Lars Dyrendom
b. 1981, Thisted, Denmark
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden
Contact
P: +46 76 306 12 27
E: lars@dyrendom.com
In recent years I've exhibited nationally and internationally, including in Konsthall Nord in Denmark, Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri in Iceland, Galleri KC and Galleri Résistancein Sweden. In 2025 i published the book People have always told stories together with Inuk Jørgensen on Breadfield Press. I was selected for the Circulation(s) Photo Festival in Paris in 2024 and have been a member of FUTURES Photography since 2021.
I hold a Master degree in Photography (2020), Master in Visual Archives and Collections (2011), both at the University of Gothenburg.
My artistic exploration centers on photographic collections and archives, with a recurring theme exploring collective behaviors in relation to our surroundings and environment. I am interested in how we stage and interact with various spaces and objects, and give them emotional, political and ideological significance in and through photography.
The photographs in an archive or collection often have no beginning or end; instead, they exist in layers. Non-linearity enables navigation between these layers to reveal norms, structures, as well as emotional undercurrents and sudden affects. These layers intersect and intertwine, transforming the act of "seeing" and the very concept of perception into a complex framework. What unfolds when one immerses oneself in selected historical photographic materials — visually, emotionally, intellectually? This inquiry forms the core of my artistic work.
I approach my work in a project-oriented manner, often employing diverse visual expressions while the common thread is the type of material I typically engage with and my examination of it. Recent explorations have focused on the complex historical relations between Denmark and Greenland, from the perspective of the coloniser, as I am Danish — a relationship marked by colonial legacies that persist to this day, yet are still often overlooked in the Danish narrative.
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2025 Meltdown with Inuk Jørgensen, Kinesiska muren (GIBCA Extended), Gothenburg, SE
2025 Isbjerg, Kanten Festival, Thisted, DK
2023 Studsmatta / Trampolines, The Secret Door Gallery, Gothenburg, SE
2023 Polar Bears and All That Other Scary Shit Out There, Galleri KC, Gothenburg, SE
2022 Spökben, geggamoja och havets alla bubblor, Torslanda Library, Gothenburg, SE
2021 Frölundas modiga monster ser skogen och alla träd, Frölunda Kulturhus, Gothenburg, SE
2021 GL/DK project – Futures Nordic Talents, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, DK
2020 Hur Skulle Det Vara Då? BOKSKÅPET Children’s & Youth Bookshop, Gothenburg, SE
2019 Wind and Mountains, Konsthal Nord (with Tina Umer), Aalborg, DK
2019 White Follows Wind, The Secret Door (with Christine Sjöberg), Gothenburg, SE
2018 New Nordic Landscapes, Galleri Rotor2, Gothenburg, SE
2017 Bygga ny vy, Frölunda Kulturhus, Gothenburg, SE
2017 Galleri Rotor2, Gothenburg, SE
2016 Vinden kan man inte få se, Gallery Spacio, Ljungskile, SE
2015 100 fortællinger, Vendsyssel Historical Museum, Hjørring, DK
2014 Vit följer vind / Hvid følger vind, Dalarnas Museum, SE
2013 Time in the Stream, Gothenburg Harbour, GIBCA Extended, Gothenburg, SE
2013 White Follows Wind, Kirsten Kjær Museum, Thisted, DK
2011 10 Photographers, Galleri Monitor, Gothenburg, SE
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2026 Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival, U.A.E. (upcoming)
2025 Acts of Containment, Galleri Résistance, Gothenburg, SE
2024 Circulation(s) Festival, Paris, FR
2024 Konstkollektivet 10 Jubileumsutställning, Mölndal, SE
2024 What Do You See When You Look? The Secret Door, Gothenburg, SE
2024 Take 10 Press Zine Event, Skogen, Gothenburg, SE
2023 A ZINE IS A ZINE IS A ZINE, Take 10 Press, Galleri Box, Gothenburg, SE
2023 Upplaga 5, NEJD, Gothenburg, SE
2023 Visage(s) d’Europe: Le blanc suit le vent, Vincennes, FR
2023 Futures Photography Photobooks, Tbilisi Photo Festival, Georgia
2023 Folkstaden, Allmänna Vägen 2B, Gothenburg, SE
2022 Isbjørn, Til Vægs – Lundtoftegade, Copenhagen, DK
2022 Konstambulansen, Kronhuset, Gothenburg, SE
2022 Visage(s) d’Europe: Le blanc suit le vent, CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, FR
