Maria Fynsk Norup

Maria Fynsk Norup is a self-taught visual artist and photographer based on the Danish island of Ærø. She holds formal training in botany—a background that deeply informs her artistic practice. Drawing influence from the use of light, form, and shadow in the paintings of Caravaggio and Vilhelm Hammershøi, Fynsk Norup constructs visual narratives from a distinctly female perspective. Featuring herself—and occasionally her daughters—as protagonists, her images are rooted in personal experience and the environment, tackling vulnerability, trauma, and raw emotions, interwoven with meditative explorations of our relationship to nature and our place within it.










Selected exhibitions

Documentarian 1, Dark Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
In the Shadow of Docility, Gallery ODP3, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
The Unseen, ArtVerse Gallery, Paris, France, 2024
Muted Messages: The Impact of Censorship in Art, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Digital Metamorphosis, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Group Exhibition, Artists’ Villa by Arab Bank Switzerland, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
RéSONANCE, CØR Studio, Paris, France, 2024
Kaleidoscope of Collective Visions, The Frame Society, Paris, France, 2024
Group Exhibition, NINFA Labs Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2024
VK24, VK-Udstillingen, Holbæk Kunstforening, Holbæk, Denmark, 2024
In the Pic Cells, Tech Contemporary by Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023
Paris Photo OFF, Galerie Joseph le Palais (with ImageNation), Paris, France, 2023
Cryptoart v5.0, ArtBees Gallery x Superchief, Craiova, Romania, 2023
NFTs Undead, Goat Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Sloika World Photography Day, Bali, Indonesia, 2023
Group Exhibition, Nematic Gallery x MakersPlace, Carmel-by-the-Sea, USA, 2023
Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling (KS23), JANUS / Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2023
Summer Exhibition, Det Røde Pakhus, Kulturforeningen Marstal Art, Marstal, Denmark, 2023
Group Exhibition, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Forever Frame #DANY2023, NEAL Digital Gallery, Beijing, China, 2023
Group Exhibition, Rome Art Week, Mecanate Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2022
Wonder Fair 4.0 – Natural Intelligence, Waterline Square Park, New York, USA, 2022
Complicit, American Copper Buildings Sky Bridge, New York, USA, 2022
Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, Digital Exhibition at Newart.city, 2021
The New Aesthetics, ImageNation, Luciana Fondazione Matalon, Milan, Italy, 2021
Økant Performancefestival, Marstal, Denmark, 2021
Group/Duo Exhibition, Galleri Øckenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Vråvejen, Ærøskøbing, Denmark, 2018–2024
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Højkant, Århus, Denmark, 2018
Ærøske Landskaber, Søbygaard Castle, Ærø Museum, Ærø, Denmark, 2017
Solas, Tiny Atlas Quarterly, Juryed Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, 2016
#DetSerDuIkkeIByen, Rundetårn, Copenhagen (RealDania, DR Kunstklub, Copenhagen Photo Festival), Denmark, 2016

Selected awards

International Photography Awards (IPA), Official Selection (longlist), 2024
Winner, 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award. Professional category: Nude and figure, single image, 2024
Winner, VK24/Holbæk Kunstforening. Plakatprisen, 2024
Winner, Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, 2021
1st prize winner, Click Foto x Spejlløse Fotografer. Subject: Close up in nature, 2016


Selected press 

Artist Spotlight: Maria Fynsk Norup, Aguilar Art and NFT Magazine, Issue 20, September 2023
Interview on Storytelling, Oli’s Photo Radio, October 2022
Botany, nymphs and emotional stories, Mina Art Magazine, October 2022
Dryads - The tree-bound by Maria Fynsk Norup, Drawlights Art Blog, August 2022
All that we are, The Moderne Analogue, May 2022
Maria Fynsk Norup NFT Artist Interview, NFT Culture, Online, March 2022
Feature Interview, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 17, July 2021
Winner Feature, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 12, February 2021
Feature Interview, Jyllands-Posten, Denmark, February 2020
Feature / Interview, Heimat by Simone Hawlisch (Knesebeck Verlag), Germany, October 2019
Photographer, Falmet Skønhed by Dorthe Kvist (Forlaget Koustrup & Co.), Denmark, October 2019
Interview, BoBedre Magazine, Denmark, July 2018

