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