ARTIST CV
3 sitroner, from the series Tales of Transformation.
Dida Sundet is an award-winning fine art photographer and light painter from Norway, currently living in Perth, Australia. In 2020 she commenced her PhD with focus on re-coding the female experiences of sexual assault in visual art, specifically addressing the tradition of ‘heroic rape’ paintings based on Greek and Roman mythology. Her research connects with current sociopolitical debates around men’s violence towards women and gender stereotypes.
Dida works with a number of techniques to create her work, ranging from staged photography to sculpture and installation. Since 2007, Dida has devoted her artistic career to specialising in the art of light painting. Her constructed and meticulously staged photographs explore identity, displacement, trauma and canonical ways of storytelling.
Dida’s previous work situated the imagination as site for the construction of trans-identities and poetic realities.
Her work unites aspects from an extensive background in theatre, film and photography in both Norway and Australia. Dida’s image ‘3 Sitroner’ (3 lemons) was awarded 1st place in the category for Special Night Photography, non professional, in the International Photography Awards, 2013. Dida has exhibited widely in both Norway and Australia.
“Isis” in “Portraits as self-portraits by Frida Kahlo 1948”, 2020, displayed as part of the MassIsloationAus Project across NSW and QLD
SOLO SHOWS
2015
Tales of Transformation (selected works), Wolveschildren Art Space, Ballarat International Foto Biennale — Fringe program, Ballarat
2014
Tales of Transformation, MA Assessment show, Phyllis Palmer Gallery, Bendigo
2010
For Illusion Isn’t The Opposite Of Reality, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP SHOWS
2023
The World of Photography, exhibition and book launch, Fotonostrum gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022
The 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards exhibition, 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale, Fotonostrum gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021-2022
Mass Isolation Australia, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Core outdoor program, Ballarat, VIC
2020
Mass Isolation Australia, Ballarat International Foto Biennale, displayed on billboards across NSW and QLD
2018
Horizon, RAW Australia, University of Wollongong, Wollongong
2012
Of Light (Yolk Collective), The Barn, Sydney
2011
ScanArt, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne
2010
ScanArt, 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne
2009
Four Attempts At Disguise, School of art galleries, RMIT, Melbourne
Juvenarte, Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo
ScanArt, First Site Gallery, Melbourne
Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship exhibition, selected works, Bayswater, Melbourne
2008
Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship exhibition, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
I love you but I’ve chosen darkness, RMIT Fine Art Photography Graduate show, Brunswick street Gallery, Melbourne
ScanArt 2008, C3 Gallery, Melbourne
LINK, O Projects Gallery, Melbourne
2007
ScanArt, Fresh Gallery, Melbourne
2006
Hysteria, Kerala Art and Photography Gallery, Melbourne
2005
Bløtkokt, Grafill Art Gallery & Blaa Jazzclub, Oslo
GRANTS / AWARDS
2022
18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Honorable mention, You Should Smile More
18th Julia Margaret Cameron awards, honorable mention, Tales of Transformation
2020
Neutral Density Photography Awards, honorable mention, People: Other for selected works from the series Tales of Transformation
2013
The International Photography Awards,1st place night photography, non-professional, ‘3 Sitroner’ (3 Lemons)
2011
The International Photography Awards, honourable mention, ‘A Tail of Transformation’
2010
The International Photography Awards, honourable mention for the series Performing Metamorphosis
2009
The International Photography Awards, honourable mention for the series Down a Rabbit Hole
2008
Siemens RMIT Fine Art Scholarship, Finalist
Golden Key Membership Award for Academic Excellence
2003
Scholarship of 10 000 Nkr from Sandsvaerbanken for short film project in St. Petersburg, Russia
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
The World of Photography, 2023, Fotonostrum Publishing, Barcelona
Sundet, D. (2020) "Self-portrait as 'self-portrait by Frida Kahlo 1948'”, Mass Isolation Australia, Ballarat International Foto Biennale.
Sundet D, (2022) You Should Smile More, The 18th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards exhibition catalogue, October 2022
FILM
2006
One+Two. Screening of hand-drawn animations at Horse Bazaar, Melbourne
2003
Mors Lille Ole, short film, dir. Launing Katarina, Mediefabrikken i Akershus, Strømmen
2002
No Surprises, short stop motion animation. Mediefabrikken i Akershus, Strømmen
EDUCATION & TRAINING
Master of Visual Arts
La Trobe University, Bendigo, Australia 2011-2015
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fine Art Photography w/Honours First Class, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia 2006-2009
Diploma in Art Photography, Robert Meyer College of Art, Oslo, Norway 2004-2005
Certificate in Art Photography,Oslo Fotokunst skole, Oslo, Norway, 2002-2003
Diploma in film production, Mediefabrikken i Akershus, 2001–2002
