Philippe Merie

The French-Norwegian photographer Philippe Merie has been based in Copenhagen, where he has run a photo studio, which has been the center of numerous innovative and creative projects resulting in great commercial and artistical succes. His ongoing passion for art has resulted in a constant search for the boundaries between photography and the art of painting.

Philippe Merie was born in Paris, grew up in France, Indonesia, Norway and Denmark. Trained as a photographer at Jorn Freddie, Copenhagen and Aldo Lefere, Paris, he teamed up with photographer Soren Saabye before founding his own studio in Copenhagen 1980 working for companies like Hennes & Mauritz, Levi ́s, Carlsberg, Sony, Virgin, CocaCola, Tivoli, The Royal Danish Theatre, Saga Furs, Great Greenland, Arcadia Group, Marks and Spencer, Elle, Moda, La Photografia among other. He has received several awards for his work including the Aurora Award 1990 and The Golden Pencil 1993. In 2010 nominated by the magazine American Photo as one of the worlds ten best advertisements for an IKEA campaign. Nominated in the same category 2011 for a Mercedes Benz campaign.

Parallel to his commercial career Philippe Mérie has been occupied with photographic artwork. In 1996 he exhibited h...

Berlin Art Gallery weekend fra d.1 maj - 31 maj 2014
repressenteret af Marcia Frozen

Brick Lane Gallery Dec. 2016

CARL HANSEN & SON CORP. 8 sep.-2014
304 Hudson Street Third Floor New York NY 10013 USA
In may 2018 solo exebition in Copenhagen Gentofte both photos and Acrylic painting