Inuuteq Storch
(Kaalaleq), Sisimiut, Kalaallit Nunaat
Keepers of the Ocean,
2019
Photographs, various dimensions. Courtesy of the artist and Wilson Saplana Gallery. Photo credit: Laurence Photo
Projection description
The series Keepers of the Ocean (2019) is part of Inuuteq Storch's My Place Project. Referring to his hometown, Sisimiut, and the local life there, Storch says, "The more I spend time away, the more I understand what we have at home is special. The intimacy we have is created by the nature we are surrounded with, rough and honest. The weather controls everything and nature gives us everything we need." The series consists of 154 photographs of intimate portraits and photographs from inside the homes of Greenlandic people. The series especially zooms in on the younger generation, the new and future "keepers of the ocean," whose life is placed between old traditions and customs and the connection to the culture of the global world.
About the artist
Inuuteq Storch (b.1989) is a Greenlandic photographer with a deep connection to his homeland. Born, raised, and currently residing in Sisimiut, Greenland, he has expanded his artistic reach through extensive travel for international exhibitions. A graduate of the International Centre of Photography in New York and the Fatamorgana School of Photography in Copenhagen, Storch skilfully explores his Greenlandic identity through a compelling blend of personal and archival photography. Inuuteq Storch has previously exhibited at Danish art institutions such as Nordatlantens Brygge, GL.Strand Kunsthal, Center for Photography, and in 2025 he will show at Kunsten - Museum of Modern Art Aalborg and Politikens Forhal, Kunsthal. Internationally he has exhibited at AKG Art Museum Buffalo, Akureyri, Island, at the Frankfurt Ray Triennale and in 2025 and 2026 he will exhibit at the Bonnefanten Museum, Limburg, and Hasselblad Center at Göteborg. In 2024 he represented Denmark at the 60th Venice Biennale - bringing Kalaallit Nunaat to the Danish pavilion.
