Trine Søndergaard

Trine Søndergaard (born 1972), is a Danish photography-based visual artist. Trine Søndergaard lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Søndergaard studied drawing and painting in Aalborg and Copenhagen from 1992 to 1994 and attended the photography school Fatamorgana in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Søndergaard’s work is marked by her precision and sensibility that co-exist with the medium of photography, its boundaries and what constitutes an image. She has received the Eckersberg Medal , the Albert Renger-Patzsch Prize and the three-year working grant from the Danish Arts Foundation

The landscapes and mirrorings of memory, silent inner rooms, and women’s occupations and roles through history are all themes in Søndergaard’s works. In her photographic series she portrays rooms, landscapes, vegetation and people. With repetition and small displacements she lets the vision stop and wonder. The works create a kind of gap, a clearing in the existence, in which all stands out in an almost extreme concentration. Søndergaard says: “With my camera I listen to reality”.

In her work, Søndergaard’s starting point is documentary and straight photography. However, her use of reduction and repetition transforms the work into a kind of conceptual photography, and the dialogue with art history is always present in her oeuvre. The ordinary and the ceremonious are presented equally, and the undercurrents of melancholy, loss and the image as a condition transcending the verbal also characterize her work.

Søndergaard has exhibited all over the world and is represented in several international collections among others Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Canada, The J. Paul Getty Museum, USA, MUSAC, Spain, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sverige, Nasjonalmuseet, Norway, The Israel Museum, Israel, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, France and AROS, Denmark.

Søndergaard is represented by Martin Asbæk Gallery , Copenhagen, and Jackson Fine Art , Atlanta, US.

Publications 203 WORKS by Trine Søndergaard. FabrikBooks and Gotheburg Museum of Art, 2020, HOVEDTØJ by Trine Søndergaard. FabrikBooks 2020, A ROOM INSIDE by Trine Søndergaard. Fabrikbooks 2017, STASIS by Trine Søndergaard. Hatje Cantz, Germany, December 2013, STRUDE by Trine Søndergaard. Museum Kunst der Westküste, Germany, 2012, DYING BIRDS by Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt. Hassla Books, New York, November 2010, HOW TO HUNT by Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt. Hatje Cantz, Germany, October 2010, STRUDE by Trine Søndergaard. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark, 2010, MONOCHROME PORTRAITS by Trine Søndergaard. Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2009, TREEZONE by Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt. Hassla Books, New York, January 2009, HOW TO HUNT by Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt. ArtPeople, Denmark, 2005, VERSUS by Trine Søndergaard. Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark, 2003, NOW THAT YOU ARE MINE by Trine Søndergaard. Steidl, Germany, 2002,

