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Linda Bournane Engelberth
Oslo, Norway
Linda Bournane Engelberth (f. 1977), er en norsk-algerisk billedkunstner som arbeider med fotografi, installasjon og film. Hun oppholdt seg i Mexico over flere år, hvor hun plukket opp kameraet som kunstnerisk verktøy, før hun returnerte til Norge og etablerte seg som en kunstner med bred praksis, fra fotografi og installasjon til film, og har mottatt flere utmerkelser og priser for sitt arbeid. Hennes kunstneriske fokus ligger på formidling av personlige historier med sosiopolitiske rammer eller kjønnsdiskurs, som for eksempel hennes kjente prosjekt, Outside the Binary (2018-2023).
Som filmregissør har hun i dag et samarbeid med Elisa Fernanda Pirir som produsent, hvor hennes første kortfilm, Never Look Back (2022), ble vist ved tolv internasjonale filmfestivaler allerede i 2022. Hun har hatt en rekke separatutstillinger siden 2009 og har deltatt i kollektivutstillinger ved en rekke større institusjoner, som Die Haus der Photographie/ Deichtorhallen i Hamburg, Fotogalerie Wien, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter og Nitja senter for samtidskunst.
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Linda Bournane Engelberth (b. 1977) is a Norwegian-Algerian visual artist working with photography, installation and film. She lived in Mexico for several years, where she first adopted the camera as an artistic tool, before returning to Norway and establishing herself as an artist with a broad practice spanning photography, installation and film. She has received several awards and recognitions for her work.
Her artistic focus lies in conveying personal narratives within sociopolitical contexts or gender discourse, as seen in her project Outside the Binary (2018–2023). As a film director, she is currently collaborating with producer Elisa Fernanda Pirir. Her first short film, Never Look Back (2022), was screened at twelve international film festivals in its first year.
She has presented numerous solo exhibitions since 2009 and participated in group shows at major institutions such as Die Haus der Photographie/Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Fotogalerie Wien, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and Nitja senter for samtidskunst.
Publications
Outside the Binary (2025)
ISBN–ISBN 978-91-87939-79-2
Outside the Binary is a series of portraits of people who identify outside the gender binary. For some, this can mean having both a male and female identity, or something in between. One possible definition is “genderfluid”, which refers to a gender that varies over time – one can shift between feeling more male or female, but also androgynous or neutral. Another identity definition is “agender”. This can mean that one does not define through gender at all. The people in the project come from different parts of the world but share many of the same experiences.
74 colour images • Preface: Coyote Millar • Afterword essays: Oyeronke Oyewumi, B. A. Odongo, Dr. Tominga O’Donnell • Editing and design: Linda Bournane Engelberth, Gösta Flemming • English copy edit: Maria Morris • Final art: Johan Lindberg • Hard cover with open spine • 220 x 275 mm • 160 pages • English • Prepress and printing: Narayana Press • Bookbinding: S.R. Büge • ISBN 978-91-87939-79-2 • 2024
