About
Salome Erni
(she/her), based in Switzerland and The Netherlands
As a research-based visual artist and writer, I explore narratives and collective narrations. My works revolve around the construction of belonging and identity, privileges, power relations, and perspectives for the future.
In my practice, conversations, collaborations and research intertwine. Often, I take archives and found imagery as a starting point to create new transmedia narratives. For me, such photographs are visual manifestations of relationships; I treat them as snippets of perspectives to investigate how the individual relates to larger socio-political constructs.
My works take shape in essays, books and exhibitions, and aim to foster constructive dialogues. Therefore, I often incorporate elements that allow the audience to participate. I embrace complexity and multiperspectivity in my practice as I feel these qualities are needed to overcome current challenges in our society.
I study Photography at the Royal Academy of Art (kabk) in The Hague. I worked as a journalist, editor (words and images) and assistant curator. I have experiences with exhibitions and (collective) bookmaking.
exhibitions:
west, The Hague (2025) ––––– Quartair, The Hague (2025) ––––– Paradise, The Hague (2025) ––––– How Language Flows, Zurich (2024) ––––– a butterfly was finding out yesterday how to make sense of misunderstandings, The Hague (2024) ––––– Open Student Call, Noorderlicht Photography, Groningen (2023) ––––– Fotowerkschau Luzern, Luzern (2023) ––––– Genius Loci, Hochschule Luzern, Emmenbrücke (2022) ––––– BLAMAGE|PASSAGE, Kali Galerie (2021)
(collaborative) publishing:
further 05 by Fotobus Society ––––– Outside the State: Our relationship to the land, by Essarter Éditions ––––– Greenland. Everything changes by Fotobus Society ––––– further 04 by Fotobus Society ––––– phroom magazine ––––– Young Photographer Monday by ronorp ––––– CIRCLE (associated with KABK, The Hague) ––––– EUSTORY ––––– Luzerner Zeitung/ CHMedia