Selected exhibitions

Documentarian 1, Dark Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
In the Shadow of Docility, Gallery ODP3, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
The Unseen, ArtVerse Gallery, Paris, France, 2024
Muted Messages: The Impact of Censorship in Art, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Digital Metamorphosis, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Group Exhibition, Artists’ Villa by Arab Bank Switzerland, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
RéSONANCE, CØR Studio, Paris, France, 2024
Kaleidoscope of Collective Visions, The Frame Society, Paris, France, 2024
Group Exhibition, NINFA Labs Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2024
VK24, VK-Udstillingen, Holbæk Kunstforening, Holbæk, Denmark, 2024
In the Pic Cells, Tech Contemporary by Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023
Paris Photo OFF, Galerie Joseph le Palais (with ImageNation), Paris, France, 2023
Cryptoart v5.0, ArtBees Gallery x Superchief, Craiova, Romania, 2023
NFTs Undead, Goat Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Sloika World Photography Day, Bali, Indonesia, 2023
Group Exhibition, Nematic Gallery x MakersPlace, Carmel-by-the-Sea, USA, 2023
Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling (KS23), JANUS / Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2023
Summer Exhibition, Det Røde Pakhus, Kulturforeningen Marstal Art, Marstal, Denmark, 2023
Group Exhibition, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Forever Frame #DANY2023, NEAL Digital Gallery, Beijing, China, 2023
Group Exhibition, Rome Art Week, Mecanate Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2022
Wonder Fair 4.0 – Natural Intelligence, Waterline Square Park, New York, USA, 2022
Complicit, American Copper Buildings Sky Bridge, New York, USA, 2022
Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, Digital Exhibition at Newart.city, 2021
The New Aesthetics, ImageNation, Luciana Fondazione Matalon, Milan, Italy, 2021
Økant Performancefestival, Marstal, Denmark, 2021
Group/Duo Exhibition, Galleri Øckenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Vråvejen, Ærøskøbing, Denmark, 2018–2024
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Højkant, Århus, Denmark, 2018
Ærøske Landskaber, Søbygaard Castle, Ærø Museum, Ærø, Denmark, 2017
Solas, Tiny Atlas Quarterly, Juryed Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, 2016
#DetSerDuIkkeIByen, Rundetårn, Copenhagen (RealDania, DR Kunstklub, Copenhagen Photo Festival), Denmark, 2016

Selected awards

International Photography Awards (IPA), Official Selection (longlist), 2024
Winner, 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award. Professional category: Nude and figure, single image, 2024
Winner, VK24/Holbæk Kunstforening. Plakatprisen, 2024
Winner, Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, 2021
1st prize winner, Click Foto x Spejlløse Fotografer. Subject: Close up in nature, 2016


Selected press 

Artist Spotlight: Maria Fynsk Norup, Aguilar Art and NFT Magazine, Issue 20, September 2023
Interview on Storytelling, Oli’s Photo Radio, October 2022
Botany, nymphs and emotional stories, Mina Art Magazine, October 2022
Dryads - The tree-bound by Maria Fynsk Norup, Drawlights Art Blog, August 2022
All that we are, The Moderne Analogue, May 2022
Maria Fynsk Norup NFT Artist Interview, NFT Culture, Online, March 2022
Feature Interview, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 17, July 2021
Winner Feature, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 12, February 2021
Feature Interview, Jyllands-Posten, Denmark, February 2020
Feature / Interview, Heimat by Simone Hawlisch (Knesebeck Verlag), Germany, October 2019
Photographer, Falmet Skønhed by Dorthe Kvist (Forlaget Koustrup & Co.), Denmark, October 2019
Interview, BoBedre Magazine, Denmark, July 2018

