Terje Abusdal (b. 1978) is a visual artist with a background from the KMD Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen and the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus. He works with photography and sound installations, exploring the stories that shape us as individuals and societies. His practice moves between documentary and conceptual approaches, with a particular emphasis on the photobook as an independent art form.
Abusdal’s work has received several prestigious awards, including the Leica Oscar Barnack Award and Fotogalleriet’s Nordic Dummy Award. He has published Radius 500 Metres (2015), Hope Blinds Reason (2019), and Costa Bravo Holiday Paradise (2024) with the Swedish publisher Journal, as well as Slash & Burn (2018) with Kehrer Verlag (DE). Hope Blinds Reason was named Norway’s Most Beautiful Book in 2020.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as Bergen Kunsthall, Preus Museum, Buskerud Kunstsenter, Noplace, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Rouen), and Mattatoio di Roma.
Contact
terje.abusdal@gmail.com
+47 41 62 63 37