About
About Dark Gallery CPH
Dark Gallery CPH is an artist-run photography gallery dedicated to photographic experimentation and storytelling. All exhibitions are rooted in photography or film.
The gallery is governed by 8 partners who enjoy full artistic freedom to curate and exhibit. They are supported by 5 “rookie” partners who are just beginning their creative journeys.
A unique feature of the gallery is Dark Spaces—an exhibition format where light plays a performative role in the curated experience, inviting visitors to immerse themselves fully in the narrative.
The gallery takes part in festivals and hosts events throughout the year.
If you would like to join our gallery community, please check the options on our “How to Join” page.
THIS PARTNER PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
Partners and associated artists:
Thomas Suchy, 45 (Germany)
I am a visual artist, curator, and social architect based in Copenhagen. My artistic and curatorial practice explores the intersection of human emotions, social constructs, and our relationship with the environment and nature. I primarily work with digital photography and mixed media.
As a partner at Dark Gallery CPH, I aim to create meaningful experiences and a platform for dialogue around social issues. I have curated several group exhibitions, both in pop-up galleries and digital spaces.
George Doumani, 56 (Australia)
A Copenhagen-based photographer with a long background in the fashion industry, I transitioned to visual arts full-time around 2019. My lifelong passion for photography and sound led me to pursue a professional career in these fields. I work across film scores, sound design, videography, and both analogue and digital photography. Photography has been a constant in my life since receiving a Pentax K1000 at age 11. My work ranges from artistic to documentary storytelling. My primary goals at the gallery are to network with like-minded creatives and to curate and exhibit.
Sara Bentsaltana, 27 (France/Spain)
I’m a French-Spanish artist living and working between Copenhagen and Toulouse (FR) . I graduated with honours from both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in fine arts at the Institut Supérieur des Arts et du Design de Toulouse in 2023, and also studied at Det Fynske Kunstakademi in Denmark.
At the core of my practice is a pursuit of light and a desire to push the boundaries of the photographic medium, seeking to reveal the threshold between the visible and the invisible. My work delves into the spiritual aspects of nature and light, aiming to communicate with what is no longer present and to capture the unseen.
My work has been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally, including The Silver that Kissed the Sliver that Persists at this gallery, Rencontres Internationales Traverse Video, and the Experimental Photo Festival, amongst others. I’ve participated in residencies such as CONNECT 2 (arts and sciences) with the University of Toulouse and CNRS, and the Koganecho AIR program in Yokohama (JP).
With Dark Gallery, I aim to sharpen my curatorial skills and help showcase the world the potential of slow photography.
Kim Wyon, 63 (UK/DK)
My art practice spans several decades, following an explorative path from interactive digital installations in the 1990s and signage in the public space to street activism, expressionist shodo, wild comix art painting, and flag art. In recent years, my analogue fine art photography has focused on interactive storytelling, often incorporating light as a performative element within the curated experience.
I am also the founder of several independent art spaces, including Dark Gallery CPH, envisioned as Copenhagen’s first fully artist-run gallery dedicated to photography and film.
At Dark Gallery CPH, my current personal focus is on developing photographic micro-projects that connect the gallery with the surrounding public space.
(Website and social media currently under construction)
Maryam Mazaheri, 45 (Iran)
As an engineer and lighting designer, I am always seeking the connection between my technical approach and my love for art. I believe that even the most technical features can hold artistic value. Through photography, I explore the interplay between light and darkness, their coexistence is what allows us to see, and their complexity creates shadows that range from soft to hard, inviting us to think in new ways. With Dark Gallery CPH, I aim to showcase light and darkness as powerful mediums, appreciating their presence and impact in real life. It is also a space for experimental photography, where I push boundaries and explore new ways of seeing the world.
Ivan Aguilar, 46 (Mexico)
I am a landscape and street photographer working with analogue and instant films. I prefer the analogue process because it helps me be intentional from the start, forcing me to reflect on the message I want to convey and making me more critical of what I aim to capture.
Through my photography, I aspire to uncover the hidden poetry in relatively ordinary moments and objects. I try to derive from them a dream-like narrative—incomplete yet highly suggestive. I prefer not to photograph people but instead explore mostly desolate natural or urban landscapes, whether real, staged, or imagined. My choice to work in black and white helps me avoid colour taking too much prominence and supports the solitude I seek to evoke.
By joining the gallery, I hope to collaborate with fellow photographers and be part of a creative network that both inspires me and challenges my photographic vision.
Claudia Dons, 45 (Denmark)
I’m a Danish photographer with a BA (Hons) in Photographic Art from the University of Westminster in London. For more than 20 years, I have worked in commercial photography, telling visual stories for clients—but I’ve always missed the freedom of artistic exploration.
Through Dark Gallery CPH, I want to reconnect with that creative side, dive deep into personal projects, and experiment with different approaches to photography. I’m drawn to the quiet tension between stillness and story – and how a single image can hold emotion, memory, and meaning just beneath the surface. For me, photography is a way to explore, to play, and to connect—with ideas, with others, and with myself.
Luke Adekoya Campbell, 36 (UK)
Cidinha Bendixen, Age: You will need to wait until I die, then cut me in half and count the circular rings, (Brazil)
Being a mixed-raced Black Brazilian woman, I have always been interested in the superposition of images. My professional experience started with computer programming in the 80’s, I was then a professional dancer, teacher and choreographer for over three decades. In 2019, after a BA (Hons) in Ceramic Design from the University of the Arts London, Saint Martins College, I became a cross-disciplinary ceramic based artist.
Two of my cross-disciplinary projects were recipient of grants in 2005:
Through the Enchanted Gardens funded by the Arts Council England, the City of Nottingham and The Danish Cultural Institute. Black Wings funded by Arts Council Norway (Britt Smelvær), Arts Council England East Midlands.
As a new arrival at Dark Gallery CPH, I hope for two things initially: to be seen and to be fierce.
Camila Garcia Dominguez, 23 (Mexico)
A Mexican photographer with a passion for photography and film. With a background in Fashion Marketing from Istituto Marangoni in Milano, Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy, and photography from Canon Academy in Mexico City. Bringing together these creative worlds from past studies I aim to create visual storytelling through film and photographs. Focusing on street photography bringing together culture, music, and humanity.
With Dark Gallery CPH, I aim to connect with other creatives in the industry and get my work known through exhibiting.
Rika Yasui, 41 (Denmark/Japan)
I am a forever curious Danish-Japanese film director and projection artist with a long list of education in the creative field.
I cherish craftsmanship and seek to combine and challenge genres, work methods and ways of thinking as I am drawn to poke at your mindset.
My contribution to the world is to give someone an experience that leads to reflection, discussion or change.
Website (new website pending)
Victor Denis Havmann Andersen (Denmark)
Dave Feral (Germany)
Loui Moon (Denmark)