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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20 Hidden People / Mývatn by Jói Kjartans
20 Hidden People / Mývatn
Photography - 36x24 cm
19 Hidden People / Norræna by Jói Kjartans
19 Hidden People / Norræna
Photography - 36x25 cm
18 Hidden People / Hofsós by Jói Kjartans
18 Hidden People / Hofsós
Photography - 36x25 cm
17 Hidden People / Hrísey by Jói Kjartans
17 Hidden People / Hrísey
Photography - 36x24 cm
16 Hidden People / Dimmuborgir by Jói Kjartans
16 Hidden People / Dimmuborgir
Photography - 36x24 cm
15 Hidden People / Akureyri by Jói Kjartans
15 Hidden People / Akureyri
Photography - 36x24 cm
14 Hidden People / Sundhöllin by Jói Kjartans
14 Hidden People / Sundhöllin
Photography - 36x24 cm
13 Hidden People / Kópavogur by Jói Kjartans
13 Hidden People / Kópavogur
Photography - 36x24 cm
12 Hidden People / Herma by Jói Kjartans
12 Hidden People / Herma
Photography - 36x24 cm
11 Hidden People / Vestmannaeyjar by Jói Kjartans
11 Hidden People / Vestmannaeyjar
Photography - 36x24 cm
09 Hidden People / Hofsós
Photography - 36x24 cm
08 Hidden People / Kleifarvatn
Photography - 36x24 cm
06 Hidden People / Grindavík
Photography - 36x24 cm
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