Victoria Bjorklund

Glass Figments

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 12
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 9
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 4
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 14
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 6
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 11
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 20
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 17
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 3
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 1
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 18
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 5
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 19
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 16
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Victoria Bjorklund
Glass Figment no. 7
Transparency Print Photograph
$800 Framed

Big News!

Congratulations, Victoria. Glass Figments was featured with a portfolio and cover image in the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of LensWork Magazine.

“This portfolio of work may have its roots in the photographs of storefront windows by Eugene Atget, but with a thoroughly modern twist. Looking for compositions inside the windows, Bjorklund composes her images with the reflections from outside the window as an integrated dance with the interiors. This juxtaposition leads to layered images that invite a second and third look. The combination of classic aesthetic interiors in contrast to urbanscape reflections make for a varied and engaging portfolio” —Brooks Jensen, editor, LensWork.

Glass on Glass

Victoria’s installation in the gallery featured one very special version of her lovely Glass Figments series: a custom-printed tempered glass piece at 36 x 24 inches on a custom-made, wall-mounted shelf. Any of these images can be custom ordered printed on glass.

The Gallery Edition

Victoria’s Glass Figments photographs in the gallery edition are created in an edition of 25, printed on transparency material. They are matted and mounted one-quarter inch above the backer board allowing the images to again reflect shadows and depth. The prints are framed in 18x23 inch in white wood custom-made frames.

Artist Statement

I explore wonder and curiosity in this series of photographs. I am fascinated by the idea of capturing places that can immediately cause the figments of our imagination to run free and escape to a space where the real and unreal are found side by side. In small pockets of everyday life, we can find places where the impossible is common and the flights of a daydream are familiar. It is my invitation to the viewer to take a moment to look into the windows and savor these tableaux and experience an idyllic world of carefree and splendor, a place that can be found where reality ends and our own imagination begins.

Artist Biography

Victoria Bjorklund is a photographic & book artist based in Tacoma, Washington. She is interested in both natural and urban landscapes and finds inspiration from writers and how they use words to describe the world around them, seeking to give a narrative in each thoughtfully captured photograph.

Victoria is a graduate of the Fine Art Certificate program in Photography at The Maine Media Workshops and a 2009 recipient of the TAIP grant by the City of Tacoma.