Alec Soth

(American, born 1969)

angela. los angeles. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Angela. Los Angeles. USA, 2011

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tricia and curtis. canada by alec soth

Alec Soth

Tricia and Curtis. Canada, 2005

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mother & daughter with shopping cart full of plants. saint paul, minnesota. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Mother & daughter with shopping cart full of plants. Saint Paul, Minnesota. USA, 1999

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anna. kentfield, ca. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Anna. Kentfield, CA. USA, 2017

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sugar's. sleeping by the mississippi. iowa, davenport. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Sugar's. Sleeping by the Mississippi. Iowa, Davenport. USA, 2002

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mother and daughter. sleeping by the mississippi. davenport, iowa. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Mother and daughter. Sleeping by the Mississippi. Davenport, Iowa. USA, 2002

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band practice. joliet, illinois. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Band practice. Joliet, Illinois. USA, 2019

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nan goldin's bed. brooklyn, new york. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Nan Goldin's bed. Brooklyn, New York. USA, 2018

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new york, queens. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

New York, Queens. USA, 2019

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carmen. williams, arizona. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Carmen. Williams, Arizona. USA, 2020

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the coachlight. mitchell, south dakota. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

The Coachlight. Mitchell, South Dakota. USA, 2020

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ames, iowa. usa by alec soth

Alec Soth

Ames, Iowa. USA, 2021

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Biography

Timeline

1992
Bachelor of Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1999
McKnight Photography Fellowship
2001
Minnesota State Arts Board
MCAD / Jerome Fellowship
Jerome Travel and Study Grant
2003
Santa Fe Prize for Photography
2004
McKnight Photography Fellowship
2006
Golden Light Book Award
Deutsche Börse Prize (shortlisted artist)
2008
Member of Magnum Photos

Exhibitions

2018
Alec Soth Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Alec Soth: Photography, Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, United States (solo exhibition)
Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
EDIFICE, COMPLEX, VISIONARY, STRUCTURE, Sean Kelly, New York
HOME, Milk Gallery, New York, New York
In Focus: Expressions, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
O Triângulo do Atlântico, 11th Mercosul Visual Arts Biennial, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Our Natural State, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, USA Players, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
This Land, Pier 24, San Fransisco, USA
True to Form: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2017
Alec Soth Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Alec Soth: From a Room, Fraenkel Lab, San Francisco, California (solo exhibition)
Gathered Leaves, FOMU, Foto Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (solo exhibition)
Gathered Leaves, Deichtorhallen Internationale Kunst und Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany (solo exhibition)
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas (solo exhibition)
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida (solo exhibition)
Framing Community: Magnum Photos, 1947-Present, Hunter College, New York
Magnum Manifesto, International Center of Photography, New York
Selected, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
The Grain of the Present, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, California
2016
Alec Soth Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
Gathered Leaves, National Media Museum, Bradford, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
Gathered Leaves, The Finnish Museum, Helsinki, Finland (solo exhibition)
Gathered Leaves, Foto Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (solo exhibition)
Hypnagogia, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (solo exhibition)
Hypnagogia, Scotiabank CONTACT Photo Festival, Toronto, Canada (solo exhibition)
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas (solo exhibition)
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (solo exhibition)
The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, Texas (solo exhibition)
20 Years, Weinstein Gallery, New York (solo exhibition)
For Freedoms, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York (solo exhibition)
Telling Tales: Contemporary Narrative Photography, The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
2015
Alec Soth Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
Alec Soth: ‘Georgia Dispatch’, SCAD Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (solo exhibition)
Colorado: selections from the LBM Dispatch, Denver Museum, Denver, Colorado (solo exhibition)
Gathered Leaves: The photographs and books of Alec Soth, Media Space, Science Museum, London, United Kingdom (solo exhibition)
Songbook, Sean Kelly, New York (solo exhibition)
Songbook, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California (solo exhibition)
Songbook, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota (solo exhibition)
Songbook, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo exhibition)
Bakken Boom! Artists respond to the North Dakota Oil Rush, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota
Magnum – Contact Sheets, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014
Alec Soth Selected Exhibitions in 2014:
Alec Soth: Until Now, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota (solo exhibition)
From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America, MMoCA, Madison, Wisconsin (solo exhibition)
Alec Soth & Friends. THE LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM PING-PONG READING ROOM, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection, MOAFL, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
BredaPhoto International Photo Festival: Songs From the Heart, Breda, Netherlands Codex, CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, California
DOK:14, documentary festival, Fredrikstad, Norway
Homeland [In]Security: Vanishing Dreams, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
In Context: The Portrait in Contemporary Photography. Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York
IN/HUMANO, Marco Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey, Mexico
Meer Macht (More Power), Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
People’s Biennial, MOCAD, Detroit, Michigan
Sacred, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
SHAPESHIFITING: Contemporary Masculinities, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
<7>The luxury of simplicity. Lifestyles away from the norm, Münchner Stadlmuseum, Munich, Germany
The Plot Thickens, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, California
Post Cards from America Project, Magnum Photos, New York, NY
Krakow Photography Biennial, Krakow, Poland.
American Photography: From Berenice Abbott to Alec Soth, Kunsthandel Jörg Maaß, Berlin, Germany.
Streams of Consciousness: The Histories, Mythologies, and Ecologies of Water, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
Broken Manual, Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)

Public Collections

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Israel Museum of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem, Israel
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

Literature

2008
The Last Days of W, Little Brown Mushroom, USA
2007
Dog Days, Bogotá, Steidl, Germany
Fashion Magazine, Magnum, Paris
2006
Niagara, Steidl, Germany
2005
The Making of Parts, photo essay Granta, issue 89
2004
Sleeping by the Mississippi, Steidl, Germany
2002
Vantage Points: Campus as Place (with Beth Dow and Chris Faust),Carleton College Press, Northfield, USA
1997
Linked to the Future: Minneapolis and St. Paul, (6 b/w plates), Towery Publishing, USA