1. solo exhibition
2. 21/01/22 — 26/02/22
3. Martin Asbæk Gallery

In the exhibition A Journey: The Near Future, photo-based artist Nicolai Howalt depicts our yet-to-be-explored, red neighbour, about 63 million kilometers away.

1. published by:
2. Fabrikbooks
3. 2020

The artwork "Light Break" from Nicolai Howalt was recently commissioned to incorporate works from his photographic series Light Break at the Danish Arthritis Association in Sønderborg

1. published by:
2. ARoS
3. 2017

Cool, Calm and Collected. The exhibition showcases the aestheticizing tendency evident in many Danish artists over the course of the last fifteen years.

1. published by:
2. Fabrik Books
3. 2017

Capturing invisible rays of light, ashes from human cremation, and the volatile reactions of primary elements on metal plates, melding aesthetic interests with those of natural science, this book offers readers a rare insight into the most recent explorations of exposure, fragility and change.

1. published by:
2. Fabrik Books

Element by Nicolai Howalt is a ongoing study of the elements in nature and especially their capacity to be converted. Photograph series continues Howalt experiments in the field of tension between photography, history, science and art, past, inter alia in his photograph series ‘Light Break‘.

1. published by:
2. Viborg Kunsthal

This poster has been produced in connection with the exhibition ELEMENT at Viborg Kunsthal by Fabrik Books & Viborg Kunsthal. The motif is an original piece of copper, found in Germany in the 1950s, after which the image is evoked on Aluminum foil.

1. published by:
2. Fabrik Books
3. 2015

In the early nineteenth century, Doctor Niels R. Finsen discovered that invisible light rays, at the periphery of the electromagnetic spectrum, had the property to heal. It is these same rays Howalt is interested in, now taking advantage of the sunlight's ability to blacken photographic emulsion.

1. published by:
2. Medicinsk Museion
3. 2015

Light Break is a documentary and aesthetic clash between photography, science and art by Nicolai Howalt. The work reflects his basic and photographic interest for light as a material.

1. published by:
2. Cap Cph
3. 2014

134 Boxers is a poster, that is produced in collaboration with CAP CPH, a poster that indexes the documentation that Howalt made between 2000-2003 of all the young boxers, where they debut in their first boxing match.

1. published by:
2. Etudes Books Paris
3. 2012

Car Crash Studies, a thought provoking photographic study of cars that have been involved in severe and fatal accidents. The series moves between documentation and abstraction, namely the duality we feel in relation to accidents or catastrophes when experienced from a distance - as spectators.

1. published by:
2. Fabrik Books
3. 2011

78 young boys were photographed before and after their first competitive boxing matches. The before and after photographs profoundly reveal the physical and emotional effects of these experiences upon the boys. The book’s accompanying text was written by Jane Rowley.

1. published by:
2. Esbjerg Art Museum
3. 2011

Catalogue for ‘sammen stød’ That collision can be seen as a theme in the works of Nicolai Howalt is not the result of a conscious strategy. It is only in retrospect that it starts to emerge, and even then not as something essential but rather as a force running throughout his oeuvre.

1. published by:
2. Hatje Cantz
3. 2010

How to Hunt (2005–10) is a series of evocative photographic studies on the theme of hunting by the Danish artists Trine Søndergaard and Nicolai Howalt.

1. published by:
2. Hassla Books
3. 2010

Dying Birds by Trine Søndergaard and Nicolai Howalt is a photographic study of the forms of hunted birds. Thematically this work is an expansion of their previous project How To Hunt. The birds in their struggle to live whilst being hunted.

1. published by:
2. Hassla Books
3. 2009

In a series of images the artists have captured the barren landscapes found in areas along the Nordic timber line during winter. In this marginal land you see solitary trees weighed down by snow. The trees are bent and stunted by their harsh environment.

1. published by:
2. Artpeople
3. 2005

Special Edition of 50 signed and numbered books with one signed and numbered print 15 x 20 cm. The series explores a classical and existential theme, at the same time deploying the creative potential of new photography to create a permeable boundary between documentary and art.

1. published by:
2. Art People
3. 2003

BOXER. Portrait's of boxers their boxing their first fights, capturing the moment before and after the fight. As a teenager Howalt used to box, and as a consequence he has realized that the moments just before and after the match were the most tantalizing.

1. published by:
2. Gyldendal
3. 2001

The woman's name was Dorthe, she was 39 and drove a taxi at night. The man's name was Villy, he was 43 and worked as a janitors assistant in an old folks home. The lived together with Dorthe’s 13 year old daughter Helene, in a three roomed apartment on the 2nd floor of a building in Århus West.