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Joel Meyerowitz Biography
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1938 |
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Born in New York, NY
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1971 |
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Guggenheim Foundation
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1974 |
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C.A.P.S. New York State Arts Fellowship
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1978 |
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Guggenheim Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1980 |
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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1981 |
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Photographer of the Year (Friends of Photography)
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1986 |
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Photography Book of the Year (ASMP)
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1990 |
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Photographer of the Year, Japan
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1999 |
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Best of Festival, Windy City Film Festival, for POP
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1999 |
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Best Documentary in Humanitarian Tradition, Athens Film Festival, for POP
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2001 |
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Century Award for Lifetime Achievement, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
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2002 |
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Royal Photographic Society, Honorary Fellowship, London, England
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2003 |
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IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Award, International Photographic Council
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2006 - 2007 |
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German Photography Book prize (for Aftermath)
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Pioneers of Color, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
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2010
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Starbust: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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2010
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Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks, Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA (solo)
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2007 - 2008
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Out of the Ordinary, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria / Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium (solo)
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2007
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Far From Home: Photography, Travel and Inspiration, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
When Color Was New, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Construir, Habitor, Desocupar, Koldo Mitxelena, Cultural Centre, San Sebastian, Spain
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2006
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Aftermath: Inside the Forbidden City, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL / Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL / Lafayette College, Easton, PA / Newberry Library, Chicago, IL (solo)
Color Work 1970-1980, Hôtel de Sully, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Aftermath: Inside the Forbidden City, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA / Peninsula Fine Arts Center, VA / Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA< (solo)br>Tuscany ~ Inside The Light, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Joel Meyerowitz: Vintage Work from the 1960’s, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2004
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Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions in Tourism, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
American Pictures, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2001 - 2004
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After September 11: Images from Ground Zero, 150 exhibitions worldwide sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State (solo)
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2003
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Color Work 1970-1980, Hôtel de Sully, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
The Human Form Divine: The Body as Seen by the Camera, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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2002
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The City Resilient, 195 Broadway/Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY (solo)
The Aftermath and Before, U.S. Pavilion, 8th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Fast Forward II, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
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2001
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Looking South: New York City Landscapes, 1981-2001, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York / Sandra Berler Gallery, MD (solo)
The Nature of Cities, A touring exhibit in Italy (solo)
Installation - A Memory of the World Trade Center, Ando Room, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
The Cape’s Light, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2000
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Early Street Work: 1966-1976, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Human Events/Urban Events, Ufficio Cultura, Gonzaga, Italy (solo)
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1999
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Human Events/Urban Events, Centro Culturale di Milano, Milan, Italy (solo)
POP, film, broadcast on PBS’s Frontline June 22 (solo)
The Blue Line, James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Bystander: A History of Street Photography, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Through a Glass Clearly: A Photographer’s View, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Street Photographs, New York Turin Biennale, Turin, Italy
Modern Starts, People, Places, Things, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1997
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At The Water's Edge, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY / Peter Fetterman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA / Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA (solo)
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1996
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Hy's Gift, Excerpts from the Film, Shown on ABC's Nightline Nov. 26 (solo)
Truths and Trials, Color Photography Since 1975, The Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN
A Sense of Place, The Westmorland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA
Picturing the South: 1960 to the Present, The High Museum, Atlanta, GA
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1995
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The Nature of Cities, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
White, Laurence Miller Gallery New York, NY
Let's Go to the Movies, Bonni Benrubi Gallery New York, NY
Landmarks: New York City Images, Seagram Gallery, New York, NY
The Nature of Cities, Bonni Benrubi Gallery New York, NY
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1994 - 1995
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At the Water's Edge, Sandra Berler Gallery, Washington D.C. (solo)
Joel Meyerowitz: On the Street, Color Photographs, 1963-1973, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL - solo
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1994
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After Art: Rethinking 150 Years of Photography, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The Spirit of the Chil, Scott Nichols Gallery San Francisco, CA
Bystander: The History of Street Photography, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Joel Meyerowitz: On the Street, Color Photographs, 1963-1973, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1993
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A Summer's Day, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA (solo)
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1992
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Atlanta and the Atlantic Center, IBM Permanent Installation, Atlanta, GA
Bay/Sky, James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY
Redheads, James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of the Real: Edward Hopper and Photography, Volksmuseum Essen, Germany
Sea Fever, Transamerica, San Francisco, CA
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1991
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Site Work: Architecture in Photography, Photographers Gallery, London, England
Who's on First, Liberman and Saul Gallery, New York, NY
A Summer's Day, Art Forum Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
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1990
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Large Prints & Early Work, James Danziger Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1989
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The White Nights, Cleveland Museum of Fine Arts, Cleveland, OH (solo)
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1987
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A Summer's Day, The High Museum, Atlanta, GA (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
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The Whitney Museum of American Art
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The Museum of Photographic Art
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National Museum of American History, Washington DC
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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International Center of Photography, New York
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
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Boston Museum of Fine Art
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Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
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| Literature |
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2007
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Out of the ordinary: 1970-1980, ed. by Nederlands Fotomuseum, Episode Publishers, 2007
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2006
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Where We Live / Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, J. Paul GettyTrust
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2006
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No. 1 First Works by 362 Artists, D.A.P.
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2001
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Everyday Life and Cultural Theory, Routledge, London
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1999
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Icons of Photography: the 20th Century, Prestel Verlag
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