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Summer Exhibition, Det Røde Pakhus, Marstal

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KS23 – Kunstnernes Sommerudstilling

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Digital Enlightenment exhibition, Low Key Gallery, Tribeca

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Exhibitions during NFTNYC 2023

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“Letting it all go” (self-portrait with ponytail) “Letting it all go”
(self-portrait with ponytail)

Part of my self-portrait series “1 in 8” about illness and recovery, shortlisted for the 2026 Sony World Photography Award 

#breastcancerwarrior #swpa2026 #mariafynsknorup
I am ecstatic and honoured to finally share that I I am ecstatic and honoured to finally share that I have been shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 Professional Competition with my self-portrait series “1 in 8”.

“1 in 8” documents my path through my breast cancer treatment in 2024-25, including the feeling of losing my sense of self and my femininity.

The series has been selected amongst 430.000 images across this year’s competitions, and is now one of 10 chosen in the category ‘Perspectives’.

Being shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Award with this important series is a huge recognition for me. 
The “1 in 8” series is a deeply personal body of work, which simultaneously is created with a wish to increase awareness and discussion about this illness that affects so many of us. The enhanced visibility that follows being shortlisted is a dream come true and an important step towards this goal.

Celebrating nearly two decades of photographic excellence, the Professional competition champions photographers whose bold bodies of work combine mastery of the craft with narrative vision.

Commenting on behalf of the jury, Monica Allende, Chair of the Jury, says: ‘The finalist and shortlisted work in the Professional competition for the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 demonstrates a remarkable growth in the craft and commitment to photography as a powerful storytelling medium. Across the many series we judged, I was deeply struck by the celebration of the human experience, and of love, kindness, and quiet resilience woven into complex and often challenging realities. Many of the most powerful images focused on intimate moments and small acts of heroism, revealing the enduring strength and spirit found in everyday life.’ 

The Sony World Photography Awards exhibition displaying the awarded works will open at Somerset House, London from 17 April - 4 May.

The 10 awarded works in my series can be viewed here: https://www.worldphoto.org/sony-world-photography-awards/winners-galleries/2026/professional/1-8-maria-fynsk-norup 

#SWPA2026 @worldphotoorg
Before the crowds arrived for the exhibition party Before the crowds arrived for the exhibition party at @bleur_art on Saturday, the wonderful @bobbibicker made a livestream on X which I’ve been allowed to share here too ♥️ 

It was such a wonderful day and evening in London! I’m incredibly grateful to BLEUR and Aurelia for inviting me to be a part of “Pretty Little Fears” - and to wonderful friends @leocrane77 @zhannetpodobed @viktphotography Kristina Thiele, Selkie and Bobbi for coming by to celebrate with me! 

The works were shown on digital frames from @themuseframe but are also available as fine art prints 🤍
I’m incredibly happy to announce my next exhibitio I’m incredibly happy to announce my next exhibition!

“Pretty Little Fears” opens next week 12th of January at Bleur Gallery @bleur_art in London.

A group show incorporating works from 8 contemporary artists, "Pretty Little Fears" is an artistic response to the rise of anxiety disorder, creating a safe space to talk about what keeps us up at night.

I will be showing 9 artworks:
My conceptual series “When he was gone”, as well as the standalone works “Breathe quietly so as not to disturb the shadows” and “The Returning”.

The exhibition is open January 12-26, with a party on the 17th (6-9pm).

I will be there on the 17th, and I’d love to see you if you are able! 🤍🥂 (rsvp via the gallery's profile)

📍Venue: BLEUR Gallery
Address: 62-64 Baker Street, W1U 7DF, London
Opening Hours: Tue–Fri 10am–6pm, Sat 11am-4pm, Sun by appt
'It's our party, we'll cry if we want to': 17th January
I’m excited to share that one of the works from my I’m excited to share that one of the works from my “1 in 8” cancer treatment series has been selected by the editors of LensCulture to be featured in the Art Photography Awards 2026 Competition Gallery!

This diptych is from January 2025 and is titled “Identity crisis/Reconstructing the self”

See it here

https://www.lensculture.com/photo-competitions/art-photography-awards/2026?share_photo=8149681 

@LensCulture #LensCultureDiscoveries #mariafynsknorup
“Aikyam” (Oneness) 1 of 3 in my new series “The “Aikyam”

(Oneness)

1 of 3 in my new series “The land of Hyangs” created during the Bali Art Residency 2025

Self-portrait photography, Amed Beach, Bali
November 2025

Series description:

The Land of Hyangs is a self-portrait photography series created on the volcanic shores, forests, and riverbeds of Bali - landscapes long understood by local tradition as being alive with spirit.
The Balinese concept of Hyang is an unseen, sacred presence: an ancestral force, a guardian of place, or a form of natural divinity. These works explore an intimate, physical conversation with that unseen world.

Across the three images, the human body becomes a site of devotion, surrender, and porousness. Rather than standing apart from the environment, the figure folds into stone, wood, and sky, dissolving boundaries between self and landscape.
Each photograph stages a state of transformation: a bending toward the earth, an opening to the heavens, a merging with weathered driftwood as though with an ancient spirit. Through gesture and vulnerability, the body becomes an instrument for sensing the numinous.

By using self-portraiture, the artist inhabits both subject and vessel, embodying the reciprocal relationship between people and the natural world that animism describes. The series reflects a reverence central to Balinese spiritual life: that the land is not merely scenery, but a living realm of presences with whom one is in constant dialogue.

The Land of Hyangs invites viewers into that dialogue, into a world where stone remembers, trees watch, and every element of the landscape carries its own quiet, powerful breath.
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