Galleri Image

Galleri Image is a non-commercial gallery exhibiting high quality Danish and international photo- and video art. Situated in Denmark’s second city, Aarhus, it was founded in 1977 by a group of art photographers and lay enthusiasts and is the oldest such dedicated gallery space in Scandinavia: for many years it was the only photographic gallery in Denmark. In the course of more than thirty years of exhibitions it has acquired an outstanding international reputation, contributing significantly to the development of photography as an art form, and to the recognition of photography as an independent cultural entity.

The gallery has hosted shows by well-known photographers such as Duane Michals, Diane Arbus, Christer Strömholm, Martin Parr, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Carlos Garaicoa, Anthony Haughey, Kyungwoo Chun and Amy Stein. Among the contemporary Danish artists who have exhibited at Galleri Image in recent years are Joakim Eskildsen, Birgitta Lund, Nicolai Howalt, Søren Lose, Astrid Kruse Jensen , Pia Arke, Ebbe Stub Wittrup, Trine Søndergård and Adam Jeppesen.

In addition to the above, Galleri Image has curated a number of original large-scale exhibitions: “From China” (Chinese contemporary art photography, part of the 2003 Aarhus Festival); “Interferences”, an exhibition of contemporary Swiss art photography (2004); and “New Adventures: Contemporary Danish Photography & Video" an exhibition originally mounted in Seoul, Korea and later toured through China during 2007-2008. More recently, other successful exhibitions have been held in China and India.

In May 2009 Galleri Image was co-producer of a video work that premiered in Aarhus’s art cinema Øst for Paradis: “Summertale” by Katarzyna Kozyra; while this year (2010) a number of international art festival collaborations are planned, including the Copenhagen Photo Festival (May) and the Dak'Art Biennial in Dakar, Senegal.

Galleri Image presents approximately eight to ten exhibitions annually, almost invariably accompanied by an original catalogue – an important source of documentation for the public, artists, and historians. Most of the gallery’s exhibitions are accompanied by artist talks, lectures and seminars. Galleri Image regularly collaborates with other art venues in the city, including Aarhus Art Building – Center for Contemporary Art.