Selected exhibitions

Documentarian 1, Dark Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
In the Shadow of Docility, Gallery ODP3, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
The Unseen, ArtVerse Gallery, Paris, France, 2024
Muted Messages: The Impact of Censorship in Art, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Digital Metamorphosis, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Group Exhibition, Artists’ Villa by Arab Bank Switzerland, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
RéSONANCE, CØR Studio, Paris, France, 2024
Kaleidoscope of Collective Visions, The Frame Society, Paris, France, 2024
Group Exhibition, NINFA Labs Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2024
VK24, VK-Udstillingen, Holbæk Kunstforening, Holbæk, Denmark, 2024
In the Pic Cells, Tech Contemporary by Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023
Paris Photo OFF, Galerie Joseph le Palais (with ImageNation), Paris, France, 2023
Cryptoart v5.0, ArtBees Gallery x Superchief, Craiova, Romania, 2023
NFTs Undead, Goat Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Sloika World Photography Day, Bali, Indonesia, 2023
Group Exhibition, Nematic Gallery x MakersPlace, Carmel-by-the-Sea, USA, 2023
Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling (KS23), JANUS / Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2023
Summer Exhibition, Det Røde Pakhus, Kulturforeningen Marstal Art, Marstal, Denmark, 2023
Group Exhibition, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Forever Frame #DANY2023, NEAL Digital Gallery, Beijing, China, 2023
Group Exhibition, Rome Art Week, Mecanate Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2022
Wonder Fair 4.0 – Natural Intelligence, Waterline Square Park, New York, USA, 2022
Complicit, American Copper Buildings Sky Bridge, New York, USA, 2022
Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, Digital Exhibition at Newart.city, 2021
The New Aesthetics, ImageNation, Luciana Fondazione Matalon, Milan, Italy, 2021
Økant Performancefestival, Marstal, Denmark, 2021
Group/Duo Exhibition, Galleri Øckenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Vråvejen, Ærøskøbing, Denmark, 2018–2024
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Højkant, Århus, Denmark, 2018
Ærøske Landskaber, Søbygaard Castle, Ærø Museum, Ærø, Denmark, 2017
Solas, Tiny Atlas Quarterly, Juryed Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, 2016
#DetSerDuIkkeIByen, Rundetårn, Copenhagen (RealDania, DR Kunstklub, Copenhagen Photo Festival), Denmark, 2016

Selected awards

International Photography Awards (IPA), Official Selection (longlist), 2024
Winner, 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award. Professional category: Nude and figure, single image, 2024
Winner, VK24/Holbæk Kunstforening. Plakatprisen, 2024
Winner, Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, 2021
1st prize winner, Click Foto x Spejlløse Fotografer. Subject: Close up in nature, 2016


Selected press 

Artist Spotlight: Maria Fynsk Norup, Aguilar Art and NFT Magazine, Issue 20, September 2023
Interview on Storytelling, Oli’s Photo Radio, October 2022
Botany, nymphs and emotional stories, Mina Art Magazine, October 2022
Dryads - The tree-bound by Maria Fynsk Norup, Drawlights Art Blog, August 2022
All that we are, The Moderne Analogue, May 2022
Maria Fynsk Norup NFT Artist Interview, NFT Culture, Online, March 2022
Feature Interview, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 17, July 2021
Winner Feature, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 12, February 2021
Feature Interview, Jyllands-Posten, Denmark, February 2020
Feature / Interview, Heimat by Simone Hawlisch (Knesebeck Verlag), Germany, October 2019
Photographer, Falmet Skønhed by Dorthe Kvist (Forlaget Koustrup & Co.), Denmark, October 2019
Interview, BoBedre Magazine, Denmark, July 2018

