TRUDE UGELSTAD

Trude Gomnæs Ugelstad is the director of the Queen Sonja Print Award and the Queen Sonja Art Foundation. Over the last 20 years she has held senior management roles at several national arts institutions in Norway. She has initiated and produced visual art and design projects in close collaboration with embassies in New York, Paris, Milan, London and Stockholm. She is working closely with the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and the Arts Council in Norway as chair for State Artist Grants. Ugelstad is the chair of the board of the Office for Contemporary Art Norway and has served on the international and European board of the World Crafts Council for six years.