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William Eggleston

(American, b. 1939)

William Eggleston

Untitled, 1974

William Eggleston

Untitled (Boy Asleep in Bed, Lamp), 1970–1974

Biography

Timeline

1939: Born in Memphis, USA
1967: Went to New York and met Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, and Diane Arbus
: Presented his work to John Szarkowski at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1974: Recieved a Guggenheim Fellowship
: Appointed Lecturer in Visiual and Environmental Studies at The Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
1975: Recieved a National Endowment for the Arts Photographer's Fellowship
1978: Appointed Reasearcher in Color Videa at Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the invitation of Richard Leacock
1989: Accepted one of 54 Master Photographers of 1960-1979 awards from Photographic Society of Japan
1996: Recieved the University of Memphis Distinguished Achievement Award
2003: Accepted Gold medal for Photography from National Arts Club, New York, USA
2004: Received the Getty Images Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Center of Photography Infinity Awards
: Accepted Photoespana Award
: Lives and works in Memphis, USA

Exhibitions

2013: At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (solo)
2011: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
2010: William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA (solo)
William Eggleston: American Photographer, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
21st Century, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England (solo)
21st Century, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
2009: Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (solo)
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (solo)
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1958-2008, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
William Eggleston - David Lynch. Fotografien, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, München, Germany
2008: Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden
The Menil Collection, Houston, USA
Color Portraits–1974, Photology, Milan, Italy (solo)
Democratic Camera, Photographs and Videos 1961 – 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA; Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
L'oeil démocratique, Centre de Photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France (solo)
2007: Color Portraits–1974, Studio Trisorio, Naples, Italy; Studio Trisorio, Rome, Italy; Inverleith House, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
Portfolios, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (solo)
Cadillac Portfolio, Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, USA (solo)
Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, USA
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, USA (solo)
2006: Spirit of Dunkerque, Lieu d'Art et d'Action Contemporaine, Dunkerque, France (solo)
Nightclub Portraits, 1973, galerie du jour agnès b., Paris, France (solo)
Stranded in Canton, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
William Eggleston, Camera Work AG, Berlin, Germany (solo)
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
2005: BA-CA Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Nightclub Portraits, 1973, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
Albertina, Vienna, Austria (solo)
William Eggleston, Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, USA (solo)
2004: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark (solo)
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Dust Bells, and the film Stranded in Canton, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England (solo)
William Eggleston, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
Louisiana Project. Photographs 1981–82, Galerie Johannes Faber, Vienna, Austria (solo)
William Eggleston Precolor: The Black and White Photographs, 1959–1974, and the film, STRANDED IN CANTON, 1974, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
2003: William Eggleston Recent Photographs, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France (solo)
Pictures from the Seventies, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
Cadillac Portfolio, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA (solo)
Graceland, Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Cologne, Germany (solo)
William Eggleston: Los Alamos, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2002: William Eggleston: A Selection of 25 Recent Photographs, Documenta XI, Kassel, Germany (solo)
William Eggleston: Fotografier 1966–75, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (solo)
William Eggleston: CA 2000–2001, Galerie Monika Spruth, Cologne, Germany (solo)
William Eggleston, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York Project Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Hayward Gallery, London, England (solo)
Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2001: Willliam Eggleston: Mostly California Desert Pictures 1999 – 2001, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo)
William Eggleston, Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France (solo)
William Eggleston, Thomas Zander, Köln, Germany (solo)
William Eggleston Recent Work, Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
William Eggleston: Recent Work, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
White Cube, London, England
2000: Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Cadillac, Michael Hue–Williams, London, England (solo)
William Eggleston and the Color Tradition, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
1999: P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, USA
Cadillac: Color Photographs from 1966-71, Cheim & Read, New York, USA (solo)
William Eggleston—1998 Hasselblad Award Winner, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden (solo)
Dye Transfer Prints, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
Fundacion Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa, Bilbao, Spain (solo)
Eggleston 70/90, The Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
1998: Fotomuseum Wintethur, Winterthur, Switzerland
1997: 10.D.70. VI. Robert Miller Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Eve's Bayou, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Los Angeles, USA (solo)
1995: Four Portfolios, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, USA (solo)
1994: From Graceland to Wasteland, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1992: Ancient and Modern, Barbican Gallery, London, England (solo)
William Eggleston. First Color 1967–1972, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1990: Democratic Forest, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1986: William Eggleston's Guide, Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1985: William Eggleston's Early Black and White Photography, Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, USA (solo)
Recent Color Photographs, Friends of Photography, Carmel, USA (solo)
New Works from Tennessee Project, Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, USA (solo)
William Eggleston. Photographs from Miami, Day Vista Photography Gallery, Florida International University, Miami, USA (solo)
1984: Graceland, Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C. (solo)
Graceland and the South, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA (solo)
1983: William Eggleston: Colour Photographs from the American South, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (solo)
1981: William Eggleston. Photographs 1967–1978, Light Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1980: Troubled Waters, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
1979: American Photography in the 1970s, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA (solo)
1978: Election Eve, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, USA (solo)
Nicholas Nixon & William Eggleston, Cronin Gallery, Houston, USA (solo)
1977: William Eggleston, Color Photographs 1966–1977, Castelli Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Election Eve, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
William Eggleston: Dye Transfer Photographs, Grapesteak Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1976: Photographs by William Eggleston, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Public Collections

: Siemens Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
: Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan
: Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
: Australia National Gallery
: Art Institute of Chicago
: Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
: Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
: Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
: Fotomuseum, Winterhur, Switzerland
: Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
: Museum of Modern Art, New York
: National Gallery, Washington, DC
: New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA