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 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 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 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 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