Bio
Nina Strand is an artist and the founder of Objektiv Press. Working across image and text, she uses the book as her primary exhibition space. She holds a BA in project management and an MA in creative writing.
Strand’s work is held in the collections of the National Museum of Norway, the Norwegian National Museum of Photography, Kunst på Arbeidsplassen, and public libraries and institutions in Norway, as well as in private collections. Her publications include The Notes Series (Notes Press), Dr. Strand (Journal) and Current Condition (Journal), alongside numerous zines, posters and photo-text works.
She is a regular contributor of essays on photography to Norwegian and international publications and has curated and co-curated exhibitions for festivals internationally, including Les Rencontres d’Arles and f/stop Leipzig. Strand is the recipient of multiple awards and currently holds a work grant from Arts Council Norway. She lives and works between Norway and France.
Dr Strand, Journal, 2015.
Publications
2025
Notes on Paname, Notes Press
Double: Carol Newhouse & Carmen Winant, Objektiv Press
Notes on Presence, Notes Press
2023
Studio Situations, self-published
Søsterskap, Objektiv Press
Current Condition, Journal
2021
Visual Wanderings, Objektiv Press
2020
Perpetual Photographs, Objektiv Press
STAFETT III, Objektiv Press
2019
STAFETT II, Objektiv Press
Residency (working title), self-published
2017
STAFETT, launch and exhibition, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2016
Arbeid, fanzine, self-published
Age vs Beauty, fanzine, self-published
Kunstnerlønn, fanzine, self-published
2015
Dr. Strand, photobook, Journal
(Kvinnelig) Kunstner, fanzine, self-published
SOLO, fanzine, self-published
New View, fanzine, self-published
2014
Trollet som ikke ville være troll, children’s fanzine, self-published
Backstage, fanzine, self-published 2013
Det Fiktive Forhold, fanzine, self-published
2010
Nykter, documentary novel, Akademisk Publisering
Objektiv #1 (2 issues per year, final issue 2019)
2008
Hvordan synes du selv det går?, photobook, Journal
2006
Militær, Scandinavian art fanzine (2 issues per year, final issue 2009)
2004
Gutta på Gølvet, short prose, Cappelen
Zines on being an artist, self-published, 2013-2016.
Exhibitions
2025
Notes on Presence, Au Passage, Paris
2023
Second Spring, Cometa, Paris
Index, Fotobokfestival Oslo, former Munch Museum
2018
Thumbing the Library, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2016
Dr Strand, Oslo S
2015
Dr Strand, TM51 Gallery
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus
2013
Fiktioner, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen
2012
Jeg husker dig og M.A.N, In The Gallery, Copenhagen
2011
Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
2008
In my blue blue blue jeans, Kontorprojects, Copenhagen
2007
Grethes børnebørn, Rumkammerat, Copenhagen
Sange fra Kælderen, Galleri Projekt, Copenhagen
Hvordan synes du selv det går, Galleri Projekt, Copenhagen
2006
I skumringen, Galleri Larm, Copenhagen
Double Carol Newhouse & Carmen Winant, Les Rencontres d’Arles, 2025.