Bárður Jákupsson, b. Dec. 23th in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. Black-and-white artist and painter. Ed: Teachers college and The Royal Danish Academy of art. High school teacher 1972-78. Information service at the Faroese Historical Museum 1974-89. Curator for the Exhibition-Hall Listaskálin in Tórshavn 1978-89. Director for the Faroese Art Gallery 1989-2003. Since then full-time pictoral artist.