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions 2026 Coordinates of Within, Snø Galleri, Norway 2024 Season of Undefined, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2023 Blind Side, Umbrella West Coast Exhibitions, Nørre Nebel, Denmark 2023 Works, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain 2022 Faraway Nearby, Greve Museum, Denmark 2022 Untitled / Til Vægs, Copenhagen, Denmark 2021 Undisclosed, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2021 Works, Den Sorte Diamant, Denmark 2021 Nearly Now, Gl. Holtegaard, Denmark 2020 Works, Dunkers Kulturhus, Sweden 2020 148 Works, Göteborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden 2019 From Where We Stand, Skive Museum, Denmark 2019 Still, Maison du Danemark, France 2019 Guldnakke, SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion & Film, Atlanta, USA 2019 Nearer the Time, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2018 Still, MuMa-Le Havre, France 2018 A Reflection, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA 2017 Vakuum, Brandts13, Denmark 2016 Guldnakke, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA 2015 A Room Inside, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2013 Birds, Trees and Hunting Scenes, N.Howalt & T.Søndergaard, Kunsthal Nord, Aalborg, Denmark 2013 Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA 2013 Stasis, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, England 2013 Monochrome Portraits, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, USA 2012 Still, Martin Asbæk Gallery, København, Denmark 2012 Strude, Museum Kunst der Westkuste, Alkersum/Föhr, Germany 2011 Memento, Bildkultur, Stuttgart, Germany 2011 Strude, Kunstmuseet i Tønder, Denmark 2011 Blyge blikk, Adolp Tidemand & Trine Søndergaard, National Museum, Norway 2010 Monochrome Portraits, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2010 Strude II, Trine Søndergaard, Galleri Kant, Fanø, Denmark 2010 Trine Søndergaard, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City 2010 Monochrome Portraits, Nessim Gallery, Budapest, Hungary 2010 Strude, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark 2009 Mono, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark 2009 Monochrome Portraits, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Trine Søndergaard, Galleri Kant, Sønderho, Denmark 2003 Now That You Are Mine, Filosofgangen, Odense, Denmark (catalogue) 2003 Versus, Thorvaldsens Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) 2001 Now That You Are Mine, The National Photo Institute of the Nederlands, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2000 Now That You Are Mine, IFSAK, Istanbul, Turkey 1998 Neighbours, International Meetings of Photography, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1996 Kom de bagfra, Kanonhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Solo exhibitions: Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt 2011 How to Hunt, Maison du Danemark, Paris 2011 How to Hunt, Galleri Format, Sweden 2010 How to Hunt, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark 2009 Tree Zone, Volta, New York City 2007 How to Hunt, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden 2007 Hunting Grounds, The Parisian Laundry, Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada (catalogue) 2007 How to Hunt, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York City 2006 Statement, ParisPhoto, Paris, France (catalogue) 2006 How to Hunt, Gallery Poller, Frankfurt, Germany 2006 How to Hunt, Faaborg Museum of Fine Art, Faaborg, Denmark (catalogue) 2005 How to Hunt, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark

