Adam Jeppesen

Overview

Born 1978 in Kalundborg, Denmark.
Lives and works in Uruguay.

Centred around the concept of time, Jeppesen allegorically explores the cross-cultural challenges that we face in the 21st century, including the rapid development of new technologies and spiritual depletion.

This is both expressed in his photographic works, where time leaves visible traces in the material, and in his large-scale installations, where the impermanence of both life and all matter is uncovered. These are grand and universal themes that have been shaped by both scientific, philosophical and spiritual narratives.

The works by Adam Jeppesen are beyond our traditional understanding of space and time, but they still serve as validation for certain moments and events, thus presenting as an enigmatic depiction of reality, where the aesthetic value of the imperfect elements is in focus, and where the works lie somewhere between perfection and imperfection, between creation and destruction.

Adam Jeppesen first gained international recognition with his Wake-series, which was published in 2008 by Steidl as a book. In 2009, Jeppesen was nominated for both the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize and the KLM Paul Huf Award. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is present in the collection at the Denver Art Museum (USA), the Danish Arts Foundation, the National Public Art Council in Sweden, the National Museum of Photography in Denmark, as well as in numerous private collections. Adam Jeppesen lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Selected Works

Series

Biography / CV

Born 1978 in Kalundborg, Denmark.
Lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

EDUCATION

2002 Graduates from Fatamorgana, Copenhagen, Denmark

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

MACA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry, Uruguay

2022

From the Shadow Land, BORCH Gallery, Berlin Germany

While Every Passing Day Seemed Fair, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen Denmark

2021

Fixing Form, Black Box Projects, London, United Kingdom

2019

The Great Filter, Brandts, Odense, Denmark

2018

L’art dans les chapelles, Chapelle de la Trinité, Cléguérec, France

2017

Adam Jeppesen, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Visions of Nature, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna, Austria

A World of Photogravure, Niels Borch Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Out of Camp, FOAM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The Pond, Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerp, Belgium

Extraits de la plaine, Bendana Pinel, Paris, France

Sart, RØM, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016

Out of Camp, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Vaca Muerta, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany

2014

SCATTER – New Color Works, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

X, Galerie van der Mieden, Bruxelles, Belgium

2013

På Papiret, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012

Flatlands Camp Project, Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerp, Belgium

Flatlands Camp Project, the National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark

Blue, O. Fournier, Mendoza, Argentina

2011

The Flatlands Camp Project – Beyonder, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009

Faaborg Museum, Faaborg, Denmark

On Sleepwalking, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

2008

Saimaa, Peter Lav Gallery, Valby, Denmark

2006

The Wake, Galleri Hornbæk, Hornbæk, Denmark

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2023

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Disappearances, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nye Dimensioner, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Vejle, Denmark

2o2o

On Earth – Imaging, Technology and the Natural World, Le Lieu Uniue, Nantes, France

United We Rise Part 2, Bendana-Pinel, Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2019

Fundamentals, Black Box Projects, London, United Kingdom

Of Individuals and Places – Photographs from the Lazare Collection, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada

Sculptural Landscapes Part 2, Gallery Nouva, Bodø, Norway

Back to the Future, Mai Mańo House, Budapest, Hungary

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Post Water, Museo Nazionale della Montagna, Torino, Italy

2018

Loading… FOAM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Back to the Future, CO Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sculptural Landscapes, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

New Territory, Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA

Back to the future, FOAM, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2017

Visions of Nature, Kunst Haus Wien, Vienna, Austria

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

A world of Photogravure, Niels Borch Jensen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sart, RØM, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016

Indentations, Niels Borch Jensen, Berlin, Germany

Touched – Craftmanship in Contemporary Photography, Museum Het Schip, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Hello Walls, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015

I plunge into black holes and emerge intact, Gallery Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany

Mijn Vlakke Land, Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Tech 4 Change, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway

2014

The Return of the Real, with Olafur Eliasson & Joakim Eskildsen, Gallery Niels Borch/Gallery

Taik Persons, Berlin, Germany

Contemporary Art from Denmark, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Gallery Innova, Maldonado, Uruguay

Hindsight, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Omhandling, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Danmark

2013

Westen i Sydhavn, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark

True Colors, Atlas Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Rendezvous with nature, Northern Photographic Center, Oulu, Finland

State of the Art, Carlsbergbyen Slottet, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012

Do you remember the first time, Atlas Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Voices Off, Arles, France

Play, Collect, Construct, Fold and Display, LhGWR, Haag, the Netherlands

2011

Arctic, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia

Out of Life, Grohman Villa, Lodz, Poland

2010

Photography Group Show, Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerp, Belgium

2009

Eden, Galerie van der Mieden, Antwerp, Belgium

2008

Small Formats, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nuit Blanche, Paris, France

Wir Für Euch, Kudlek van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany

Nuit d’Europe, Arles, France

real_ly?, Peter Lav Gallery, Valby, Denmark

2007

Tillykke Lille Fugl, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, United States

2006

Stills, PL gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

New Danish Photography, Scandinavia House, New York, United States

Transient images, Galleri Hornbæk, Hornbæk, Denmark

2005

Scandinavian Photography II: Denmark, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, United States

AWARDS

2017 – Deutsche Borse Photography Prize (long listed)

2016 – Deutsche Borse Photography Prize (long listed)– Prix Pictet (nominated)

2009 – Deutsche Borse Photography Prize (Nominated)

2009 – KLM Paul Huf Award (Nominated)

GRANTS

2013 – Aage og Yelva Nimbs Fond

2013 – Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse

2012 – Paul René Gauguins Fond

2012 – The Danish Arts Foundation

2010 – Fogtdals Fotografipris ‘10

2010 – The Danish Arts Foundation

2009 – Ebba Celinders Legat

2009 – The Danish Arts Foundation

COLLECTIONS

Ny Carlsbergfondet, Denmark

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Denver Art Museum, United States

The Danish Art Foundation, Denmark

The Swedish Art Foundation, Sweden

The National Museum of Photography, Denmark

Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts, Denmark

Nykredit Fonden, Denmark

C/O Berlin, Germany