{"id":3321,"name":"","email":null,"language_id":1,"permalink":"tonje-boe-birkeland","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":null,"url_1":"http://www.tonjebirkeland.com","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1985-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":null,"firstname":"Tonje Bøe","lastname":"Birkeland","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Tonje Bøe Birkeland","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"Birkeland, Tonje Bøe","stream_count_app":3,"gender":"female","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/478/large/01_Plate_06_Gobi_1931.jpg?1535217644","poster_credits":null,"media_count":1,"items_count":1,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.tonjebirkeland.com\"\u003eTonje B\u0026oslash;e Birkeland\u003c/a\u003e received an MFA from Bergen Academy of Art \u0026amp; Design. Through her long-term project \u003cem\u003eThe Characters\u003c/em\u003e she gives women a position within landscape while exploring the authenticity of history. On expeditions, female explorers are staged in Unknown Territory. While the romantic motives of the male wanderer have been well-documented, in Birkeland\u0026rsquo;s project, the characters are female.\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003eWith\u003cem\u003e The Characters\u003c/em\u003e, Birkeland has been awarded \u003cem\u003eThe Victor Fellowship\u003c/em\u003e by the Hasselblad Foundation (2012), silver in the Norwegian book design contest \u003cem\u003e\u0026Aring;rets Vakreste B\u0026oslash;ker\u003c/em\u003e (2017), and presented in the \u003cem\u003eNorwegian Journal of Photography\u003c/em\u003e, Fritt Ord, Oslo (2017) and \u003cem\u003eGirl on Girl \u0026ndash; Art \u0026amp; Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze\u003c/em\u003e, by Charlotte Jansen, Laurence King Publishing, London (2017).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSelected exhibitions include: \u003cem\u003eFor a gentle song would not shake us if we had never heard a loud one\u003c/em\u003e, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (2016) / Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen (2018), \u003cem\u003e#ME\u003c/em\u003e, Preus Museum, Horten (2016), \u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eInner \u0026amp; Outer Landscapes\u003c/em\u003e, Centrum f\u0026ouml;r Fotografi, Stockholm (2015) / Bergen Kj\u0026oslash;tt, Bergen (2015) / Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen (2014), \u003cem\u003eCharacter # IV Anna Aurora Astrup\u003c/em\u003e, Fotogalleriet Format, Malm\u0026ouml; (2015) / Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (2015), \u003cem\u003eDarkness \u0026amp; Light\u003c/em\u003e, Scandinavian House, New York (2014), \u003cem\u003eCharacter # III Luelle Magdalon Lumi\u0026egrave;re\u003c/em\u003e, NOoSPHERE, New York (2014), \u003cem\u003eTyper og Arketyper\u003c/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTypes \u0026amp; Archetypes)\u003c/em\u003e featuring Cindy Sherman, Vibeke Tandberg, Cajsa von Zeipel and Tonje B\u0026oslash;e Birkeland, Galleri F15, Moss (2013), \u003cem\u003eNew Nordic Photography\u003c/em\u003e, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (2012) and \u003cem\u003eOpen Studios\u003c/em\u003e, ISCP, NYC (2012).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"NO","place":"Bergen","category":{"en":"Lives in","nl":"Leeft in","fr":"Vit à"}}]}