Jói Kjartans

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Jói Kjartans is a photographer from Reykjavik, Iceland who has been based in Oslo, Norway since 2011. He has a B.A. in Graphic Design from Iceland Academy of the Arts and studied Photography at Bilder Nordic in Oslo.

His work has been shown at Skog Art Space, Fotogalleriet and Fotografiens Hus in Norway, and at Gerðarsafn and The Reykjavík Museum of Photography in Iceland.

He has also shown work at the Oslo Negativ Photo Festival, The Iceland Photo Festival, The Nordic Light Photo Festival, Landskrona Festival in Sweden and The New York Photo Festival.

He has been commissions by magazines such as The Observer, Dazed&Confused, VICE Magazine, Men’s Health, Bloomberg Business News and Zeit Magazin. He has self-published two photobooks and has been nominated to a number of awards and received various stipends in Norway and Iceland.

He was chosen to participate in The Norwegian Journal of Photography #7 which was published in March 2026 with his long term photo project inspired by Huldufólk or The Hidden People and the myths and folklore in Iceland.

He is working on a photobook with this project that will be published by Heavy Books in January 2027 with support from Iceland Art Fund, NoFoFo and Fritt Ord.

Viewpoint, his latest group exhibition opened at the Reykjavik Arts Festival in June 2026.

His next upcoming solo show will be at Foto Tallinn in Estonia in September 2026. His work was chosen by an international jury, from a record number of applications.

Jói Kjartans Artworks

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36 Hidden People / Grundarfjörður (Home) by Jói Kjartans
35 Hidden People / Altarið hans Afa by Jói Kjartans
34 Hidden People / Sigurrós by Jói Kjartans
34 Hidden People / Sigurrós
Photography - 36x24 cm
33 Hidden People / Jökulsárlón by Jói Kjartans
33 Hidden People / Jökulsárlón
Photography - 36x24 cm
32 Hidden People / Skógar by Jói Kjartans
32 Hidden People / Skógar
Photography - 36x24 cm
31 Hidden People / Hjóðaklettar by Jói Kjartans
31 Hidden People / Hjóðaklettar
Photography - 36x24 cm
30 Hidden People / Skeifan by Jói Kjartans
30 Hidden People / Skeifan
Photography - 36x24 cm
29 Hidden People / Bíldudalur by Jói Kjartans
29 Hidden People / Bíldudalur
Photography - 36x24 cm
28 Hidden People / Hvammstangi by Jói Kjartans
28 Hidden People / Hvammstangi
Photography - 36x24 cm
27 Hidden People / Tálknafjörður by Jói Kjartans
25 Hidden People / Lemmy’s
Photography - 36x24 cm
24 Hidden People / Hvammstangi
Photography - 36x24 cm
23 Hidden People / Tjörnin
Photography - 36x24 cm
22 Hidden People / Rjúkandi
Photography - 36x24 cm
21 Hidden People / Grindavík
Photography - 36x24 cm
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