A Sense of Place - Imprints of Iceland
These composite landscapes are a re-creation of places from an estranged homeland and include images that utilize fingerprints patterns that evoke the uniqueness of our connection with nature, and abstract landscapes where several sheets of photographic paper with variable cutouts are layered together imitating landforms that have formed over time. The fragmented images induce the viewer to draw on their own experiences to complete the work and by utilizing the textures of human fingerprints, they speak to our individual responsibility for our impressions upon nature.
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Biography
Charlotta Maria Hauksdottir is an Icelandic artist residing in California. Working mainly in photography, her work centers around the unique connection one has to places and moments in time, and how memories embody and elevate those connections. Charlotta graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute with an MFA in Photography in 2004, and received a BA in Photography from the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome, in 1997. Her award winning work has been exhibited widely and published in numerous books and magazines. Her work can be found in public and private collections all over the world.
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Awards
2020 Tokyo International Photography Competition - 7th Edition
2019 2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, Gold Award Winner
2018 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
2018 Photolucida Critical Mass, Top 50
2018 International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, 3rd place
2017 Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards 2017, Finalist
2017 The Art of Living Photography Show, ACCI Gallery, Gallery Award Winner
2016 11th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Jurors Award
2016 Family Portraits, Richmond Art Center, Jurors Award
2012 International Exhibition of Women’s Fine Art Photography, Honorable mention
