Peter Wendel (1962)
Peter grew up in Majorna and Masthugget in Gothenburg (SE) with roots in a working-class family from Värmland. He now works as an artist in Gothenburg, Provence and Berlin using alternative photographic processes, including brushes and paint. In 2022 he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Arts and Culture Photography achieving the highest grades. Since 2017 he has solely focused on art projects to find the source of his artistic expression. Peter has published the books "Behind the Sofa" and "Missing Pages" through Journal Photobooks both of which are sold out. In 2023 he was admitted to the HDK-Valand two-year Master of Fine Arts Programme in Photography.
Exhibitions
Exhibition 2023
>Chapelle Saint-Jean, La Garde Freinet, France, From Within, solo exhibition
>Gallery NP33, Norrköping, From Within, solo exhibition
>Gallery Pause, Bergen Norway From Within, solo exhibition
Exhibitions 2022
>Centrum för fotografi, salong, Gothenburg, STASI Interrogation room in Berlin
>Expo Photo Chapelle Saint-Jean, La Garde Freinet, ASSAGE
>L ' Art & la Matière, La Garde Freinet, Expos: Mais le costume se coud à notre insu
>By the Sea, Video projection of Kostymen sys i det tysta
>Secret Door, Gothenburg, Kostymen sys i det tysta
>Book Signing: Missing Pages, Gothenburg Museum of Art
Exhibitions 2021
>Polycopies Paris, Book Realise, Missing Pages
>CO Gallery, Berlin, From Within, solo exhibition
>Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury Vermont USA
>Praxis Photo Center Minneapolis Minnesota USA
>Louisville Photo Biennial
>London Art Biennale
>Venice International Art Fair
Exhibitions 2020
>Gothenburg, Bookrealise Behind the sofa
>Kulturnatta, Secret Door, Gothenburg, time for your own thoughts and images during Covid
>The Glasgow Gallery of Photography
Exhibitions 2019
>Group Exhibition Christmas at Secret Door, Gothenburg, Parts of the series Limbo
>Centrum för fotografi, salong, Stockholm, Cardboardbox men in Tokyo
>Kulturnatta, Secret Door, Gothenburg, Parts of the series Limbo 2019
>Arbetets Museum, Dokumentärsalong, Norrköping, Dandelion child 2019
>Exhausting the body, Ritual, Performance & art, Berlin, Blackended tears
>NP33, Norrköping, Blackended tears
> Restaurant Faye Emmy, Gothenburg, Observation
>316 kubik, Hudiksvall, Blackended tears
>Secret Door, Gothenburg, Blackended tears
>Kulturkossan, Vårsalong, Järvsö, Parts of the series Limbo
Exhibitions 2017/2019
>Monitor, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, Student Exhibitions
Exhibitions 2017
>Restaurang Lipp, Göteborg, Habitué
Exhibitions 2016
>Lerum Bibliotek, Hands
Books
>Missing Pages, published in 2021 by the Journal photobooks
>Another Part of Berlin, self-published 2021
>Behind the Sofa, published in 2020 by the Journal photobooks
Artist residency and others
>AiR at CO Gallery Berlin 2021
>Member of ASSAGE, Artist collective I France, 2021-
Grants
>Swedish Literature Exchange from Swedish Arts Council, 2022
>Swedish Literature Exchange from Swedish Arts Council, 2020
Mentions
> L'intervalle.blog 2020 and 2022
> Issue 44 of the magazine La Couleur des Jours (Genève) 2022
> CO Gallery Magazine 2021
>Kultursidan.nu 2019
>Anders Petersen, Johan Bergmark, Stefan Bremer
Educations
>HDK-Valand Master of Fine Arts Programme in Photography. (ongoing)
>1 year Gamleby Folkhögskola and The Int. Photo Lab Africa 2022-2023
>Bachelor of Arts and Culture Photography, Jakobstad Finland 2022
>Umeå Academy of Fine Arts. Photography and moving images as a critical practice
>The Atelier Smedsby Class 2020-2021
>Masterclass, Anna Clarén, Michael Ackerman, Anders Petersen, Moises Saman
>2 project year (fulltime), Forsa Folkhögskola
>Biskops Arnö, Gum Print
>Independent Study Programme HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design