Brynhild Bye-Tiller
Brynhild Bye-Tiller (b. 1968, Levanger, Norway) is a visual artist, photographer, producer, feminist and activist based in Trondheim. She is working with documentary photography and participatory methodologies, to address themes of gender, social justice and migration. She alternates between a narrative expression in photography and a social practice based on photography – telling stories about women and inviting them to participate. Bye-Tiller is operating in the intersection between photography as narration, photography as a tool and a method of participation, photography as representation and photography as activism.
Bye-Tiller is a graduate of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (1996), Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (1990-1995), and Iceland Academy of the Arts (1992). She has completed collaborative art projects and exhibitions, both in Norway, Europe & the Middle East. Her work has been exhibited at Trondheim kunstmuseum, Gråmølna (Norway), Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag (Norway), Färgfabrikken (Sweden), The Nordic House (Iceland), Nandor Mikola Gallery (Finland), Al-Tireh street, Ramallah (Occupied West Bank, Palestine) and KUNTSI, Museum of Modern Art (Finland). Bye-Tiller is the recipient of several scholarships, awards, and support. She was an artist in residence at Platform in Finland and participated in the First Triennial of the Collaborative Arts.
Bye-Tiller is a graduate of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (1996), Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (1990-1995), and Iceland Academy of the Arts (1992). She has completed collaborative art projects and exhibitions, both in Norway, Europe & the Middle East. Her work has been exhibited at Trondheim kunstmuseum, Gråmølna (Norway), Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag (Norway), Färgfabrikken (Sweden), The Nordic House (Iceland), Nandor Mikola Gallery (Finland), Al-Tireh street, Ramallah (Occupied West Bank, Palestine) and KUNTSI, Museum of Modern Art (Finland). Bye-Tiller is the recipient of several scholarships, awards, and support. She was an artist in residence at Platform in Finland and participated in the First Triennial of the Collaborative Arts.
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SELECTED PROJECTS
"Seven artists – Seven colours" (2020-)
An ongoing Norwegian collaborative project started during Covid lockdown. Seven Norwegian artists are investigating new ways of working together through digital platforms and production methods for visual artists. So far the artists have made an artist's book that presents and challenges their relationship to, or lack of relationship to seven colours.
https://www.facebook.com/sjukunstneresjufarger
"Kintsugi" (2020-2021)
An ongoing Norwegian collaborative project started during Covid lockdown, with focus on the topic next of kin through photography, photovoice and participatory methodologies.
http://brynhildbye.no/kintsugi.htm
"Participatory observation and documentary methods in Edit Palestine" (2019)
A solo exhibition investigating questions related to participatory methodologies, methods of collecting and processing documentary material and movement in space and surface in storytelling photographic expressions. Art work from the exhibition: "East Jerusalem, Palestine", "Keep on writing" and "Palestinian gestures".
100 meter (2018)A collaborative Norwegian project. Several hundred young participants were given the task of filming themselves while walking the best short distance they knew and explaining why they preferred that specific trail.
http://brynhildbye.no/100-metres.htm
Away game (2017)A photographic installation with nine portraits of Palestinian football players from the city of Ramallah, Occupied West Bank, Palestine, were placed in a tight tactical battle formation inside the tower hall of Our Lady's Church in Trondheim, Norway.
http://brynhildbye.no/away-game.htm
Truth on the ground (2017)
A series of outdoor photographs were mounted on stone slabs placed in a semicircle around the sundial in the north eastern quadrant of the market square in Trondheim, Norway. The series told stories from everyday life of Palestinian football players, football activities and the opportunity to participate in sports in the Middle East.
http://brynhildbye.no/the-truth-on-the-ground.htm
Ramallah Trondheim Series (2012-2015)A collaborative International project with partner Sareyyet Ramallah in Palestine. Can photography change the narratives around Palestinian Arab women? How does photography influence our understanding of both the role of women and women's opportunities to participate in sport in the Middle East?
http://brynhildbye.no/ramallah-trondheim-series.htm
Bridging Zip-Code 65 (2016)A collaborative International project with Finnish artist Maria Nordbäck. What happens if we ask the public in Finland to invite refugees and asylum seekers to their private homes? How do asylum seekers perceive the Finnish people and society through a camera lens? Who is allowed to make a visual representation in a public space?
