SUNNIVA HESTENES (B. 1999)
E-MAIL: SUNNIVAHESTENES@HOTMAIL.NO
@sunnivahestenes_
EDUCATION:
2020 – 2023 BFA FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AT HDK - VALAND ACADEMY OF ARTS AND DESIGN, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2018 – 2020 DIPLOMA OSLO PHOTO ART SCHOOL, NORWAY
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:
TBA - “A TEAR FOR SOMEONE UNDESERVING” BOOK RELEASE, HEAVY BOOKS, OSLO, NORWAY
SOLO/ DUO EXHIBITIONS:
2022 - ‘FAR BELOW THE BOTTOM LINE’, DUO EXHIBITION WITH VIGGO MATTSSON, GALLERY MONITOR, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2020 - ‘JEG ER AV DEN TYPEN SOM TRIVES BEST ALENE’ FOTGRAFIENS HUS, OSLO, NORWAY
2020 - ‘SKORPE’, DUO EXHIBITION WITH MAX BAREL, GALLERY CYAN, OSLO, NORWAY
2018 – ‘OTIUM’ GALLERY CYAN, OSLO, NORWAY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 - TOUCHING TRANCENDENCE - ULTRASUPERNEW GALLERY TOKYO, JAPAN
2023 - UNKNOWN FORCES - DETRITI, GROUPSHOW, GIBCA EXTENDED GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2023 - NEJD UPPLAGA 5 - ART MARKET, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2023 - NO LOVE IN MY HOMETOWN - HOS ARNE, OSLO, NORWAY
2023 - A ZINE IS A ZINE IS A ZINE - GALLERY BOX, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2023 - STARING INTO THE SUN UNTIL IT TURNS PURPLE - RÖDA STEN KONSTHALL, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - WORK IN PROGRESS - GALLERY MONITOR & ROTOR 2, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - SALONG CFF - VULKANO GOTHENBURG SWEDEN
2022 - VARSE VOL.1, GROUP EXHIBITION, VULKANO, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - TO WANDER, GROUP EXHIBITION, ÅLGÅRDEN, BORÅS, SWEDEN
2022 - ‘ME, MYSELF AND I’, NW GALLERY, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
2022 - LANDSKRONA PHOTO FESTIVAL, LANDSKRONA, SWEDEN
2022 - ‘ROTTERDAM PHOTO FESTIVAL’, GROUP EXHIBITION, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
2022 - ‘HOW TO USE SPACE TO DESIRE’, GALLERY ROTOR2, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - ‘FEATURE SHOOT EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS SINGLE IMAGE’, CLAMPART GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY, UNITED STATES
2022 - ‘PEP NEW TALENTS 2021’, KOMMUNALE GALERIE BERLIN, BERLIN, GERMANY
2022 - ‘TO HOLD SOMETHING TIGHTLY’, LITTERATURHUSET, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2021 - ‘DURING RESTLESS NIGHTS AND UNCOMFORTABLE DAYS’, VULKANO, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2021 - ‘FRESH EYES’, HAUTE PHOTOGRAPHIE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
2021 - ‘PUBLIEKE WERKEN ROTTERDAM’, PUBLIC GROUP EXHIBITION, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
2021 - ‘RE - ACTION’, DIGITAL EXHIBITION, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2021 - ‘PANDEMIC MEDIA’, DIGITAL EXHIBITION, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2021 - ‘EIN HEMSFÆRE I EIT HÅR’, PALMERA, BERGEN, NORWAY
2021 - ‘UNTITLED’, WINDOW EXHIBITION, OLOF PALMERS PLATS, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2020 - ‘SOUND #5 - STORIES TO BE TOLD’, DIGITAL EXHIBITION, GOTHENBURG ART MUSEUM & HDK-VALAND, SWEDEN
2020 - ‘CYAN FOLIO’, FOTO.NO BARCODE, OSLO, NORWAY
2020 - ‘DIALOGS 2019 CONTEMPORARY CONNECTION’, DIGITAL EXHIBITION, LA SPEZIA, ITALY
2020 - ‘THE BODY’, A60 CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE, MILAN, ITALY
2020 - ‘AVGANGSUTSTILLING’ DIGITAL EXHIBITION OSLO NORWAY
2020 – ‘100PHOTOS’, 20 SQUARE 7, BERLIN, GERMANY
2020 – ‘DONT BANK ON THE PAST’, ELIXIR, SWANSEA, WALES, SITE SPECIFIC EXHIBITION
2019 – ‘ÅRSUTSTILLING’, OSLO PHOTO ART SCHOOL, OSLO, NORWAY
2019 – ‘FOTOGRAFI+ARKITEKTUR’, FACTORY TØYEN, OSLO, NORWAY
2019 – ‘RØYND’, GALLERY CYAN, OSLO, NORWAY
2019 – ‘INNBILLING’, ISOTOP, BERGEN, NORWAY
2017 – ‘Å STUPE PÅ GRUNT VANN’, FOTOGALLERIET, OSLO, NORWAY
AWARDS
2021 – ‘PEP NEW TALENTS’, SELECTED, GERMANY/BELGIUM
2021 – ‘FEATURE SHOOT EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS SINGLE IMAGE’, SELECTED, UNITED STATES
