Annelise Josefsen 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, serving as chair of the board for several periods.
Biography
Annelise Josefsen was born October 2, 1949, in Hammerfest. She grew up in Sæterfjord, Kvalsund municipality, 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. 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 February 5, 2017, the SDS opened the art exhibitionÁIGEMÁTKI in Kraftbyen, Trondheim, 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, war memorial at Tana church on Rustefjelbma in Tana municipality
2013: Støttetroppen,, sculpture group in Iddefjord granite, the outdoor area in Setermoen camp
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
1993: Uten tittel, sculpture in stone from Lødingen, at the university square in Tromsø
