About
Henrik Malmström (b. 1983, Bangkok) is a Finnish artist working between Helsinki and Buenos Aires. Alongside photobooks — often developed over long periods — he produces videos, objects, and
carries out various artistic and curatorial projects.
He self-published his first book, On Borrowed Time (2010), before moving to Hamburg, where he
completed the St. Georg trilogy (Life is One Live it Well, A Minor Wrongdoing, OK Cloth Shop) with Kominek. In Hamburg he also co-founded the Müllkellergalerie — a premium art gallery located in
a garbage room.
Since relocating to Buenos Aires, he founded Vaciarte, a subcultural platform for questioning and
promoting visual culture. His video trilogy Sujeto a Cambio (2019) marked a return to Southeast Asia, and in 2022 he established Pseudo — an Aimless Cultural Organization.
To date, Malmström has produced 15 video works and 33 publications, ranging from traditional
photobooks and special editions to experimental zines. He is represented by Kominek (Berlin),
Carmen Araujo Arte (Caracas), and ATLAS (Buenos Aires).
Note: Strangely, this is written in third person, although I wrote it by myself.
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Education
2004 – 2011 Media Technology, B.Eng, ARCADA (Helsinki, Finland)
2009 Photojournalism 1 & 2, International Studies, DMJX (Aarhus, Denmark)
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Artist-In-Residence
2016 Residencia Wabi Sabi (Tigre, Argentina)
2014 Medien Kultur Haus (Wels, Austria)
2014 Residencia Monte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2012 Mustarinda (Hyrynsalmi, Finland)
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Publications
2025 Superchorros, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2025 Formless Violence, Pseudo Editions (Helsinki, Finland)
2025 El Regalito, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2024 No, SED Editorial (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2023 #Almuerzo, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2022 Do Not Believe Everything, Pseudo Editions (Helsinki, Finland)
2021 Apropiaciones, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2021 Hamburg Süd, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020 El Docke, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020 Nada Hubo Ahí, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020 Impresionante, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020 Desde el Yoga, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2020 Failed Applications, Self-published (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2019 #Escupitajo, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2019 Garbage Systems, SED Editorial (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2019 #PostalesBA, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2019 Págín-Clarina/12, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2019 Interesantes Imágenes, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2018 Relevamiento Espacial, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2018 OK Cloth Shop, Kominek (Berlin, Germany)
2017 #Macrisis, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2017 Catálogo de Recreación, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2017 Una Excursión a los Indios Ranqueles, Vaciarte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2017 Paisajes de Asia, Vaciarte / Kominek (Buenos Aires / Berlin)
2015 Life Is One Live It Well, Kominek (Berlin, Germany)
2015 A Minor Wrongdoing, Kominek (Berlin, Germany)
2015 Kellerfund, Müll im Keller (Hamburg, Germany)
2014 All´s Wels!, Galerie der Stadt Wels – mkh° (Wels, Austria)
2013 Life Is One Live It Well, Müll im Keller (Hamburg, Germany)
2013 Fussball Gucken, 1%ofONE VERLAG (Hamburg, Germany)
2013 St. Georg für Alle, Müll im Keller (Hamburg, Germany)
2011 The Red Planet, Homeparkpress (Hamburg, Germany)
2010 On Borrowed Time, Self-published (Helsinki, Finland)
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Videos
2025 Pendulum, Digital SD Video, 08:32 min
2025 Do-Gooder, Digital HD Video, 06:36 min
2024 Improbable Behaviour, Digital HD Video, 03:45 min
2023 After Diogenes, Digital HD Video, 04:24 min
2022 Die Trying, Digital HD Video, 71:09 min
2020 Esfera de Telgopor, Digital HD Video, 55:04 min
2020 Worldview, Digital HD Video, 06:15 min
2020 Fewer is Better, Digital HD Video, 10:24 min
2019 Pending / Pendiente, Digital HD Video, 08:24 min
2017 Laburo, Digital HD Video, 14:06 min
2016 Venäjä-Ilta, Digital HD Video, 04:42 min
2015 Bailout, Digital SD Video, 02:19 min
2014 Life´s Work, Digital HD Video, 05:07 min
2013 St. Georg für Alle, Digital HD Video, 03:03 min
2011 Ode to Surveillance, Digital SD Video, 03:40 min
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Acumulaciones (2010-2025), ATLAS (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2013 St. Georg für Alle, Müllkellergalerie (Hamburg, Germany)
2012 Welcome to Nomore, Photographic Centre Peri (Turku, Finland)
2010 On Borrowed Time, Photokina (Cologne, Germany)
2010 On Borrowed Time, Luova Gallery (Helsinki, Finland)
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Premio Internacional FELIFA, Centro Cultural Sarmiento (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2025 Premio Internacional StgoFoto, Centro Cultural La Moneda (Santiago, Chile)
2024 Pinta BAphoto / Carmen Araujo Arte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2023 Premio Internacional FELIFA, Centro Cultural de la Memoria (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2023 Imagen Impresa, ArtexArte (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2022 Fotolivros ZUM/IMS, Instituto Moreira Salles (São Paulo, Brazil)
