He was born in
Lesjaskog in
Oppland, Norway. Enstad first studied architecture at the
Norwegian Institute of Technology in
Trondheim. Enstad attended the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) from 1967 to 1969 and the
Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (
Statens kunstakademi) under
Per Palle Storm in 1969–1972. He debuted at the
Autumn Exhibition (
Høstutstillingen) in Oslo during 1970 and held a separate exhibition in the Artists' Association in 1973. He was awarded the Statens reisestipend in 1976 and Oslo bys stipend in 1977. Among his works are
Stegosaurus from 1979 (later destroyed),
4 vogger from 1989, located at the
Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art, and
Neve og rose from 1991 at
Lilletorget,
Oslo. Ola Enstad received the Ingeborg og Per Palle Storms ærespris in 1999. ==References==