Anne Helene Gjelstad (9 May 1956 in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

) is a Norwegian photographer and fashion designer. As a photographer, she mainly works with

portrait A portrait is a portrait painting, painting, portrait photography, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, Personality type ...

s, fashion and documentary, but also with interiors, products and lifestyle. Gjelstad is educated from

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

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 Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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,

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and William Ropp. In 2009, she worked at Mary Ellen Mark Studio in New York City for a period of time. Gjelstad is currently working on a project in

Kihnu Kihnu is an island in the Baltic Sea. With an area of it is the largest island in the Gulf of Riga and the seventh largest island of Estonia. The length of the island is and width , the highest point is at above sea level. The island belongs ...

, an island in the Baltic Sea considered Europe's last

matriarchy Matriarchy is a social system in which women hold the primary power positions in roles of authority. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege and control of property. While those definitions apply in general ...

. Gjelstad says she was first exposed to women from Kihnu during a Nordic Knitting Symposium. She later said that out of 35 women she photographed, only 10 are still alive. __NOTOC__

Exhibitions

;Collective Exhibitions: * ''Stå ikkje dær å frys'' on

Det norske teatret Det Norske Teatret ( en, Norwegian Theater)Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabl ...

, Oslo, December 2008 * ''På en tråd'' in

Sandvika Sandvika () is the administrative centre of the municipality of Bærum in Norway. It was declared a city by the municipal council in Bærum on 4 June 2003. Sandvika is situated approximately west of Oslo. It is the main transportation hub for W ...

Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...

, August 2009 * ''Fotografiets dag'' on Preus Photo Museum, August 2009 * ''Zoom Norway'' in

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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 The National Art Museum of China (NAMOC, ) is located at 1 Wusi Ave, Dongcheng District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest art museums in China, and is funded by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of Chin ...

, 17–26 May 2014 * ''The Lonka Project'', Willy-Brandt-Haus,

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, 27 Januar 2021 – 11 April 2021 ; 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 Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

: ''Deco Galerii'', 11–29 May 2010 **

Tõstamaa Tõstamaa is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Pärnu municipality, Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia. Tõstamaa has a population of 466 (as of 1 January 2020). Tõstamaa St. Mary's Lutheran church was built in 1763–1768. Tõstamaa Manor Tõ ...

: Tõstamaa Secondary School (mansion and museum), 8–30 June 2010 **

Haapsalu Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375. Description Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its w ...

: Haapsalu City Hall, 3–31 August 2010 **

Pärnu Pärnu () is the fourth largest city in Estonia. Situated in southwest Estonia, Pärnu is located south of the Estonian capital, Tallinn, and west of Estonia's second largest city, Tartu. The city sits off the coast of Pärnu Bay, an inlet ...

: ''Villa Artis Galerii'', 3 September – 7 October 2010 **

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

: Narva Main Library, 17 October – 30 November 2010 **

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Museum, 11 January – 28 February 2011 **

Hiiumaa Hiiumaa (, ) is the second largest island in Estonia and is part of the West Estonian archipelago, in the Baltic Sea. It has an area of 989 km2 and is 22 km from the Estonian mainland. Its largest town is Kärdla. It is located within ...

Kärdla Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. Geography Kärdla is located on the northeastern coast of Hiiumaa, by the T ...

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'' **

museum, 24 April – 30 September 2011 **Pärnu:: The Museum of Modern Art 5–31 October 2011 **Tallinn: The Estonian Parliament at

Toompea Toompea (from german: Domberg, "Cathedral Hill") is a limestone hill in the central part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The hill is an oblong tableland, which measures about 400 by 250 metres, has an area of and is about 20–30 ...

16 November – 15 December 2011 **Rakvere: Rakvere Culture Centre **Tartu:

Estonian National Museum The Estonian National Museum ( et, Eesti Rahva Muuseum) founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jakob Hurt's heritage, to Estonian ethnography and folk art. The first items for the museum were originally collected in the latter ...

**Narva: Narva Museum **Hiiumaa: Hiiuma Museum * ''Matriarchy'',

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, 29 october – 23 December 2022

Awards

* ''Letter of appreciation'',

Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia ( et, Eesti Vabariigi Välisministeerium) is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Estonia in charge of conducting and designing Estonian Foreign policy. History The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of E ...

, 26 November 2020, «for the promotion of Estonia’s cultural heritage as well as the exciting and unique life of Kihnu and Manilaid in Norway and the world.» * Gold winner in category Photographers Project in Gullsnitt 2010 for pictures of old ladies in

and

Manilaid Manilaid is a Estonian islet in the Gulf of Riga, located between the island of Kihnu and the mainland's Tõstamaa peninsula. Together with the neighbouring smaller uninhabited islets Sorgu and Annilaid, Manilaid forms the village of Manija. ...

; Estonia * The annual competitions by the Norwegian Association of Photographers in 2008 2009, and 2011. * Portrait of the year 2017 * Represented Norway in World Photographic Cup 2018 og 2019 * Gold medal portrait in the annual competitions by the Norwegian Association of Photographers in 2018Portrett 2018
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Books

* ''Alt om maskinstrikking'' 1994 (in Norwegian) * ''Norsk Strikkedesign: A Collection from Norway's Foremost Knitting Designers'' (co-writer), 2002
Scapes, Norwegian kids, teens & nature

MY FOCUS
* ''Lekre masker og lekne sting'', photo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 2013, * ''Vakker strikk til alle årstider'', photo, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 2014, * ''Big Heart, Strong Hands'', text in English and Norwegian,

Dewi Lewis Publishing Dewi may refer to either a Welsh or Southeast Asian name. Neither is pronounced as "dewy". Welsh name Dewi (, also or ) is an alternate or diminutive form of the Welsh masculine given name Dafydd ("David"). It is most famously borne by the p ...

, 2020, , 2. edition 2021.

References

External links

Home Page (English)

About her knitted collection

''Stå ikkje dær å frys'' – images

About her solo exhibition foto.no (in Norwegian)
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