Anja Niemi is one of the most exciting young European photographers. She was featured in Art Review’s Future Great issue as a “Bright Young Thing”, and by Art & Auction as “one to watch”.
Born in Norway in 1976, Niemi studied at London College of Printing and Parsons School of Design in Paris and New York. She has exhibited widely in both Europe and USA.
In her works she combines the self-portrait with the idea of the staged narrative, exploring her relationship with spaces and interiors.
Her series “Darlene & Me” is inspired by a 1959 abandoned suitcase filled with the remnants of a woman named Darlene; the work “Do Not Disturb” is inspired by 1950s housewives in Norway getting a paid housewife vacation from the government. In “Starlets” she continues to combine the images like film stills or movie posters, with herself cast as all the characters.
“I do have a fascination with all the things that crawl underneath our surfaces. […] I think it is helpful to use private experience to create universal images, but prefer for it to be unclear what is me playing out a narrative and what is a more intimate moment.”
Images courtesy of Anja Niemi
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