Søren Rønholt is a visual artist having photography as his principal media.
Thematically, Rønholt´s work is characterized by a fascination with the immanent drama. A trait and a trademark you notice in both his person portraits and his photographic tableaus of landscapes and urban Badlands.
As a portrait photographer, Rønholt is highly appreciated. He is acknowledged for his ability to fashion a presence in each portrait that encapsulates the object´s distinct and matchless details and creates an almost sculptural and iconic expression of the portrayed. Consequently, Søren Rønholt is a preferred photographer of actors, authors, artists and musicians throughout Scandinavia.
Parallel to his person portraits, often showcased in magazines, album covers, marketing campaigns or individual portfolios, Søren Rønholt expresses himself as a visual artist in books and exhibitions, perhaps most known for The Nordic Book (2014), distributed by German publisher seltmann+söhne.
A focal motive in his artistic photography is tableaus of raw and desolate, often majestic nature or urban structures of Scandinavia. From the grey rocks of the Faroe Islands, the Moonlike topography of Iceland to the sculptural wasteland of the Danish city Ørestad, each photo often seek to capture the almost zen-like calm of the motive, that should make you feel at ease, but somehow make you uneasy because you sense the drama, that just occurred or is about to occur.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Skylight. Bornholms Kunstmuseum. Invited.
2023 Persona, udstilling med Stine Leth, Kunstetagerne, Hobro. Invited.
2021 Kalkland, med Hanne Friis (NO), Galleri Sandberg, Odense. Invited.
2020-2021 Naturens Resonans. Grønbechs Gård / Officinet. Gurli Elbækgaard & Søren Rønholt.
2019 Winter Pictures. Group Exhibition at Gallery Sandberg. Invited.
2019 Self-Staged. Danish Theater Museum. Group exhibition. Invited.
2015 The National Gallery of Denmark. SMK Mix it up. ,Camilla'.
2015 The Artist Spring Exhibition 2015. Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Censored exhibition.
2011-2013 The Artists’ Easter exhibition KP / The Artist’s Fall exhibition KE. Censored exhibitions.
Grants and Residencies
2023 Awarded the house artist scheme at Photographic Center. Danish Arts Foundation.
2021 Grant, Danish Arts Foundation. Support to artistic project about light for Bornholms Kunstmuseum.
2021 Awarded grant and stay at Dansk Tennis Fond’s house on Bornholm.
2019 Travel grant, guest teacher at Accademia di Belle Arti Rosario Gagliardi, Siracusa, Sicily. Danish Arts Foundation.
2019 Travel grant Artist House Lofoten. Danish Arts Foundation.
2019 Travel grant and stay at Utzons Can Lis, Mallorca. Danish Arts Foundation.
2019 Support from the Gottfred Eickhoff and wife, the artist Gerda Eickhoffs Foundation.
2019 Support from New Carlsberg Foundation.
Other Notable Achievements
Member of the Danish Visual Artists (BKF).
2024 Mesterværker – Søren Rønholt. Profile program at TV2 Bornholm.
2023 Museum purchase: Bornholm’s Museum has purchased 5 works in connection with the exhibition 'Skylight'.
2023 Jury-member Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition .
2022 Jury-member Holbæk Art Association.
2021 Portraits. Søren Rønholt. Published by Seltmann Söhne.(2021)
2020-2021 Naturens Resonans. Bornholms Kunstmuseum & Officinet.
2019- Podcast ISO 400 (ongoing).
2016-2023 Masterclass, fine art photography. Photo School Fatamorgana & Accademia di Belle Arti Rosario Gagliardi, Sicily.
2014 The Nordic Book. Søren Rønholt. Published by Seltmann Söhne.
The list of works is continuously updated.
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