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, Allen Ginsberg, 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.

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.