David Graham (photographer)
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David Graham is an American artist photographer and professor at University of the Arts
in Philadelphia, PA. He currently lives and works in Newtown
, PA. Embracing popular forms of American photography (the snapshot, family portrait, and vacation photo), David Graham explores contemporary culture through the idiosyncratic nature of the American landscape. His work is in many collections including the Museum of Modern Art
, New York, NY; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
, San Francisco, CA; the Art Institute of Chicago
, Chicago, IL; the Philadelphia Museum of Art
, Philadelphia, PA; the George Eastman House
, Rochester, NY; the International Center of Photography
, New York, NY; and the Brooklyn Museum
, New York, NY.
University of the Arts (Philadelphia)
The University of the Arts is one of the United States' oldest universities dedicated to the arts. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia...
in Philadelphia, PA. He currently lives and works in Newtown
Newtown
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, PA. Embracing popular forms of American photography (the snapshot, family portrait, and vacation photo), David Graham explores contemporary culture through the idiosyncratic nature of the American landscape. His work is in many collections including the Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...
, New York, NY; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
, San Francisco, CA; the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
, Chicago, IL; the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It is located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The Museum was established in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year...
, Philadelphia, PA; the George Eastman House
George Eastman House
The George Eastman House is the world's oldest museum dedicated to photography and one of the world's oldest film archives, opened to the public in 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. World-renowned for its photograph and motion picture archives, the museum is also a leader in film preservation and...
, Rochester, NY; the International Center of Photography
International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
, New York, NY; and the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
, New York, NY.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2008 Almost Paradise, Gallery 339Gallery 339Gallery 339 is a photographic art gallery located in Philadelphia, USA. The gallery promotes the work of distinguished and emerging photographers from around the world...
, Philadelphia, PA - 2008 In Search of America: Photographs by David Graham, Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2004 Declaring Independence, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2004 Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
- 2003 Alone Together, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
- 2003 Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
- 2002 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
- 2002 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
- 2002 Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2002 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
- 2001 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
- 2000 Burden Gallery, NY, NY 2000
- 1999-00 Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
- 1999 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- 1998 Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, NY 1998
- 1994 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- 1991 Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
- 1991 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1989 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 1987 International Center of PhotographyInternational Center of PhotographyThe International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
, New York, NY - 1986 Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
- 1986 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
- 1985 Armstrong Gallery, New York, NY
- 1985 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Celevland,OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2009 Snapshots on the Way to the Real World, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- 2007 Pink at Perkins: The Contradictory Character of a Complex Color, The Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
- 2006 Second Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
- 2005 Heartfelt, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- 2003 Home, Ricco/Maresca, New York, NY
- 2003 Maine ASAP, Northeast Harbor, ME
- 2002 Elvis, Howard Greenburg Gallery, New York, NY
- 2002 Re/viewing Photography, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
- 2002 Bucks County Portraits, Doylestown, PA
- 2001 Pretty, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001 Family, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001 Murals, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
- 2000 Open Ends, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- 2000 Bienniel 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
- 1999 Wonderland, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Netherlands
- 1998 Four American Photographers, Athens, Greece
- 1997 BANG! The Gun as Image, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
- 1997 Las Vegas, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 1996 Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 1993 Home, Noorderlicht Fotofest, The Netherlands
- 1992 Our Town, Burden Gallery, New York, NY
- 1991 Pivot, Mostyn Art Gallery, Gwynedd, North Wales
- 1991 Nuclear Matters, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
- 1990 Landscapes, Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
- 1989 Fire Sites, Museum of Contemporary PhotographyMuseum of Contemporary PhotographyThe Museum of Contemporary Photography was founded in 1984 by Columbia College Chicago. It is well known for an active program and curating which discovers many emerging and mid-career artists...
, Chicago, IL - 1988 Photographic Truth, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
- 1988 Alteradiants, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Grants
- Pennsylvania Council on the ArtsPennsylvania Council on the ArtsThe Pennsylvania Council on the Arts is an agency serving the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.Established in 1966, its mission is "to foster the excellence, diversity and vitality of the arts in Pennsylvania and to broaden the availability and appreciation of those arts throughout the state." Each year...
, 1999, 1997 & 1987 - English Speaking Union, Phila., PA 1990 & 1987
- ASMPAmerican Society of Media PhotographersThe American Society of Media Photographers, abbreviated ASMP, is a trade association of professional photographers, including many photojournalists but also experts in architectural, underwater, culinary and advertising photography and other specialties as well...
/NikonNikon, also known as just Nikon, is a multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which...
Emerging Photographer Award, NY 1986 - National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the ArtsThe National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
, Wash, D.C 1984
Monographs
- Almost Paradise, David Graham, Pond Press, 2008
- Declaring Independence, David Graham, Pond Press, 2004
- The Christmas List, David Graham, Quirk Books, 2003
- Alone Together, David Graham, Pond Press, 2002
- Taking Liberties, David Graham, Pond Press, 2001
- Land of the Free, David Graham, Aperture, 1999
- Ay, Cuba!, w/Andrei Codrescu, St. Martins Press, 1999
- David Graham,Past & Present Tense, Lightwork, 1998
- Road Scholar, w/Andrei Codrescu, Hyperion, 1993
- Only in America, David Graham, Knopf, 1991
- American Beauty, David Graham, Aperture 1987