Inger Johanne Grytting Norwegian-American, b. 1949

Born in the town of Svolvær, Lofoten Islands in northern Norway, Inger Johanne Grytting began painting in oil at 15 years old.

Her formative years in Scandinavia provided a focused approach in her future mark-making art work with influence from the Nordic abstract presence of light.

In 1972, Grytting moved to the Bowery in New York City, where she studied art at City College of New York. She was guided by her friend and mentor Jan Groth (1938-2022) who introduced her to the New York art scene. Grytting met many American artists among her circle of friends whom she credits as her greatest teachers, including Alfred Leslie, Albert Maysles, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Tod Papageorge, Mariana Cook, Helen Wilson, and Chaim Gross. Shortly thereafter, Chaim Gross brought her to The New School as an assistant and later she taught Gross’ art class.

In addition to her art practice, Grytting was the art director of Fiction Magazine for over forty years, where she connected international writers and visual artists.

Inger Johanne Grytting’s artwork is exhibited internationally and collected by museums and private collections. Selected museum exhibitions include The Vigeland Museum (Oslo, Norway), and Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum (Tromsø, Norway). Her artworks are in the collection of The National Museum of Art (Oslo, Norway), Stavanger Kunstmuseum (Stavanger, Norway), Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum (Tromsø, Norway), KODE (Bergen, Norway), and others.

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Inger Johanne Grytting is exclusively represented by Westwood Gallery NYC.