Chris Killip

(British, born 1946)

alison and helen, seacoal camp, lynemouth, northumberland, uk by chris killip

Chris Killip

Alison and Helen, Seacoal Camp, Lynemouth, Northumberland, UK, 1983

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Biography

Timeline

1946
Born in Douglas, Isle on Man
1964 - 1968
Worked for various photographers in London and Paris
1968
Returned to Isle of Man and began extensive documentation
1971
Living and photographing in England
1973
Photographing in Huddersfield ad Bury St. Edmunds for Arts Council of Great Britain
Two Views project Isle of Man limited edition portfolio is published by the Witkin Gallery, New York
1974
Arts Council Photography Award
1975
Northern Arts / Gas Fellowship in photography. Living and working in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1989
Henri Cartier-Bresson Award
Comissioned by Pirelli Ltd. To photograph their workforce

Exhibitions

2000
Chris Killip: Sixty Photographs, Old Post Office, Berlin
1997
Chris Killip Photographs 1971-96, Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man
1996
The Last Art Show, Jarrow Bede Gallery, Jarrow, England
1991
Chris Killip Retrospective, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
1990
Working at Pirelli, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1988
n Flagrante, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
1986
Exhibition at the Art Institute, Chicago
1985
Another Country, a joint exhibition of work fro the North-East with his friend, Graham Smith, Serpentine Gallery, London
1984
Seacoal, Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Chris Killip has also exhibitied at the Photographer’s Gallery, London and the Witkin Galelry, New York. His work is in major museum collections worldwide.

Public Collections

Museum Folkwang, Essen
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
National Gallery of Australia
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Museum of Modern Art, New York
George Eastman House
San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts

Literature

2009
Here Comes Everyone (Thames & Hudson)
2006
The Pirelli Work, with text by Clive Dilnot, (Steidl/ Folkwang)
2001
55, with text by Gerry Badger, (Phaidon Press)
1988
In Flagrante with texts by John Berger, (Secker & Warburg)
1980
Isle of Man, (Zwemmer)