Artist Statement
My work - is about memories; my memories, but also other people´s memories. My work - is about life, about attaching one moment in life to another. My work - is about showing you myself, so that you can see yourself.
Process Statement
All my works are photographed on film. For black and white images I make gelatin silver prints (hand made in my own darkroom).
My color works are mainly printed as giclee prints. I also make handmade books, and sometimes present small portfolios in little boxes or folders.
Fine art photographer specializing in hand-printed black and white images, hand-bound artists books and portfolios, and larger format unique photograms.
Born 1957, Øyvind Hjelmen lives and works on the island of Stord, off the west-coast of Norway.
Apart from having attended various photographic workshops, he is autodidact as an artist.
He holds a BA in modern art and aesthetics from the University of Bergen.
Øyvind Hjelmen has been working with photography as his artistic expression for more than 20 years, and his works have been exhibited in USA, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Poland, Italy, Greece, Lithuania, Japan, France and Norway. Among the collections that hold his works are The Museum of Fine Art in Houston, USA, and Centro Internazionale di Fotografia Scavi Scaligeri - Verona, Italy.
He has been teaching photography for more than 10 years, doing education projects at all levels, from school children to universities. He also teaches workshops, for both amateurs and professionals, and he has been guest lecturer at the American Intercontinental University in London, and at Bilder Nordic School of Photography in Oslo.
He is currently also Artistic Project Leader and curator for the Artist in Residence program at Halsnoy Monastery, Sunnhordland Museum, Norway.
His black and white photographs are gelatine silver prints, film based, and all handmade by the artist. Color work is giclee fine art prints, also originally film based. Equipment includes everything from old cameras and a Holga, to the more modern Rolleiflex and Hasselblad.
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