About
a visual artist
living in Belgium
from Iceland
my photographic work focuses on
abstract and the minimal
the beauty of shape
poetry of visuals
with my
perspective
on photography
realistic identity fades
with imagination meeting reality
Enjoy and embrace
Marta Margrét
Exhibitions
Next up:
-- To exhibit at (M) Art Project Space, "Confluence", a part of the Photo Brussels Festival, Brussels Belgium, 25 January-23 February 2024 (a solo exhibition, alongside Icelandic award-winning photographer Ragnar Axelsson) (selection process)
Previous:
-- Exhibited at the (M) Art Project Space, "People Like Us", in Brussels Belgium, 13 June - 26 June 2024 (Solo exhibition)
-- Exhibited at the Le Bonheur Est Dans l'Instant exhibition "Ode to Joy", at Lods 6 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 20-24 May 2024 (International Group Exhibition)
-- Exhibited at the (M) Art Project Space's exhibition, "The Art of Form - Change As a Constant", a part of the Photo Brussels Festival, Brussels Belgium, 27 January-17 February 2024
-- Exhibited at the Tiny Gallery, "Street" during the Brussels Photo Festival, 30 January - 25 February 2024, Brussels Belgium (a collective exhibition with the Photo Blabla Café Group, curated)
-- Exhibited at the Le Bonheur Est Dans l'Instant, Labratorie d'Exposition, exhibition "All we need is love", in Paris France, on 25-27 October 2023 (International group exhibition - photography)
-- Exhibited at the Venice Photolab - Photo festival inside the Venice Fashion week - Venice, Italy in 13-21 October 2023 (International group exhibition - street photography - curated)
-- Exhibited at MIMO, the Museum of the Moving image from 15 April - 6 August 2023 in Leiria Portugal (International group exhibition in connection to the Fotografar Palavras project - a collaboration between writers and photographers from over 25 countries - participation from 2022)
-- Solo show "People like us" at Hannesarholt Culture House, in Reykjavik Iceland 18 March - 12 April 2023 (selection process)
-- Exhibited at Praxis Gallery "Frame within frames" exhibition - Minneapolis, USA from 18 March - 1 April 2023 (International group exhibition - photography - selection process)
-- Exhibited at Haze Gallery "The Triumph of the Women" exhibition opening on the International Women's day - Berlin Germany from 8-18 March 2023 (International group exhibition)
-- Exhibited at the Venice Photolab - Photo festival inside the Venice Fashion week - Venice, Italy in 14-23 October 2022 (International group exhibition - street photography - curated)
-- Exhibited at Bunker Gallery, Belgium October 2022 (Group Exhibition)
-- Exhibited at the Female Artists Oslo "Be Free" Exhibition - Oslo, Norway 10-25 September 2022 (International group exhibition)
-- Exhibited at Art Nordic - the biggest Art Fair in the Nordic Region - in Copenhagen, Denmark (June 2022)
-- Works on display at Radisson Red in Brussels (winter 2021-2022)
-- Hundreds of features on various photography feature hubs on Instagram (2020 - )
Awards
-- Awarded with an Honorable mention at 2022 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris competition in the fine art category (August 2022)
-- Awarded with an Honorable mention at 2022 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris competition in the people category (August 2022)
-- Shortlisted in the Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris competition ”State of the World” 2022 photo contest (September 2022)
-- Published and awarded by head curators on www.1x.com - the worlds biggest curated online photo gallery (winter 2021-2022)
Publications and media mentions
-- exhibition "Change of Constant" (Brussels 2024) mentioned and Marta Margrét's work featured in Reponses Photo Magazine's article on the Brussels Photo Festival (February 2024)
-- Marta Margrét's work featured in L'echo´s (Belgian Daily Business Newspaper) article "PhotoBrussels Festival 2024: visual experimentation" 21 January 2024, see here.
-- Marta Margrét's work featured in Morgunblaðið's (Daily Newspaper in Iceland) with an article on her first solo exhibition "People Like Us" in Reykjavík Iceland (Reykjavík March 2023)
-- Selected to be published in Brussel Art Vue Foundation's magazine: "Black, white and infinite colors" (2023)
-- Published a cover on a single on Spotify (May 2022)