°1986,Kortrijk, Belgium
Lives and works in Ghent (BE)
+32 492 458 678
thomas@thomasnolf.be

Education:

2006-2009
.Graduated BA in Social Policy, Arteveldehogeschool Ghent

2009-2011
.Moral Sciences, University of Ghent

2013-2018
.Graduated MA in Visual Arts: Photography, School of Arts (KASK), Ghent

Selected exhibitions:

2013
.Home & Asylum, InBetween artspace, Brussels

2015
.Recyclart Art Center, Brussels

2016
.Next Generation Please, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels

2017
.The Creators, Charlama, Sarajevo, September
.Komplot (w/ Gauthier Oushoorn), Brussels, May
.LEŽERNA RAZMJENA BEZ PANIKE, Charlama, Sarajevo, March
.Musée de La Photo de Bruxelles, Recyclart, Brussels, June
.Contemporary Refresh#2, Gallery Brodac, Sarajevo, August
.Kupujmo domace #2, Contemporary Art from the Balkans, Duplex 100m2, Sarajevo, August
.Re-Art2, Brussels, September
.Land van Fotografie, Ghent, November
.Mallification, Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Rotterdam, October
.MUHKA, Antwerp, w/Hannelore Van Dijck, December-January

2018
.DFFRNCE, Bruthaus Gallery, Waregem, March
.1+1, Ghent, April
.Sarajevo Storage, collection Pierre Courtin, National Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, June
.Graduation 18, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent,June
.TIFF, Museum of Photography (FOMU), Antwerp, June-July
.Futures, Unseen, Amsterdam, September
.Pakt, Amsterdam, October

2019
.Photobook Belge, Museum of Photography (FOMU), Antwerp, March-June

2020
.Stimulans, Kortrijk

2025
. Solo exhibition ‘As Real As It Get’s, Be-Part, platform for contemporary visual arts, Waregem (Belgium)
. Group exhibition ‘Machine Entanglements’, Noorderlicht Biennale, Groningen (Netherlands)

Residencies:

2013
.In-Between Gallery, Brussels (BE)

2017
.Gouvernement, Gent (BE)

2018
.Arteventura, Aracena (ES)

2023-2024
.Be-Part, Rhizome, Kortrijk (BE)

Nominations, Awards:

.Shortlisted for the Photo Text Award, Festival Rencontres d'Arles, 2017, France
.Selected for .Tiff 2017, 10 young Belgian photographers, Museum of Photography of Antwerp (FOMU)
.Selected for Photo Espana 2018, International Photobook of the Year
.Runner up Sony KASK Awards, 2018
.Winner of Stimulans art prize, Kortrijk, Belgium
.Un/Fund shortlist, 2025

Collections:

.Abby, Kortrijk (BE)

Books:

.Peculiar Artifacts in Bosnia and Herzegovina - an imaginary exhibition, Art Paper Editions, 2017
.Do you want your feet back? Barefoot Cobblers, Art paper editions, 2019 (commissioned photography)
.MVSC01-03, Maarten Van Severen Foundation, Erwan Bouroullec, Alfredo Häberli, Aldo Bakker, 2017-2019 (commissioned photography)
. As Real As It Gets, Art Paper Editions, 2025

Talks:

.Thomas Struth, Laudation Magister Artium Gandensis, Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent, 2018
.Tique Salon 13, Tique Art Space, Antwerp, 2018
.Nachtpannenkoeken w/ Ria Verhaeghe, Pierre Muylle, De Republiek, Bruges, 2018

Selected Publications & Press:

U magazine (La Repubblica), Wallpaper+ magazine, Culture Club VRT, Pompidou VRT, De Groene Amsterdammer, De Correspondent, De Morgen, Knack, American Suburb X, CPH Magazine, BalkanInsight, De Standaard Weekblad, The Culture Trip, The Word Magazine, Native Publications, LVP Magazine, We are Drifters, Low Country, Landscape Stories.