Io Alexa Sivertsen – Director, photographer and artist based in Oslo! Things I do, with others, and sometimes alone!:
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/PUBLICATIONS
2025
Production documentary “When I Say dream, I Say America” with Christa Barlinn Korvald
Production documentary “Et sted å være” theatre show in Grønland
Prisms of Myopia pt II, Gamle munch, Group show with Bjørka
BRIDGET’S COOKING SHOW, The Norwegian Theatre, (theatreshow + videodirector)
SAYKOLUHJEE, The Norwegian Theatre, (theatreshow – scenography + videodirector)
DIAMOND PLANET, The Norwegian Theatret, (theatreshow – scenography + videodirector)
2024
When I Say Dream, I Say America. Vega Scene co-created with Christa Barlinn Korvald and Tani Dibasey.
When I Say Dream, I Say America. Oslo Negativ Photo-festival, Norway with Christa Barlinn Korvald (Group exhibition)
Still life/Still friends. VasliSouza, contemporary photography gallery in Oslo, Norway. (Solo exhibition)
Eggsistence. Open Out festival, Tromsø, Norway. (Group exhibition)
Kiss it better. Town hall in Ljubljana, Slovenia. (Group exhibition)
Nationalmuseum in Oslo ‘Hand and Machine Architectural drawings.’ Norway with Søstra100 (Group exhibition – videodesigner)
U/SYNLIG – everyday racism in Norway – Center for studies of the Holocaust and minorities in Oslo. (Group exhibition)
2023
Growing pains, thoughts on the climate crises. Nordic Lights Photo Festival in Kristiansund. Norway. (Group exhibition)
BBQ and Apocalypse. Østlandsutstillingen in Drammen. Norway. (Group exhibition)
Growing pains, thoughts on the climate crises. Oslo Negative Photo Festival i Oslo. Norway. (Group exhibition)
Growing pains, thoughts on the climate crises. Fotofestiwal Łódź. Poland. (Group exhibition)
Growing pains, thoughts on the climate crises. Vårutstilling i Oslo – Fotogalleriet. Norge. (Group exhibition)
BBQ and Apocalypse. Tromsø art association – as part of the satellite program to the autumn exhibition. Norway. (Group exhibition)
2022
BBQ and Apocalypse. Autumn exhibition in Oslo. Norway. (Group exhibition)
BBQ and Apocalypse. CentroCentro Madrid, Spain. Norway. (Group exhibition)
2021
Let’s talk about the weather. Nordic Platform for Emerging Photography’s publication and pop-up exhibition Copenhagen. (Group exhibition)
BBQ and Apocalypse. The cultural center Melkweg in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. (Group exhibition)
Eggsistence. Fotografienshus. Oslo, Norway (Solo exhibition)
Let’s talk about the weather. Copenhagen Photofestival 2021 – Copenhagen. (Group exhibition)
Let’s talk about the weather. Atlas. Nordic Platform for Emerging Photography’s publication and pop-up exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Group exhibition)
If you need to know more, send me an email and you’ll get a CV!
iosivertsen@gmail.com
AWARDS NOMINATIONS
2025-2027 Artist Grant
2025 Fritt Ord Grant in collaboration with Christa Barlinn Korvald.
2024 Artist Grant
2024 NEO idea development, NFI in collaboration with Christa Barlinn Korvald.
2024 Fritt Ord Grant in collaboration with Christa Barlinn Korvald.
2023 Winner of Preus Museum Open Call DNA – exhibition during photofestival Oslo Negativ
2023 Fotokunstprisen
2023 from Bildende Artists’ Help Fund
2022 Winner of the autumn exhibition prize Bildende Kunstners Hjelpefond (together with Christa Barlinn Korvald, Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid and Ylva Gulpinar)
2022 Artist Grant
2021 Selected for Futures, a focused European photography platform about enhancing emerging artists within contemporary photography.
2021 Gnist prisen from Grimstad short film festival with the film ‘Why are you black?’ (with Hamza Kader and Julie Skaufel)
2021 2nd Runner Up – Audience Award for Best short film at the 21st Annual Anchorage International Film Festival. With the film ‘Why are you black?’ (with Hamza Kader and Julie Skaufel)
2021 Semi-finalist at the Venice Film Festival Shorts. With the film ‘Why are you black?’ (with Hamza Kader and Julie Skaufel)
2021 Winner of the Award of Excellence in Canada Shorts – Canadian & International Short Film Feast.
2020 Nominated for CANON STUDENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
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