Born in 1989, Tuva Kleven grew up in the small town Hamar in Norway, where she is currently living and working as a photojournalist and portrait photographer. Before she graduated from the Norwegian School of Photography in 2011, she was awarded silver as a new talent in the norwegian photography competition, Gullsnitt 2010. She was also awarded a silver in the portrait category of the National Photography Competition in Norway the same year.

Her personal work often revolves around the subjects youth, transition and death.