Joel Meyerowitz

(American, born 1938)

arch view cafeteria (7th and chestnut) by joel meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz

Arch View Cafeteria (7th and Chestnut), 1977

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Biography

Timeline

1938
Born in New York, USA
1971
Guggenheim Foundation
1974
C.A.P.S. New York State Arts Fellowship
1978
Guggenheim Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1980
National Endowment for the Humanities
1981
Photographer of the Year (Friends of Photography)
1986
Photography Book of the Year (ASMP)
1990
Photographer of the Year, Japan
1999
Best of Festival, Windy City Film Festival, for POP
Best Documentary in Humanitarian Tradition, Athens Film Festival, for POP

Exhibitions

2010
Pioneers of Color, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, USA
Starbust: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, USA
Legacy: The Preservation of Wilderness in New York City Parks, Museum of the City of New York, New York, USA (solo)
2007 - 2008
Out of the Ordinary, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria / Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands / Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium (solo)
2007
Far From Home: Photography, Travel and Inspiration, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
When Color Was New, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Construir, Habitor, Desocupar, Koldo Mitxelena, Cultural Centre, San Sebastian, Spain
2006
Aftermath: Inside the Forbidden City, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL / Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL / Lafayette College, Easton, PA / Newberry Library, Chicago, IL (solo)
Color Work 1970-1980, Hôtel de Sully, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
2005
Aftermath: Inside the Forbidden City, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA / Peninsula Fine Arts Center, VA / Provincetown Art Association and Museum, MA (solo)
Tuscany ~ Inside The Light, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Joel Meyerowitz: Vintage Work from the 1960’s, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2004
Site Seeing: Photographic Excursions in Tourism, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
American Pictures, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
After September 11: Images from Ground Zero, 150 exhibitions worldwide sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State (solo)
2003
Color Work 1970-1980, Hôtel de Sully, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France (solo)
The Human Form Divine: The Body as Seen by the Camera, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2002
The City Resilient, 195 Broadway/Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY (solo)
The Aftermath and Before, U.S. Pavilion, 8th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Fast Forward II, Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2001
Looking South: New York City Landscapes, 1981-2001, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York / Sandra Berler Gallery, MD (solo)
The Nature of Cities, A touring exhibit in Italy (solo)
Installation - A Memory of the World Trade Center, Ando Room, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
The Cape’s Light, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
2000
Early Street Work: 1966-1976, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Human Events/Urban Events, Ufficio Cultura, Gonzaga, Italy (solo)

Public Collections

FAIF Collection, Zurich, Switzerland
Chicago Art Institute
Centre Pompidou
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art
The Buhl Collection
Boston Museum of Fine Art
A.T.T. Collection
Amon Carter Museum
Albertina, Wien
Miami Art Museum

Literature

2007
Out of the ordinary: 1970-1980, ed. by Nederlands Fotomuseum, Episode Publishers, 2007
2006
Where We Live / Photographs of America from the Berman Collection, J. Paul GettyTrust
No. 1 First Works by 362 Artists, D.A.P.
2001
Everyday Life and Cultural Theory, Routledge, London
1999
Icons of Photography: the 20th Century, Prestel Verlag