Scenes from an Island: Florence Montmare

Vienna-born, Swedish/Greek/American artist Florence Montmare creates photographs, films, performances, installations, and commissions while exhibiting her work internationally. Her first monograph, America Series, was published by Damiani Books in 2023. Scenes from an Island is Montmare’s second monograph, and the work was created during multiple artist residencies at Ingmar Bergman Estate (Sweden 2015 - 2017). Previous exhibitions include Marta’s Atelier, Gotland Museum (Sweden 2022), Scenes from an Island, at Fotografiska New York (2020-2021), at Helsinki Photo Festival (2020), and Bergmancenter Gallery (Sweden 2019); Illuminations at Ivy Brown Gallery (New York 2014, 2015) and It Happens in the Meeting (Sweden 2017). She was an artist in residence at Ingmar Bergman Estate (Sweden 2015, 2017) and is represented by Ivy Brown Gallery, New York. Florence Montmare’s work has been exhibited at Fotografiska, New York, FRAC Lorraine, Casino Luxembourg, Saarlandmuseum, Centre d’art Contemporain du Luxembourg, and the Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, among other places. Alumni of the International Center of Photography, she was part of the Chashama studio program (New York 2010-2012). She shares her time between New York and Sweden.