Selected exhibitions

Documentarian 1, Dark Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
In the Shadow of Docility, Gallery ODP3, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2024
The Unseen, ArtVerse Gallery, Paris, France, 2024
Muted Messages: The Impact of Censorship in Art, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Digital Metamorphosis, Salone Colonna, Rome, Italy, 2024
Group Exhibition, Artists’ Villa by Arab Bank Switzerland, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
RéSONANCE, CØR Studio, Paris, France, 2024
Kaleidoscope of Collective Visions, The Frame Society, Paris, France, 2024
Group Exhibition, NINFA Labs Gallery, Milan, Italy, 2024
VK24, VK-Udstillingen, Holbæk Kunstforening, Holbæk, Denmark, 2024
In the Pic Cells, Tech Contemporary by Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023
Paris Photo OFF, Galerie Joseph le Palais (with ImageNation), Paris, France, 2023
Cryptoart v5.0, ArtBees Gallery x Superchief, Craiova, Romania, 2023
NFTs Undead, Goat Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2023
Sloika World Photography Day, Bali, Indonesia, 2023
Group Exhibition, Nematic Gallery x MakersPlace, Carmel-by-the-Sea, USA, 2023
Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling (KS23), JANUS / Vestjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2023
Summer Exhibition, Det Røde Pakhus, Kulturforeningen Marstal Art, Marstal, Denmark, 2023
Group Exhibition, The Lower Draw Gallery, New York, USA, 2023
Forever Frame #DANY2023, NEAL Digital Gallery, Beijing, China, 2023
Group Exhibition, Rome Art Week, Mecanate Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2022
Wonder Fair 4.0 – Natural Intelligence, Waterline Square Park, New York, USA, 2022
Complicit, American Copper Buildings Sky Bridge, New York, USA, 2022
Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, Digital Exhibition at Newart.city, 2021
The New Aesthetics, ImageNation, Luciana Fondazione Matalon, Milan, Italy, 2021
Økant Performancefestival, Marstal, Denmark, 2021
Group/Duo Exhibition, Galleri Øckenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2021
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Vråvejen, Ærøskøbing, Denmark, 2018–2024
Solo Exhibition, Galleri Højkant, Århus, Denmark, 2018
Ærøske Landskaber, Søbygaard Castle, Ærø Museum, Ærø, Denmark, 2017
Solas, Tiny Atlas Quarterly, Juryed Exhibition, San Francisco, USA, 2016
#DetSerDuIkkeIByen, Rundetårn, Copenhagen (RealDania, DR Kunstklub, Copenhagen Photo Festival), Denmark, 2016

Selected awards

International Photography Awards (IPA), Official Selection (longlist), 2024
Winner, 23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Award. Professional category: Nude and figure, single image, 2024
Winner, VK24/Holbæk Kunstforening. Plakatprisen, 2024
Winner, Edition 365, British Journal of Photography, 2021
1st prize winner, Click Foto x Spejlløse Fotografer. Subject: Close up in nature, 2016


Selected press 

Artist Spotlight: Maria Fynsk Norup, Aguilar Art and NFT Magazine, Issue 20, September 2023
Interview on Storytelling, Oli’s Photo Radio, October 2022
Botany, nymphs and emotional stories, Mina Art Magazine, October 2022
Dryads - The tree-bound by Maria Fynsk Norup, Drawlights Art Blog, August 2022
All that we are, The Moderne Analogue, May 2022
Maria Fynsk Norup NFT Artist Interview, NFT Culture, Online, March 2022
Feature Interview, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 17, July 2021
Winner Feature, FotoNostrum Magazine, Issue 12, February 2021
Feature Interview, Jyllands-Posten, Denmark, February 2020
Feature / Interview, Heimat by Simone Hawlisch (Knesebeck Verlag), Germany, October 2019
Photographer, Falmet Skønhed by Dorthe Kvist (Forlaget Koustrup & Co.), Denmark, October 2019
Interview, BoBedre Magazine, Denmark, July 2018

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ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

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OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

LEGAL

Privacy policy

T&C

@Load Gallery 2023-2025

ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

SIGN UP FOR UPDATES
OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

LEGAL

Privacy policy

T&C

@Load Gallery 2023-2025

ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

SIGN UP FOR UPDATES

OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

LEGAL

Privacy policy

T&C

@Load Gallery 2023-2025