Grete

Grete

PHOTOMONTH 2025

I’m delighted to be exhibiting my LOVEHEARTS in the Tin Café, Haggerston as part of PhotoMonth. For over 5 years I have been photographing the love declarations carved on the trees in a forest local to me, and I now…

LOVEHEARTS IN BRISTOL

A big thank you to Mark Dodsworth for letting me decorate his studio building door in Bristol with my Lovehearts. The area is known for its vast amount of elaborate graffiti – but also ugly tagging. The aim here is…

LOVEHEARTS – OLD STREET DIGITAL CANVAS

I was delighted to have my colourful LOVEHEARTS featured for two weeks on the Old Street Digital Canvas. I wish they could have stayed there forever! It’s really great that this billboard features work from local artists in addition to…

LOVEHEARTS – RESHOOTING THE PRINTS

During the past few years I’ve been working on a little side project called LOVEHEARTS where I document all the hearts and love declarations that are carved onto the trees in a forest local to me and have over 900…

LOVEHEARTS PASTE-UPS

As a long-time resident of Shoreditch it was long overdue for me to make my own contribution to the local, vibrant street-art scene. While galleries can feel like cold and uninviting spaces, adding art to the street strips away all…

GALLERI A SUMMER EXHIBITION 2023

I’m delighted to once again be included in the A-Laget (The A Team) Summer group show at Galleri A in Oslo, Norway where I am originally from. The exhibition includes a huge range of artists and styles with both established…

A COLLECTOR IN NORWAY

Here is BRIAREUS from my award-winning series TARTARUS in the home of a collector in Norway, my home country. The artwork was part of a summer group show at Galleri A (Oslo) in 2022, and I’m so pleased to see…

A COLLECTOR IN ESSEX

It was such a delight to finally see my photograph BRIAREUS from my award-winning series TARTARUS on a collector’s wall in Essex. The house itself is a true work of art, skilfully designed around the old trees in the back…

THE VIEW EXHIBITION 2022

I had a solo show in Epping Forest Visitor Centre – The View Gallery in November 2022. It was great to have so many people come through the door, everyone from locals to ramblers, photography students and art collectors. The…

KOPPEL PROJECT GROUP SHOW 2022

As part of having a studio with The Koppel Project, I got to take part in their summer group show alongside the work of my brilliant studio mates.

SWEET ‘ART ‘FREE FOR ALL’ GROUP EXHIBITION

It was great fun taking part in the Sweet ‘Art closing exhibition at the temporary Art Bypass Gallery, London. I chose this opportunity to show one of my many hundred LOVEHEARTS, the romantic arborglyphs of a forest local to me…

FLUX EXHIBITION 2022

It’s been amazing taking part in The FLUX Exhibition at the Greenwich Design Centre, London. Organised by the FLUX Review art magazine, I’m showcasing an assortment of works from different series alongside a many other fantastic artists. Free entry, and…

GALLERI A SUMMER EXHIBITION 2022

I’m delighted to be included in the A-Laget (The A Team) Summer group show at Galleri A in Oslo, Norway where I am originally from. It is a real honour for me to exhibit along side some of my photography…

LOPPING ART

I had a great time exhibiting my work Tethys at LoppingArt at Lopping Hall, Loughton in May. As a result of that I’ve now been invited to speak at the Loughton Camera Club about my work.Thank you to everyone who…

ASHURST EXHIBITION: TARTARUS

It was a wonderful experience exhibiting my work at Ashurst LLP in London after winning the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize – Choice Prize. The show ran from November 2021 to early January 2022. Thank you to everyone who came to see…

ASHURST WINNER

I am absolutely stunned and delighted to announce that I’ve been awarded the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize Choice Prize for my image Phoebe from my series Tartarus. The prize is awarded to the artist who got the most votes from…

ASHURST SHORTLIST

I’m thrilled to announce that I’m one of 30 shortlisted artists (out of 5000 entries) for the Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize with my image Phoebe from my series Tartarus. The shortlist exhibition is currently on at the Ashurst law firm…

FAD MAGAZINE

So pleased to see my Epping Forest – Tartarus photos and zine recommended by Tabish Khan (the London Art Critic) on his Fad Magazine art blog as one of The Top 5 Art Initiatives to Experience in Lockdown.

UNCERTAIN STATES SCANDINAVIA

Uncertain States Scandinavia entry by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

Uncertain States Scandinavia is an artist run free broadsheet paper featuring photographic work by Scandinavian fine art photographers. Issue 13 – ‘Human Nature’, which was produced in collaboration with the Nordic Light Festival 2020, features a selection of images from…

TARTARUS ZINE

Tartarus Epping Forest zine cover by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

My TARTARUS zine is finally back from the printers and looking great despite Covid issues and restrictions with production. It features the best of the series and is also a hiking guide for Epping Forest using what3words addresses. VIEW TARTARUS…

FUNDING FOR TARTARUS ZINE

ELECTRA by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

I’m absolutely thrilled to have received funding from The Norwegian Pro Photographers’ Fund (Norske Fagfotografers Fond) for the production of my upcoming zine about Tartarus. This will be my first time making a zine, and I hope it gets some…

15th POLLUX AWARDS

ATLAS by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

My series TARTARUS has received an honourable mention in the FINE ART professional category of the 15th Pollux Awards, 2020.The images entered were the very first ones I shot just before lock-down. I then had a long gap between March…

THE EARTH ISSUE FEATURE

TYPHON by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

I’m thrilled that my series TARTARUS has been published in The Earth Issue online magazine, August 2020. The art writer Anna Souter has written a brilliant article about the theme of the series: The connection between the pollarded trees of…

15th JULIA MARGARET CAMERON AWARD

BURN by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

My series GRIEF won the STILL LIFE category of the 15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, 2020. The jurors comprised fine art photographer Mona Kuhn and curator and writer Elizabeth Avedon. Julia M. Cameron was one of the…

BEERS GALLERY FEATURE

BRIAREUS by Grete Hjorth-Johansen

During a week of showcasing photography, Beers London chose to feature BRIAREUS from my TARTARUS series on their Instagram account. Beers London is an excellent gallery of contemporary art that I’ve visited many times, so it’s a huge honour to…