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Joel-Peter Witkin Biography
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1939 |
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Born in Brooklyn, NY
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1974 |
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CAPS Grant in Photography NYC
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1977 |
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Ford Foundation Grant
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1982 |
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Natl Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship
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1984 |
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Natl Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship
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1986 |
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Natl Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship
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1988 |
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International Center of Photography Award
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1991 |
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The French Minister of Culture/awared by Jack Lang
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1992 |
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Natl Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship
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1999 - 2000 |
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Commander of the Legion of Honor, Paris
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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"Human Kind," Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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"Vintage Work," Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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"Cite Internationale des Arts," Paris, France (solo)
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2006
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"Oeuvres recentes, Espace Jules Valles, Saint Martin d'Heres, Belgium (solo)
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2005
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2005
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Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2005
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Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, AZ (solo)
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2004
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Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
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2004
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“Heart Beats Dust,” Ricco/Maresca Gallery, NYC,New York (solo)
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2002
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“The Nature of Still Life: From Fox Talbot to the Present Day”, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
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2002
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The image of Jesus Christ in Photography”, The Fotografie Forum: Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany
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2002
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Stadische Museen, Jena, Germany
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2002
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Infinito Gallery, Torino, Italy
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2002
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Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
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2002
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Ricco/Maresca, NYC, New York
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2002
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Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2001
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Joel-Peter Witkin: Photographs from the Stephan Janssen Collection, University of Arizona Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
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2001
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“Joel-Peter Witkin: In and Out of Life”, Art Concern Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
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2001
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Joel-Peter Witkin Fahey/Klein gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2001
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“Art Since 1850, an introduction to the Collection”, Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
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2000
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Picture Photo Space Japan
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1998
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The Museum of Fine Arts & the Museum of N.M. Santa Fe, NM
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1997
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA
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1995
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY
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1995
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA
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1993
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA
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1993
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Magicians of Light, National Gallery of Canada
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1992
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U. of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, IL
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1989
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On the Art of Fixing a Shadow, National Gallery of Art
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1987
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Crosscurrents: Forty Years of Photographic Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
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1986
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Sacred Images in Secular Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
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1986
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Signs of the Times: Some Recuring Motifs in Twentieth Century Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
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1986
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Several Exceptionally Good, Recently Acquired Pictures, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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1985
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The Sam Wagstaff Collection, International Center of Photography, NY
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1985
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Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
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1983
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Personal Choice, Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
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