About & more

Gunhild Ang (Delft, 1970) is a photographer with a Swedish and Chinese background who grew up in the Netherlands. Originally trained as an architect, she holds an MSc in Architecture from the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands. In 2011, she shifted her focus to photography, graduating from the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) in The Hague, the Netherlands, in 2015.

Her photographic practice moves between nature, architecture and urban life. Through an attentive and observational approach, she explores trees and green spaces, the built environment, and the subtle relationship between people and the places they inhabit. Her urban images often unfold as tableaux vivants, where everyday situations become quietly composed scenes.

Alongside her personal projects, Gunhild works on commissioned photography for architecture, construction and interior design.

Based in Hong Kong SAR, she also considers the Netherlands and Sweden home. Moving between these different environments continues to shape the way she observes and photographs the relationship between nature, people and the built world.

Artist Statement 

The human scale within landscape and architecture is a recurring theme in my work. I explore how the spaces we inhabit shape our sense of comfort, belonging and well-being, and how we connect to our surroundings. Increasingly, my work focuses on our relationship with nature - how we shape, manage and depend on it. Through photography, I explore the interplay between nature, architecture and urban life, creating images that invite recognition, wonder or a subtle sense of alienation.

Publications

2017 - De Correspondent - Images from 'Follow the Line' published in an article about the European security industry and the fight against crime by Maaike Goslinga and Dimitri Tokmetzis | read it

2016 - Dwell Magazine - Special Issue 'Your Rooms We Love' | read it

2015 - New Dawnpaper | read it

2014 - Hard Hoofd | read it

Nominations

2015 - Publieksprijs Young Artfund Amsterdam 2015 - for the project 'Follow the Line' | read it

2015 - Blink Youngblood Award 2015 - for the video installation 'Controlling crowds' | read it

Exhibitions

2018 - Group exhibition 'FOCUS MORE | Het trage lang land' - on show 'Learning to go Native' together with twenty Dutch photography artists telling stories about the Dutch citizen through the people and their landscapes: 'exterior and interior'

Museum MORE, Gorssel (NL) | Hoofdstraat 28 | 07-05-2018 / 09-09-2018 | click to read

2017 - Group exhibition 'SBK Spouts Young Talents 2017' - presenting new work from ongoing project 'Urban Jungle'

SBK, Amsterdam (NL) | Galerie KNSM/Loods 6, KNSM-laan 307-309 | 28-09-2017 / 08-10-2017 | click to read

2015 - Group exhibition 'Diamond Rooms' - presenting works from the project 'Follow the Line'

                        SBK Kunstuitleen 60 jaar, Amsterdam (NL) | Galerie KNSM/Loods 6, KNSM-laan 307-309 | 10-11-2015 / 22-11-2015

2015  - Group exhibition 'The Internet of Things'  - video installation 'Controlling crowds'

                        GOGBOT Festival, Enschede (NL)

2015  - Group exhibition 'Architecture'  - video installation 'Controlling crowds'

                       art festival 'Verborgen Stegen', Schiedam (NL)

2015  - Graduation show Royal Academy of Arts 'DEAR' - project 'Follow the Line / Controlling Crowds'

                        graduation exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague - presented in Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (NL)

2014  - Group exhibition 'TRANSITION' - serie 'Do not Disturb I & II'

                        3rd year exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague - in the former Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Hague (NL)

2013 - Group exhibition "NEW Katowice"

                        2nd year exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague (NL)

Books

2015 -  Follow the Line - edition of 15 - 23,5 cm x 32 cm

            complementary when buying an A3 fine print from a photograph in the book - 50 euro / e-mail to order SOLD OUT

2014  - Do not Disturb - edition of 20 - 44 pages - 22 cm x 26 cm

             SOLD OUT

2013 -   The foreign child / learning to go native (leparello) - edition of 1 - 21 cm x 29 cm

Clients

Marqt - MVDS Architect - AFTER'S COOL - Dura Vermeer - Boekhandel Paagman - De Correspondent - RAI Amsterdam - Hotel des Indes / Starwood Hotels - De Nijs Bouwbedrijf - Hotelschool The Hague - ZRi Raadgevende Ingenieurs - private commisions