Drawing

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s which contain details and stories with opportunities for exploration. Torseter is considered by many to be one of Norway's foremost young illustrators and artists.

Øyvind Torseter lives and works in Oslo.

Literary and other prizes

• Kultur- og kirkedepartementets illustrasjonspris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur 1999, for Pode (author Tor Arve Røssland)
• Sproingprisen (Beste nykommer)
  Sproing Award
  The Sproing Award is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum , an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the Best Norwegian Strips, a comic strip or comic book by a Norwegian, and Best Translated Strips, an international comic...
  
   2004, for Samlivstrøbbel og sirkus (together with Bjørn Sortland)
• Kultur- og kirkedepartementets billedbokpris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur 2004, for Klikk
• Bologna Ragazzi Award 2008, for Avstikkere
• Kultur- og kirkedepartementets illustrasjonspris for barne- og ungdomslitteratur 2007, for Klar ferdig gå! (authors Beate Grimsrud and Inger Alfvén)
• Kirke- og undervisningsdepartementets billedbokpris 2008, for Eg kan ikkje sove no (together with Stein Erik Lunde)