Ragnar Axelsson

♂ *1958 / Iceland

Works

Contacts for the work of Ragnar Axelsson

Ragnar Axelsson

Reykjavik
www.rax.is

Solo exhibitions

Greenland

Kunstfoyer, München (DE)
24 Jul 2026 – 1 Nov 2026
Where the World Is Melting

Ernst Leitz Museum, Wetzlar (DE)
23 Jan 2026 – 29 May 2026
Arctic Heroes

Nordische Botschaften, Berlin (DE)
27 Jan 2026 – 12 Apr 2026
Human

Qerndu Gallery, Reykjavik (IS)
21 Nov 2025 – 27 Feb 2026
Arctic Heroes

Leica Galerie Salzburg, Salzburg (AT)
5 Feb 2025 – 5 Apr 2025
At the Edge of the World

Photographers' Gallery - Print , London (GB)
22 Nov 2024 – 26 Jan 2025
Arctic Heroes

Leica Galerie, Düsseldorf (DE)
10 Nov 2023 – 29 Feb 2024
Where the world is melting

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
17 Mar 2023 – 4 Jun 2023
Ragnar Axelsson

Leica Galerie Zingst, Zingst (DE)
30 Sep 2022 – 15 Dec 2022
Where the world is melting

Wo die Welt schmilzt

Kunstfoyer, München (DE)
15 Dec 2021 – 18 Apr 2022
Island, Grönland, Sibirien

Galerie argus fotokunst, Berlin (DE)
9 Apr 2021 – 29 May 2021
ARTICO. ULTIMA FRONTIERA

Casa dei Tre Oci, Venezia (IT)
15 Jan 2017 – 2 Apr 2017
Mirror of Life

Museum of Photography, Reykjavik (IS)
24 May 2014 – 7 Sep 2014
Last Days of the Arctic

Proud Chelsea, London (GB)
26 Jan 2012 – 11 Mar 2012
Immenso e fragile. Un racconto dal nord

a cura di Enrica Viganò

CMC - Centro Culturale di Milano, Milano (IT)
30 Nov 2011 – 15 Feb 2012
Island,Grönland, Faröer Inseln, Sibirien

Galerie argus fotokunst, Berlin (DE)
1 Nov 2008 – 20 Dec 2008
transFORM

Galerie argus fotokunst

Nordische Botschaften, Berlin (DE)
30 Jun 2006 – 17 Aug 2006
Island heute

Forum für Fotografie, Köln (DE)
19 Nov 2005 – 21 Jan 2006
Photographies

Fnac Italie 2, Paris (FR)
9 Sep 2004 – 20 Oct 2004
Island

Altonaer Museum, Hamburg (DE)
12 May 2004 – 1 Aug 2004
Isländische Begegnungen

Galerie argus fotokunst, Berlin (DE)
5 Mar 2004 – 25 Apr 2004

Group

Prix Pictet Human

Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin (IE)
1 Mar 2025 – 20 Apr 2025

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
PRIX PICTET HUMAN

Fotografiska CN, Shanghai (CN)
17 Jan 2025 – 9 Mar 2025

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet Human

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
27 Sep 2024 – 15 Dec 2024

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
PRIX PICTET HUMAN

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
6 Nov 2024 – 24 Nov 2024

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sean Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet - Human

Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (SE)
19 Apr 2024 – 18 Aug 2024

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet Human

LUMA Westbau, Zürich (CH)
2 Feb 2024 – 10 Mar 2024

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet Human (Tentative)

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
15 Dec 2023 – 21 Jan 2024

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Prix Pictet 2023: Human

Winner: Gauri Gill

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
29 Sep 2023 – 22 Oct 2023

with Hoda Afshar, Gera Artemova, Alessandro Cinque, Sian Davey, Gauri Gill, Michal Luczak, Yael Martinez, Richard Renaldi, Federico Rios, Vanessa Winship, Vasantha Yogananthan
Chronik eines Augenblicks

Bilder und ihre Geschichten in der Sammlung Fricke

Suermondt Ludwig, Aachen (DE)
9 Mar 2023 – 25 Jun 2023

with Hermann Claasen, Rosemarie Clausen, Bruce Davidson, Bettina Flitner, Leonard Freed, Barbara Klemm, Volker Kraemer, Robert Lebeck, Mary Ellen Mark, Stefan Moses, Hilmar Pabel, Engelbert Reineke …
Group Show

Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
9 Nov 2022 – 30 Apr 2023

with Slim Aarons, Eve Arnold, Margaret Bourke-White, Elliott Erwitt, Herbert List, Steve McCurry, Max Scheler, Fred Stein, Allan Tannenbaum, Albert Watson
ALLEEN, BLUMEN, FRAUEN UND SCHNEE

eine fotografische Hommage

Forum für Fotografie, Köln (DE)
19 Nov 2022 – 29 Apr 2023

with Mary Frey, Lee Friedlander, Bedrich Grünzweig, Horst P. Horst, Frank Horvat, Graciela Iturbide, Clemens Kalischer, Man Ray , Tracey Moffatt, Achim Mohne, Sarah Moon, Helmut Newton …
CURRENCY: PHOTOGRAPHY BEYOND CAPTURE

8th Triennal of Photography Hamburg 2022

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
20 May 2022 – 18 Sep 2022

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Claudia Andujar, Ziad Antar, Vartan Avakian, Edson Chagas, Oroma Elewa, rana elnemr, Anne-Marie Filaire, Lyle Ashton Harris, Leslie Hewitt, Alfredo Jaar, Lebohang Kganye …
WINTER-SHOW

Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
8 Dec 2020 – 6 Feb 2021

with Mat Hennek, Silke Lauffs, Steve McCurry, Herbert G. Ponting, Max Scheler, Christopher Simon Sykes
SNOW

Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
12 Feb 2019 – 5 Apr 2019

with Slim Aarons, Werner Bischof, Steve McCurry, Fred Stein
ARTICO.

ULTIMA FRONTIERA

Palazzo della Triennale, Milano (IT)
8 Feb 2018 – 25 Mar 2018

with Carsten Egevang , Paolo Solari Bozzi
10th Angkor Photo Festival 2014

Angkor Photo Festival, Siem Reap (KH)
29 Nov 2014 – 10 Dec 2014

with Emmanuel Angelicas, Salah Benacer, Antoine Bruy, Alain Buu, Lorenzo Castore, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Gabriele Croppi, Floriane de Lassee, Maika Elan, Isabelle Eshraghi, Maia Flore, Fausto Giaccone …
24x36 . 50ans de Photographie de Leica

Iselp, Brussels (BE)
16 Dec 2005 – 14 Jan 2006

with Bernd Arnold, Coskun Asar, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Philippe Bordas, Matias Costa
24 x 36

A Group Exhibition Celebrating 50 Years of Leica M

Leica Gallery NY, New York (US)
9 Sep 2005 – 1 Oct 2005

with Bernd Arnold, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Bruce Gilden, Stanley Greene, Jeff Mermelstein, Paulo Nozolino, Alex Webb, Tom Wood

Events

Photo London 2026

Qerndu Gallery, London (GB)
14 May 2026 – 17 May 2026

with Ari Magg, Petur Thomsen
42. Auktion Photographie

Altenburg Auktionen, Berlin (DE)
17 Nov 2025 – 20 Nov 2025

with Boris Becker, Christiane Eisler, Daniel Frasnay, Gijsbert Hanekroot, Karen Kuehn, Matthias Leupold, Ulrich Mack, Sven Marquardt, Rudi Meisel, Barbara Metselaar Berthold, Jean Molitor, Bernd H. Sefzik …
Encontros da Imagem 2025

Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
18 Sep 2025 – 2 Nov 2025

with Patricia Almeida, Helena Almeida, Mandy Barker, Carlos Barradas, Frédéric Bellay, Vari Carames, Tiago Casanova, Antonio Catarino, Paulo Catrica, Matevž Čebašek, Andre Cepeda, Luc Choquer …
Photography Online Only

Grisebach, Berlin (DE)
10 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Lewis Baltz, Peter Beard, Nick Brandt, Joachim Brohm, Robert Capa, Anton Corbijn, Bruce Davidson, Ruth Hallensleben, Jitka Hanzlova, Harald Hauswald, Daniel Josefsohn …
Photo London 2025 - Booth events

Photo London, London (GB)
15 May 2025 – 18 May 2025

with Mandy Barker, Tine Bek, Nicola Brandt, Tania Franco Klein, Dale Grant, Giulia Grillo, Paul Hart, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Baldwin Lee, Kirsty Mackay, Amak Mahmoodian, Alice Mann …
PhotoBrussels Festival 09

9TH EDITION, 46 LOCATIONS <a href="http://www.photobrusselsfestival.com" target="_blank">www.photobrusselsfestival.com</a>

Hangar H18, Brussels (BE)
23 Jan 2025 – 23 Feb 2025

with Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Chloé Azzopardi, François Bellabas, Thomas Bernardet, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Christian Boltanski, Jörg Bräuer, Denis Brihat, Thorsten Brinkmann, Elina Brotherus, Michael Christopher Brown, Henri Bureau …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
25 Nov 2024 – 3 Dec 2024

with Ottomar Anschütz, Edouard Baldus, Hans Bellmer, Sibylle Bergemann, Bisson Freres, Karl Blossfeldt, Erwin Blumenfeld, Felix Bonfils, Christian Borchert, John Bulmer, Jewgeni Chaldej, Bruce Davidson …
Imago Lisboa Photo Festival 2024

