. My practice explores the understanding of nature, and the connection between humans and nonhuman entities. I have in recent years devoted my practice to specific fields that if looked upon as a collective overview, could label me as an environmentalist. With my works I aim to explore underlying concerns that challenge our understanding of our place in the ‘natural world’. I have
. My practice explores the understanding of nature, and the connection between humans and nonhuman entities. I have in recent years devoted my practice to specific fields that if looked upon as a collective overview, could label me as an environmentalist. With my works I aim to explore underlying concerns that challenge our understanding of our place in the ‘natural world’. I have become increasingly concerned with the changes of our planet due to a socio-political, economic and specifically anthropocentric standpoint. Recent inspiration on my practice has come from the theoretical contemporary redefining of such terms as Nature, Landscape, Environmentalism and Ecology. I have decided in recent years to engage my professional career towards developing works which form questions of social norms, common knowledge and unknowns with a focus on our connection/disconnection to, or our being a part of a much larger ecosystem. I seek out connections or parallels between human society and non-human species and create art works that highlight these links, differences, or separations. My research is a tentative balance between varying disciplines, from contemporary politics, sciences, ecology, philosophy and contemporary theoretical theory. I often use humour as a tool which adds an element of openness to my work, my aim is that my art works are accessible to all, easily read but layered with underlying questions and queries. My practice to date has incorporated many mediums, my background is based in photography and video however my practice has diversified to focus on a more conceptual approach to artistic medium. As such Artworks I have created in recent times are not medium specific and instead the mediums used are dependent on the subject matter/s addressed. I have recently made works of installation, performance and works utilising new digital technologies of 3d scanning, printing and virtual reality.
EDUCATION
2016 -18 MFA, Art and Public Space, Kunsthøgskolen I Oslo
2009-11 MA Contemporary Dialogues, Swansea Metropolitan University
2005-08 BA(hons), Photographic Art, University of Wales, Newport
2004-05 Foundation/National Diploma Art and Design, Swansea Institute
CURATED EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
September 2016, 4 Under 30, work of four young artists, Halden Kunstforrening, Halden, Norge
September 2015, I Want To Sing My Song, work by Kjell Cahmina, Wenda, Halden, Norway
June 2015, I Wish You Could Be Here To See Me Now, work by Inger Birgitte Richenberg, Wenda, Halden, Norway
May/June 2013, Heimer, Group Exhibition of four young female photographic artists from Norway ,The Cove, Swansea
June 2010, Journey and Memory, Exhibition/Event, Curator Group Exhibition, Three Cliffs Gallery, Swansea
December 2009, The Gower arts: Winter, Curator Group Exhibition, Three Cliffs Gallery, Swansea
September 2009, The Gower Arts: Young Contemporaries, Curator Group Exhibition, Monkey bar/gallery, Swansea
June 2009, The Gower arts: Spring festival, Curator Group Exhibition, Three Cliffs Gallery, Swansea
August 2008, The ?Paradise' Project, Curator Group Exhibition, Elysium Gallery, Swansea
FUNDING / AWARDS
August 2018, Kulturrådet, diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere, Norway
June 2018, FKDS (Fondet for kunst og design studenter) Stipend, Norway
March 2016, Halden Kommune Kulturmidler Grant, Norway
May 2015 Kulturrådet Prosjektstøtte visuell kunst Grant, Norway
March 2014, Halden Kommune Kulturmidler Grant, Norway
August 2013, Arts Council Wales, Small Project Grant
April 2013, Arts Council Wales, Research and Development Grant.
March 2012, Arts Council Wales, Small Project Grant
RESIDENCIES
April 2020 – June 2020 (dates TBC) P1 Residency with Tenthaus, Halden
April 2019 – April 2020, Self-initiated research residency, Entomology Dept, NMBU
May 2015 - Jan 2016, Curatorial Residency, Galleri Wenda, Halden
February 2014, Mini Residency, Valand Accademy, Göteborg
March 2012, Artist in Residence, Super Saurus Art space, Swansea
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2011 - 2019
June 2019, Sommer Utstilling, Østfold Kunstsenter, Fredrikstad
May 2019, I Don’t Want to Be an Ant, Video screening, SALT, Oslo
May/June 2018, Traust, KHiO, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo
February 2018, Can’t See the Woods for the Trees, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo
March 2017, Moan, group exhibition, KHiO, Oslo
March 2017, Hvem er redd for denne stor stygge, Video Screening, Kunstnerens Hus, Oslo
June 2014, Catherine’s tømmer Halden’s hjerte, Performance and public arts display, Tista river, Halden
May 2014, A Landscape of My Own Never Did Exist, Solo Exhibition, Galleri Wenda, Halden
February 2014, Bild Bild, group exhibition, Rotor och Rotor2, Valand Accademy, Göteborg
September 2013, The Crossing Place of Road & River, Oriel Davies Gallery, Powys, Wales
January 2013, A Beautiful World, The Photographic Angle, London and various locations across UK (Touring Exhibition)
November 2012, 100 years of photography at Newport, Group Show, Newport, Wales
September 2012, World Event Young Artists, Group Show/Arts Festival, Nottingham
July 2012, Being2, Group Exhibition, Queens Arcade, Cardiff
March 2012, The Script of the Stone and the Tongue of the Wave, Super Saurus Art space, Swansea,
September 2011, Tweeter, Solo Exhibition, The ... Space, Mission Gallery, Swansea
May 2011, Masters Exhibition, MA contemporary Dialogues, Swansea Metropolitan University, Swansea
May 2011, Direct Action, Group Show, on•for•at video, institut fu¨r alles mögliche, Berlin
April 2011, The Birds in my Garden, Solo Exhibition, Old Motorcycle showroom, Bristol
