Margot Wallard

About

Born 1978 in Paris, France.
She lives and works in Paris and Värmland, Sweden.

In 2012 Margot Wallard moved to Sweden, with her partner, the photographer JH Engström, to a hamlet in the back and beyond. Experiencing an overwhelming need to turn the lens on herself, she took refuge in nature and started a new project Natten. The forest became a place of resistance, somewhere where she could give free rein to that part of herself that does not cheat. With long exposures, leaving the shutter sufficient time to etch onto the film of the movements of the soul. Besides being her own model, she scans the things around her – animal, vegetable or mineral. By using the means of recording reality in its purest expression, she finds a different way of coming to grips with it. The space she leaves between the camera and herself is also the space she puts between the spectator and her image. The still on going project was exhibited in Landskrona Foto Festival, Sweden and also shortlisted for the The Source-Cord Prize in 2014.

The series Natten will be published as a book later in 2016. Margot Wallard started to photograph at the age of 16. Since 1997 she has been working with international acknowledged photographers such as Michael Ackerman, Antoine D’ Agata, or Anders Petersen.

She has been working on many projects and published several books whereof three with her partner JH Engström. Together, in 2012, they founded the Atelier Smedsby, a one-year international workshop, based in Paris, France, with participants from all over the world.

Artist News

MARGOT WALLARD | Present Nature | Alma Löv Museum, Östra Ämtervik

17 Juni, 2023

Alma Löv Museum of Unexpected Art presents an extensive group exhibition of contemporary Swedish and international artists. Present Nature presents fourteen artists from six countries who from different angles highlight nature and presence.

MARGOT WALLARD | Animalités | Carré Amelot – Espace culturel Ville de la Rochelle

27 Sep., 2022

The group exhibition Animalités brings together three photographic approaches to animality.

MARGOT WALLARD | Love Songs Photography and intimacy | MEP, Paris

30 März, 2022

The collective exhibition Love Songs proposes a completely new vision of the history of photography through the prism of intimate relationships between lovers.

Vista Point. Re-Connecting Nature | Group Exhibition at KunstHaus Potsdam

9 Okt., 2020

The exhibition ‚Vista Point. Re-Connecting Nature‘ is a cooperation between the Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam and the Dorothée Nilsson Gallery.

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Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2018

Natten, Galerie Vu, Paris, FR

2017

Natten, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, DE

2016

Natten, Athens Photo Festival, GR

2014

Natten, Landskrona Fotofestival, SE

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2024

Oran, Festival Encontros Da Imagen, PT

2023

Normandie, Festival Planches Contact, Les Francsicaines Deauville, FR

Animalités, Carré Amelot, La Rochelle, FR

2022

Free Party 1998-2005, Galerie LENEUF, Paris, FR

Love Songs, MEP, Paris, FR

2020

Vista Point. Re-connecting Nature, Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, DE

2016

Paris Photo, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Paris, FR

Unseen Photo Fair, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Amsterdam, NL

Fryspunkt/Freezing Point, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Stockholm, SE

2015

Natten, Gallery Nabokov, Paris, FR

2011

Vraie ou Faux?, Raum linksrechts & Loge, Hamburg, DE

Vraie ou Faux?, Ventilazione Wasagasse Ecke Hörlgasse, Vienna, AT

2010

Magic Trick, Gallery Cobertura Photo, Sevilla, ES

2009

I bought me a cat, Gallery Micamera, Milan, IT

Magic Trick, New York Photo Festival 09, New York, US

2008

I bought me a cat, Fotografia International Rome’s Festival, b>Gallery, IT

EU Women, New York Photo Festival 08, New York, US

2007

EU Women, Foto Festiwal, Gallery FF, Lodz, PL

EU Women, Instants Chavirés, Montreux, FR

EU Women, Gallery Coberturaphoto, Sevilla, ES

2005

Tu te souviens de cette teuf?, Heart Gallery, Paris, FR

Ex In, Gallery Maeght, Barcelone, ES

Schaugrund, Museum Quartier, Vienna, AT

2003

Poussières Parallèles, Khumbamela 2003 in India, Gallery Une Galette dans l’Art, Paris, FR

Reflexe VIII, Arles Photofestival, Espace Siqueros, Arles, FR

Publications (selected)

2017

Natten, edited and designed by Greger Ulf Nilson, publisher Max Ström, SE

2014

Karaoke Sunne, together with JH Engström, Superlabo Edition, JP

2013

My brother Guillaume and Sonia, Journal, SE

2012

7 Days, Athens, November 2011, with JH Engström, Superlabo Edition, JP

2011

Foreign Affair, together with JH Engström, Superlabo Edition, JP

2007

Eu Women, Atelier Reflexe , Montreux, France/Fotohof, Salzburg, AT

2005

Reflexe X, Centre d’Information Reflexe & Dirk Bakker, Paris, FR

2004

Ex In, Fotohof editions Salzbourg, Autriche / Silverbridge, Paris, FR

2003

Reflexe VIII, Centre d’Information Reflexe & Dirk Bakker, Paris, FR

2002

Reflexe VII, Centre d’Information Reflexe & Dirk Bakker, Paris, FR

2001

Reflexe VI, Centre d’Information Reflexe & Dirk Bakker, Paris, FR

1999

Reflexe IV, Centre d’Information Reflexe & Dirk Bakker, Paris, FR

Esquire, Portfolio My Brother Guillaume and Sonia, RU

Revue Camera, Portfolio Natten, FR

Dummy Magazine, Portfolio My Brother Guillaume and Sonia, DE

Eyemazing, Portfolio Foreign Affair, UK

Objektiv, Portfolio No Name No City, NO

Awards, Grants and Residencies

2015

Shortlisted with the series Natten of Leica Oskar Barnack Award

Shortlisted with the dummy Natten of Dummy Award Kassel, DE

2014

Shortlisted with the series Natten du Source-Cord Prize

2008

DRAC Ile de France for a photo project about cities in Asia and US, FR

2002

Mairie de Montreuil for a reportage about alternativ Circus