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ABRIDGED CV
Selected Exhibitions
2023 What the Rain Brought, Galerie Pi, Copenhagen, Denmark (Duo show)
2023, Beltane, Anima Mundi, St Ives, England (Group show)
2023, BBA Gallery Artist Prize Exhibition, BBA Gallery / Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany (Group show)
2022, Mabon, Anima Mundi, St Ives, England (Group show)
2022, BBA Gallery Photography Prize Exhibition, BBA Gallery / Kühlhaus, Berlin, Germany (Group show)
2020, Beyond Ourselves, Anima Mundi, St Ives, England (Group show)
2020, Ode to a Nightingale, Anima Mundi, St Ives, England (Group show)
2019, Summer Show, Galerie Pi, Copenhagen, Denmark (Group show)
2018, Winter Exhibition, Galerie Pi, Copenhagen, Denmark (Group show)
2017, Secret Life, Gallery Domeij, Stockholm, Sweden (Solo show)
2015, Head to the Ground, Gallery Domeij, Stockholm, Sweden with sculptor Sara Möller (Duo show)
2016, In the Presence of Absence, Galerie Pi, Copenhagen, Denmark (Solo show)
2016, Autres Horizons, Galerie Rivière Faiveley, Paris, France (Group show)
2015, YIA Art Fair, Galerie Riviere Faiveley / Carreau Du Temple, Paris, France (Group show)
2015, Copenhagen Art Fair, Galerie Pi / Forum Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (Group show)
2015, Festival Circulation(s), The Cent Quatre, Paris, France (Group show)
2014, The Grey Room, Galerie Pi, Copenhagen, Denmark (Solo show)
2014, Art Herning, Galerie Pi / MCH Herning Kongrescenter, Herning, Denmark (Group show)
2013, Once There Was a Shock, Munch Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Solo show)
2013, Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Liljevalchs Art Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (Group show)
2012, Tierney Fellowship Exhibition, Photovoltaic, New York, NY, USA (Group show)
2011, ReGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographer Today, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, USA (Group show)
2010, ReGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographer Today, Recontres d’ Arles, Arles, France (Group show)
2010, ReGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographer Today, Lausanne, Switzerland (Group show)
2009, Juried Show Exhibition, The Camera Club of New York, New York, NY, USA (Group show)
2009, Young Artists Emerging in America, Pingyao International Photo Festival, China (Group show)
Awards / Grants / Fellowships / Selections
2023, Helge Ax:son Johnsons Artist Grant
2023, Shortlisted for the BBA Gallery Artist Prize 2023
2022, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s one-year working grant
2022, Shortlisted for the BBA Gallery Photography Prize 2022
2022, Longlisted for Jackson’s Painting Prize 2022
2015, Selected as an Emerging Artist, LensCulture's Emerging Talent Awards 2015
2015, Selected Artist, Festival Circulation(s) Jury Selection, Paris, France
2011, Fellowship, The Tierney Fellowship, New York, NY, USA
2011, Selected as an Emerging Artist, The British Journal of Photography, London, United Kingdom
2011, Selected as an Emerging Artist, Zoom Magazine, Milan, Italy
2011, First Place Award, Win Initiative’s Ten Best at Ten Annual Photography Competition, New York, NY, USA
2011, Selected for the Limited Edition Print Program, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2010, Nomination and Grant Recipient, Lacoste Elysée Competition, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010, Selected Artist, Regeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographer Today, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009, Scholarship, The International Center of Photography Director Fellowship, New York, NY, USA
Collections
The Tierney Fellowship, New York, NY, USA
The School of the International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA
Tasmanian Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Michaelis School of Fine Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
Musée de E’lysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Bibliography
Selected Print Media
Gente di Fotografia, Italy, May, 2023
Zoom Magazine, Italy, March, 2020
Magasinet Kunst, Denmark, Issue 01, January, 2020
"Kalendarium," DN, Sweden, April, 2017
Evgeniya Sutyrina, "Single Lonely World," Watch Magazine, Russia, May, 2015
Chul Lee, “Kristoffer Axén,” PhotoDot Korea, South Korea, Issue 17, April, 2015
“Imagery of Young Artists,” International New York Times, January 28, 2015
Trine Ross, “Indkobsposer eller ro og Fred,” Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 19, 2014
“Galerie Pi,” The Cope Quarterly Magazine, Copenhagen, Denmark, Issue 02, Spring/Summer, 2014
Domus Israel: The International Magazine for Architecture and Design, Israel, 2014
Mangazine, China, January, 2013
Kristina Laitinen, “Måleriska Fotografier om Inre Tillstånd,” Nynäshamnsposten, Nynäshamn, Sweden, Issue 68, August, 2012
Simon Bainbridge, “Emerging Talents: Global Ambitions,” The British Journal of Photography, London, United Kingdom, Issue 7790, July, 2011
Cristina Franzoni, “New Talent Special Issue,” Zoom Magazine, Milan, Italy, Issue 102 (international edition), April, 2011
“Lacoste Elysée Prize 2010,” Art Review, Issue 46, December, 2010
Diane Smyth, “Hello World: reGeneration2,” The British Journal of Photography, London, United Kingdom, Issue 7778, July, 2010
Maria Grazia Meda, “I Fotografi del Domani,” Vogue Italia, Milano, Italy, Issue 717, May, 2010
Selected Catalogues
Kiss Kiss Bank Bank: Catalogue Festival Circulation(s) 2015, FetArt/Festival Circulation(s), Paris, France, January, 2015.
Nathalie Herschdorfer & William Ewing, reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographer Today, Aperture/Thames & Hudson, June, 2010
Selected Website Publications
Kala Barba-Court "Beyond Reality and Fiction," Plain Magazine, publication date: May 17, 2019
Graziano Ferri, “Events in Nature,” Fotografia Magazine, publication date: March 19, 2015
Arianna Catania, “Circulation(s): Festival Parigino. Un Trampolino Per i Giovani Fotografi”, Huffington Post Italy, publication date: March 13, 2015.
Julie Maury, “Kristoffer Axén: Photographie Surnaturelle,” The Arts Factory Magazine, publication date: February 17, 2015.
“Festival Circulation(s): Circulez, Il y a Beaucoup a Voir,” Le Figaro, publication date: February 10, 2015.
Michael Dee, “Kristoffer Axén: Head to the Ground,” Fotografi, publication date: January 30, 2015.
“5 Photographes Découverts a Circulation(s),” TimeOut Paris, publication date: January 27, 2015.
“Circulation(s) : Place à la Jeune Photographie Européenne,” Le Monde, publication date: January 21, 2015.
Rebecka Wiberg von Schantz, “Ny Talang! Svenske Kristoffer Axén Juryns Favorit på Festival för Ung Europeisk Fotografi,” Tidningen FOTO, publication date: January 22, 2015.
“Painted Photographs by Kristoffer Axen,” Ignant, publication date: May 22, 2014.
“Awarded Artist of the Week,” The Awards, publication date: January 20, 2014.
Elina Ruka, “Kristoffer Axén,” FK Magazine, publication date: March 13, 2013.
“Kristoffer Axen’s Photo Series ‘Events in Nature’ Looks At Our Attempt To Control Our Lives”, Mutantspace, publication date: January 25, 2013.
Residencies
2018, Art House Messen, Ålvik, Norway
Education
2008-2009, Advanced Certificate in General Studies of Photography, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY, USA