Pétur Thomsen (Icelandic, born )

Timeline

1973
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland
1989–1993
Baccalaureate, Social Science, Garðabær, Iceland
1998–1999
Art History and Archaeology, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, Montpellier, France
1999–2001
BTS Photography, Ecole Supérieure des Métiers Artistiques, Montpellier, France
2002
First prize: “L’architecture de l’abbaye Montmajour et de son environnement," L’Abbaye de Montmajour, France
2001–2004
MFA, École Nationale Supérieur de la Photographie, Arles, France
2004
The 10th LVMH Young Artists’ Award Winner, France
2007
II Pilar Citoler International Award of Contemporary Photography, Spain

Exhibitions

2010
De pictura, canon pictórico e imagen contemporánea, (with Pierre Gonord, Yasumasa Morimura, Anthony Gayton, Erwin Olaf, Rita Magalhäes, Victoria Diehl, Jose Manuel Guerrero, Toni Catany and Manuel Vilariño), EMAT, Valencia, Spain
2009
Fototriennale.dk, Filosofgangen, Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
2009
ReGeneration, Preus Museum, Norway
2009
You are more beautiful than a butterfly, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavík, Iceland
2009
Flash at a Moment of Danger, Listasafn Árnesinga, Hveragerði, Iceland
2009
Minjar, Natural History Museum of Kópavogur, Kópavogur, Iceland
2008
Endurkast / Reflection, The National Gallery of Photography, Reykjavík, Iceland
2008
Dreams of the sublime and nowhere, Centre for fine arts, Brussels, Belgium
2008
Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere. Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
2008
Endurkast / Reflection, The National Gallery of Photography, Reykjavík, Iceland
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, Iceland
2007
Artesantander, camara oscura galeria de arte, Santander, Spain
2007
Photo-london, camara oscura galeria de arte, London, UK
2007
ReGeneration. M'ARS Contemporary art gallery. Moscow, Russia
2007
Imported Landscape, camara oscura galeria de arte, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2007
Umhverfing, Gallery Turpentine, Reykjavík, Iceland (solo)
2006
PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland (solo)
2006
ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Art Institute of Boston, MA
2006
ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Pingyao Festival, Pingyao, China
2006
ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
2006
PIE, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Hvörf, video installation, City Hall, Reykjavík, Iceland
2005
ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
2005
ReGeneration, 50 Photographers of Tomorrow. Musée de l’Elysée, Switzerland
2005
Instituto francés de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
2005
Galería El Ojo Ajeno, Peru
2005
The National Gallery of Photography, National Museum of Iceland (solo)
2005
Gallery Mustafa Ali, Damascus, Syria (solo)
2005
NCCA-SpB, Kronstadt, Russia (solo)
2004
Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland (solo)
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
2003
The cultural center of Skriðuklaustur, Iceland (solo)
2003
Galerie du LAKANAL, Montpellier, France (solo)
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
1999
The workers of ISAL, Art Gallery of the Icelandic Aluminium Factory (solo)
1998
The people of Álftanes, permanent exhibition in the community of Álftanes, Iceland (solo)

Public Collections

Reykjavík Art Museum
PhotoforumPasquArt, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland
The National Museum of Photography, Iceland
Le Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
The cultural center of Skriðuklaustur, Iceland
La Galerie Photo, Montpellier, France
English (US)

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