He also studied the work of the old masters and, as a young man, painted in the studio of Odd Nerdrum.
Jonny Andvik had his first soloshow in 1987 and has since then exhibited his work in Europe and USA - London, Seattle, Stockholm, Gothenburg,
Munich and
Oslo to name a few places. He has also participated in group shows with
the Nerdrum school - at the Steen Gallery (Oslo), both at the
Kitsch-annuale and at the Kitsch Biennale, at the 'Kitsch 2004' show at
the Telemark Museum, the Porsgrund Gallery and at the Kitschkatakomben -
Haugar Artmuseum in 2002 among several other shows. A respected
educator, Andvik has taught over 700 students in his School of Painting
in Telemark. He have workshops in landscape and figurepainting. His work
is in public and private collections.