Artist in Residence 2016/2017 - Sissel Thastum

Sissel Thastum b. 1987, DK, is a graduate of Fatamorgana, The Danish School of Art and Documentary Photography in Copenhagen and holds a BFA in in Documentary Photography from University of Wales, Newport.
She continuously work on her own photographic projects, and have been exhibiting internationally since 2011. In 2013 she received the Reginald Salisbury Travel Award toward the making of the work I am here when you are here. In 2012/13 she received Marie Langhoff's Artist grant, Danish Photographic Society grant as well as Anna & Jens Grum’s grant towards her artistic studies.
Sissel is the director and co-founder of the Independent AIR.