Kent Klich
Encyclopedia
Kent Klich is a Swedish
artist living in Copenhagen
. He studied psychology at the University of Gothenburg and worked with adolescent children before turning to photography. He joined Magnum Photos
in 1998 and left in 2002. His work is noted for a strong commitment to social issues and has worked with street children in Mexico
and drug addicts in Denmark
. In 2001 he collaborated with the author Herta Müller
on a project and book Ceasescus Children detailing the HIV crisis of Romanian children.
, Tensta Konsthall
, Stockholm.
2010 Gaza Photo Album, Hasselblad
Center, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2010 Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Gallery, New York, USA.
2009 Gallery Tegen 2, Gaza Photo Album, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009 Mexico/Out of sight, Landskrona
museum, Sweden.
2008 Out of Sight Out of mind, the Museum of Malmö, Sweden.
2008 Out of Sight Out of mind, exhibition on the streets in the city of Copenhagen/ The Danish Architecture Center, Denmark.
2007 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark.
2007 Children of Ceausescu, The Photo Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden.
2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden.
2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark.
2004 Street children, Mexico, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2001 Work in progress, Beth, Fotografevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
2001 Children of Ceausescu, The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris, France.
2001 Street children, Mexico, City Hall, Sundsvall, Sweden.
2000 Street children, Mexico, Dunya Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
2000 Street children, Mexico, Center for Photography, Örebro, Sweden.
1999 Street children, Mexico, Wermlands Museum. Sweden.
1999 Street children, Mexico. Center for Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1998 Street children, Mexico, Stockholm City Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 Out of sight, Journal, Sweden.
2008 Picture Imperfect, Beth R, Politisk Revy, Denmark.
2007 Picture Imperfect, Journal, Sweden.
2001 Children of Ceausescu, Umbrage Editions, USA.
2001 Ceausescus barn, Journal, Sweden.
1999 El Niño, Children of the streets, Mexico City, Syracuse University Press, USA.
1999 El Niño, gadens børn, Mexico City, Tiderne skifter, Denmark.
1999 El Niño, gatans barn, Mexico City, Journal, Sweden.
1989 The Book of Beth, Aperture, USA.
1988 Beths bog, Tiderne skifter, Denmark.
1988 Beths bok, Norstedts, Sweden.
1988 Beths bok, Oktober, Norway.
2008 ”Fotofrühling” The Kassel Fotoforum, Picture Imperfect among the 22 best photobooks of 2007/08.
2007 Nominated for a Robert filmprize, the Danish Film Academy, short documentary, Denmark.Beth`s Diary.
2006 GuldDok for Best Short Film in Copenhagen Denmark,Beth`s Diary.
2006 Special mention, Beth`s Diary, 17th Nordic Short & Documentary Film Festival, Århus, Denmark.
2006 5- year grant, the Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Prize, Fogtdals Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden.
2003 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond,Stockkholm, Sweden.
2003 Grant, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2003 Prize, the city of Västerås, Sweden.
2002 Prize, the Museum of Work’s documentary photography prize, Norrköping, Sweden.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
artist living in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
. He studied psychology at the University of Gothenburg and worked with adolescent children before turning to photography. He joined Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos is an international photographic cooperative owned by its photographer-members, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo...
in 1998 and left in 2002. His work is noted for a strong commitment to social issues and has worked with street children in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
and drug addicts in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. In 2001 he collaborated with the author Herta Müller
Herta Müller
Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime which she experienced herself...
on a project and book Ceasescus Children detailing the HIV crisis of Romanian children.
Selected solo exhibitions
2010 The Children of CeauşescuNicolae Ceausescu
Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian Communist politician. He was General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party from 1965 to 1989, and as such was the country's second and last Communist leader...
, Tensta Konsthall
Tensta Konsthall
Tensta Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1998, the art centre has exhibited works by international artists which include: Wolfgang Tillmans, Julian Opie, On Kawara, Shirin Neshat, Susan Hiller, Tracey Moffat, Kutlug Ataman, Mark Wallinger...
, Stockholm.
2010 Gaza Photo Album, Hasselblad
Hasselblad
Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium-format cameras and photographic equipment based in Gothenburg, Sweden.The company is best known for the medium-format cameras it has produced since World War II....
Center, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2010 Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Gallery, New York, USA.
2009 Gallery Tegen 2, Gaza Photo Album, Stockholm, Sweden.
2009 Mexico/Out of sight, Landskrona
Landskrona
Landskrona is a locality and the seat of Landskrona Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 28,670 inhabitants in 2005.-History:The city of Landskrona was founded at the location of Scania's best natural harbour, as a means of King Eric of Pomerania's anti-Hanseatic policy, intended to compete...
museum, Sweden.
2008 Out of Sight Out of mind, the Museum of Malmö, Sweden.
2008 Out of Sight Out of mind, exhibition on the streets in the city of Copenhagen/ The Danish Architecture Center, Denmark.
2007 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Kunsthallen Brænderigården, Viborg, Denmark.
2007 Children of Ceausescu, The Photo Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden.
2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden.
2006 A Family Story / Picture Imperfect, Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Denmark.
2004 Street children, Mexico, Kaunas, Lithuania.
2001 Work in progress, Beth, Fotografevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
2001 Children of Ceausescu, The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris, France.
2001 Street children, Mexico, City Hall, Sundsvall, Sweden.
2000 Street children, Mexico, Dunya Kitabevi, Istanbul, Turkey.
2000 Street children, Mexico, Center for Photography, Örebro, Sweden.
1999 Street children, Mexico, Wermlands Museum. Sweden.
1999 Street children, Mexico. Center for Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark.
1998 Street children, Mexico, Stockholm City Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Publications
2009 Gaza Photo Album, Umbrage Editions, USA, Journal, Sweden, Politisk Revy, Denmark.2008 Out of sight, Journal, Sweden.
2008 Picture Imperfect, Beth R, Politisk Revy, Denmark.
2007 Picture Imperfect, Journal, Sweden.
2001 Children of Ceausescu, Umbrage Editions, USA.
2001 Ceausescus barn, Journal, Sweden.
1999 El Niño, Children of the streets, Mexico City, Syracuse University Press, USA.
1999 El Niño, gadens børn, Mexico City, Tiderne skifter, Denmark.
1999 El Niño, gatans barn, Mexico City, Journal, Sweden.
1989 The Book of Beth, Aperture, USA.
1988 Beths bog, Tiderne skifter, Denmark.
1988 Beths bok, Norstedts, Sweden.
1988 Beths bok, Oktober, Norway.
Prizes and Awards
2009 Picture Imperfect winner of The Swedish Photo Book Prize2008 ”Fotofrühling” The Kassel Fotoforum, Picture Imperfect among the 22 best photobooks of 2007/08.
2007 Nominated for a Robert filmprize, the Danish Film Academy, short documentary, Denmark.Beth`s Diary.
2006 GuldDok for Best Short Film in Copenhagen Denmark,Beth`s Diary.
2006 Special mention, Beth`s Diary, 17th Nordic Short & Documentary Film Festival, Århus, Denmark.
2006 5- year grant, the Arts Grants Committee, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 Prize, Fogtdals Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond, Stockholm, Sweden.
2003 Grant, Sveriges Författarfond,Stockkholm, Sweden.
2003 Grant, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2003 Prize, the city of Västerås, Sweden.
2002 Prize, the Museum of Work’s documentary photography prize, Norrköping, Sweden.
External links
- PixelPress
- artist web site
- Wikipedia/Swedish
- Children of Ceausescu book