Group exhibitions 2026 Kropp, Ideal, Blick, Fritte, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden 2026 Every Stone Must Be Turned, Skovgaard Museet, Denmark 2025 Grønningen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Denmark 2025 La Maison du Danemark, France 2025 Needle & Thread, Craft in Art, Sorø Art Museum, Denmark 2025 Homage to Older Women, Billboard Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark 2024 This Is How We Look, Is This Who We Are? Alzueta Gallery, Spain 2024 Needle & Thread, Craft in Art, Brandts, Denmark 2024 In the Now, Brooklyn Museum, USA 2023 Grønningen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Denmark 2023 Baltic Sea Biennale. The Democratic Space, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany 2023 Forsvindinger, Fotografisk Center, Denmark 2023 HolkaHesten, Gudhjem, Denmark 2023 Premises, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2022 JUBILÆUM 4, Ringsted Galleriet, Denmark 2022 CAT, Specta, Denmark 2022 Landscapes, Kunstmuseum Brandts, Denmark 2022 Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Fotografisk Center, Denmark 2021 Grønningen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Denmark 2021 In Reality – Fotografisk Center 25 Years, Fotografisk Center, Denmark 2020 Le Delta – Province de Namur, Belgium 2020 Face to Face, Thorvaldsens Museum, Denmark 2020 Doors in Contemporary Art, Städtische Galerie, Germany 2020 Calm before the storm, Art from the Wadden Sear, Ribe Kunstmuseum, Denmark 2020 Grønningen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Denmark 2020 Ansigt til Ansigt - Portrætkunst i dag, Kunstetagerne Denmark 2019 Danish Conceptual Photography, Silver Street Studios, Texas, USA 2019 Grønningen, Gl Strand, Denmark 2018 Cool, Calm, Collected, AROS, Denmark 2018 Elmgreen & Dragset, Trine Søndergaard, Chan-Hyo Bae, Bærum Kunsthal, Norway 2018 Form Follows Fiction, Kejatan Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2018 Reload, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germnany 2018 Grønningen, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Denmark 2017 Theses, Stiftung Christliche Kunst, Wittenberg, Germany 2016 Photography from Northern Western Europe, Fondazione Fotografia Modena, Italy 2015 Femina, Pavillon du Vendome, Paris, France 2015 Grønningen 100 år, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen 2014 Bikuben, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, USA 2014 Contemporary Art from Denmark, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany 2014 Art and Coast, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany 2014 Still Life, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Denmark 2013 Everyone Carries a Room Inside, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel 2013 Nyförvärv, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden 2013 Nordic Art Station, Eskilstuna, Sweden 2013 Das Nahe und die Ferne, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany 2013 Cool Nordic, The Kennedy Center, Washington, USA 2012 New Nordic, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark 2011 L’Enigme du portrait, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France 2011 Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan 2011 Danmark Under Forvandling, Heart Herning Museum of Art, Denmark 2010 Grønningen 2010 Danmark Under Forvandling, Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark (catalog) 2010 X-Tra Light, Kant Esbjerg, Denmark 2010 I Love You, ARoS Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark (catalogue) 2010 This Way 10, Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark 2009 Altid som aldrig før, Skagen Art Museum, Skagen, Denmark (catalogue) 2009 D-Stop, O’born Contemporary, Toronto, Canada 2008 Present Perfect Portraits, Martin Asbæk Projects, Denmark 2007 Reality Crossings, Wilhelm Hack Museum, 2. Fotofestival, Mannheim/Ludwigs/Heidelberg, Germany 2006 I Skumringen, Galleri Larm, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 Scandinavian Photography, Houston, USA (catalogue) 2006 New Photography, Scandinavia House, New York City (catalogue) 2006 Closed Eyes, Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark 2006 The Open Book, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) 2005 Scandinavian Photography, Faulconer Gallery, Iowa, USA (catalogue) 2006 Emergencias, Musac, Museo de Arte contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain (catalogue) 2005 Young Portfolio Acquisition 2004, The Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan (catalogue) 2004 Body, Galleri GimEis, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) 2004 Pro, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004 Kvinder stiller skarpt, Dannerhuset, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003 Fra objektiv til objekt, Den Fri Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003 Making Eyes, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, (catalogue) 2003 www.woman2003.dk, billboard exhibition, Copenhagen/Malmø, Denmark/Sweden (catalogue) 2002 Never Ending Story, billboard exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark 2001 Faces And Figures, Scandinavian House, New York City 2001 Repor På En Slat Yta, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden 2001 Scrathes on A Smooth Surface, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden 2001 Spejlkabinettet, Museum of Art Photography, Odense, Denmark 1999 Young Danish Photography, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) 1999 From The Hidden, The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark 1999 Modern Times, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden (catalogue) 1998 1000 år 10, Museum for Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark 1997 PRO – Nu da du er min, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) 1996 Fra alle os til alle jer, Albertlund Rådhus, Albertslund, Denmark

Group exhibitions: Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt 2024 Vild nok. Jagt i dansk kunst, Skovgaard Museet, Denmark 2024 Vildt nok. Jagt i dansk kunst, Faaborg Museum, Denmark 2023 Vild nok. Jagt i dansk kunst, Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Denmark 2023 Vildt nok. Jagt i dansk kunst, Ribe Kunstmuseum, Denmark 2023 Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Northern Photographic Centre, Finland 2022 Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Landskrona Foto, Sweden 2022 Snowflakes and Other Surprises, Fotografisk Center, Denmark 2013 Flora Danica, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Lys over Lolland, Denmark 2012 Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2012 Skabt af tiden, The National Museum, Denmark (catalogue) 2012 SÅDAN SET – romantik i dansk nutidskunst, Rønnebæksholm, Denmark (catalogue) 2011 Myter Om Den Nære Fremtid, Fotografisk Center, Denmark (catalogue) 2011 Scandinavian Forest, Melk Gallery, Akershus Artcenter Lillestrøm, Norway 2010 Vrå-udstillingen, guest, Denmark 2010 Grønningen, Copenhagen, Denmark 2010 KUP, Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 2010 I Love You, ARoS Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark (catalogue) 2010 Jagten – på noget andet, Johannes Larsen Museet, Kerteminde, Denmark (catalogue) 2009 Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Denmark 2008 Musée Historique et des Porcelaines, Ville de Nyon, France (catalogue) 2008 Grønningen, Bornholm Art Museum, Denmark (catalogue) 2008 Parallel Landscapes, Gallery Myymälä2, Helsinki, Finland 2008 Springtime, Henningsen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008 Hunting Grounds, Max Estrella Gallery, Madrid, Spain 2008 On hunting, Gallery Andreas Grimm, Münich, Germany 2008 Danskjävlar, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (catalogue) 2007 Lys over Lolland, Denmark (catalogue) 2007 Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China 2007 Existencias, Musac Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain (catalogue) 2007 Mia Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden 2007 Salon 1, Museumsbygningen, Denmark 2007 The Animal Show, Galleri Hornbæk, Denmark 2007 New Journal, Møstings Hus, Frederiksberg, Denmark 2007 One Shot Each, Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark (catalogue) 2007 Acquisitions 1999–2006, Fondation Neuflize, Maison Européenne de la Photographie. Ville de Paris, Paris, France 2007 Hunter & Gatherer, Gallery Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe, Germany 2007 New Photography From Denmark, Houston, USA (catalogue) 2006 Summer in The City II, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 Artist Choice, Bendixen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark 2006 Another Adventure, Style Cube Zandari, Seoul, Korea (catalogue) 2006 New Adventures, Danish Contemporary Photography & Video, China (catalogue) 2006 New Adventures, Danish Contemporary Photography & Video, Korea (catalogue) 2006 Summer in The City, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark 2003 Familiebilleder, Kunsthallen Brænderigaarden, Viborg, Denmark (catalogue) 2000 Longterm Projects, Underground, Galleri Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark

Collections ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark Art Foundation Mallorca, Spain Art Pradier Collection, Schweiz Bornholms Art Museum, Denmark BRANDTS, Denmark Cornell Fine Arts Museum, USA Fanø Art Museum, Denmark Fondation Neuflize Vie, Paris, France Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena, Italy Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden Greve Museum, Denmark Hasselblad Foundation, Sweden Henry Art Gallery, USA Kastrupgaardsamlingen, Denmark Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan Kunsten – Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark Kunstmuseet i Tønder, Denmark La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain Le Delta – Province de Namur, Belgium Maison Européenne de la Photographie, France Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Canada MUSAC, Leon, Spain Musée d’Art Moderne André Malraux, France Museum Kunst der Westküste, Germany Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel National Museum of Women in the Arts, United Kingdom Skagen Art Museum, Denmark Skive Museum, Denmark Statoil Art Collection, Norway The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University The Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark The Danish Parliament’s Art Collection, Denmark The Hermes Collection, France The Israel Museum, Jerusalem The J.Paul Getty Museum, USA The Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Ireland The National Museum of Art, Norway The National Collection of Photography, Denmark The New Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark The Sir Mark Fehrs Haukohl Photography Collection at LACMA and Brooklyn Museum, USA

Awards and grants

The Eckersberg Medal 2025, Denmark Ole Haslunds Kunstnerlegat (honorary grant), Denmark Ny Carlsbergs Kunstner Legat (honorary grant), Denmark Poeten Poul Sørensens Legat (honorary grant), Denmark The Most Beautiful German Book Prize 2014, Germany Aage and Yelva Nimbs Fond, 2012 (honorary grant), Denmark Anne Marie Telmanyi, født Carl-Nielsens Fond, 2012 (honorary grant), Denmark The Academy Council, 2010 (honorary grant), Denmark Nomination for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2006, 2011, United Kingdom Three-year working grant, the Danish Arts Foundation, 2009-2011, Denmark Fogtdals Rejselegat 2009, Denmark Special Jury Prize 2006, Paris Photo 2006, France Niels Wessel Bagge Arts Foundation, 1998, Denmark The Albert Renger-Patzsch Prize, 2000, Germany Joop Swart World Press Master Class, 2000, Netherlands Award for a young artist, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, 1998, Denmark The New Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark The Danish Arts Agency, Denmark The Danish Arts Foundation, Denmark Ragnvald og Ida Blix Fond, Denmark Københavns Kommunes Billedkunstråd, Denmark Nordea Danmark Fonden, Denmark The National Workshop for Arts and Crafts, Denmark The Danish Ministry of Culture Development Fund, Denmark