http://brynhildbye.no/bridging-zip-code.htm
Apertura Namdalseid (2016-2017)A collaborative Norwegian project. How are women and the female form depicted in photography? How can photography trigger and preserve memories among the elderly residents in a Health and Care institution?
http://www.brynhildbye.no/apertura-namdalseid.htm
Three ways of framing (2013)A collaborative Norwegian project. Can photography produce a new frame of understanding of immigrants and refugee women in Norway? What is the situation for immigrant women married to Norwegian men in rural communities? What kind of role can they have in the local community? Can they unfold on their own terms and use their expertise and experiences?
http://brynhildbye.no/three-ways-of-framing.htm
Forgo (2012)A collaborative International project with Finnish artist Maria Nordbäck. What have you for one reason or another, chosen to – or been forced to - forgo in your life?
http://brynhildbye.no/forgo.htm
An ongoing Norwegian collaborative project started during Covid lockdown. Seven Norwegian artists are investigating new ways of working together through digital platforms and production methods for visual artists. So far the artists have made an artist's book that presents and challenges their relationship to, or lack of relationship to seven colours.
https://www.facebook.com/sjukunstneresjufarger
"Kintsugi" (2020-2021)
An ongoing Norwegian collaborative project started during Covid lockdown, with focus on the topic next of kin through photography, photovoice and participatory methodologies.
http://brynhildbye.no/kintsugi.htm
"Participatory observation and documentary methods in Edit Palestine" (2019)
A solo exhibition investigating questions related to participatory methodologies, methods of collecting and processing documentary material and movement in space and surface in storytelling photographic expressions. Art work from the exhibition: "East Jerusalem, Palestine", "Keep on writing" and "Palestinian gestures".
100 meter (2018)A collaborative Norwegian project. Several hundred young participants were given the task of filming themselves while walking the best short distance they knew and explaining why they preferred that specific trail.
http://brynhildbye.no/100-metres.htm
Away game (2017)A photographic installation with nine portraits of Palestinian football players from the city of Ramallah, Occupied West Bank, Palestine, were placed in a tight tactical battle formation inside the tower hall of Our Lady's Church in Trondheim, Norway.
http://brynhildbye.no/away-game.htm
Truth on the ground (2017)
A series of outdoor photographs were mounted on stone slabs placed in a semicircle around the sundial in the north eastern quadrant of the market square in Trondheim, Norway. The series told stories from everyday life of Palestinian football players, football activities and the opportunity to participate in sports in the Middle East.
http://brynhildbye.no/the-truth-on-the-ground.htm
Ramallah Trondheim Series (2012-2015)A collaborative International project with partner Sareyyet Ramallah in Palestine. Can photography change the narratives around Palestinian Arab women? How does photography influence our understanding of both the role of women and women's opportunities to participate in sport in the Middle East?
http://brynhildbye.no/ramallah-trondheim-series.htm
Bridging Zip-Code 65 (2016)A collaborative International project with Finnish artist Maria Nordbäck. What happens if we ask the public in Finland to invite refugees and asylum seekers to their private homes? How do asylum seekers perceive the Finnish people and society through a camera lens? Who is allowed to make a visual representation in a public space?
http://brynhildbye.no/bridging-zip-code.htm
Apertura Namdalseid (2016-2017)A collaborative Norwegian project. How are women and the female form depicted in photography? How can photography trigger and preserve memories among the elderly residents in a Health and Care institution?
http://www.brynhildbye.no/apertura-namdalseid.htm
Three ways of framing (2013)A collaborative Norwegian project. Can photography produce a new frame of understanding of immigrants and refugee women in Norway? What is the situation for immigrant women married to Norwegian men in rural communities? What kind of role can they have in the local community? Can they unfold on their own terms and use their expertise and experiences?
http://brynhildbye.no/three-ways-of-framing.htm
Forgo (2012)A collaborative International project with Finnish artist Maria Nordbäck. What have you for one reason or another, chosen to – or been forced to - forgo in your life?
http://brynhildbye.no/forgo.htm
2020 - 2022