Tonje Li
Tonje Li is a visual artist and photographer based in Bergen, Norway.
Her work plays with perception of reality, where different life forms and objects are connected through poetic associations and surrealist references. By combining different photographic material she builds a universe emphasizing contradiction, atmosphere and unresolved issues. An interest in materiality of an object, mood shifts and ambiguity form the base of her practice.
She holds an MA from the Faculty for Photography, Bergen Academy of Contemporary Art and is a member of Norwegian visual artists associations BKFH, NBK and FFF.
Her latest book Lost Jockey is published by Kinakaal in Bergen.
Her work has been exhibited at Gallery IFAC Athens, Bergen Kjøtt, Galleri Sagene Kunstsmie, CM7, Østfold Kunstsenter, Høstutstillingen, Østlandsutstillingen, National Musum in Kaunas, Lithuania, Berliner Kunstsalon, among other.
Artworks available at Kunstgarasjen, leiga.no and atelier.no
Contact: tonjeli(at)gmail.com
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Education
2002-2004 MA, Faculty for Photography, Bergen Academy of Contemporary Art
1999-2002 BA, Faculty for Photography, Bergen Academy of Contemporary Art
1998-1999 Mølla Art School, Moss
1996-1997 Oslo School for Contemporary Photography
Selected exhibitions
2027 OBS! Orientation-Object, Group show, MLAG, Bergen (upcoming)
2026 Group show, Photo Book Festival, Oslo Kunstforening (upcoming)
Duo show, KIOSKEN, Bergen
Lost Jockey, book launch and solo show, CM7, Bergen
2025 Book launch v/ Kinakaal Forlag, Tokyo Art Book Fair
Book launch Lost Jockey, CHART, København
Langtur til nattens ende, Group show, Sagene Kunstsmie, Oslo
Bære eller briste, Isotop Project Room, Bergen
Multippel, Group show, Nova Huta, Fredrikstad
2024 Book launch, Polycopies, Paris Photo
Between Walls and Covers, Gallery Athina, Athen
Bergen Artbook Fair, Bergen
Leiga FOTO, CM7, Bergen
Participant Year Long Photobook Program 23/24, Nearest Truth
2023 KIOSKEN, Bergen
2023 Project Room Helium, Fredrikstad
2020 Solo exhibition, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen
2015 Solo exhibition, Østfold Art Center
2011 Institute for Colour, Galleri Volt, Bergen
2009 Group Show, Østfold Art Center
2008 Østlandsutstillingen, traveling exhibition 2008
2007 Berliner Kunstsalon 07, Berlin
Videoarchive, Studio 27, San Fransisco
Group show, Østfold Art Center
Group show, Gallery Rekord, Oslo
Anonyme Zeichnern, Gallery Blütenweiss, Berlin
Anonyme Zeichnern, traveling exhibition, Germany
2006 Group show, Oslo Central Station
2005 Group Show, Landmark, Bergen
2004 Høstutstillingen, Oslo
Graduation Show, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen
Additional Information, B-open, Bergen
2003 Group Show, National Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Trasè, Commissioned work for local busses, Bergen
Calender contribution for Grand Royal Art, Bergen
2002 Group Show, Gallery 3,14, Bergen
2002 Motherlove, Gallery Fisk, Bergen
Grants
2026 2 Years Working Grant, Government Work Grant
2025 1 Year Working Grant, Norwegian Visual Artist Fund
2024 Bergen Kommune Art Grant
1 Year Working Grant, Norwegian Visual Artist Fund
2023 Fredrikstad Kommune Art Grant
2007 Fredrikstad Kommune Art Grant
2005 FFF, Norwegian Photographic Fund