Jói Kjartans
BIRTH: 1983
CITY: Oslo
MAIL: johannes.kjartansson@gmail.com
BIO
Jói Kjartans (f. 1983) is a photographer from Reykjavik, Iceland. He has lived and worked in Oslo, Norway since 2011. He has shown his work in galleries such as Shoot Gallery, Fotogalleriet and Fotografiens Hus , and The National Museum of Iceland and the Reykjavik Museum of Photography (Skotið). He has also shown his work at The Nordic Light Festival of Photography in Kristiansund in Norway, The Landskrona Foto Festival in Sweden and The New York Photo Festival in USA. He has had his photos published in magazines such as Dazed, VICE Magazine, Men’s Health USA, Bloomberg Business News, Nylon Magazine and Neon Magazine. He has self-published two photobooks, Sirkusár (2008) og Jói de Vivre (2010). He has also been nominated for The Nordic Dummy Award for his series Rånebiler in 2015 og Magasinet Fotografi Portfoliopris in 2016.