User:Sallysays22/Torbjørn Rødland

Torbjørn Rødland (born in Norway in 1970) is a Norwegian photographer known for his seemingly banal portraits and landcapes that move from the everyday into the otherworldly. Rødland has had solo exhibitions at Nils Stærk, Copenhagen; Algus Greenspon, New York; Air de Paris, Paris; MoMA P.S. 1, New York; and Michael Benevento in Los Angeles, amongst others. Rødland has also been featured in group exhibitions at Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; Gagosian Gallery, New York; Cruise & Callas, Berlin; and Triple V, Paris.

Rødland is currently represented by Algus Greenspon in New York; Michael Benevento in Los Angeles; and Nils Stærk in Copenhagen.

Background and Education
Rødland was born in 1970 in Stavanger, Norway. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in Bergen, Norway and the Rogakand University Centre in Stavanger, Norway. Rødland lives and works in Los Angeles.

Career
Rødland's photography moves from genre to genre; portrait, landscape, still life can all be found in his constructed imagery of the everyday, whether in his hometown or in his explorations of Americana. Originally known for his images of young beauties, rosy-cheeked and tanned, Rødland transcended this potential trope by consistently inventing new lures for viewers of his photographs as he brings in the twisted and bizarre to exist with the normalcy he sees and recreates.