Sofie Amalie Klougart (b. 1987) is a Danish photographer based in Oslo, Norway. She works with photography and sound depicting common people and their wishful thinking. Her work has been exhibited in renowned institutions as well as in more experimental formats; museums, art centers and at various festivals in Denmark and abroad.
Selected exhibitions and screenings
2019 Ellingsen von Krogh, Stavanger, Norway, HEAT, solo exhibition, 31.08-26.10
2019 C4 PROJECTS, HEAT, Denmark, solo exhibition, 21.6-7.7
2019 Vejle Kunstmuseum, Denmark, group exhibition, PARTNERS, Against the sky, April 14.04-15.09
2018 Minimum, Palermo, group show at Mo[t]us Operandi curated by Valentina Sestieri, Mo[t]us is a wider collateral event organised by Minimum for MANIFESTA 12 a contemporary art biennial, June 22nd- July 20th and from October 31st it will travel to Comodo64 in Turin as a part of the Nesxt programme.
2018 Vandrehallen, Hillerød, Denmark, solo exhibition, THE CALLING - SITES FOR MYTHS, May 1. - 17. June.
2018 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, group exhibition, Interior, Philosophy in the Bedroom, February 1-10 March.
2017 Warehouse 9, Copenhagen, exponentially growing group exhibition ‘Vi tager intet ansvar’, Installation work: The Stone, Religious souvenir from Jerusalem.
2017 Fotografisk Center, solo exhibition, THE CALLING - SITES FOR MYTHS, September 15- 29 October.
2017 Code Art Fair, with Fotografisk Center for Cph Art Week, Copenhagen
2017 Landskrona Fotofestival, Group Exhibition, September 8-17.
2017 Tinghuset, Ebeltoft, Group Exhibition, April 18-16 May.
2017 Hillerød Kunstdage, Group Exhibition, Annaborg, March 24-26.
2016 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, KE16, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, November 5.-20.
2016 Human Rights in Action, human rights center, Nyhavn, Copenhagen, October 15.-01. December.
2016 - MENOTRENTUNO 2016, Masedu Museo D'arte Moderna Sassari, 28 October-3.December 2016. & Villanova Monteleone, Sardinia, July 29. - September 4. Exhibiting The Farm in the Centre
2016 - Athens Photo Festival, Greece, BENAKI MUSEUM, 9. June – 31. July, 2016
2016 - The Censored Exhibition, Copenhagen Photo Festival, 2.-12. June
2016 - TRANSIT, Group Exhibition, Pixelart, Østervrå, opening 13. February - 28 March
2015 - Photo Kathmandu 2015, Nepal, outdoor screening, November 3-9
2015 - STATUS:15, Group exhibition, Copenhagen, Museumsbygningen, September 24. - unknown
2015 - LENSCULTURE EMERGING TALENT AWARD 2015, Group exhibition at San Francisco Camerawork, August 28 - September 4, 2015
2015 - LIGENU - EQUALITY HERE AND NOW, Assignment for The Danish Parliament, exhibited in Copenhagen, Allinge, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg and Esbjerg, Denmark
2014 - Esbjerg-Harwich T/R, Our History, The Scandinavian Route 1874-2014, M/S Museet for Søfart, Helsingør, Denmark
2014 - 2014 FRAMES, ’Young, Danish Photography’, group show, Center for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2014 - ’Young, Danish Photography’, group show, Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, Denmark
2013 - ’Young, Danish Photography’, group show, Fotografisk Center,Copenhagen, Danmark
2013 - ‘Obscura Festival’, screening, Penang, Malaysia
2013 - ’8x Personal Project’, group show, Øksnehallen, Copenhagen Denmark
2013 - ’NOTES’, solo exhibition, Phototek Esbjerg, Denmark
2013 - ’Afterlife – a portrait of the sensless life’, collaborative art project together with the decumentarist Cæcilie Østerby Sørensen and the sound duo Graf og Nielsen, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
2012 - ’Shades of Women’, group show, Teatro Due Roma, Italy
2012 - 'Copenhagen Photofestival', group show curated by the Danish Press, Carlsbergbyen, Denmark
Awards and honours
2019 - Selected for Norwegian Journal of Photography, NJP
2018 - The Calling - Sites for Myths selected for the Photobook Week Aarhus Dummy Award 2018. Design by Per Andersen.
2017 - Jury member at the Danish Press Photo of the Year
2016 - Participant at Next to Me, photographic masterclass, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 - Danish Press Photographer Of The Year, Best Foreign Picture Story, second prize
2015 - LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2015
2014 - Danish Press Photographer Of The Year, Open Class Category, second price
2012 - Danish Press Photographer Of The Year, first prize, Open Class Category, ‘Philosophy in the Bedroom’
2012 - Participant at the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass, Amsterdam
2011 - Informations Fotopris, 1st prize
2010 - Danish Press Photographer Of The Year, first prize, Domestic Reportage Category
Grants
2018 The Danish Arts Foundation, work grant
2014 Médecins Sans Frontières, work grant
Residencies and memberships
Residency at San Cataldo, 2018
Member of Danish Visual Artists, 2018
Residency at Accademia Di Danimarca, 2015