EXHIBITIONS curated by WILLAS contemporary
— discover and collect cutting-edge photography
Our mission is clear: to present a collection of photographic works that stand apart. Every piece we select tells a story, captures a moment in time, and offers a window into diverse perspectives and narratives. Whether you're here to delve into the narratives behind each piece, seeking inspiration, or in search of that perfect photograph to enrich your space, we're delighted to have you join us.
The Day May Break I and II + Sink Rise
The Day May Break + SINK / RISE by photographer Nick Brandt is an ongoing global series portraying people and animals impacted by environmental degradation and destruction.
Chapter One was photographed in Zimbabwe and Kenya in 2020, and Chapter Two in Bolivia in 2022. SINK / RISE, Chapter Three was photographed in Fiji in 2023.
The people in the photos have all been badly affected by climate change, with extreme droughts and floods destroying their homes and livelihoods.
SINK / RISE, the third chapter of The Day May Break, focuses on South Pacific Islanders impacted by rising oceans from climate change. The local people in these photos, photographed underwater in the ocean off the coast of the Fijian islands, are representatives of the many people whose homes, land and livelihoods will be lost in the coming decades as the water rises. Everything is shot in-camera underwater.
The exhibition comprises 64 large photographs and is a travelling exhibition organized by WILLAS contemporary.
BASTIAAN WOUDT I MONOCHROMATIC MINIMALISM
.— a contemporary twist to classic photography.
We are thrilled to introduce Bastiaan Woudt (1987, NL) and welcome you to his first solo exhibition in the Nordic countries! The exhibition lasts until the 20th of April - our opening hours are 9:00 - 17.00 Monday till Friday at WILLAS contemporary — IVAR - Tändstickspalatset - Våstra Trådgårdsgatan 15 - Stockholm.
HELENE SCHMITZ I STUDIES IN FALLING
The coastlines in Europe are in many places threatened by rising sea levels and erosion. In this project, Helene Schmitz travelled along the Danish coast and photographed locations where limestone exists in the bedrock, as well as the structures and places where limestone, or calcium carbonate, is transformed into cement.
JIMMY NELSON - BETWEEN THE SEA AND THE SKY
Exhibition at IVAR - Tändstick Palatset - Stockholm
WILLAS contemporary is proud to be the first to present Between the Sea and the Sky by Jimmy Nelson outside the Netherlands. Fourteen carefully selected, large-scale photographs will grace the walls of IVAR Stockholm at the Tändstick Palatset until May 12th. The link below takes you to the viewing room on ARTSY.
WILLAS contemporary in BASEL 2022
WILLAS contemporary [Booth A3] is bringing together acclaimed artists at the forefront of movements for change, grappling with society’s most prescient challenges, injustices, hopes, and joys: Roger Ballen, Nick Brandt, and Jeff Cowen.
Photo BASEL is Switzerland's first art fair dedicated to photography. It takes place at the Volkshaus Basel, a recently renovated Art Deco building with a bar, brasserie and beer garden, about a 10-minute walk from the Messeplatz, the central square where Art Basel is held.
Two Hundred Seasons by ARNO RAFAEL MINKKINEN
Minkkinen's photographs depict his naked body in natural and urban landscapes— where he works without assistance and manipulation.
Minkkinen’s self-portraiture is one of the genre’s longest, nonstop continuities - spanning over five decades - or 200 seasons.
The Gatekeeper
LENE MARIE FOSSEN
Norwegian Lene Marie Fossen wanted to stop time when she was 10.
She rejected the linear progression of time that forced her to go through puberty and stopped eating in order not to grow up. She chose to be open about her disease and found her means of expression in photography. Her self-portraits bear witness to an inner conflict, both cruel and beautiful.
Lene Marie Fossen was only thirty-three years old when she passed away on October 22, 2019. Lene Maries biggest wish was that her work was shared with as many as possible.
''The Gatekeeper'' pays tribute to Fossen as an artist and simultaneously reveals the problematic path she chose to give voice to the seriousness of this fatal condition. Today, anorexia is the most deadly psychiatric disease.
