Arnor G. Bieltvedt grew up in Iceland. After graduating from high school he moved to Germany. He lived in Munich and Augsburg for three years and received his Vordiplom in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Augsburg. Arnor was eager to experience new cultures and moved to the United States to continue his studies. He attended Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI, where he received a B.S. degree in Marketing and a M.S. degree in Managerial Technology. 

  
But allthough he had begun a career in the field of Economics, he decided to devote his life to art. With great joy and enthusiasm he started his studies over again, gaining a B.F.A. in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI and a M.F.A. in Painting from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. After completing his Art studies, Arnor spent seven years as Art Department Head and Art Instructor at Logos School in St. Louis, MO followed by five years as Art Department Head, Art Instructor and Gallery Director at North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka, IL. After returning to Germany in the Summer of 2006 and living there for 10 months, Arnor moved back to the USA. He accepted the position of Visual Arts Department Chair and Art Teacher at Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California. Since moving to Pasadena, Arnor has joined the Gardens Art Guild at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. These worldfamous gardens will serve as new inspiration for Arnor's expressionistic floral-landscapes. In 2007 Galerie Beeldkracht has become his main respresentative for Europe, especially for The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.
 
 
In the last decade Arnor's artwork has been shown extensively in the US and Europe. He has enjoyed representation by many reputable galleries around the world. Arnor Bieltvedt has had a lot of succes and his paintings, drawings and prints reside in private and public collections in the USA, Europe and Asia. Its a great honour for him that Vigdis Finnbogadottir, former President of Iceland, has become a collector of his work in 2007 as well. His paintings were allready in the collections of former foreign Minister of Iceland, Jon Baldvin Hannibalsson, the ambassadors of Iceland in Finland, Austria, China, England, Belgium, the United States and Japan, as well as in the collection of The Reykjavik Museum, Iceland, the collection of former Starbucks C.E.O. Orin Smith in Seattle, Washington, and in the collection of The University of Augsburg, Germany.
 
   

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, M.F.A. Painting

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, B.F.A. Painting

In voorbereiding/Upcoming:

Open Art Fair, Art Fair for Contemporary Art, 
presented by Galerie Beeldkracht, Jaarbeurs Utrecht, The Netherlands

Galerie Beeldkracht, Jubileum II, Scheemda, The Netherlands

Art Copenhagen, Artfair for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

Marziart International Gallery, October Exhibition, Hamburg, Germany