Peter Lind (born 1961) is a Danish photographer,

Contemporary artist Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...

and

New Media Art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of new media, electronic media technology, technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video g ...

artist. Peter Lind's work is based on documentary observations, and stands at the crossroads of

conceptual photography Conceptual photography is a type of photography that illustrates an idea. There have been illustrative photographs made since the medium's invention, for example in the earliest staged photographs, such as Hippolyte Bayard's ''Self Portrait as ...

installation Installation may refer to: * Installation (computer programs) * Installation, work of installation art * Installation, military base * Installation, into an office, especially a religious (Installation (Christianity) Installation is a Christian li ...

and

Narrative structure Narrative structure is a literary element generally described as the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer. The narrative text structures are the plot and the ...

. He has been exhibited in : Austria, Australia, Argentina, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, USA, Italy, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Vietnam. Lind was born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. He studied

cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...

at the Istituto di Scienze Cinematografiche e Audiovisive in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, 1983, and

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

1984. His work is permanently represented in several public collections: Brandts Museum of Photographic Art,

National Museum of Photography The National Museum of Photography (''Nationale Fotomuseum'') is located in the Black Diamond, a modern waterfront extension to the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen. History The National Museum of Photography, founded in 1996, moved into its cu ...

, The

Danish Art Foundation The Danish Arts Foundation (Danish: Statens Kunstfond) is the principal Danish government funded arts foundation founded by a special Law on 27 May 1964. Statens Kunstfond alongside the :da:Statens Kunstråd (English sometimes State Arts Council n ...

(Statens Kunstfond)

Esbjerg Art Museum The Esbjerg Art Museum ( da, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum) is an independently owned art museum in Esbjerg in southwest Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1910, in 1962 it moved into a new building in the City Park designed by Jytte og Ove Tapdrup. Since 1997, t ...

.Nordic Embassies Berlin – Peter Lind
"REPRESENTED AT FOLLOWING PUBLIC COLLECTIONS The Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark. The National Photographic Museum, Copenhagen. The Danish Art-Foundation, Statens Kunstfond.

Publications

Film city. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Greenaway Art Gallery, 3–28 February 1999.

The Royal Library Denmark − CD-ROM: From here to here to there to there to here 2001
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The cat lab, by Peter Lind: Documentation of the exhibition, 27. May – 2. July 2016.

Reverse collection. 2018

References

Database of artworks in Danish state-owned and state-subsidised museums (inaccurate and not up-dated)

Database of artworks in Danish state-owned and state-subsidised museums (inaccurate and not up-dated)

External links

Artist's website

Nordic Embassies Berlin
1961 births Living people Danish contemporary artists New media artists Danish experimental filmmakers Danish photographers 20th-century Danish photographers 21st-century Danish photographers Photographers from Copenhagen {{Europe-photographer-stub

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