Carl Oltvedt works full-time as an artist in a variety of painting and drawing media. He retired from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2015, where he was a Professor in the School of Art. He maintains a studio at the California Building located in NE Minneapolis, MN. His paintings and drawings are included in numerous public, corporate, and private collections, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN, the Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, the Rourke Art Gallery & Museum, Moorhead, MN, and the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND. He has completed commissions for corporations and private collectors, including Cargill Corporation, Securian Corporation, and the Laske family. He was a recipient of Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grants in 2014 and 1991, and a Lake Region Arts Council/McKnight Artist Fellowship in 2002. He exhibits his work at Lowry Hill Gallery in Minneapolis and at the Rourke Art Gallery & Museum in Moorhead, Minnesota.Image Credit: Scott Streble