Multimedia artist Gjert Rognli from Kåfjord is one of our most important contemporary Sami artists. His works have been exhibited in a number of places both at home and abroad, and he has received several international awards for them. Rognli was the first Sami artist to have an exhibition in The Louvre Museum in Paris.
Gjert Rognli (b. 1966) lives in Oslo and works as a multimedia artist. In recent years he has worked on his own short films, sculpture, photography, books and performance.
Rognli has strong roots in his birthplace Manndalen in Kåfjord. In his art projects, he often deals with issues related to identity, religious roots, sexuality, silence, time and the Sami culture.
Rognli incorporates nature and natural forces into his works, with references to the everyday and the surreal. He also takes dreams/reality and personal or emotional places in his inner landscape as inspiration in the search for the expression of his art.
In much of his art, he stages himself and stories based on his experience of theatre, stage design and architecture. Rognli conveys a visual message about a reprehensible development in how we humans live our lives, our relationship with animals and death.
Rognli has received a number of scholarships and international awards for his work with short film and photography, and has had many solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, including an exhibition at the Louve Museum in Paris. A number of institutions have purchased his art.
What nature knows - Dan maid luondu diehtá
With the multi-media project «What nature knows - Dan maid luondu diehtá», Rognli draws on references from his connection to Arctic North Norway, to light, darkness and the seasons. He transforms ordinary landscapes into an enigmatic place to be and takes us on a visual journey into the atmosphere of evening and night. In the photo series of the project, he lowers light installations into water, creating harmony where there is conflict between the elements. Rognli has won several international awards for the photo series, including first place in the «Professional Fine Art» category of the renowned Fine Art Photography Award in the UK and the bronze and Honourable Mention in the Moscow International Foto Awards.
In 2019, Rognli received a number of awards for his film Eallin lea guovttesuorat niehku - Life is a two-way dream. The film shows the way in a rapidly changing world, with polarisation and globalisation in many directions.
Rognli has worked at many of Norway's most important cultural institutions such as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, the National Theatre and as a stage design assistant/opening ceremony at the Olympic Games in Lillehammer.
Official trailer Eallin lea guovttesuorat niehku Life is a two way dream
Várit leat seammát - And the mountains are the same - Men fjellan e de samme
Gjert Rognli opens his exhibition «And the Mountains are the same»
Facts about Gjert Rognli
- born 3 October 1966
- from Manndalen in Kåfjord
- resident in Oslo
- multimedia artist
- works with photography, short film, performance art, sculpture, installation
- first same represented by the Louvre Museum in Paris
- has received a number of national and international awards
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2021 1 St Place Winner- Fine Art, FAPA, Fine Art Photography Awards, UK
2021 Bronze Awards, Moscow International Photo Award, Russia
2021 Honourable Mention, Moscow International Photo Award, Russia
2021 Best Experimental, Around International Film Festival , Spain
2021 Best Experimental , Hollywood Venus Awards, Turkey
2021 Honorable Mention, American Filmatic Arts Awards, USA
2020 Best Mystery Film, Short, Top Short Film Festival, USA
2020 Best Cinematography, Halicarnassus Film Festival, Turkey
2020 Best Cinematography, Madrid Art Film Festival, Spain
2020 Best Fantasy, Florence Film Awards, Italy
2020 Best Experimental, L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF), India
2020 Best Documentary Short, 7th Art Independent International Film Festival, India
2020 Best Experimental Short, Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival, USA
2019 Honourable Mentions, Neutral density photography awards, USA
2018 Finalist, Fine Art Photography Awards,USA
2018 Honourable Mentions, Tokyo International Photography Awards, Japan
2017 Honourable Mentions, Neutral Density Photography Awards, USA
2017 Honourable Mentions, IPA, International Photography Awards,USA
More about Gjert Rognli:
Gjert Rognli, Store Norske leksikon
What Nature Knows, moscowfotoawards.com 2021
Sami artist had his art displayed at the Louvre, NRK
This artist should be world famous in Norway, Dagavisen 2020
Gjert Rognli wins FAPA award - First place in the ‘Professional Fine Art’ category, foromag.no
- Applied for 20 years to get in, Future in the North, 2021
He is the first Sami exhibitor in the Louvre, NRK 2016
First Sami exhibitor in the Louvre, Future in the North
Exhibition opening and seven 90-minute films, NRK Sápmi 2015