2020 La Imagen Fotográfica y la Fotografía, Carmen Araujo Arte (Caracas, Venezuela)
2020 Carmen Araujo Arte, Feria Zona Maco Foto (Mexico City, Mexico)
2019 Carte Blanch Au VAFT, LUFF (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2018 FoLa Photobook Award, Fototeca Latinoamericana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2018 Bienal Argentina de Fotografia Documental, Museo de la UNT (Tucumán, Argentina)
2018 (Control) No Control, Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg, Germany)
2018 Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Deichtorplatz (Hamburg, Germany)
2018 In Your Face, Scope Hannover (Hannover, Germany)
2018 Una Comunidad Imaginada, Casa Nacional del Bicentenario (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2018 Surveillance Index (Performing Books #1), Le Bal (Paris, France)
2017 Coloquio Latinoamericano de Fotografia, Foto Museo Cuatro Caminos (Mexico City, Mexico)
2016 Fotobokfestival Oslo, Youngstorget (Oslo, Norway)
2016 Nano Festival, Fototeca Latinoamericana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
2016 Foto Monumental, Monumental Callao (Lima, Peru)
2016 Best Photography Books of the Year, PhotoEspaña (Madrid, Spain)
2016 Best Photobooks Kassel, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing, China)
2016 Video Art Festival Turku, Grand Old Square (Turku, Finland)
2016 What´s This Book?, Belgrade Photo Month (Belgrade, Serbia)
2014 Rebecoming, Flowers Gallery (London, UK)
2014 Subreale Welten, Port Gallery T (Osaka, Japan)
2014 Nachbarschaft, Galerie der Stadt Wels (Wels, Austria)
2013 Bewerber für das Arbeitsstipendium für Bildende Kunst, Kunsthaus (Hamburg, Germany)
2013 Stranger World, FotoDoks, Münchner Stadtmuseum (München, Germany)
2013 Moraltarantula VI, Müllkellergalerie (Hamburg, Germany)
2012 ACHTUNG?!, FotoDoks, Münchner Stadtmuseum (München, Germany)
2012 Planket, Lilla Mejtens Gränd (Stockholm, Sweden)
2012 Bilder von der Strasse, Pavlov´s Dog (Berlin, Germany)
2012 Visual Leader, Deichtorhallen (Hamburg, Germany)
2012 Indie Photobook Library, Flash Forward Festival (Boston, MA)
2012 Featherweight Portable Museum, Galleria Rajatila (Tampere, Finland)
2011 Featherweight Portable Museum, Catalyst Arts (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
2011 Little Big Press, Fotoleggendo (Rome, Italy)
2011 Publish It Yourself, Maison d’art Bernard Anthonioz (Paris, France)
2011 Moraltarantula V, Oberhafen-Galerie (Hamburg, Germany)
2011 Le Garage: Bookmakers, Le Bal (Paris, France)
2010 Self-Publish Be Happy, Flash Forward Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2010 Moraltarantula IV, Elektrohaus (Hamburg, Germany)
2010 Publish It Yourself, Maison d’art Bernard Anthonioz (Paris, France)
2010 Inaugural Exhibition, Le Garage (Arles, France)
2010 Book Awards Exhibition, Les Rencontres d´Arles (Arles, France)
2009 Ian Parry Scolarship Print Exhibition, Getty Images Gallery (London, UK)
2009 Press Photos of the Year, TR1 Galleria (Tampere, Finland)
2008 Fotofinlandia, Sanomatalo Mediasquare (Helsinki, Finland)
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Grants / Awards / Nominations
2025 Premio Internacional FELIFA (Finalist)
2025 Premio Internacional StgoFoto (Finalist)
2024 Olga and Vilho Linnamo Foundation (Book Grant)
2023 Premio Internacional FELIFA (Finalist)
2023 Finnish Photobook Award (Finalist)
2023 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Book Grant)
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Corona Working Grant)
2022 Régimen de Promoción Cultural de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Book Grant)
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Corona Working Grant)
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Corona Working Grant)
2020 Konstsamfundet (Project Grant)
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Corona Working Grant)
2019 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (One-Year Working Grant)
2018 Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Book Grant)
2016 Régimen de Promoción Cultural de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Book Grant)
2016 Buenos Aires Photo (Residency Grant)
2016 Shortlisted ‘Best Photobook of the Year’ (PhotoEspaña)
2016 Nominated ‘Photobook of the Year’ (Kassel Fotobookfestival)
2015 Finnish Art Society (Young Artist Grant)
2015 Frame Contemporary Art Finland (Book Grant)
2012 The 1000 Words Award
2012 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland (Exhibition Grant)
2011 VG Bild-Kunst (Project Grant)
2011 Frame Contemporary Art Finland (Exhibition Grant)
2011 ‘Ones to Watch’ (British Journal of Photography)
2011 Portrait of the Year / Press Photos of the Year (Honorable Mention)
2010 Photographic Essay of the Year / Press Photos of the Year (Honorable Mention)
2010 Portrait of the Year / Press Photos of the Year (Honorable Mention)
2009 The Patricia Seppälä Foundation (Exhibition Grant)
2009 Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland (Book Grant)
2009 The Finnish Press Photographers Foundation (Exhibition Grant)
2008 On Borrowed Time, Fotofinlandia (3rd prize)
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Works In Collections
Kiasma Library (Helsinki, Finland)
Instituto Moreira Salles (São Paulo, Brazil)
Fototeca Latinoamericana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Tate Library (London, United Kingdom)
ICP Library (New York, United States of America)
Centro de la Imagen (Mexico City, Mexico)
Colección José Luis Lorenzo (Córdoba, Argentina)
Bibliothek F.C. Gundlach (Hamburg, Germany)
Private collections in Finland, Germany and Argentina
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