MaskiniTaal (2021) solo exhibition at Fotografiens Hus, Oslo. Documentation image by Tor Simen Ulstein
Dev Dhunsi (b. 1996 in Trondheim, Norway) is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer currently based in Stockholm, Sweden, holding an art degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
The photographic work of Dev Dhunsi comes from sounding reverberations of geographies he mainly experienced through listening to South Asia in the migratory movement of part of his family. He has followed sound in its different tonalities, including pollution and the patterns and gestures of nature. Textile, water, and sound are a red thread in Dhunsi’s work to analyze the politics of disruption and dissociation in which we live. We continue to carry as individuals and collectives the trauma and effects of cultural and physical displacement dictated by geographies of power, Norway sitting at one end of such chain. Recently Dhunsi’s work touches upon the complexity of society with its many -scapes (landscape, soundscape, mediascape), with images traveling, composing, and decomposing themselves into a liquid pool always on the verge of renewal and disappearance.
Contact:
devdhunsi@gmail(.)com for prints, books, or other inquiries.
︎ @DEVDHUNSI
The photographic work of Dev Dhunsi comes from sounding reverberations of geographies he mainly experienced through listening to South Asia in the migratory movement of part of his family. He has followed sound in its different tonalities, including pollution and the patterns and gestures of nature. Textile, water, and sound are a red thread in Dhunsi’s work to analyze the politics of disruption and dissociation in which we live. We continue to carry as individuals and collectives the trauma and effects of cultural and physical displacement dictated by geographies of power, Norway sitting at one end of such chain. Recently Dhunsi’s work touches upon the complexity of society with its many -scapes (landscape, soundscape, mediascape), with images traveling, composing, and decomposing themselves into a liquid pool always on the verge of renewal and disappearance.
Contact:
devdhunsi@gmail(.)com for prints, books, or other inquiries.
︎ @DEVDHUNSI
Education:
Master of Fine art (MFA) - The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm 2022-2024
Bachelor of Fine art (BFA) - Oslo National Academy of the Arts 2019-2022
Prosjektskolen Art School 2018-2019
Norwegian School of Photography 2016-2018
Agency:
Citrus Studio
Residency:
Nasjonalmuseet (NO) 2022-2023 in relation to Queer cultural year
Selected solo exhibition:
2021 - “MaskiniTaal” @ Fotografiens hus
2020 - “Nawanzamania Phases” @ P Zero Projecthalle, KHIO
2019 - Nordic Light International Photography Festival
2019 - Visiting/Paris barat TYVEN trondheim (Release of “rakavan” photo book)
Selected group exhibitions:
2023 - Vårutstillingen 2023 at Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2023 - Mejan Internationale: Home to Home, at Mint, Stockholm
2023 – «Indoctrination: Multivalent Gestures» group exhibition at Fotogalleriet, Oslo. Curated by Dahir Hussein
2022 – «Ringen bortom mattan» group exhibition at The sports Museum, curated by C-PRINT, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 – “In progress”, Landskrona Photo festival, Sweden curated by Atla Platform
2022 - Illusive Illusions, Group exhibition at Galleri Melk, Norway curated by Christian Tunge
2022 – Anothership – BA avgangsutstilling, KHIO
2022 – Othership – BA avgangsutstilling del 1, Kunstnernes hus
2021 – “Dette året”, Fotografihuset og Preus Museum, kuratert av Sofie Amalie Klougart og Christian Belgaux
2021 - "Light of my life" at DOPSGATE4 gallery, Oslo, Norway, curated by Noah Hunter Love
2020 - Blue Chip Baby - DuckertDetroit collaboration, Babel visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim
2019 - Trondheim Dokumentarfestival, Exhibition and artist talk
2019 - “Portrait now!”, Nationalhistoriske Museum Fredriksborg Castle, DK
2019 - Palettes, Visitors Travel, curated by Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard and Sam Lubicz, FeldFünf, Berlin, Germany
2018 - "Rakavan" Encontros da imagem int. photo and visual art festival
2018 - "Rakavan" at Helsinki Photo Festival
2018 - Graduation exhibition Norwegian School of Photography
Print publication:
2021 - Uncertain states Scandinavia (artist own edition) issue 14 released at MaskiniTaal
2021 - “Dette året” photo document initiated by Sofie Amalie Klougart og Christian Belgaux
2021 - Fresh eyes 2021, powered by GUP - Guide to unique photography
2021 - Visual wanderings by Objektiv, initiated by Nina Strand
2019 - Uncertain States of Scandinavia issue 10
2018 - “Ett år etter Rakavan forsvant” hovedsak for Aftenposten, Adressavisen og Aftenbladet.
2018 - Tell the preacher the medicine in issue 15 for Contributor Magazine
2018 - Cover for The list vol. 2
Online publication:
2021 – Paper Journal – on MaskiniTaal
2018 - VICE dk on Rakavan book project
2018 - “Ett år etter Rakavan forsvant” for Aftenposten, Adressavisen og Aftenbladet.
2018 - Outtake from "Rakavan" for Acreati
2018 - Younes exclusive for KALTBLUT Magazine
2018 - Tell the preacher the medicine (Contributor Magazine)
Grants/Awards:
2022 - Kulturrådet - Prosjektstøtte til kunstnere i etableringsfasen
2022 - Kulturrådet - Støtte til Kunstfaglige publikasjoner
2022 - Kulturrådet - Prosjektstøtte til kunstnere i etableringsfasen
2021 - Norsk Fotografisk fond - Prosjektstøtte
2020- Fritt ord - Prosjektstøtte
Fresh eyes Talent 2021, powered by GUP - Guide to unique photography
Gjesteoppholdsstøtte fra Kulturrådet/Art council Norway for kuratering av Ung Nordic Light 2020 (Cancelled due to covid)
Young talent prize 2019 / Nationalhistoriske Museum Denmark
1.st. place of Fotografis’ portfolio prize 2018
SpareBank 1 SMN Talentstipend, Kultur 2019
Gullsnitt Biennale 17/18, Sølv - Årets nykommer