Former KHiB-student in Fine Art awarded Hasselblad Scholarship
Former Master student in Fine Art, Tonje Bøe Birkeland, has been awarded the Hasselblad Foundation's Victor Fellowship Scholarship of 2012. She is currently part of the "New Nordic Photography 2012" exhibition at Hasselbland Center in Gothenburg.
Image (top): Tonje Bøe Birkeland's works on display at Bergen Kunsthall during the Master Degree Show in Fine Art at Bergen Kunsthall during April of 2012. Photo: Peter Klasson
Tonje Bøe Birkeland recently graduated from KHiB with a Master in Fine Art in April 2012. Her master project was titled "Letters From Mongolia". The winner of the Victor Fellowship in the Master group will be offered a six-month residency program at ISCP in Brooklyn, New York, travel and expenses included.
Bøe Birkeland is very happy and pleased with being one of the scholarship winners.
- It is a great opportunity to develop my own projects and build an international network through contacts and discussions with other artists, says Birkeland. She leaves for USA after the summer hollidays.
About the Exhibition
The New Nordic Photography Exhibition is on display from 8 June to
19 August 2012 at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg, and
it presents a multifaceted picture over the field of
contemporary photography in the Nordic region. Selection of the
participating artists was based on their works: they portray
existential questions about humankind in the universe, Europe's
altered geopolitical landscape, staged personal stories and
reflections on the theory and history of photography. The project
covers various photographic disciplines and together they draw an
image of the topics that occupy today's young photographers.
The exhibition is curated by Dragana Vujanovic.
Participants
Lars Dyrendom (DK)
Kirsi Maarit Mustonen (FI)
Gabriella Jonsson (S)
Hanna Jagare (S)
Linda Maria Varoma (FI)
Filippo Zambon (FI/IT)
Mikko Sinervo (FI)
Alen Aligrudic (DK/YU)
Thomas Bergh (S)
Tonje Bøe Birkeland (N)
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