VISUAL ARTIST /
CURATOR / FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Anastasia Isachsen creates video and light art for various cultural projects: installations, concerts, dance performances and theatre. She is a curator specializing in light-, digital- and video art and through her Fjord Studio, she is producing light art projects in Norway and internationally. Anastasia is a founder and creative director of light art festivals in Norway – Fjord Oslo and Fjord Geiranger.
SELECTED WORK
POWERFUL / EXPRESSIVE / EMOTIONAL
I am a visual artist and curator based in Oslo, Norway, specializing in video art for projections and light art for cultural projects. My work spans a wide range of contexts—from installations, festivals, and concerts to dance performances and exhibitions—both in Norway and internationally.
Since establishing my practice in Delhi in 2009 and later in Oslo in 2011, my artistic journey has evolved through dynamic collaborations with artists across disciplines: musicians, theatre directors, poets, choreographers, and other creative producers. This interdisciplinary focus lies at the heart of my artistic approach, enabling me to create immersive and emotionally resonant experiences that that go beyond the visual.
My work is internationally recognized for its precise and poetic aesthetic, combined with a philosophical and deeply emotional resonance that invites the audience into contemplative and transformative experiences. Through meticulous technical execution, I aim to create artworks that are both mesmerizing and intellectually engaging—blending innovative technology with human sensitivity to captivate the viewer and evoke reflection.
In addition to my personal practice, I am the founder and artistic director of Fjord Studio, where I curate and produce light art installations in Norway and abroad. Fjord Studio is also the driving force behind Fjord Oslo, an annual light art festival I founded to bring light art to the forefront of contemporary cultural expression.
My vision is to contribute to the evolution of light art as a significant form of contemporary art—expanding its boundaries by uniting emotional and intellectual depth with cutting-edge technology and reflecting on human experience through this unique medium.
PRODUCTION
FJORD STUDIO
Role: Artistic Director / Curator / Producer
2024
FJORD OSLO LIGHT ART FESTIVAL / IV edition / Oslo, Norway
KONGSBERG 400 / Opening Ceremony and Light Art Festival / Kongsberg, Norway
2022
FJORD OSLO LIGHT ART FESTIVAL / III edition / Oslo, Norway
CELEBRATION OF THE 100-YEAR ANNIVERSARY / The Arctic University Museum / Tromsø, Norway
FJORD GEIRANGER LIGHT ART FESTIVAL / II edition / Geiranger, Norway
NORDIC LIGHTS / Light Art Exhibition / Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
2021
FJORD OSLO LIGHT ART FESTIVAL / II edition / Oslo, Norway Fjord
GEIRANGER LIGHT ART FESTIVAL / I edition / Geiranger, Norway
2019
FJORD OSLO LIGHT ART FESTIVAL / I edition / Oslo, Norway
INSTALLATIONS
Role: Artist
2025
POINT OF (NO) RETURN / Interactive installation / Klaipeda Light Festival / Klaipeda, Lithuania
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Lilu Lichfestival / Lucerne, Switzerland
2024
PATH / Premier / Mapping Projection / Bodo 2024 / Bodo, Norway
POINT OF (NO) RETURN / Premier / Interactive installation / Fjord Oslo / Oslo, Norway
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Lightwaves Salford / Salford, UK
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Light Night Leeds / Leeds, UK
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Light Up Landcaster / Landcaster, UK
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Media Art Days / Ringkoping, Denmark
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Ferdrikstad Kulturnatt / Fredrikstad / Norway
RESURRECTION / Premier / Animated Film / Institute for Energy Technology / Norway
9 / Fulldome projection / Sous Dome Festival / Paris, France
MONAD / Audio - visual installation / Gent Lichfestival / Gent, Belgium
PERSPECTIVE / Light Installation / Kongsberg 400 / Kongsberg Norway
2023
MONAD / Audio - Visual Installation / Vivid Sydney 2023 / Sydney, Australia
PERSPECTIVE / Light Installation / D’Art Kristiansand / Kristiansand, Norway
2022
PERSPECTIVE / premiere / light installation / Fjord Oslo / Oslo, Norway
