Susanne Wellm

Overview

Susanne Wellm is born in 1965 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
She lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In Wellm’s practice historical, self-biographical and tactile dimensions are closely intertwined. For more than 20 years, she has collected existing photographic material and this comprehensive and personal archive is the departure and reference for her works. Based on a conceptual approach, Wellm combines existing motives with own photographs to spur new narratives investigating the quest to create meaning between ourselves and our surroundings.

Often multi-layered, blurring the boundaries of fact and fiction, her works poetically elude a specific reading. Wellm’s works are all unique and the result of both digital and analogue processes. In recent years she has introduced the sensuous qualities of textiles by either weaving or surface threading the works. These applications not only embrace the heritage women’s traditional handcraft but break new ground in our perception of photography.

Susanne Wellm has recieved numourous grants and prizes and is represented in national and international collections including; New Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark, The Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA, Kiyosato Museum of  Photographic Arts,  Japan, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Museum of Photography, Brandts,  Odense, Denmark.

Selected Works

Biography / CV

Solo and duo exhibitions

2024

“De L’autre Côté” / “On the Other Side”, Galerie XII, Paris, France

2021

Recovery Of Lost Days, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020

The Journey, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019

The Conspiracy of Silence, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2016

Between Still and Moving, Brandts13, Odense, Denmark

Between Still and Moving, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015

Not Above a Whisper, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, United States (with Eeva Hannula, FIN)

2013

Inner Landscapes, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States

Reinvented Stories, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark

Inner Landscapes, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark

Inner Landscapes, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012

Compositions, Galleri Ellen Friling, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Pia Jacobæus, DK)

2006

Stills, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (with Adam Jeppesen, DK)

2002

Most About Time…, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark

2001

Photogravure, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, United States

1999

Vakuum, Danske Grafikeres Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Selected group exhibitions 

2022

POSITIONS / Eskerod, Eskildsen and Wellm, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019

The Island Show – Summer, Galleri KANT, Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark

Self-staged / selv-iscenesat, Teatermuseet I Hofteatret, Copenhagen, Denmark

Press Print, Ovengaden, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Island Show – Easter, Galleri KANT, Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark

2018

The Island Show – Summer, Galleri KANT, Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark

2016

Not Here Yet, (group show) H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast in Augsburg, Germany

The Farther I Remember, Sous Les Etoiles Gallery, New York, United States

WINTHER 16/17, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

Grafik Skov, Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg, Denmark

The Island Show – Summer, Galleri KANT, Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark

Under 10 Over 1, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen, Denmark

2015

Denmark:Constructions, Imago Mundi, Italy

Easter Exhibition, Galleri KANT, Sønderho, Denmark

With No Direction Home, Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013

Lianzhou International Photo Festival, China

Inner Landscapes, FotoFest – International Discoveries IV,  Houston, Texas, United States

2011

Worldwide/Young Portfolio, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan

2010

Tryk på tiden, Kastrupgårdssamlingen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Rød/Hvid, Grafiska Sällskabs Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden

2009

Danish Graphics Membership Exhibition, Bad Steben, Germany

2008

Tryk på tiden, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark

2007

One Shot Each, The Museum of Photography, Brandts, Odense, Denmark

2006

Danish Printmakers, Black Churs Print Studio, Dublin, Ireland

Den grafiske genbank, Johannes Larsen Museet, Kerteminde, Denmark

One Size Fits All, Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Denmark

2005

Den grafiske genbank, Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark

Scandinavian Photography 2: Denmark,  Falcouner Gallery, Grinnel, Iowa, United States

Förgänglighet, Alingsås Konsthall, Sweden

2004

The 13th International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition, California, United States

3. Grafiktriennale, Holbæk, Denmark

2001

Højlys & Dybtryk, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden

Highlights in Nordic Gravure, Gallen Kallela Museum, Helsinki, Finland

2000

Young Portfolio Acquisistions 1999,  Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Art, Japan

Highlights in Nordic Photogravure, FotoFest, Houston, Texas, United States

Højlys & Dybtryk, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark

1999

The 4th Kochi International Exhibition of Prints, Japan

Højlys & Dybtryk, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway

Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

Upcoming Artist of the Year, Kunstsalen, Fredericia, Denmark

1998

Romance, Udstillingsstedet Under Dybbølsbro, Copenhagen, Denmark

Galleri L.B., Copenhagen, Denmark

Højlys & Dybtryk, Møstings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark

1997

Højlys & Dybtryk, The Museum of Photography, Brandts, Odense, Denmark

1996

Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark

IV Sct. Petersburg Biennale, Spatia Nova, Sct. Petersburg, Russia

1995

Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark