Marcel Top is a 25 years old Belgian photographer. 
Alongside his traditional use of photography, Top also explores the limits and boundaries of the medium through his practice. In other words, he applies his documentary practice to his experimental work. 
Top has always been fascinated by the power of technology, by the ambiguity of its double-faced nature. Breach of privacy, mass surveillance, and the collection of personal data are between Top’s recurring topics. 
Throughout the last year, the photographer rethought his practice to capture that part of technology he could not frame with a camera. By doing this, he was able to address his worries related to a future dominated by technology. 
Research represents a fundamental part of Top’s creative process; while creating, the artist constantly rethinks and readapts the original idea to the outcomes of his research. By doing this, he creates a space for the evolution and growth of his own work. 

 

 

           

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           2022: shortlisted Sunny Art Center

            2022: Archipel_0 expo Brussels

            2022: 3865km to the west

            2022: Longlisted Format 23 

            2022; Sara Hodges part of Reveal; This gallery

            2022: Solo exhibition at  Phest

            2022: PHmuseum grant; Phest winner

            2022: shortlisted RPS

            2021: Rome, LoosenArt Freedom For Free group exhibition

            2021: PHmuseum Folio21   

            2021: VOA 2021 Shortlisted

            2021: Signature Art Prize Finalist exhibition Bankside Hotel

            2021: Photo OpenUp Groupshow

            2021: Longlisted Jerwood/Photoworks Grant

            2021: "A Question of When" Groupshow at Fourcorners Gallery.

            2021: Virtual Exhibition XLVI

            2021: Escape in Sonder Magazine

            2021: Inferences Runner up for Gsyphotofest Student Competition

            2021: Sara Hodges in NOIA NOIA Magazine

            2021: Sara Hodges aquired by the UAL art collection

            2021: Pattern Recognition Colloquium at Northeastern University

            2021: Atra Documentary broadcasted on Belgian National tv (VRT)

            2021: "There will be better days" published in Encourage by CANON France

            2021: Public Enquiry LCC Postgrad Show

            2021: Artist in the spotlight Arte Laguna

            2021: Finalist Signature Art Prize

            2021: Yanjiao Biennial :Digital Virtual Technology and Private Sphere Vol.02

            2020: Online exhibition AIA Gallery

            2020: Judges' Choice AI Art competition 2020

            2020: Inferences published in King House gallery catalogue

            2020: CoLab Techart Fellowship

            2020: Picture exhibited at Sciences Po Paris

            2020: Picture selected for Prix de la Photographie Politique

            2020: Shortlisted Student Lumen Art Prize

            2020: Eddy Adams workshop 2020  

            2020: Source Magazine Graduation issue

            2020: UAL - postgrad community. Open walls online exhibition

            2020: Canon Student development program at Visa pour L'image

            2019: MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at LCC (UAL)

            2019: Ian Parry Scholarship Portfolio Review

            2019: Honourable mention IPA

            2019: Photo 1 Magazine exhibition at the American University in Cairo

            2019: SOFAM price for graduation project

            2019: Graduated at Narafi Luca School of Arts with a BA Photography

            2019: Canon student development program at visa pour  l’image

            2019: Head Photo Editor at Reporters     

            2019: 2-month internship at Reporters

            2018: DMJX Photo 1 course  (Erasmus)

            2018: Nominee Breda Photo 2018 with the project: The Eye of Providence

            2018 All at once visual storytelling workshop with VII Photo Agency

            2017 Magnum Workshop, Brussels (during BSPF) - 4 days workshop