9 / premiere/ VR & fulldome projection / Constellation de Metz / Metz, France
MAZE / premiere / mapping projection / RéfleXion(s) / Strasbourg France
EQUINOX / Mapping projection / Nordic Lights, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada
POINT OF (NO) RETURN / Interactive installation / Nordic Lights, Harbourfront Center, Toronto, Canada – postponed
MONAD / audio-visual installation / Glow Eindhoven / Eindhoven / Netherlands
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Winter Lights, London, UK – postponed
MONAD / Audio – Visual installation / Bergen Lights, Bergen, Norway
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Staro Riga, Riga, Latvia
DAWN / Spatial audio - Visual installation / Winter Lights, London, UK – postponed
2021
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Fjord Oslo, Oslo, Norway
MONAD / Audio - Visual installation / Wandering Lights Festival, Tallinn, Estonia – postponed
DAWN / Spatial audio - Visual installation / Fjord Geiranger, Geiranger, Norway
DAWN / Spatial audio - Visual installation / Vivid Sydney, Sydney, Australia – cancelled
2019
DAWN / Spatial audio - Visual installation / Fjord Oslo, Oslo, Norway
DAWN / Spatial audio - Visual installation / Bozar, Brussels, Belgia
2018
QUANTUM / Mapping projection / Fete des Lumieres, Lyon, France
DAWN / Spatial audio - Visual installation / Staro Riga, Riga, Latvia
EQUINOX / Mapping / Wandering Lights Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
FALL BALL / Mapping / Wandering Lights Festival, Tallinn, Estonia
2017
RAPE OF EUROPE / Exhibition-performance / M17 Centre of Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraina
2016
GRAIN OF SALT / Mapping projection / Factory Light Festival, Slemmestad, Norway
PORTAL NORWAY / in situ Audio-visual installations at airports in Norway
2014
GRAIN OF SALT / Mapping video projection / Staro Riga, Riga’14, Latvia
CARTE BLANCHE 25 / Interactive exhibition for Norwegian National Company of Contemporary Dance
CONCERT & TOURS
Role: Artist
2023
TERJE ISUNGSET / Ice Music Quartet / Concerts / The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts / Washington DC, USA
2022
TERJE ISUNGSET / Arctic Ice Music / Spring tour, Norway
2021
TERJE ISUNGSET / Arctic Music / Autumn tour, UK
TERJE ISUNGSET / Arctic Music / Spring tour, Norway
2020
KARI BREMNES / Winter tour, Norway
TERJE ISUNGSET / Ice Music / Spring tour, Norway
2019
KARI BREMNES / Autumn tour, Norway
2018
KARI BREMNES / Autumn tour, Norway
KARI BREMNES / Det vi har / tour in Norway and Germany, 73 concerts
TERJE ISUNGSET / Arctic Music / Bergen International Festival, Bergen, Norway
TERJE ISUNGSET / Arctic Music / Concerts in Norway, Europe, and China
GABRIELLE / Summer tour, Norway
2017
KARL SEGLEM / Jazzbukk concert series, Norway
2016
KARL SEGLEM / Tindr concert series, Norway
2015
ARVE HENRIKSEN / Places of Worship tour, UK
2014
ARVE HENRIKSEN QUINTET / FOO tour, Norway
ARVE HENRIKSEN QUINTET / Places of Worship tour, UK
2012
MARIT LARSEN / Spark tour/ Norway and Germany
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CONCERT / Oslo, Norway
ARVE HENRIKSEN QUINTET / Touch tour, Norway
2011
ENSEMBLE DENADA / Finding Nymo tour / Norway and Europe
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE CONCERT / Oslo, Norway
KARI BREMNES / 30 years on stage tour / Norway and Germany, 45 concerts
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN / Norwegian Opera House, Oslo, Norway
MADDJI / Concert series, Norway
2010
HANS RAJ HANS / Concert, Lucknow, India
LAKHWINDER WADALI / Concert, Lucknow, India
THEATRE
Role: Artist
2016
DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD / National Stage, Bergen, Norway
KANT / Norland theatre, Mo i Rana, Norway
2015
BALCONY GIRL / Theatre company Memento, Oslo, Norway
2013
REIDUN AND PER LOVE MUSICALS / Musical tour, Norway
2012
SHOWGIRLS MUST GO ON! / Musical / Chat Noir theatre, Oslo, Norway
2010
METROPOLIS / Delhi Ibsen Festival, Delhi, India
CONTEMPORARY DANCE
Role: Artist
2016
BIVRFROST / Dance performance / Frikar Dance Company, tour in Norway
TEMPLE / dance performance / Frikar Dance Company, Oslo, Norway
2014
ON THE OUTSIDE / concert – dance performance/ Panta Rei Danseteater, tour in Norway
2013
TEMPLE / Dance Performance / Frikar Dance Company / Oslo, Norway
SHORT FILMS
Role: Artist
2016
MEMORY OF DÜRER
2015
LAMENT