2022 Inexistent Books 5, Aula46, Barcelona, ES
2021 PERCEIVING LANDSCAPE, IAPT, KORAI Project Space, Nicosia, CY
2021 Isbjørn, Self-published Photobooks, Photobook Week Aarhus, DK
2021 Isbjerg, Яeclaim Award, Cologne, DE
2021 Isbjørn bibliotek, 2x2, Väveriet i Uddebo, SE
2021 FOR SURE, Verksmiðjan, Hjalteyri, IS
2021 INEXISTENT BOOKS 4, PrintRoom, Rotterdam, NL
2021 INEXISTENT BOOKS 3, MATERIAL, Zurich, CH
2020 VOLUMES 2020, Kunsthalle Zürich, CH
2020 INEXISTENT BOOKS 2, I Never Read, Art Book Fair Basel, CH
2020 INEXISTENT BOOKS 1, CV Books, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH
2020 We’ve Been Sent a Strange Sign, Landskrona Foto, SE
2020 Collapse of a Mass, Galleri Duerr, Stockholm, SE
2019 Don’t Pass Me By, Galleri Format, Malmö, SE
2019 The Great Elastic, WIP Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2018 Rest Assured in Unknown Places, Galleri Format, Malmö, SE
2018 Out of the Book & Into the Wild, Galleri Rotor2, Gothenburg, SE
2015 Handplockat, Galleri TYS, Copenhagen, DK
2014 Handplockat, Projektrummet, Oslo, NO
2014 Handplockat, Galleri Format, Malmö, SE
2013 Common Roof by Marjetica Potrč (photographic contribution), Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE
2012 New Nordic Photography, Härnösands Konstförening, Härnösand, SE
Books and zines (selected)
2025 People Have Always Told Stories, with Inuk Jørgensen, 500 copies, Breadfield Press, Malmö, SE
2025 Studsmattor, self-published, 500 copies, Gothenburg, SE
2024 Isbjørn (2024 edition), self-published, 50 signed copies, Gothenburg, SE
2023 Feed It to the Others, riso-printed zine, 100 copies, Gothenburg, SE
2023 Peter Freuchens private servant on the 5 Thule-expedition, dummy book
2022 Spökben, geggamoja och havets alla bubblor, 500 copies, MaLa Förlag, Gothenburg, SE
2021 GL/DK projekt, Vol. 1 & 2, self-published, 1,000 copies each, Gothenburg, SE
2021 Frölundas modiga monster ser skogen och alla träd, 600 copies, Gothenburg, SE
2020 Isbjørn, 50 copies, Gothenburg, SE
2020 Hur skulle det vara då?, 600 copies, Gothenburg, SE
2019 American Sights, Edition Taube, 300 copies, DE
2017 Looking at Looking at Landscapes, Materialsammlung, riso, 50 copies, Zurich, CH
2015 Ronja Asked for My Camera…, artist book, 3 copies, Gothenburg, SE
2015 Plutten venner, lykken og ballade, 300 copies, DK
2013 Handplockat – på utflykter i bildarkivet, Förlag 284, Gothenburg, SE
Grants (selected)
2025 Pronto, City of Gothenburg Cultural Administration
2024 Production and Exhibition Grant, Danish Arts Foundation
2024 Wilhelm & Martina Lundgren Foundation
2024 Längmanska Cultural Foundation
2024 Mobility Funding, Nordic Culture Point
2024 Ny Carlsberg Foundation
2024 Working Grant, Danish Arts Foundation
2024 International Exchange Grant, Konstnärsnämnden
2023 Hasselblad Foundation Photo Book Award (Second Prize)
2023 Pronto, City of Gothenburg Cultural Administration
2023 Two-Year Working Grant, Konstnärsnämnden
2022 Working Grant, Västra Götaland Region
2022 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
2021 Mobility Funding, Nordic Culture Point
2021 Working Grant, Konstnärsnämnden
2019 OPSTART, Culture Contact Nord
2018 Adlerbertska Foundation
2017 Stiftelsen aaa
2016 Karin and Ernst August Bång Foundation
2016 Kulturbryggan
2014 Nordic Culture Point (collaboration project)
2014 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
Education
2017 – 2020 MFA in Photography, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, SE
2011 – 2013 International Culture Project Management, Kulturverkstan, Gothenburg, SE
2009 – 2011 One-year MA, The Histories of the Photographic Image: Image, Theory, Research, University of Gothenburg, SE
2008 – 2011 BFA in Photography, School of Photography, University of Gothenburg, SE
2007 Fatamorgana Photography School, Copenhagen, DE
2005 – 2006 First year of BA (Hons) in Photography, Blackpool and The Fylde College, Lancaster University, Blackpool, UK
2005 Art and Photography, Vrå Folk High School, Vrå, DE
Other
2024 Current Director, Konstkollektivet in Mölndal
2024 Projektleder forstudie, Konstnärscentrum Väst
2021 – 2022 Project Manager, Fanzine Project, Centrum för fotografi, Västra Götaland Region
2020 Project Manager, Pre-study, Centrum för fotografi, Västra Götaland Region
2015 – 2024 Project Manager, Göteborgs Bildverkstad
2016 Min röst, photographic project and exhibition with young refugees, Gothenburg, SE