Bio

I work as a photographer, writer and as the founding editor of Objektiv Press. I hold a BA in project management and a MA in creative writing. I work with image and text and use the book as my gallery. I am currently working on a new photo text project with the working title Notes on Presence. I’m a regular contributor with essays on photography for several Norwegian and international publications such as Kunstavisen and Camera Austria. I hold a work grant from the Art Council in Norway. My books and works are in the collections of the National Museum of Norway, the Norwegian National Museum of Photography, Kunst på Arbeidsplassen, The new Deichman main library as well as Deichman Tøyen, the Municipality of Fredrikstad, as well as in many private collections.

2025: Launch of the first issue from The Notes Series. This is an ongoing project exploring Generation X. The inaugural fanzine, Notes on Presence, delves into society’s—and our own—perceptions of women of a certain age, inspired by a debate on the market value of people that I participated in a few years ago. In Notes on Presence, the protagonist observes, meets, and photographs a variety of people to explore how society—and we as individuals—view aging women. The text is accompanied by portraits of queen statues, Les Reines de France et Femmes illustres, located in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. According to a French couple I met in the garden, the statues form a small matriarchy within an otherwise patriarchal city.

2024: Exhibition at Kunst på Arbeidsplassen featuring a photo novel from my book Studio Situations. This photo novel was also displayed at Fotogalleriet as part of Forbundet Frie Fotografer’s exhibition later the same year.

I was in the jury for the DummyAward at The Photobook Museum, Cologne, Germany.  I also participated in Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair with the Objektiv essay series, as well as at A Bigger Book Fair, Peckham24 in London, and later at Polycopies.

A two-month residency at Cité Internationale des Arts inspired ten texts about Paris and the Olympics, which can be found under Notes here on this site.

2023: I launched my photo novel Current Condition at Delpire & Co in Paris on March 8, I also launched the book at Tronsmo on March 19 with a conversation featuring Vanessa Baird and Mette Hellenes.

I co-curated and was responsible for the production of the exhibition Søsterskap for Les Rencontres d'Arles. Additionally, I wrote a long essay for the accompanying Objektiv publication with the same title. A two-month residency at Cité Internationale des Arts allowed me to work on the exhibition. I was also a jury member for Prix de Livre in Arles, and also opened the Paris bureau for Objektiv Press in collaboration with Les Arches.

At the Fotobokfestival Oslo, in August 2023, I exhibited three of my books published with Journal. In the fall, I launched Studio Situations, a collection of my zines created between 2013 and 2019 on the theme of being an artist. During Paris Photo in November, I exhibited my project Second Spring at Cometa in Paris.

2022: I made a pop-up of Objektiv Editions: Books, Prints & Videotapes in Paris. Over three weeks in April, May, and June, I presented our books, prints, and a film by Helene Sommer to a Parisian audience. During the second week, I hosted a small exhibition of Ola Rindal’s work, as well as a conversation with Lillian Davies about art criticism. In the final week of June, we launched the early Paris edition of Why Must the Mounted Messenger Be Mounted? by Lucas Blalock. I also had a two-month residency at Cité Internationale des Arts in Montmartre.

Additionally, I was a jury member for  Stipendien der Krupp-Stiftung, Museum Folkwang and wrote a long essay on a #MeToo case in Norway, published in Norwegian by FETT magazine. The original English version can be found under Notes here on this site.

2021: I co-curated TRUST for f/stop Leipzig with Susan Bright, a star in the field. We developed both the online and on-site programs and had ultimate responsibility for the festival’s concept, content, and form. For the June show at the Leipzig Spinnerei, we invited seven artists: Hoda Afshar, Viktoria Binschtok, Ingrid Eggen, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Laure Prouvost, Carmen Winant, and Guanyu Xu. Winant also created work that was displayed on advertising posters throughout the city.

In the fall, I collaborated with Kunstnernes Hus on the pop-up: Objektiv Editions: Books, Prints & Videotapes, a space adjacent to their cinema. Here, I presented our prints and essay series, and launched Visual Wanderings (Objektiv #23). I also showcased selected books, films, and hosted conversations with various artists. Additionally, I invited writers to contribute to the manifesto A Criticism Review (Objektiv #25), which was also launched during this pop-up.

In 2021 I also initiated a debate about the language used to describe older women in the context of dating. I responded to an interview with two well-known therapists who referred to the ‘market value’ of people when discussing dating dynamics, particularly in relation to women as they age. My response sparked a lengthy debate, which I continued with one therapist on a radio show and the other on a debate show. This dialogue eventually inspired the concept for my upcoming book project, Notes on Presence.

2020: Together with Anna Planas, Pierre Hourquet, and Fotogalleriet Oslo, I co-curated Le Book Club, an exhibition of photo books in five chapters. I was also the moderator for a panel on venues for photography at PHOTOLA, where I invited Phil Chang, Travis Diehl, and Duncan Forbes, all of whom were excellent contributors.

I wrote the essay Perpetual Photographs, which became the first in the Objektiv essay series. The launch was online, accompanied by a conversation with Lucas Blalock. In April of this year, I also initiated the online series Visual Wanderings for Objektiv, for which photographers from all over the world created art that responds to our new situation. I also put together the third edition of STAFETT.

2019: I created and self-published the photo-text book titled Residency (working title), the final installment in a series on being an artist. This book was launched at Fotogalleriet.

I put together the second edition of STAFETT this year, which was launched at Kunstnernes Hus. Additionally, I served as a juror for the Camera Austria Award Photography Prize in Graz and the Aperture PhotoBooks Awards at Paris Photo.

2018: I was invited to curate the exhibition Thumbing the Library at Fotogalleriet Oslo and also completed a commission for Fredrikstad municipality this year. I served on the expert panel for the Photobook Reset seminar at C/O Berlin and was a fellow at the MFA in Image Text Ithaca.

