Anja Høvik Strømsted
Born 1986, Oslo, NO
Lives and works in Tjølling, NO
Books
Darth Vader-eskalasjonen (Aschehoug, 2012)
Anthologies and magazines
Cut Off Places (NO) 2013
Under#4, Anthology of Nordic Poetry, (SE) 2013
Dikt underveis, (NO) 2013
Argument, (NO) 2013
Creative Quarterly #29, (US) 2013
Ord och bild, “Vildsvinet“ (poems translated by K.Folkhammar), (SE) 2012
Skriftserien Ir #1 (NO) 2012
Ett lysande namn #19, (SE) 2012
Bøygen #02/03, (NO) 2011
Kritiker #20/21, (SE) 2011
Gruppe 10, Anthology, fiction, Kolon, (NO) 2010
Interstizi #4 (IT) 2009
Film projects
Blossomele, Animated Feature Film (In Development) (NO, RUS)
Velkommen, HD Feature Documentary (2022) (NO)
Animated Short Stories (2021-) (NO)
One Year, Music Videos (2021) (NO)
Children’s Book Animations (2021) (NO)
Welcome II, HD Series (2020-) (NO)
In the Meat of a Functioning Heart, 4K Short Film (NO)
Dance Like A King (SHE’S A SHOW) 16mm Music Video (NO)
Love is Now is Always, 4K Short Film (US)
Aurora, HD Short Documentary (NO)
Beaten, 16mm Short Film (US)
Sux Apartment, HD Short Film (NO)
Music
Paradoxes – Album (2023)
Blossomele Original Film Score – Album (2023)
One Year – Album (2021)
Please My Little Bass Player – Album (2020)
Baby You Are so Fucked up (2018) – Album (2020)
How Can Tell You How I Want You Without Getting Dirty – Album (2019)
Film screenings
2023 “Miss You When I Don’t”, New York Lift-Off Film Festival, New York, US
2023 “Velkommen”, Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival, Manchester, UK
2023 “Velkommen”, Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival, Berlin, DE
2022 “Velkommen”, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, NL
2022 Animated short stories, Oslo Poesifilm, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, NO
2018 “Love is Now is Always”, Berlin International CineFest, Berlin, DE
2018 “In the Meat of a Functioning Heart”, South Texas Underground Film Festival, Corpus Christi, TX, US
2018 “Dance Like A King”, Teatret ved Sorte Hest, København, DK
2018 “In the Meat of a Functioning Heart”, CUVO festival, Madrid, ES
2018 “Love is Now is Always”, The Norwegian International Seagull Short Film Festival, Haugesund, NO
2017 “In the Meat of a Functioning Heart”, Berlin Experimental Film Festival, Berlin, DE
2017 “In the Meat of a Functioning Heart”, SCI-FI UNDERGROUND FILMFEST 3.1, Munich, DE
2017 “In the Meat of a Functioning Heart”, Visions of Dystopia, London, UK
2017 “In the Meat of a Functioning Heart”, Slash and Bash Film Festival, Topeka, Kansas, US
2017 “Love is Now is Always”, Amsterdam Lift-Off Online Festival, NL
2016 “Aurora”, Nordic International Film Festival, NYC, US
2016 “Beaten”, Let’s All Be Free Festival, London, UK
2015 “Beaten”, NYU Grad Film MOS Marathon, NYC, US
2015 “Sux Apartment”, Berlin Independent Film Festival, Germany
2016 “Love is Now is Always”, Chain NYC Film Festival, NYC, US
2015 “Sux Apartment”, Brooklyn Independent Film Festival, Brooklyn, US
2014 “Sux Apartment”, The Dream That Kicks, Cinemateket, Oslo, Norway
2014 “Sux Apartment”, Indian Cine Film Festival, Mumbai, India
2014 “Sux Apartment”, Venice Experimental Cinema and Performance Art Festival, Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi, Italy
2014 “Sux Apartment”, Future Identities, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venice, Italy
2014 “Brainaway“, TXT.VILLE, Copenhagen, Denmark
2013 “Brainaway“, Hemliga Trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Exhibitions and performances
2018 “Inflatable Cinema,” Sommerøya, Oslo, Norway
2018 “Inflatable Cinema,” Hvitsten Salong, Hvitsten, Norway
2016 “Beaten”, Tenthaus, Oslo, Norway
2013 “MOLT!“, group exhibition, “Bravo Charly”, Schleiermacherstraße, Berlin, Germany
2013 “The Desert Club Weapon“, Dahkla, Morocco
2013 “Bravo Charly“, LKV Studio 101, Trondheim, Norway
2013 “Darth Vader/The Steel Gun“, Litteraturhuset i Oslo, Norway
2013 “Darth Vader“, Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Norway
2013 “Villsvinet/We do magic“, ++, Black Box Teater, Oslo, Norway
2012 “Villsvinet/We do magic“, Oslo International Poetry Festival, Norway
2012 “Villsvinet“, Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
2012 “Villsvinet“, Grand Hotel, Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway
2012 “Amor Umor”, Sound of Mu, Oslo, Norway
Grants and prices
2019 Honorable Mention, Conceptual Fine Art, Neutral Density Photography Awards (US)
2019 Honorable Mention, Fine Art Photo Manipulation, Neutral Density Photography Awards (US)
2018 Statens Kunstnerstipend, Diversestipend (Norway)
2017 Blow-Up Arthouse International Film Festival, Finalist (Nominee), “Love is Now is Always” (US)
2015 Berlin Independent Film festival, Best Experimental Short Film Winner, “Sux Apartment” (Germany)
2015 Statens Kunstnerstipend, Diversestipend (Norway)
2015 Fan Film Awards, Best Director Nominee, “Sux Apartment” (US)
2014 Maverick Movie Awards, Best Production Design Nominee, “Sux Apartment” (US)
2013 ART BOOKS WANTED International Award, Best Photography Book Nominee, “Cut Off Places“ (Czech Republic)
2012 Project support, Arts Council Norway (Norway)
2012 Winner Photography Creative Quarterly #29 (US)
2011 Project support, Arts Council Norway (Norway)
2007 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris honorable mention (France)
Education
2016 MFA, Film production, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
2012 BFA, Creative Writing, Litterär Gestaltning, Valand School of Fine Arts, University of Gothenburg