Avery Danziger

(American, born 1953)

harlem valley/wingdale project #8312 - building 35 - smith hall by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Harlem Valley/Wingdale Project #8312 - Building 35 - Smith Hall, 2012

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harlem valley/wingdale project #9597 by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Harlem Valley/Wingdale Project #9597, 2011–2012

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canine with twins by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Canine with Twins, 2005

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skin deep by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Skin Deep, 2005

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cabo de gata #2 by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Cabo de Gata #2, 2007

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Avery Danziger

Jockey's Ridge NC 4:18 am, 2007

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strong backs by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Strong Backs, 2007

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cabo de gata #5 by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Cabo de Gata #5, 2007

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i sing the body electric by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

I Sing the Body Electric, 2003–2005

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canine with twins by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Canine with Twins, 2003–2005

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venus rising 5:06 am by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

Venus Rising 5:06 am, 2007

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"cabo de gata #5" by avery danziger

Avery Danziger

"Cabo de Gata #5", 2007

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Biography

Timeline

1953
Born in Chapel Hill, NC,
1984 - 1989
Owned and operated broadcast video production and rental company, BIG ZIG VIDEO, in San Francisco, CA, and worked on training films andpromotional videotapes for Syntex, Hewlett-Packard, Ampex, Pacific Gas & Electric, Intel, and the Monterrey Bay Aquarium
1984
Directed and produced a 12 minute dramatic short “Penn & Teller: Cuffed to a Creep,” featuring internationally renown comedian/magicians Penn & Teller
1995
Produced and directed first hour-long documentary, “Edward James: Builder of Dreams”
1998
First nationwide broadcast on PBS
Awards

Pxe Prix de la Photographie, Paris, Honorable Mention, 2007

Missouri 50 State Fair Exhibition 2006, 1st Place

Spectra 04 National Photography Trennial - Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT Group Show - 2nd place, 2004 North Carolina Museum of Art - 39th Annual Artist’s Exhibition, Juried Group Show - 1st Place for Photography

Southeastern Center for Contemporary ARts (SECCA), 46th Annual Southeastern Artists Competition, Juried Group Show - 1st Place for Photography

R.J. Reynolds Industries, Photography Competition, Juried Group Show - 1st Place for Photography - curated by: John Szarkowski, Director of Photography, MOMA, New York, NY- James Alinder, Director, Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel, CA - and Robert Doherty, Director, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

National Endowment to the Arts - Photographers Fellowship, juried by Leland Rice, Eve Sonnabend, Bark Parker, Evon Streetman, and Carol Kismaric

National Endowment to the Arts - Visiting Artist Workshop stipend awarded by the Light Factory Gallery in Charlotte, NC

“New Film Makers” award, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1997

Metropolitan Museum of Art Film Program, New York, NY, 1997

“Golden Eagle,” CINE International Film Festival 1996, top award

“Chris,” Columbus Film Festival 1996, Columbus, OH, top award

“Bronze Apple,” National Educational Media Award, 1996

Biennale Internationale du Film sur L'Art, Paris, France, 1996

Mill Valley Film Festival, 1996

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 1995

Exhibitions

2015
Avery Danziger Exhibitions in 2014:
“Dealers’ Choice,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo exhibition)
“Summer Rotation,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2014
Avery Danziger Exhibitions in 2015:
“Seeking Permanence,” Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (solo exhibition)
“The Gate to Hell,” Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT(solo exhibition)
2013
Harlem Valley / Wingdale Project—One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” Tremaine Gallery, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (solo)
Dealer’s Choice, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
Angkor Wat International Photography Festival, Cambodia
Photoworks 2012 (HVWP) – Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Seeking Permanence—The Harlem Valley / Wingdale Project, White Gallery, Lakeille, CT (solo)
Photoworks 2012 (HVWP) – Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Transformations: Harlem Valley / Wingdale Project, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
Lucha Spirit – The Photographs of Mil Mascaras, Angkor Wat International Photography Festival, Cambodia

Public Collections

American Telephone and Telegraph
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts (SECCA)
Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Houston Museum of Fine Art
Daum Museum of Art, Sedalia, MO
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC

Literature

2015
Niccum, Jon “Sherry Leedy exhibit captures eerie, abandoned New York psychiatric hospital,” The Kansas City Star, June 3
2012
Danielsen, Aarik “Mining Beauty in Hazardous Places,” Columbia Daily Tribune, June 24.
2009
“Best Bets: Avery Danziger’s New, Strange Show,” Columbia Daily Tribune, February 26.
2007
Israel, Lynn. “Danziger captures decisive photo moments ‘over’ time,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 25.
2005
Bonetti, David. “Atrium exhibition floats on a watery theme,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 13.