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Alex S. MacLean Biography
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1947 |
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Born Jan 8, 1947, Seattle, WA
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1969 |
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B.A., Harvard College, Middlesex, MA
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1973 |
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Master in Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
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1975 |
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Commercial Pilot License
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1992 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Design Grant
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1995 |
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Certificate of Excellence, Eleventh Annual American Photography Competition
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1997 |
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Eighth Annual Citation for Excellence in International Architecture Book Publishing awarded to “Taking Measures Across the American Landscape,” The American Institute of Architects
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1997 |
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Honor Award in Communications bestowed upon “Taking Measures Across the American Landscape,” The American Society of Landscape Architects
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2002 |
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Resident Design Fellowship, Kansas City Design Center
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2003 - 2004 |
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Prix de Rome, American Academy of Rome
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2006 |
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Award of Excellence, Boston Society of Landscape Architects
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Contemporary Abstractions, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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2008
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New Work, Lincoln Library, Lincoln, MA (solo)
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2008
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Over the Top, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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2007
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American Artifacts, Gallery Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France (solo)
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2007
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Wellesley College, Horticulture Visitor Center, Wellesley, MA (solo)
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2006
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Italian and French Landscapes, Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Waltham, MA (solo)
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2006
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Painters of Modern Life: Donation - The Caisse des Depots, Photographic Collection (is now part of the permanent collection of the Musee National d'Art Moderne), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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2006
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Looking at the Landscape: Environmental Puzzles from Three Photographers, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA
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2005
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Les temps des lumieres, Nancy, France
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2005
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Manufactured Self, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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2005
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Airlines, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (solo)
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2004
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Inhabiting the World, Forum Universal de les Cultures, Barcelona, Spain
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2004
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Shock and Awe, Art Works for the Earth, New Orleans, LA
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2003
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Patterns on the Land, Gallery Katz, Boston, MA (solo)
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2003
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Kansas City Design Center: Towards the Horizon, Commerce Trust Gallery, Kansas City, MO (solo)
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2003
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Panopticon Gallery of Photography, Waltham, MA (solo)
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2003
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Americaland, BETC Euro RSCG with the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Play in America Seen from the Sky, Les Rencontres d’Arles 33rd Annual International Photo Festival, Arles, France (solo)
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2002
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Urbanscapes, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
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2002
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Perspectives, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, MA (solo)
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2002
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Water: An Exhibition of Photography by ASMP New England Photographers, Akillian Gallery at Massasoit Community College, Canton, MA
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2001
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Mutations: Événement Culturel sur la Ville Contemporaine, Arc en Rêve Centre d'Architecture, Brussels, Belgium
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2001
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Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
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2001
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Water: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
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2001
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American Institute of Architects (local chapter), Dallas, TX (solo)
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2000
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From Above: Photographs of Houston, The Menil Collection, Houston, TX (solo)
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2000
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Mutations: Événement Culturel sur la Ville Contemporaine, Arc en Rêve Centre d'Architecture, Bordeaux, France
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1999
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The American Lawn: Surface of Everyday Life, The Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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1998
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Drive-Ins: Disappearing Summer Cinema, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
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1998
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Water, Water, Everywhere . . . and Not a Drop to Drink, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
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1997
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Let It Snow!, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
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1997
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Taking Measures Across the American, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
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1996
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Silver Traces, The Boston Photo Collaborative, Boston, MA
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1994
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Aerial Landscapes, Seaside Institute, Seaside, FL (solo)
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1993
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Aerial Landscapes, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA (solo)
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1993
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Looking at the Land, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
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1993
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Aerial Perspectives, Lincoln Library, Lincoln, MA (solo)
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1991
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Good Sports: Art and the Athlete, Nutrilite Exhibit, Buena Park, CA
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1990
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Images of New England, The Wrubel Gallery, Concord, MA
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1990
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From the Air, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
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Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
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George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, College Station, TX
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Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
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Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain
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Institut d'art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
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Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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| Literature |
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2010
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Las Vegas / Venice, by Alex S. MacLean, With a photo essay by Wolfgang Kemp, Schirmer/Mosel Publishers, Munich, 2010
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2010
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Chroniques aériennes: L’Art d’Alex MacLean, With a photo essay by Gilles A. Tiberghien, Dominique Carré éditeur / La Découverte, Paris, 2010
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2008
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OVER: The American Landscape at the Tipping Point, by Alex MacLean, Introduction by Bill McKibben, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., October 2008
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2007
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Visualizing Density, By Julie Campoli & Alex S. MacLean, Introduction by Armando Carbonell, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2007
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2006
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The Playbook, Written and Photographed by Alex S. MacLean, Introduction by Susan Yelavich, hames and Hudson Press, March 2006
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2003
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Designs on the Land: Exploring America from the Air, Written and Photographed by Alex S. MacLean, Introduction by James Corner, Thames & Hudson Press, March 2003
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1996
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Taking Measures: Across the American Landscape, By Alex MacLean & James Corner, Forward by Michael Van Valkenburgh, Yale University Press, 1996
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1993
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Look at the Land: Aerial, Reflections on America, by Alex MacLean & Bill McKibben, Rizzoli Intl Publishers, 1993
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