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Mads Holm: In Control, Dublin (2015) From ‘About Common Ground’
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Mads Holm, a final year Fine Art Photography student
at The Glasgow School of Art has won the 2016 Danish Embassy Art Prize it was
announced today, 11 March 2016. Open to all Danish Students studying in the UK, the prize offers the winner the opportunity to show a body of work in the
Danish Embassy for a full calendar year. Mads, who studied in New York before
coming to The Glasgow School of Art, won the prize for a About Common Ground, a series of art photographs. A selection of
the images will go on show at the Danish Embassy in London on Thursday 17 March
2016.
“I like to think of the camera as a tool for
investigation,” says Mads. “Photography
is my way of making notes of the world surrounding me and aspects of
contemporary society with which I am concerned. It is also a way to explore and
express my fascination with what I encounter.”
investigation,” says Mads. “Photography
is my way of making notes of the world surrounding me and aspects of
contemporary society with which I am concerned. It is also a way to explore and
express my fascination with what I encounter.”
“I am deeply interested in human life and
creation, how we have structured ourselves on this planet and how the
structures affect our behaviour and interaction along with the conflicts and
frustration they cause. It is also important for me to look properly at things, and the camera fits perfectly with that curiosity and desire to
explore.”
creation, how we have structured ourselves on this planet and how the
structures affect our behaviour and interaction along with the conflicts and
frustration they cause. It is also important for me to look properly at things, and the camera fits perfectly with that curiosity and desire to
explore.”
“The Danish Embassy Art Prize was the first
prize or exhibition I applied for with the material from About Common Ground, so
actually winning the prize was an incredible recognition of the project.”
prize or exhibition I applied for with the material from About Common Ground, so
actually winning the prize was an incredible recognition of the project.”
“We are delighted that Mads has won this prestigious
award,” says Lesley Punton,
Head of Fine Art Photography at The Glasgow School of Art. “It is well deserved recognition for a major body of work that he has
been developing for some time.”
award,” says Lesley Punton,
Head of Fine Art Photography at The Glasgow School of Art. “It is well deserved recognition for a major body of work that he has
been developing for some time.”
The Danish
Embassy exhibition will be open to the public until March 2017 (by prior appointment
only. Contact: lonambculture@um.dk / Tel: +44 (0)20 7333 0244)
Embassy exhibition will be open to the public until March 2017 (by prior appointment
only. Contact: lonambculture@um.dk / Tel: +44 (0)20 7333 0244)
Work from About Common Ground will also be on display in the Tontine Building at GSA Degree
Show from 18 – 25 June 2016. Open Monday
– Friday 10am – 9pm; Sat/Sun 10am – 4pm. Entry free.
Show from 18 – 25 June 2016. Open Monday
– Friday 10am – 9pm; Sat/Sun 10am – 4pm. Entry free.
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Further information
Lesley Booth
0779 941 4474
Notes for Editors
Mads Holm
was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1990. He studied photojournalism and
documentary photography in New York before he began a BA(Hons) degree at
Glasgow School of Art where he graduates from this summer.
was born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1990. He studied photojournalism and
documentary photography in New York before he began a BA(Hons) degree at
Glasgow School of Art where he graduates from this summer.
ABOUT THE DANISH EMBASSY ART PRIZE
Each year
Danish arts students in the UK can submit work to the Danish Embassy Art Prize.
The winner is be selected on the basis of advice from an external professional
visual art panel. This year the panel members were Marie Nipper, Senior Curator
at Tate Liverpool; Mads Damsbo, Director of Brandts Art Museum; and Barry
Phipps, Director of Visual Art, The Møller Centre and Fellow, Churchill College,
University of Cambridge.
Danish arts students in the UK can submit work to the Danish Embassy Art Prize.
The winner is be selected on the basis of advice from an external professional
visual art panel. This year the panel members were Marie Nipper, Senior Curator
at Tate Liverpool; Mads Damsbo, Director of Brandts Art Museum; and Barry
Phipps, Director of Visual Art, The Møller Centre and Fellow, Churchill College,
University of Cambridge.