Martin Parr  (British, 1952) 

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Martin Parr Biography
1952   Born in Epsom, Surrey, UK
1970 - 1973   Photography, Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, UK
1975   Arts Council of Great Britain Photography Award
1975   Moves to Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and starts the Abert Street Workshop
1994   Member of Magnum Photos
2004   Guest Artistic Director for Rencontres d'Arles
2004   Appointed Professor of Photography at the University of Wales
Selected Exhibitions
2009   Planète Parr PARR, Jeu de Paume, Paris
2008 - 2009   Fashion and Luxury, André Simoens gallery, Knokke
2008   The Third Line Gallery, Dubai (solo)
2008   Kulturhuset, Stockholm (solo)
2008   Rose Gallery, Santa Monica
2008   Stedelijk Museum Post CS, Amsterdam
2008   Momentum Photographie/Editionen, Vienna (solo)
2007   Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin
2007   ArteF Fine Art Photography Gallery, Zurich
2007   Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid (solo)
2007   Rocket Gallery, London (solo)
2006   Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense (solo)
2006   MADRE Museo d'Arte Donna Regina, Napoli
2006   Palais des Beaux-Arts/Bozar, Bruxelles
2005   The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
2004   Galerie du Jour agnes b., Paris
2004   Metronom-Fundacio Rafael Tous d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona
2002 - 2004   Photographic Works 1971-2000 – Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK; Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France; Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands; National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark; National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, UK; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
1995 - 2004   Small World – Explorafoto, Salamanca, Spain; Photographic Festival, Skopelos, Greece; Chapelle de l’Ancien Carmel de Tarbes, France; Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, France; The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
2003   Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
2003   Tate Modern, London
2002   Museum Folkwang, Essen
2000   Autoportrait & Flowers – Galerie du Jour, Paris, France
2000   Think of England – Rocket Gallery, London, UK
1999   Food, Design for Living – Kevin Hall Gallery, Glasgow, UK
1999   Common Sense – Amsterdam Centrum voor Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Australian Center for Photography, Paddington, Australia; Rocket gallery, London, UK; Glasgow Film and Video Workshop, Glasgow, UK; The Photography Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Schaden.com, Köln, Germany; Galerie du Jour, Paris, France; Tetra Gallery House of Photography, Poprad, Slovakia
1998   Japanese Computers – Galerie du Jour, Paris, France
1995   Small World/From A to B – Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
1994   From A to B - 27 Welcome Break Service Stations, UK
1993   A Year in the Life of Chew Stoke - Village Hall, Bristol, UK
1993   Bored Couples - Galerie du Jour, Paris; subsequent tour
1993   Home and Abroad - Watershed Gallery, Bristol , UK
1992   Signs of the Times - Janet Borden, New York, NY
1989   The Cost of Living - Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK
1987   Spending Time - Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
1986   The Point of Sale - Salford City Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
1986   The Last Resort - Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
1984   Fair Day - Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
1982   Bad Weather – The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
1981   The Non-Conformists, Camerawork, London (solo)
1978   Fotomania Gallery, Barcelona (solo)
1978   Art for Society, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1977   Photographer's Gallery, London (solo)
1976   Beauty Spots, Impressions Gallery, York and subsequent tour (solo)
1974   Home Sweet Home, Impressions Gallery, York, and Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (solo)
1972   Butlins by the Sea, Impressions Gallery, York
Selected Public Collections
  Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
  Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
  Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
  Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
  Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Tate Modern, London, UK
  Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
  Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
  Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
  George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
  Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  Getty Museum, Malibu, CA
  Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
  Kodak, France
  Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
  Museum of Modern Art, Tempere, Finland
  British Council, London, UK
  Irish Arts Council, Dublin, Ireland
  Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
  Paris Audiovisual, Paris, France
  Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Literature
2006   The Photobook : A History, Vol II (with Gerry Badger), Phaidon, UK
2006   Signes des temps, Textuel, France
2005   Fashion Magazine, Magnum Photos, France
2005   Martin Parr vu par..., Point de Vues, France
2004   The Photobook : A History, Vol I (with Gerry Badger), Phaidon, UK; (Le Livre de photographies : Une Histoire, Vol I) Phaidon, France
2002   Martin Parr, Phaidon, UK; Phaidon, France
1999 - 2001   Boring Postcards, Phaidon, UK; (Langweilige Postkarten) Germany
2000   Think of England, Phaidon, UK
2000   Martin Parr: Autoportrait, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
1999   Common Sense, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
1999   Sguardi Gardesoni, Chartra, Italy
1999   Flowers, Browns and Trebruk, UK
1986 - 1998   The Last Resort, Promenade Press, UK/Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
1995   Small World, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
1994   From A to B, BBC Books, UK
1993   Home and Abroad, Jonathan Cape, UK
1992   Sign of the Times, Cornerhouse, UK
1992   Bored Couples, Galerie du Jour, France
1989   The Cost of Living, Cornerhouse, UK
1984   A Fair Day, Promenade Press, UK