About
Bio
I'm a Danish/Swiss artist currently based in Basel, Switzerland. Since 2009 my practice has been formed by studies, traveling and work at different places; UK, US, Canada, Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and most recently Switzerland. In the last 10 years my work has evolved around questions about time and landscape and how we understand our relationship with nature. At the core of my work is a phenomenological approach to image making. To understand nature in our times I have travelled with scientists, and I've conducted research along their field work and in that way merge an open intuitive process with a scientific approach. On these trips I realized that to bring attention and actions to the current environmental issues caused by human civilization, we need to get in touch with our existential, rational and emotional connection to the earth. For me our relation to the natural reality that landscapes represent is best understood through working in the field feeling the earth as a fundamental premise of our life. I think with that understanding the relation between human and nature can change.
Contact
Contact info@veronikageiger.com
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
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MA Fine Art, Iceland Academy of the Arts, 2014 - 2016
BA Fine Art Photography, Glasgow School of Art, 2009 - 2012
Land Arts of the American West, University of New Mexico, USA, 2010
Upcoming
2025
Fallen Rocks (Metals4U), Ongoing collaborative project with the group of scientists Bergskraft Bergslagen in Sweden
Exhibitions
2023
First Glimpse, Ásmundarsalur, Iceland, collaboration with Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir, 17. June - 17. July, 2023
2022
Soil Studies, Sopot, Poland, FFWRS, group exhibitions, arranged by Galleri Image, 2.-18. September
8 Danish Artists, Lumières Nordiques, Normandy, France, group exhibition curated by Gabriel Bauret, 24. March - 19. June
Dissolved Darkness, solo show Galleri Image, 18. January - 6. March, 2022
2021
Imprint, Vejle Kunstmuseum, Maskinrummet, solo show, 5. March. - 15. June curated by Trine Grøne
2019
Sokkel, Skulpturlandsby Selde, September-November
Geologiens Spor, two-person show with Tinne Zenner, Til Vægs, September – November 17th.
Blue Marble, OpenArt biennial, Örebro, Sweden, June – Sep
2018
Artzone Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark, 30. June – 7. July 2018
Open Studios, Bikubenfonden’s atelier, Copenhagen Art Week, 22. – 27. May 2018
2017
regeneration3 New Perspectives on Photography, Lishui Art Museum, China, 15. November – 15. December
regeneration3 New Perspectives on Photography, Centro Nacional de las Artes, Mexico City, 4. Nov. 2016 – 26. Feb
2016
Rotation, BERG Contemporary, Reykjavik, Iceland, 15. July – 13. August
Deep Inside, 5th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, Russia, curated by Nadim Samman, 1. July – 10. August Develop North, St. Nicholas St., Aberdeen, Scotland, 27. June – 17. July
Hraun, MA graduation exhibition, Gerdasafn Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, 16. April – 16. May
Do Disturb, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 10. – 13. April
regeneration3 New Perspectives on Photography, QUAD Galleries, UK, 26. March – 12. June
reGeneration3 New Perspectives on Photography, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexico, 31. October – 15. February
2015
reGeneration3 New Perspectives on Photography, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland, June – September
Imprint (Thingvellir), solo show, Kubbur Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, April-May
Dynamics of Darkness in the North, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland, February
2014
The Artists Autumn Exhibition, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4. October – 9.
Riga Photomonth, ISSP, Riga, Letland, 3. – 9. Maj
2013
MAX A5, Kontor Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23. November
Kast et blik, Kunstpakhuset, Ikast, Denmark, 5. October – 1. December
Fly it!, LungA festival, Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, 5. – 15. July
2012
Blue, New Graduates from Glasgow School of Art, RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, 10. – 21. July
Degree show, The Machintosh Building, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, 8. – 16. June
Other activities
2024
Technical supervisor in the photolab at Iceland University of the Arts
Residency at Skaftfell Art Center, Seyðisfjörður Iceland, 1. April - 1. May
2023
Teaching Photography at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Fall semester
2022
Seminar at Kunsthal Aarhus with Jacob Wamberg and Maja Bar Rasmussen: Between Earth and Art
2021
Webinar arranged by Fotografie Forum Frankfurt in relation to the project Soil Studies, Galleri Image
Teaching Photography at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Fall semester
2020
Residency at the Danish Art Workshops, nov-jan.
Teaching Photography at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Fall semester
2019
Artist talk at TilVægs, 17. November
Artist talk at Skulpturlandsby Selde, 20. september
Artist talk at Sank Annæ Gymnasium, Denmark, 2.+3. april
Teaching Photography at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Fall semester
2018
Expedition to Etna with geologists, Sicily, August 2018
Bikuben Foundation One Year Studio Programme
2017
Artist talk at Iceland Academy of the Arts, 27. October
Residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada, September-November
Expedition to Holuhraun with geologists and microbiologists, Holuhraun, Iceland
Teaching Photography at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Fall semester
2016
Expedition to Holuhraun with geologists and microbiologists, Iceland
Teaching Photography at Reykjavik School of Visual Arts, Fall semester
2015
Residency at Hvítahús, Iceland, August
2014
Teaching at Testrup Højskole, Summer School, August
2013
Residency at Independent A.I.R, Denmark, July
Article in Kunsten.nu: Kast et blik, 25. October
2012
Article in Source Magazine: Graduate Photography
Grants
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Knud Højgaards Fond, Beckett-Fonden, Nordea Fonden, Dansk-Islandsk Fond, Oticon-Fonden, BUTEX travel grant, Statens Kunstfond, Bikubenfondens atelierlegat, Kulturudviklingspuljen, Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond, Augustinusfonden, DJ:Fotograferne, Den Hielmstierne-Rosencroneske Stiftelse, Blixfonden
Collections
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Photo Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Artwork bought by The Bikuben Foundation as a present for the Danish Crown Prince in connection to his 50th birthday
Private collections
The collection of the City of Aarhus, Denmark