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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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Lives and works in Albuquerque, NM
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2011 |
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Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France (solo) |
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2010 |
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Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France (solo)
Castillo I Sehie, Italy (solo)
Minshar School of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo) |
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2009 |
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Itaú Cultural, São Paulo, Brazil (solo) |
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2008 |
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Poetic Realism, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Poetic Realism, Silverstein Photography, New York, NY (solo)
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France (solo) |
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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)
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (solo)
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)
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, AZ (solo) |
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2004 |
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Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
Heart Beats Dust, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (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
The image of Jesus Christ in Photography, The Fotografie Forum: Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany
Stadische Museen, Jena, Germany
Infinito Gallery, Torino, Italy
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France
Ricco/Maresca, New York, NY
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, AZ
“Joel-Peter Witkin: In and Out of Life”, Art Concern Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Joel-Peter Witkin Fahey/Klein gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Since 1850, an introduction to the Collection, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
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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
Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA |
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1993 |
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco, CA
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, New York, NY
Signs of the Times: Some Recuring Motifs in Twentieth Century Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
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
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
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1983 |
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Personal Choice, Victoria and Albert Museum London, England
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Stedelijk Mus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, New York, NY |
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1982 |
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Galerie Texbraun, Paris, France
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France |
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1981 |
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Group show at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
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1980 |
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Exhibited in Projects Studio One, New York, NY |
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1959 |
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Group show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
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Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid Spain
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George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
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The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA
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Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
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The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
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Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
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Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
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University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2010 |
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The Master Series: Joel-Peter Witkin , Delpire Publishers, Paris |
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2009 |
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The Journal of Joel-Peter Witkin:The Maxims of Men Disclose Their Hearts, 21 st Editions, South Dennis, MA |
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2007 |
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Joel-Peter Witkin, Phaidon, London |
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2006 |
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Bourgeoisie in DeNeil, A. Suite of 10 Etchings, Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM |
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2003 |
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Songs of Innocence , 21 st Editions, South Dennis, MA |
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2002 |
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Songs of Experience , poems by William Blake, photographs by Joel-PeterWitkin, 21 st Editions, South Dennis, MA |
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2001 |
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Joel-Peter Witkin, “55" Series, Phaidon, London |
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2000 |
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Disciple & Maître , Marval, Paris, France |
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1999 |
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The Bone House , Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe, NM |
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Links to further information |
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