2017: I co-curated Subjektiv, an international group exhibition at Malmö Konsthall, which was later shown at Kunstnernes Hus later that same year. I was also a recipient of the Art Critic grant from Fritt Ord.

On May 1, 2016, Tomas Lagermand Lundme and I revived Militær from 2006 and invited a group of artists to participate in a year-long email relay, culminating in an exhibition and the publication STAFETT at Fotogalleriet.

2016: I continued producing zines on the theme of being an artist, launching Age vs Beauty and Kunstnerlønn at Galleri Riis. Later that same year, I released the zine Arbeid at Kunstnernes Hus. I also exhibited my largest print to date in the exhibition Dr. Strand at Oslo Central Station.

Additionally, I began a six-month artist residency at Cité des Arts in Paris, where I ended up staying for two years.

2015: I published my photo-textbook Dr. Strand (Journal), which received diplomas in all Scandinavian countries and was shortlisted for Photo España's Best Photobook Prize and Prix du Livre, Arles. The book received many reviews, from Tomas Espedal in Klassekampen among others. and gained considerable attention, including mentions in Fotografisk Tidskrift, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Aftenposten and later Verk. The book was launched alongside an exhibition at TM51's window gallery, close to Oslo city hall where my late mother once held a great speech.

Three of the zines from my series on being an artist were featured in the Autumn Exhibition. For the opening, I created a special edition, New View, which included a critique of the government's art policy at the time. I also participated in the Våbenhvile exhibition at Overgaden in Denmark, where I launched the zine Kvinnelig Kunstner as part of my series on being an artist, it was mentioned in my favorite Danish newspaper, Politiken.

For the eleventh issue of Objektiv, I collaborated with Mats Stjernstedt and Ida Kierulf on the exhibition for the late Tom Sandberg at Kunstnernes Hus. This issue also had a launch at Printed Matter's Book Fair in New York.

2014: I continued working on the zines alongside my work with Objektiv. I had a great launch at Tronsmo, featuring SOLO and Backstage, along with a children’s zine, Trollet som ikke ville være troll, created in collaboration with my spectacular daughter.

I was also pretty happy to be interviewed for the På Nattbordet column in DN.

2013: From 2013 to 2019, I self-published a series of zines about being an artist, with the aim of highlighting aspects of artists' conditions. The zine is important to me as a political pamphlet. The first, Det Fiktive Forhold, was launched at the group show Fictions at Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen.

Additionally, that same year, I served as a jury member for the Nordic Dummy Awards.

2012: I exhibited photo novels in the shows I Remember You and M.A.N., both presented at In The Gallery, Copenhagen. I was also a jury member for the Swedish Photobook Award and organized a seminar on Nordic photography in collaboration with a Finnish and a Danish editor.

2011: My works were flown to China to be part of the exhibition at the Pingyao International Photography Festival. I also presented my work with Objektiv at a Baltic seminar on magazine production.

2010: Nykter, a documentary novel I wrote for the Norwegian Tyrilistiftelsen, was launched. The book is based on interviews with former residents and staff and also includes my photographs. The book was published in connection with the foundation's 30th anniversary.

2009: I founded Objektiv and invited a group of brilliant people to join. It started as a bi-annual magazine on photography and film with Lucas Blalock, Ida Kierulf, Brian Sholis and Susanne Østby Sæther on the editorial board. The first issue launched in April, 2010. Since 2020, Objektiv Press have been publishing essays on camera-based art, as well as the Afterimage series on the web journal.

2008: My first photobook with Journal: So, How Do You Think You're Doing? / Hvordan synes du selv det går? was launched at the Gothenburg Book Fair. It was reviewed in FOAM magazine and featured on a Norwegian radio show, among other notable events surrounding its release.

I was also part of the group show In My Blue Blue Blue Jeans at Kontorprojects, Copenhagen.

2007: A busy year, with participations in the group shows Grethe’s Grandchildren, Copenhagen; Songs from the Basement, Galleri Projekt, Copenhagen; and my first solo show, How Do You Think You're Doing?, at Galleri Projekt. I made many stories for different Norwegian newspapers while living in Copenhagen, notably Søppelarkeologene for A-Magasinet and Running Dinner for VG. I also began as a regular essayist (on photography) for Ideer in Dagbladet.

2006: From 2006 to 2009, I co-produced the photocopied fanzine Militær (Military), with the intention of creating a common platform for Scandinavian photographers and exploring whether there are any common tendencies in the visual imagery of the three countries, which share almost the same verbal language. I was also part of the group show In the Twilight at Gallery Larm, Copenhagen, and photographed a Henrik Vibskov show for Politiken.

2004: I published my first book of short prose, Gutta på Gølvet, at Cappelen. It tells the story of a woman doing her best as the guys on the floor do their best to make sure she stays focused.

I was also image editor and part of the group that transitioned Kvinnejournalen into the magazine FETT, which still exists today. I then moved to Copenhagen to attend a one-year photography course at Fatamorgana. I stayed in Denmark for another four years, working as a freelance writer and photographer, and collaborating with the Danish artist Tomas Lagermand Lundme. Having lived in Denmark for a total of ten years, back and forth since I was 13, I consider both Denmark and Norway my own.

2000-2006: I developed the photo novels Snart Tenåring for Samtiden, Sweet Fifteen for Morgenbladet, Adios for Vinduet, and various photo stories for the magazine Kraftsentrum. I worked as a photographer at Klassekampen.

Before this, I had my own column in the magazine HENNE for two years and co-founded the company Medieoperatørene with a great group of friends. I’m happy that this company still lives on today.