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Name
Anne Gjelstad
Role
Photographer
Anne Helene Gjelstad (9 May 1956 in Oslo) is a Norwegian photographer and fashion designer. As a photographer, she mainly works with portraits, fashion and documentary, but also with interiors, products and lifestyle.
Gjelstad is educated from Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1982. She then had her own fashion studio for design and production of exclusive models. For 5½ years, she also had her own knitting production in Estonia for the Norwegian and international market.
In 2009, she completed at two-years course in digital photography at Bilder Nordic School of Photography. She has also participated in workshops with Morten Krogvold, Mary Ellen Mark, Joyce Tenneson and William Ropp.
In 2009, she worked at Mary Ellen Mark Studio in New York City for a period of time.
Exhibition
Collective Exhibitions
Stå ikkje dær å frys on Det norske teatret, Oslo, December 2008
På en tråd in Sandvika, Bærum, August 2009
Fotografiets dag on Preus Photo Museum, August 2009
Zoom Norway in Ljubljana, Slovenia 2010
Oaxaca XV exhibition curated by Mary Ellen Mark - Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo; Mexico 12 March - 31 May 2011
Intangible Cultural Heritage photo exhibition, National Art Museum of China, 17 - 26 May 2014
Solo Exhibitions
SCAPES -Norwegian kids, teens & nature: Exhibition on tour in Estonia on an invitation from the Norwegian Embassy in Tallinn in 2010 og 2011
Tallinn: Deco Galerii, 11–29 May 2010
Tõstamaa: Tõstamaa Secondary School (mansion and museum), 8–30 June 2010
Haapsalu: Haapsalu City Hall, 3–31 August 2010
Pärnu: Villa Artis Galerii, 3 September - 7 October 2010
Narva: Narva Main Library, 17 October - 30 November 2010
Elva: Tartu County Museum, 11 January - 28 February 2011
Hiiumaa: Kärdla Culture Centre, 4–21 March 2010
SCAPES - Norwegian kids, teens & nature, at Fotografiens Hus, Oslo, 31 March - 30 April 2011
MY FOCUS, Fotografiens Hus, Oslo 1–18 December 2011
Big heart, strong hands - a portrait of the older women on Kihnu and Manija islands; Estonia
Kihnu museum, 24 April - 30 September 2011
Pärnu:: The Museum of Modern Art 5–31 October 2011
Tallinn: The Estonian Parliament at Toompea 16 November - 15 December 2011
Rakvere: Rakvere Culture Centre
Tartu: Estonian National Museum
Narva: Narva Museum
Hiiumaa: Hiiuma Museum
Awards
Gold winner in category Photographers Project in Gullsnitt 2010 for pictures of old ladies in Kihnu and Manilaid; Estonia
The annual competitions by the Norwegian Association of Photographers in 2008 2009, and 2011.
Books
Alt om maskinstrikking 1994 ISBN 82-7774-003-4 (in Norwegian)
Norsk Strikkedesign: A Collection from Norway's Foremost Knitting Designers (co-writer), 2002
