Nicolai Howalt was born in Copenhagen and graduated from Denmark’s Photographic Art School Fatamorgana in 1992. [2] Nicolai Howalt’s work has documentary references, operating at the intersection of conceptual photography and installation.
Nicolai Howalt has had solo exhibitions at Esbjerg Kunstmuseum; Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York; Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen and Center for Fotografi, Stockholm among others. He has also exhibited at Statens Museum for Kunst, ARoS and Skagens Museum in Denmark, and in Korea, China, USA, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, France, Finland, England, Hungary and Turkey.
In 2001 Nicolai Howalt published the book 3x1 with Gyldendal Publishers. Boxer was published in 2003 by ArtPeople. He has received a series of grants from the Hasselblad Foundation, The Danish Ministry of Culture, The Danish Arts Foundation and The Danish Arts Council.
Nicolai Howalt is represented in numerous public collections, including The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; MUSAC, Spain, Maison Européenne de Photographie, France, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA, La Casa Encendida, Spain, Fondation Neuflize Vie, France, Art Foundation Majorca, Spain, Hiscox Art Project, USA. And in Denmark, The National Museum of Photography, The Danish Arts Foundation, Skagen Museum, Nykredit and Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts.
Nicolai Howalt also has a long-term collaboration with the Danish artist Trine Søndergaard. They have published books including How to Hunt, with ArtPeople in 2005 and Hatje Cantz in 2010, and TreeZone with Hassla Books in 2009, and exhibited together in Sweden, Germany, Spain, France, Canada, Finland, USA, China and Korea. Their collaborative works have received awards including the Special Jury Prize at Paris Photo 2006 and The Niels Wessel Bagge’s Foundation for the Arts Award in 2008.
Nicolai Howalt is a member of Kunstnersamfundet and The Danish Association of Visual Artists. He is represented by the Martin Asbæk Gallery in Copenhagen and Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York.
Solo exhibitions
2011 SAMMENSTØD Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Danmark.
2010 Aros; Århus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
2009 Car Crash Studies; Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Car Crash Studies; Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Musée Historique et des Porcelaines; with Søndergaard, Ville de Nyon, France
2007 Hunting Scenes; with Søndergaard, Lys over Lolland, Denmark (cat)
2007 The Parisian Laundry; with Søndergaard, Mois de la Photo, Montréal, Canada (cat)
2007 Fotografiets Hus; with Søndergaard, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 How to Hunt; with Søndergaard, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
2007 How to Hunt; with Søndergaard, Martin Asbæk Projects, Denmark
2006 Galerie Poller NY, New York, US
2006 ParisPhoto2006; with Søndergaard, Martin Asbæk Projects, Paris, France (cat)
2006 Faaborg Art Museum; with Søndergaard, Faaborg, Denmark (cat)
2006 Galerie Poller; with Søndergaard, Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Martin Asbæk Project; with Søndergaard, Marts, Denmark
2005 Nordic House, Cracow, Polen
2004 Kaunas Photo, Kaunas, Lituania
2004 Center for Contemporary Art – Århus, Denmark
2004 Gallerie Schüster, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 Vensyssel Art Museum, Denmark
2003 Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 Center for Photography, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Solo Exhibitions: Trine Søndergaard & Nicolai Howalt
2013 Nicolai Howalt & Trine Søndergaard, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, USA
2011 How to Hunt, Maison du Danemark, Paris
2010 How to Hunt, ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Arhus, Denmark
2009 Tree Zone, Volta, New York, USA
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, USA
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
2010 A PEDIBUS USQUE AD CAPUT (Fra fødder til hoved), Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 Denmark in Transition, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
2008 Collisions; Maison du Danemark, Paris, France
2008 Spring Time; Groupshow at Henningsen Contemporary Copenhagen
2008 Unreal; with Trine Søndergaard, Astrid Kruse, Jonna Karanka, Susanna Majuri. Helsinki, Finland
2008 Another Adventures; with Søndergaard. Frankfurt, Germany (cat)
2008 Hunting Grounds; with Trine Søndergaard, Ebbe Stub Wittrub. Max Estrella Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2008 Grønningen; with Søndergaard, Bornholms Art Museum, Denmark
2008 On Hunting; with Søndergaard, Gallery Andreas Grimm, Münich, Germany.
2008 Art Basel; Solo-projects, (artfair)
2008 Danish Devils; with Søndergaard, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark. (cat)
