Born, Denmark 1976
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EDUCATION
2005–07 Yale University, MFA
2004–05 Goldsmiths College/University of London, Pg.Dip. Fine Art
2000–04 The Glasgow School of Art, BA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Geister von Altafjord, Copenhagen
2017
MARC STRAUS, New York
2015
Brandts 13, Odense, Denmark
2014
MARC STRAUS, New York
2012
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Nocturnes, Copenhagen
MARC STRAUS, New York
2010
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Country & Sea, Copenhagen
2007
Galleri Hornbæk, Thomas Bangsted — Nye Fotografier, Hornbæk, Denmark
2006
SPARK, Rustic by Chance, Copenhagen
2005
The University of Derby, Derby, Thomas Bangsted — The Open Studio

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Photography, Copenhagen
2016
Tang Museum, Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science, Saratoga Springs, NY
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, ILLUMINATION New Contemporary Art at Louisiana, Humlebæk, Denmark  
Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sixfold Symmetry: Pattern in Art and Science, Saratoga Springs, NY
2015
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Reconstructions: Recent Photographs and Video from the Met Collection, NY  
Knoxville Museum of Art, Currents: Recent Art from East Tennessee and Beyond, Knoxville TN
MARC STRAUS, Gray Would Be the Color, If I had a Heart., New York, NY
2013
Galeria Leyendecker, Reality Based, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, Curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné
MARC STRAUS, Jeff Wall & Thomas Bangsted – Black & White, NY
MARC STRAUS, On Deck, NY
2012
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill Project V:
The New Hudson River School, Peekskill, NY
2011
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx Calling: Bronx Biennial, NY
Galleri Tom Christoffersen, New Works, Copenhagen
Asya Geisberg Gallery, The Woods are Lovely, Dark, and Deep, NY
2010
Danziger Projects, The Year in Pictures, NY
Heather James Fine Art, Lost at Sea, Palm Desert, CA
2009
Sarah Lawrence College, Commercial Paper, Bronxville, NY
Howard House, If Night is a Weed and Day Grows Less, Seattle, WA
Prague Biennale 4, The Newest New York, Karlin Hall, Prague, CZ
Gl. Holtegaard, A Winter’s Tale, Holte, Denmark
2008
NYPH 08 - New York Photo Festival, Tierney Fellows 2007, Tobacco Warehouse Pavilion, DUMBO, NY
2007
Lauritz Kunsthal, SALON#1 — Danish Art NOW!, Copenhagen, curated by Mads Damsbo
Danziger Projects, Yale 2007 MFA Photography, NY
The Drake, Looking The Other Way, Toronto, curated by Mia Nielsen
Art Chicago 2007, New Insight, Chicago, curated by Susanne Ghez
Galleri Hornbæk, The Animal Show, Hornbæk, Denmark
2006
Under Milk Wood Gallery, Landscapades — A War on Terra, London
Fotografisk Center, Ung Dansk Fotografi 2006 / Young Danish Photography 2006, Copenhagen
2005
EC Artspace/The Old Abattoir, Peculiar Encounters, London, curated by Sarah Dwyer and Laura Green
Goldsmiths College, Postgraduate Degree Show, London
S1Artspace, We Live in This Concrete Basin, Sheffield, curated by Michelle Cotton
2004
Barbican Centre, New Contemporaries 2004, London, Selected by Dinos Chapman, Tacita Dean, Brian Griffits & Kate Bush
The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, New Contemporaries 2004, Liverpool
The Atrium Gallery, BraveArt 04, London
The Mackintosh Gallery, GSA, Terra Nova II, Glasgow

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
Brooklyn Rail, Thomas Bangsted Jeanne Silverthorne, Joyce Beckenstein, Dec 13
Hyperallergic, A Photographer Recreates Maritime Scenes from the World Wars, Sarah Rose Sharp, Nov 30
2015
The New York Times, Review: Metropolitan Museum Looks at Photos That May Last, Martha Schwendener, Dec 31
2014
Art in America, May, Review, Elisa Decker
ArtForum, March, Review, Donald Kuspit
Hyperallergic, Modernist Camouflage, Reconstructed, Allison Meier
2013
Next Level, Mette Sandbye, #23 Copenhagen
2012
New York Times, Ken Johnson, Learning About the Marketplace and Entering It, Aug 11
2011
Bronx Calling: Bronx Biennial, The Bronx Museum of Art, Catalog 2010
Objektiv, Mette Sandbye, “Enquete - Focus Danmark” Weekendavisen, Mette Sandbye, “Fotofiksfakserier,” Jan 29
Politiken, Kristine Kern, “Fra det Virkelige til det Mulige,” Jan 29
Berlingske Tidende, Astrid La Cour, “Fiktiv Virkelighed” Jan 19
2009
Prague Biennale 4, Catalog, May
Politiken, Trine Ross, På Eventyr i Kunsten, 4 Feb
2008
The Daily Telegraph, Drusilla Beyfus, “New York Photo Festival: The Big Picture Show,” May 5
2007
Chicago Tribune, “Satelite Shows Sometimes Gets Lost in Space,” April 27
2006
TimeOut London, Martin Herbert, “Landscapades – A War on Terra,” Dec 15
SeeSaw, “Rustic by Chance,” www.seesawmagazine.com, No. 5, Nov
Politiken, “Billeder fra Tomhedens Land,” 3 Aug
Jyllandsposten, “Tomhed og Natur,” 27 Juli
Fotografisk Center, Lars Schwander, “Ung Dansk Fotografi 2006,” Catalog
2005
ArtReview, Lupe Nunez-Fernandez, “A Firm Hold on the Future,” Oct/Nov
2004
Bloombergs New Contemporaries 2004, Catalog

AWARDS
Jerome Foundation, Travel and Study Grant Visual Arts, 2013
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, New York, 2010
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), Artist Fellowship in Photography, New York, 2010
The Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship, Yale University, 2007
The Tierney Family Foundation Fellowship, New York, 2007
Prins Joachims & Prinsesse Alexandras Foundation, Copenhagen, 2005
The Warden’s Purchase Price, Goldsmiths College, 2005
The Newbery Medal, The Glasgow School of Art, 2004
The John D. Kelly Memorial Prize, The Glasgow School of Art, 2001