Imago Lisboa, Lisboa (PT)
1 Sep 2024 – 30 Oct 2024

with Claudia Fischer, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, Ciril Jazbec, Erle M. Kyllingmark, Gideon Mendel, Heidi Morstang, Zed Nelson, Saleta Rosón, Manuel Sendón
39. Auktion Photographie

Altenburg Auktionen, Berlin (DE)
20 May 2024 – 23 May 2024

with Carl Andreas Abel, Boris Becker, Sibylle Bergemann, Günter Bersch, Christian Borchert, Peter Brüchmann, John Bulmer, Ulrich Burchert, Rene Burri, Olivier Christinat, Heinz Dargelis, Christiane Eisler …
Paris Photo 2023 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Roger Ballen, Dawoud Bey, Julie Blackmon, Martin Bogren, Marguerite Bornhauser, Nick Brandt, Elina Brotherus, Sophie Calle, David Campany, Gregory Crewdson …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
28 Nov 2022 – 6 Dec 2022

with Ansel Adams, Dieter Appelt, Sibylle Bergemann, Peter Bialobrzeski, Dieter Blum, Erwin Blumenfeld, Edouard Boubat, Adolphe Braun, Harry Callahan, Robert Doisneau, William Eggleston, Alfred Eisenstaedt …
36. Auktion Photographie

Altenburg Auktionen, Berlin (DE)
21 Nov 2022 – 24 Nov 2022

with Michael Ackerman, Paola Agosti, Ursula Arnold, Sibylle Bergemann, Christian Borchert, John Bulmer, Arno Fischer, Joachim Froese, Karen Halverson, Harald Hauswald, Tobias Kruse, Rudi Meisel …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo 2022

open air festival - DUE NORTH ! Nordwärts!

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
9 Jun 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Jonas Bendiksen, Helena Blomqvist, Aglae Bory, Aglae Bory, Nick Brandt, Christine de Grancy, Mathias Depardon, Imane Djamil, Florence Goupil, Tiina Itkonen, Erik Johansson, Sune Jonsson …
35. Auktion Photographie

Altenburg Auktionen, Berlin (DE)
16 May 2022 – 19 May 2022

with Boris Becker, Sibylle Bergemann, Thomas Billhardt, Amin El Dib, Arno Fischer, Thomas Florschuetz, Frank Gaudlitz, Clemens Kalischer, Barbara Klemm, Martin Klimas, Yvon Lambert, Franz Lazi …
Festival photo La Gacilly 2021

open air festival - DUE NORTH !

Festival photo , La Gacilly (FR)
1 Jul 2021 – 31 Oct 2021

with Jonas Bendiksen, Helena Blomqvist, Aglae Bory, Nick Brandt, Imane Djamil, Florence Goupil, Tiina Itkonen, Erik Johansson, Sanna Kannisto, Pascal Maitre, Catalina Martin-Chico, Tine Poppe …
photo london 2021

Kehrer Verlag, London (GB)
9 Sep 2021 – 12 Sep 2021

with Renate Aller, Jessica Backhaus, Christoph Bangert, Elina Brotherus, Susan Hefuna, Ed Kashi, Anton Kusters, Saul Leiter, Helen Levitt, Bas Losekoot, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Gregor Sailer
BERLIN PHOTO WEEK 2021

Berlin Photo Week, Berlin (DE)
27 Aug 2021 – 3 Sep 2021

with Michael Agel, Xiomara Bender, Frederic Brenner, Jacob Fellaender, Bruce Gilden, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Thomas Hoepker, George Hoyningen-Huene, Sven Jacobsen, Herlinde Koelbl, Laura Pannack, Donata Wenders
30. Auktion Photographie

Altenburg Auktionen, Berlin (DE)
24 Nov 2019 – 27 Nov 2019

with Dirk Alvermann, Pavel Banka, Boris Becker, Sibylle Bergemann, Ulrich Burchert, Nan Goldin, Jürgen Heinemann, Birgit Kleber, Barbara Klemm, Franz Lazi, Sven Marquardt, Jean Molitor …
Im Kulturreport: Filmbeitrag über den isländischen Fotografen Ragnar Axelsson

ARD . TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
Where the world is melting

mit Antje Boetius

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
Gesichter der Arktis: Der Fotograf Ragnar Axelsson

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
"Gesichter der Arktis"

Dokumentarfilm über Ragnar Axelsson

imago fotokunst, Berlin (DE)