°1986 Kortrijk
Lives and works in Ghent, Belgium
+32 492 458 678
thomas@thomasnolf.be
Education:
2006-2009: BA Social Policy, Arteveldehogeschool Ghent
2009-2011: Moral Sciences, University, Ghent
2013-2018: MA Visual Arts: Photography, School of Arts (KASK), Ghent
Selected group exhibitions:
2013
.Home & Asylum, InBetween artspace, Brussels
2015
.Recyclart Art Center, Brussels
2016
.Next Generation Please, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
2017
.The Creators, Charlama, Sarajevo, September
.Komplot (w/ Gauthier Oushoorn), Brussels, May
.LEŽERNA RAZMJENA BEZ PANIKE, Charlama, Sarajevo, March
.Musée de La Photo de Bruxelles, Recyclart, Brussels, June
.Contemporary Refresh#2, Gallery Brodac, Sarajevo, August
.Kupujmo domace #2, Contemporary Art from the Balkans, Duplex 100m2, Sarajevo, August
.Re-Art2, Brussels, September
.Land van Fotografie, Ghent, November
.Mallification, Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Rotterdam, October
.MUHKA, Antwerp, w/Hannelore Van Dijck, December-January
2018
.DFFRNCE, Bruthaus Gallery, Waregem, March
.1+1, Ghent, April
.Sarajevo Storage, collection Pierre Courtin, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, June
.Graduation 18, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent,June
.TIFF, Museum of Photography (FOMU), Antwerp, June-July
.Futures, Unseen, Amsterdam, September
.Pakt, Amsterdam, October
2019
.Photobook Belge, Museum of Photography (FOMU), Antwerp, March-June
2020
.Stimulans, Kortrijk
Residencies:
2013
.In-Between Gallery, Brussels (BE)
2017
.Gouvernement, Gent (BE)
2018
.Arteventura, Aracena (ES)
2023-2024
.Be-Part, Rhizome, Kortrijk (BE)
Nominations, Awards:
.Shortlisted for the Photo Text Award, Rencontres d'Arles 2017, France
.Selected for .Tiff 2017, 10 young Belgian photographers, Museum of Photography of Antwerp (FOMU)
.Selected for Photo Espana 2018, International Photobook of the Year
.Runner up Sony KASK Awards, 2018
. Selected for portfolio reviews by Futures, Antwerp, 2023
Collections:
.Abby, Kortrijk (BE)
Books:
.Peculiar Artifacts in Bosnia and Herzegovina - an imaginary exhibition, Art Paper Editions, 2017
.Do you want your feet back? Barefoot Cobblers, Art paper editions, 2019 (commissioned photography)
.MVSC01-03, Maarten Van Severen Foundation, Erwan Bouroullec, Alfredo Häberli, Aldo Bakker, 2017-2019 (commissioned photography)
Talks:
.Thomas Struth, Laudation Magister Artium Gandensis, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent, 2018
.Tique Salon 13, Tique Art Space, Antwerp, 2018
.Nachtpannenkoeken w/ Ria Verhaeghe, Pierre Muylle, De Republiek, Bruges, 2018
Selected Publications:
De Correspondent, American Suburb X, CPH Magazine, BalkanInsight, De Standaard, The Culture Trip, The Word Magazine, Native Publications, LVP Magazine, We are Drifters, Low Country, Landscape Stories, De Morgen.