About Swedish photographer Hannah MODIGH (b.1980, in Stockholm)
Hannah MODIGH studied photography in Copenhagen, Biskops Arnö and the Royal College of Art in Stockholm. Her work have won multiple awards, including the TT's Great Photography Prize and the Lars Tunbjörk Prize. Her photography is characterised by a sense of fine detail, intimate portraits and has been exhibited throughout Europe and the USA. Her work is represented at Moderna Museet in Sweden, which is one of Europe’s leading museums for modern and contemporary art.
Photo books by Hannah MODIGH
- 'Hillbilly Heroin, Honey' (2010)
'Sunday mornin comin down' (2012)
'Hurricane season' (2014)
'The Milky Way' (2016)
'Photo paper #21' (2018)
'Delta' (2019)
'Archive of longing' (2022)
Exhibtions
Solo exhibitions
- 'Hillbilly Heroin, Honey'
2008: TTC Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009: Arbetets museum, Norrköping, Sweden; Mikrokosmos, Vadstena, Sweden; Kristianstads sjukhus, Sweden; Färgfabriken The Colour Factory, Sweden; Konstlustans Galleri CSK, Kristianstad, SWE
2010: Gallery Format Malmö, Sweden; Gallery kontrast, Stockholm; Fotomässan, Älvsjö, Sweden
2011: Galleri Luova, Helsinki, Finland & Fotomuseet, Sundsvall, Sweden
2013: Müncher Stadtmuseum, FotoDoks Festival Munich
2014: Sommarscen Karlstad PGB, Sweden & Galleri London, Uppsala
2017-2018: Abecita konsthall, Sweden
2018: Black door gallery Örebro, Sweden
'Sunday mornin´ comin´ down'
2011: Galleri kontrast, Stockholm
2012: Galleri Valfisken, Simrishamn, Sweden
2013: Galleri 1, Landskrona Photo festival, Sweden
2014: Värmlands museum, Sweden
2016: Svenska kyrkan Spånga-Kista församling, Sweden
2017- 2018: Abecita konsthall, Sweden
2018: Black door gallery Örebro, Sweden
'The Milky Way'
2013: Maaemo, Oslo, Norway
2014: CFF galley, Stockholm & Fotomuseet Sundsvall, Sweden
2015: Husby konsthall, Sweden
2017-2018: Sune Johnsosn mueum, Umeå, Sweden
'Hurricane Season'
2016: Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2017: Kungsbacka Konsthall, Sweden & Abecita konsthall, Sweden
2018: Galleri Format, Malmö, Sweden & Le Plac’Art Phot, Paris, France
2019: Galleri Moment, Ängelholm, Sweden; Bibliotheque nationale de France, Paris; Dipe Dali Yunnan, China
'Delta'
2019: Fotohof, Salzburg
2020: Gallery of photography, Dublin
Group exhibitions
- 2002: 'VIE,' fealledsparken, Copenhagen
2004: 'Möte med Grekland', Nordic School of Photograpy, Biskops Arnö, Sweden
2006: 'Berätta inte för någon', Gallery Kontrast, Sweden
2008, 2011, 2012: 'Planket', Stockholm, Berlin and Germany
2009, 2010, 2013: Centrum För Fotografi, Stockholm
2012: European Photo Exhibition Award (EPEA), House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, Italy; as well as at Nobel Peace
Center, Oslo, Norway
2013: Fotomässan, Älvsjö, Sweden & FotoDoks Festival, Munich
2014: Philanthrophy House, Bryssel
2015: Curator pick – Höstsalongen Fotografiska, Stockholm
2018: 'Published', Hasseblad center, Gothenburg, Sweden, CFF, Stockholm; Kvinnorna runt Klarakvarteren – Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Grants, Awards and Nominations
- 2003: Fatamorgana working scholarship
2008: Scanpix working scholarship,
2009: Stockholm’s culture price; Swedish arts grants committee; 'Artist o the year 2009', Beat magazine
2010: Swedish arts grants committee; 'Photo book of the year in Sweden' for 'Hillbilly heroin, honey'
2010: EYE magazines list of best books of 2010 for 'Hillbilly heroin, honey'
2011: European Photo Exhibition Award & 'The Museum of Work' prize for image with documentary focus
2012: Authors fund; Längmanska stiftelsen; Swedish arts grants committee; Paul Fuf nomination foam
2013: Kavalla residency, SFF; TT big photo prize
2014: Paul Fuf nomination foam; Swedish arts grants committee; 'Authors fund'
2015 'Best Photography Book of the Year Award nomination at PHE15 for 'The Milky way'; Swedish arts grants committee
2016: LensCulture Portrait Awards Jurors´Picks; Magnum Photography Awards, Portrait; 2016 Shortlisted residencyTokyo, Bangalore
2017: Lars Tunbjörk Award; Authors fund 2-year working grant
2018: Swedish arts grants committee traveling grant
2019: Swedish arts grants committee; Helge Axelssons Stiftelse
2020: Swedish Authors Fond