About
I am a photographer, teacher and writer born 1990 in Copenhagen, DK. I hold an MA Photography & Society from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague where I now teach.
I engage with and observe my local and global communities personally and directly and invest enormous amounts of myself in looking with curiosity and empathy.
My work has been exhibited and published widely across Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany and The Netherlands.
Contact
mads@madsholm.com
+45 61 79 59 40
Representation by Selected Artists’ Works.
Member of The Danish Union of Journalists.
Reviews and essays
About Control
The Photographs of Mads Holm
by John Farrell
Exhibition Review: Mads Holm,
About Common Ground, SWG3 by Frank McElhinney for
Writing on Scottish Photography
Mads Holm, A Shift of Mood
by Gavin Murphy
For Source Magazine issue 89
Features
Ud & Se
Phases Mag
C 41 Magazine
IGNANT
The Skinny
Interviews and talks
Self-fulfilling Prophecy Lecture at Undisciplining Photography symposium at Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, May 2021
Danish Embassy Art Prize 2016
Photobook Saturday
@ Street Level Photoworks
At sætte elementerne sammen
ATLAS
Mads Holm: CIVIL WAR
I DO ART
Mentions
Dansk Dokumentarisme #10
The Herald Scotland
Netzwerk Fotografie
Artmag
Culture Northern Ireland
Passauer Neue Presse
kunsten.nu
ATLAS
Friends and collaborators
Paula Duvå, artist
Dario Pianesi, graphic designer
Chris Becher, photographer and writer
Federica Iozzo, photographer and sociologist
Ewan Macbeth, filmmaker Tine Bek, photographer
Katinka Klinge, photographer Søren Arke, visual designer
Education
2020 MA Photography & Society, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL)
2016 BA (Hons.) Fine Art Photography, first class, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow (UK)
2011 Documentary Photography and Photojournalism, International Center of Photography, New York (US)
2009 Fatamorgana, Danish School of Art Photography, Copenhagen (DK)
Selected exhibitions
Solo
2020 HRTLND, The Hague (NL)
2019 Grasshopper on the Dashboard, Leica Boutique, Copenhagen (DK)
2018 About Common Ground, SWG3, Glasgow (UK)
2018 I look at War (with Paula Duvå), Soiz Galerie, Passau (DE)
2017 Jeg ser på Krig (with Paula Duvå), Banja Rathnov Gallery, Copenhagen, (DK)
2016 About Common Ground, The Royal Danish Embassy, London (UK)
Group
2020 Friction Atlas, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2019 Kolga Award, KOLGA TBILISI PHOTO, Tbilisi (GE)
2019 Archetype, The Balcony, The Hague (NL)
2019 3 Rituals, Antenne, Copenhagen (DK), 2019
2018 (INTER)TWINE, Supernormal, Singapore (SG), 2018
2017 NV Live Lab, Copenhagen (DK)
2017 BLIXA Artzine, KN3, KUNSTFESTIVAL, Aalborg (DK), 2017
2017 New Contemporaries 2017, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh (UK)
2016 Jill Todd Award Show, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh (UK)
2016 Ung Dansk Fotografi ‘16, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen (DK)
2016 Opposite Tendencies, 16 Nicholson Street, Glasgow (UK)
2016 Futureproof 2016, Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie (UK)
2015 100 Editions, Galleri Naboløs, Copenhagen (DK)
2015 Hoamat Moi Zwoa, Haus zur Wildnis, Bavaria (DE)
2014 Århus Independent Pixels, Århus (DK)
Grants and awards
Adam Bruce Thomson Award
Art in Healthcare Purchase Prize
Jill Todd Photographic Award
Danish Embassy Art Prize
DJ:Fotografernes Ophavsretsfond
Augustinusfonden
William Demant Fonden
Knud Højgaards Fond
(shortlisted) MACK First Book Award
(shortlisted) Andy Rocchelli Grant
(shortlisted) STAR Award
(shortlisted) Kassel Dummy Award
(shortlisted) Fiebre Dummy Award
Collections and sale
Public collections
Art in Healthcare
Sale
Studies in Photography
Bladr
Fragment
Printed Matter, Inc.