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Curriculum Vitae
Pétur Thomsen
Born in 1973, Reykjavík Iceland
Education
2001 – 2004 MFA, École Nationale Supérieur de la Photographie (ENSP), Arles, France.
1999 – 2001 BTS photographie at the Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques, Montpellier, France.
1998 – 1999 Art history and archaeology at the Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, Montpellier, France.
1997 Cours de langue française à l’institut des étudiants étrangers à l’Université Paul Valéry. Montpellier, France.
Selected solo Exhibitions
2007 Gallery Turpentine. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2007 Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain.
2006 PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.
2005 The National Gallery of Photography, National Museum of Iceland.
2005 Gallery Mustafa Ali, Damascus, Syria.
2005 NCCA-SpB, Kronstadt, Russia.
2004 Akureyri Art Museum. Akureyri, Iceland.
2003 The cultural center of Skriðuklaustur, Islande.
2003 Galerie du LAKANAL, Montpellier, France.
1999 “The workers of ISAL” at the art gallery of the Icelandic Aluminium Factory
1998 The people of Álftanes, permanent exhibition in the community of Álftanes, Iceland.
Selected group exhibitions
2008 Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere. Centre for fine arts, Brussels, Belgium
2007 Photo Gallery International, Tokyo, Japan.
2007 Climax, Festival Voies Off, Arles, France
2007 Centre Culturel Marcel Pagnol, FOS/mer,France.
2007 Sæból. The Nordic house. Reykjavík, Islande.
2007 « L’esprit dans l¹escalier ». DRAC, Aix en Provence, France.
2007 Arrebato. Camara Oscura galeria de arte. Madrid, Spain.
2007 ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Art Center, Pasadena, California, USA.
2006 ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Art institutuin of Boston, Massachusets, USA.
2006 ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Pingyao Festival, Pingyao, China.
2006 ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Aperture Foundation, New York, USA.
2006 “PIE” exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
2006 Hvörf, video installation. City hall, Reykjavík, Iceland.
2005 ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, Italia.
2005 ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Musée de l’Elysée, Switzerland.
2005 Instituto francés de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
2005 Galería El Ojo Ajeno, Peru.
2004 The 10th LVMH young artists’ award winner. Galerie du Pont-Neuf. Paris, France.
2004 Bagration & Harmenszonn and Voies Off - The Fringe Festival - Arles,
festival off des Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles. France.
2004 Villa Medicis, Académie de France à Rome. Rome, Italy.
2004 Espace Van Gogh, Arles, France.
2003 Voies Off - The Fringe Festival - Arles, festival off des Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles. France.
2003 TEC-TECE. Rencontre Internationale de la Photographie d’Arles. France.
2002 L’architecture de l’abbaye Montmajour et de son environnement. L’abbaye de Montmajour, France.
2002 TEC-TECE. Rencontre International de la Photographie d’Arles, France.
2002 4 points de vues photographiques. La Galerie Photo. Montpellier, France.
Prizes and Grants
2008 Working scholarship, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
2007 Myndstef. Cultural Fund, Iceland.
2007 Penninn, Cultural Fund, Iceland.
2006 Working scholarship, The Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
2005 The Ministry of Culture, Iceland.
2005 Margrét Björgólfsdóttir, memorial foundation. Reykjavík, Iceland.
2004 The 10th LVMH young artists’ award winner, France.
2002 First prize: “L’architecture de l’abbaye Montmajour et de son environnement”. L’Abbaye de Montmajour, France.
Recidencies
2005 Kornstadt, National Center for Contemporary Art St.Petersburg Branch, Russia.
2003 The cultural centre of Skriðuklaustur, Egilsstaðir, Iceland.
Bibliography (Selection)
2007
ARREBATO, Camara Oscura Galeria de Arte, Madrid, Spain. WORK, Changing Faces. Leiden Holland.
2006
A strange place called nowhere by Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir in SHIFTS,
Archives in dialogue and new identities in documentarism. i(p+r)/n 2nd Changing Faces Conference. Finland.
Kamera-Lehti, Islantilainen valokuva. Helsinki, Finnland.
PHaT PHOTO, Pretty Hot and Tempting Photo magazine. CMS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. May-June 2006.
PHaT PHOTO, Pretty Hot and Tempting Photo magazine EXTRA. CMS Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. May 2006.
reGeneration 50 Photographers of Tomorrow 2005-2025. Aperture Foundation, NY, USA.
PORTRAIT de MANUFACTURE Jaeger-LeCoultre. Jaeger-LeCoultre, Switzerland, March 2006.
Kárahnjúkar, Der kleine Bund, 28. January 2006, Switzerland.
2005
“Aðflutt landslag”, National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
reGeneration 50 Photographers of Tomorrow 2005-2025. Thames & Hudson, London.
“Einn hinna ungu”, Páll Baldvin Baldvinsson, Dagblaðið Vísir, 18/08/2005.
“Hvernig höndla skal það óráðna”, Bergþóra Jónsdóttir, Morgunblaðið, 22/02/2005. Iceland.
Les cahiers de l’École de Blois – numéro 3, Les Éditions de l'Imprimeur, Paris, France, Janvier 2005.
2004
“Kárahnjúkar og kímnigáfa í list Péturs Thomsens og Louisu Matthíasdóttur”, Bergþóra Jónsdóttir, Morgunblaðið, 14/09/2004. Iceland.
"Antichambre/Anticamera", Éditions Actes Sud / École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, for the exhibition "Antichambre/Anticamera",
Académie de France in Rome Italy, Villa Médicis, June 2004.
Work in Public Collections
2006 PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.
2006 The National Museum of Photography, Iceland.
2005 Le Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2005 Olis, Iceland Oil ltd, Iceland.
2003 The cultural center of Skriðuklaustur, Iceland.
2002 La Galerie Photo. Montpellier, France
2002 L’abbaye de Montmajour, France
1999 ÍSAL, Alcan in Iceland
1998 The town council of Álftanes, Iceland
Private collections in Iceland, France, England, Norway and Switzerland.
Galleries
Gallerí Turpentine, Reykjavík, Iceland
Camara Oscura, Madrid, Spain |