LINK TO LENE MARIE FOSSENS WEBSITE
The world according to
ROGER BALLEN
For the Halle Saint Pierre, a collaboration with Roger Ballen is an invitation to showcase – or test out – the artistic and cultural otherness of art brut. In his relationship with creativity, Ballen has constantly explored a form of art rooted in the deepest layers of human nature; like the French dramatist, actor and writer Antonin Artaud, he is always moving towards more primal means of artistic expression. “
Hommage to Humanity by
JIMMY NELSON
"With my pictures I want to show the beauty, to make more people aware of threatened cultures. But also to show their pride and strength."
- Jimmy Nelson
‘Hommage to Humanity’ is an all-immersive experience that invites you on a journey. The 2019 WEBBY Award winning mobile app makes it possible to scan every photograph and bring the images to life - with behind the scenes films, personal storytelling, and interviews.
Fotografiska and Jimmy Nelson share values and perspectives on human and cultural diversity, Hommage to Humanity was the main inaugural exhibition at Fotografiska Tallinn in June 2019. Fotografiska Stockholm hosts the exhibition from September - December 2019.
CHRISTIAN HOUGE
‘A Norwegian artist and nature lover sets old trophy animals on fire and gives them a last breath of life before they are set free. His mission is to spark a dialogue on our relationship to nature and ourselves.’
Christian Houge’s exhibition Residence of Impermanence at Fotografiska is beautiful and thought-provoking.
JAMES NACHTWEY
James Nachtwey, one of the world's most respected photojournalists, and considered the defining visual war reporter of his time, is currently presented in a major retrospective, Memoria, at Fotografiska in Stockholm.
We are thrilled to promote his original prints in Scandinavia in collaboration with Fotografiska.
VINCENT PETERS
The men and women captured by fashion and portrait photographer Vincent Peters often have two things in common. They are famous for reasons which make them familiar faces to most of us. And they act as a canvas on which we, as viewers, paint a picture which says more about us and modern times than it does about them.
SCARLETT HOOFT GRAAFLAND
For Dutch artist and photographer Scarlett Hooft Graafland, the ever-changing nature is her focal point to which she adds encounters with cultures from all over the world.
In collaboration with Flowers Gallery, WILLAS contemporary has the opportunity to promote sales of Scarlett Hooft Graafland’s works in Scandinavia. Her current exhibition ‘Vanishing Traces’ at Fotografiska is lovely, and Scarlett will be in Stockholm 29th and 30th of August for artist talks at the museum.
JIMMY NELSON
‘Planet Earth is at risk of losing the cultural identities of the many of the world’s most unique indigenous people.’
— Jimmy Nelson
‘Hommage to Humanity’ is an all-immersive experience that invites you on a journey. The 2019 WEBBY Award winning mobile app makes it possible to scan every photograph and bring the images to life - with behind the scenes films, personal storytelling, and interviews.
As Fotografiska and Jimmy Nelson share values and perspectives on human and cultural diversity, Hommage to Humanity was the main inaugural exhibition at Fotografiska Tallinn in June 2019. Next stop is Fotografiska Stockholm in September 2019.
VEE SPEERS
After having placed her works in numerous collections in Scandinavia over the years, we are thrilled to officially announce our collaboration with the Australian born, Paris based artist Vee Speers.
Vee Speers fell in love with photography at an early age, assisting her father in the darkroom, mesmerised by seeing his portraits appear like magic. Since the early ninties, she has been engaging viewers around the world with the dramatic tension of her storytelling through portraiture.
HELENE SCHMITZ
A major concern in Helene Schmitz’ practice is how the anthropocentric paradigm has shaped, ordered and exploited the natural world and its resources. Her most recent projects explore large-scale disturbances caused by humans on landscapes.
NICK BRANDT
Celebrated photographer Nick Brandt´s epic, disturbingly beautiful panoramas address the escalating destruction of the natural world at the hands of man.
JEFF COWEN
Jeff Cowen uses analogue photography and makes his prints in his customized darkroom. Cowens study of painting and life drawing has had a great impact on his concept of photography. The analogue image taken by the camera marks only the starting point of the artistic reflection of the motif. His chief concern is not a return to the photographic past, but rather to explore and expand the limits of the medium from a present-day perspective.