I am pleased to announce that I have been selected to receive a 2018 Individual Artists Program Grant from Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The grant will fund the production of new work from my City Space project. I am so grateful to have the support from DCASE this year!
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary 2018
Excited to have a new Stray Light piece on display at the Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Art Fair with the Catherine Edelman Gallery.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary
January 11 — January 15, 2018
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Pavilion
825 S Dixie Hwy @ Okeechobee Blvd
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Booth PB140
New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography and Film at Bauhaus in Berlin
A few install shots from the show New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography and Film at the Bauhaus Archive. So honored to be included in this exhibition along side, Ray Metzker, Harry Callahan, Kenneth Josephson, Barbara Crane, Charles Swedlund, Aaron Siskind, László Moholy-Nagy just to name a few. As well as fellow contemporary Chicago artists, Assaf Evron, Sonja Thomsen, Amy Yoes, Raquel Ladensack Voakes and Doug Fogelson. Big thanks and congrats to Kristina Lowis and Dr Sibylle Hoiman for curating a great exhibition.
On view until March 5, 2018
Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung
Klingelhöferstraße 14
D - 10785 Berlin
More info HERE
MoCP
Deputy Director and Chief Curator Karen Irving talking about my work in conversation with a Vera Lutter piece in the recent show re:collections at MoCP.
New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography and Film
I will have four pieces in the upcoming exhibition, New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography and Film at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin. I am honored to be included in the exhibition alongside some of my photographic heroes and fellow Chicago artists, Sonja Thomsen, Assaf Evron and Doug Fogelson. Looking forward to the opening next week!
New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography and Film
November 15, 2017 - March 3, 2018
Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung
Klingelhöferstraße 14
D - 10785 Berlin
A few photos from my recent talk at the Midwest Society for Photographic Education Conference. This years theme was Developing Spaces/Places, perfect fit for my work. Big thanks to Jason Reblando and Margaret LeJeune for putting on a great conference.
Midwest SPE Conference
My City Space work was featured in issue No.12 of Aint–Bad Magazine! Big thanks to Aline Smithson for curating my work into the issue.
Issue No.12 of Aint–Bad Magazine- Curators Choice
Fifteen curators. Thirty-one photographers. Each curator has selected two photographers to feature and interview inside of this issue. This issue is pure collaboration. The final result is a beautiful, hand-curated publication of the best contemporary photography in existence today. Keep an eye out for exhibitions related to this publication that will be shown in various spaces across the country with the help of our talented curators!
Aint-Bad Magazine
Northeastern Illinois University's Fine Art Gallery
October 11th-November 17th
Reception: Friday October 20th, 6-9pm
Artist Talk: Wednesday October 25th, 12pm
Rooted in the actions of the pedestrian, Urban Constructs depicts the experience of the urban space in relationship to the physical body by juxtaposing two disparate and ongoing bodies of work, City Space and Stray Light.
In the bright light of day, the city’s surface is on display. Buildings appear as solid and impenetrable structures, large swaths of concrete dominate the space, and anonymous individuals fill the streets. The images in City Space speak to the physical environment of the city and its emotional and psychological impact on the body. I use the city as a stage and transform the physical space into a psychological one. These photographs reconstruct mundane events in the city that I have personally experienced or witnessed in public. Similar to a street photographer, I wander the streets for hours, observing life, making snapshots, taking note of people, locations, and lighting; these become the foundation for my work. Stark light, deep shadow and muted color are visual strategies I explore to describe the city.
As night falls, this once solid facade of the city fades away. The impenetrable structures appear vulnerable, offering a glimpse of the contents inside. Light emanating from the windows speaks to the individuals who reside inside, acting as a marker of their presence in the physical space. Carefully constructing each image from multiple photographs, I reform the urban landscape in my own vision—one that seeks to reconstruct the heavens in its absence above the cityscape. Light emanating from each window references a world unknown, evoking a sense of mystery and awe.
Visually very different, both projects speak to my perception and experience of the urban environment and those who reside within it. Light is used as a tool to transform the urban landscape, imaging it anew, whether in the natural light of day or the incandescent light that fills the night sky.
This project is partially supported by an Individual Artist Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, as well as a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, a state agency through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
New York Times T Magazine
Very excited to be in Sundays issue of the New York Times Style Magazine! This summer I had the opportunity to photograph 5 very talented and lovely production designers for the story. If you get the paper please check it out. You can also read the story online HERE . I have also posted the images in the editorial/commision section of my site.
Expo Chicago 2017
Very excited to have some work in Expo Chicago this year! If you are at the fair please make sure to stop by Catherine Edelman's booth and check it out.
Catherine Edelman - Booth 257
EXPO CHICAGO is located at Chicago's historic Navy Pier in the Festival Hall | 600 E Grand Ave, Chicago IL 60611.
13-17 September 2017
Upcoming MoCP Show - re:collection
At the end of last year MoCP purchased two of my images for their permanent collection. I am thrilled one of the images, Perpetual Shadow will be in their upcoming show re:collection, opening next week. Hope to see you there!
Opening Reception: Thursday, 7/13 from 5-7 at MoCP
Museum of Contemporary Photography
at Columbia College Chicago
600 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
re:collection is a celebration of the MoCP’s vast archive of photographs, and an exploration of how we perceive images. A stream of images runs through the galleries, spanning the history of photography and offering a diverse array of approaches. Each photograph speaks to its neighboring photograph in terms of content, form or another, more subtle, connecting factor waiting to be discovered. At certain junctures, tributaries are formed that group related ideas and address some of the most pressing social issues of our time. Each line of images starts with a camera-less construction, a nod to the beginnings of the medium when images were made without the camera apparatus as we know it today, and a gesture meant to underscore the unreliability of photographic representation.
Gallery Artist 2017 - Opening tomorrow at The Catherine Edelman Gallery
I will have a few pieces in the upcoming show, Gallery Artists 2017 at The Catherine Edelman Gallery. Make sure to stop by and check out the show if you happen to be gallery hopping tomorrow evening in the River North district.
Artists:
Clarissa Bonet
Keliy Anderson-Staley
Daniel Beltrá
Julie Blackmon
Kate Breakey
Floriane de Lassée
Dan Estabrook
Gustavo Lacerda
Ysabel LeMay
Serge Najjar
Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison
Olivia Parker
Francesco Pergolesi
Gregory Scott
Michael Kenna
John Cyr
Gallery Artists 2017
May 5 — July 8, 2017
Opening Reception
Friday, May 5, 2017 5:00-7:00pm
Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL 60654
Tuesday - Saturday
10:00 - 5:30 pm
p: 312-266-2350
Harper's Bazaar Korea
This month I have an interview and images from two bodies of work featured in Harper's Bazaar Korea. The article is called Patterns of a City. Also featured in the article is fellow Catherine Edelman Artist Serge Najjar.
Below is the entire article.
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City Space in The Arts Factory Magazine- Volume 1
The image Splatter from my City Space series was featured in TAFMAG's first book Banana Split, which features the work of 50 musicians, painters, fashion designers, illustrators and photographers from all over the world.
MoCP Benifit
I'm honored to have a piece from my Stray Light series in MoCP's annual benefit tomorrow night along side so many amazingly talented artist. Please turn out and support the museum!
DARKROOM | 2 MARCH 2017
VIP RECEPTION | 5:30 – 6:30 PM
MoCP | 600 S. MICHIGAN AVE.
BENEFIT AUCTION + PARTY | 6:30 – 9:00 PM
VENUE SIX10 | 610 S. MICHIGAN AVE.
Join the photography community for our annual benefit, DARKROOM, and enjoy a festive evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and an auction. All proceeds will support MoCP exhibitions, public programs and community engagement initiatives.
SILVER CAMERA AWARD HONOREE: Victor Skrebneski
AUCTION ARTISTS INCLUDE: Dawoud Bey, Clarissa Bonet, Kate Breakey, Daniel Coburn, Kelli Connell, Barbara Diener, Terry Evans, Brendan Fernandes, Juan Fernandez, Jin Lee, Barbara Ciurej & Lindsay Lochman, Curtis Mann, Colleen Plumb, Victoria Samburnaris, Geissler/Sann, Viviane Sassen, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Victor Skrebneski, Alec Soth, Sonja Thomsen, Jan Tichy, Iké Udé, Helena Wilson, Hyounsang Yoo.
Recient Acquisition
Thrilled to announce the recent acquisition of two City Space images into the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
Popular Photography Magazine
The image Mixed Use, from my City Space project was featured in the March Issue of Popular Photography!
Nate Marshall for Chicago Magazine
Thrilled to share another assignment for Chicago Magazine! I had the opportunity to photograph the talented Nate Marshall in Bronzeville, Chicago.
The City Beautiful Exhibition
SL.2015.0608 Chicago, 2015
A piece from my Stray Light series is included in the exhibition The City Beautiful at the Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Curated by George William Price
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
35 E Upper Wacker Dr, Suite 2600 Chicago, IL, 60601, United States
Gallery Hours- by appointment
Assignment for Chicago Magazine
I’m happy to share images from my recent assignment for Chicago Magazine. Last month I photographed the lovely and talented writer Kathleen Rooney. Her book Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk comes out next month; make sure to check it out.