2021 – ‘FRESH EYES TALENT AWARD’, SELECTED, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
2020 – ‘FOTOGRAFIS PORTFOLIOPRIS’, FINALIST, OSLO, NORWAY
2019 – ‘FOTOGRAFIS PORTFOLIOPRIS’, FINALIST, OSLO, NORWAY
2018 – ‘GULLE’, WINNER OF BEST ART PHOTOGRAPHY, OSLO, NORWAY
FESTIVALS
2023 - UNKNOWN FORCES - DETRITI, GIBCA EXTENDED GOTHENBURG BIENALE
2023 - NEJD UPPLAGA 5 - NEJD, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2023 - FIJUK MARKNAD, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - LANDSKRONA PHOTO FESTIVAL, LANDSKRONA, SWEDEN
2022 - ‘ROTTERDAM PHOTO FESTIVAL’, GROUP EXHIBITION, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
2019 – ‘OSLO PHOTOBOOK FESTIVAL’, GALLERY CYAN, OSLO, NORWAY
MAGAZINE FEATURES AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 - ‘STOFF’
2023 – ‘THE ANNIHILATION OF SPACE AND TIME’
2023 – ‘NATT OG DAG’ JUNE/JULY ISSUE
2022 – ‘LUFTSLOTT MAGAZINE’
2022 – ‘YOU, ME AND I - UNCERTAIN STATES ISSUE 16’
2022 – ‘SJÅ MØRKEROMMETS MAGASIN NR. 5 - SUBSTANS’
2022 - ‘ENORM’
2021 - ‘SJÅ MØRKEROMMETS MAGASIN NR. 4 - KONTAKT’
2021 - ‘DER GRIEF - YES TO ALL’
2021 - ‘FRESH EYES TALENT AWARDS’
2020 – ‘SJÅ MØRKEROMMETS MAGASIN NR. 3 - SANSER’
2020 - ‘ALTSÅ UTGAVE 6’
2020 - ‘KARANZINE #8’
2020 - ‘MAGASINET FOTOGRAFI NUMMER 6’
2020 – ‘JUST MY CUP OF TEA MAGAZINE - AUTUMN LEAVES’
2020 – ‘SJÅ MØRKEROMMETS MAGASIN NR. 2 - ROM’
2020 – ‘SJÅ MØRKEROMMETS MAGASIN NR. 1 - MAT’
2019 – ‘MAGASINET FOTOGRAFI NUMMER 6’
2016 – ‘MIN FAR HISTORIER OM MANGFOLD OG FEDRE’ REFORM
ONLINE FEATURE
2023 - NATT OG DAG
2023 - UGOTPHOTOGRAPHY
2022 - ATLA
2022 - ZERO FEEDBACK
2021 - DER GREIF
2021 - DISGARDED MAG
2020 - OFKS BLOGG
2020 - BLODFERSK
2020 - FOTOGRAFI
2020 - OFKS BLOGG
2019 - TRAFO
2019 - DIALOGS2019 CONTEMPORARY CONNECTION
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2023 - GUIDED TOUR, RÖDA STEN KONSTHALL, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2023 - PANEL DISCUSSION ON PHOTOGRAPHY, DUNKERS KULTURHUS, HELSINGBORG, SWEDEN
2021 - ARTIST INTERVIEW, OSLO PHOTOBOOK FESTIVAL, GALLERY CYAN, OSLO, NORWAY
2019 - ARTIST INTERVIEW, INGENSTEDS, OSLO, NORWAY
TEACHING
2021 - “SE MIN SELFIE”, SELF PORTRAIT WORKSHOP, UNG NORDIC LIGHT
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2022 - STARING INTO THE SUN UNTIL IT TURNS PURPLE - RÖDA STEN KONSTHALL, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - WORK IN PROGRESS - GALLERY MONITOR & ROTOR 2, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - ‘HOW TO USE SPACE TO DESIRE’, GALLERY ROTOR2, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2022 - ‘TO HOLD SOMETHING TIGHTLY’, LITTERATURHUSET, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2021 - ‘DURING RESTLESS NIGHTS AND UNCOMFORTABLE DAYS’, VULKANO, GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
ASSISTING EXPERIENCE
2020 - DUY NGUYEN "SASSY 009” EDITORIAL STORY FOR NOTION
2020 - ABI QADAR MUSIC VIDEO FOR SID HART “AWAKEN”
2019 - DUY NGUYEN “DNA” EDITORIAL STORY FOR KALBLUT MAGAZINE
2019 - DUY NGUYEN “LUCID DREAMS” EDITORIAL STORY FOR PAP MAGAZINE
OTHER
2023 - ARTICLE “A GUIDE TO MY FELLOW ART STUDENTS: HOW TO FIND INSPIRATION IN A TIME OF CRISIS” PUBLISHED AT UGOTPHOTOGRAPY.SE
2023 - MEMBER OF BILDVERKSTAN
2023 - PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVIST FOR HASSELBLAD CENTER
2023 - “BAD LUCK BABY” SELFPUBLISHED ZINE
2022 - MEMBER OF CFF
2022 - SHOT SINGLE COVER FOR SID HART “BOYS IN LOVE”
2022 - SHOT SINGLE COVER FOR TILLA WONDER “EXPENSIVE METALS”
2022 - SHOT B-ROLL FOR SID HART MUSIC VIDEO REEL “IKKE MIN”
2022 - TRAVEL GRANT ADLERBERTSKA STIFTELSEN
2022 - PROJECT GRANT TRAFO
2022 - WORKS DONATED TO KONSTAMBULANS / HUG
2021 - PARTICIPATED IN ARTIST BOOK “SYMBIOS” BY NADJA BRECEVIC
2021 - “JEG ER AV DEN TYPEN SOM TRIVES BEST ALENE” ARTIST BOOK IN PREUS MUSEUM COLLECTION
2021 - “JEG ER AV DEN TYPEN SOM TRIVES BEST ALENE” SELFPUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHIC BOOK
2020 - SHOT SINGLE COVER FOR SID HART “SUNDANCE”
2020 - REPRESENTED BY IKONO STORE
2020 - PROJECT GRANT TRAFO
2019 - “SOCHA” SELFPUBLISHED ZINE
WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS