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David Graham

b. 1952

American artist and photographer (born 1952)

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Born 1952. David Graham is an American photographer and teacher.

David Graham (born 1952, Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American artist photographer and professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He currently lives and works in De Pere, Wisconsin. Embracing popular forms of American photography (the snapshot, family portrait, and vacation photo), David Graham explores contemporary culture through the idiosyncratic nature of the American landscape. His work is in many collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; the International Center of Photography, New York City; and the Brooklyn Museum, New York. He is represented by the Laurence Miller Gallery in New York City, Etherton Gallery in Tucson, Arizona, and the PDNB Gallery in Dallas, Texas.

Selected solo exhibitions 2019 Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona 2015 Wessel + O'Connor, Lambertville, New Jersey 2015 Where We Live, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2014 Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014 35 Pictures / 35 Years, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008 Almost Paradise, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2008 Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2007 PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2004 Declaring Independence, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2004 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2003 Alone Together, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2003 Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C. 2002 Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania 2002 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, New York 2002 Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, California 2002 Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania 2001 Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2000 Burden Gallery, New York, New York 2000 1999 Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1999 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1998 Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, New York 1998 1994 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1991 Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1991 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 1989 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 1987 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 1987 International Center of Photography, New York, New York 1986 Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania 1986 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts 1985 Armstrong Gallery, New York, New York 1985 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio

Selected group exhibitions 2022. Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, Wisconsin 2022 newARTSpace I, newARTSpace, De Pere, Wisconsin 2021. Through the Lens, James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2020. Signs of the Times, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2020. Photographs of the Week, #85, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2019 Betwixt & Between, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2018 Architecture Itself and Other Postmodernist Myths, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada 2017 The Duck & the Document: True Stories of Postmodern Procedures, SCI-Arc & Princeton University, New Jersey 2017 Circles, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2016 Kentucky Captured, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky 2016 Small Things Considered, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2016 Tete a Tete, James A. Michener Museum of Art, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2016 Paris Photo Revisited, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2014 Small Things Considered, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2013 William Eggleston and his Circle, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, Texas 2012 Man Made Color, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NU 2011 Flora & Fauna, Salt Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2009 Snapshots on the Way to the Real World, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007 Pink at Perkins: The Contradictory Character of a Complex Color, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey 2006 Second Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2005 Heartfelt, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 2003 Home, Ricco/Maresca, New York, New York 2003 Maine ASAP, Northeast Harbor, Maine 2002 Elvis, Howard Greenburg Gallery, New York, New York 2002 Re/viewing Photography, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2002 Bucks County Portraits, Doylestown, Pennsylvania 2001 Pretty, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, New York 2001 Family, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, New York 2001 Murals, Deutsche Bank, New York, New York 2000 Open Ends, Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York 2000 Bienniel 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware 1999 Wonderland, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Netherlands 1998 Four American Photographers, Athens, Greece 1997 BANG! The Gun as Image, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1997 Las Vegas, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1996 Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia 1993 Home, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Netherlands 1992 Our Town, Burden Gallery, New York, New York 1991 Pivot, Mostyn Art Gallery, Gwynedd, North Wales 1991 Nuclear Matters, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California 1990 Landscapes, Rockwell Museum, Corning, New York 1989 Fire Sites, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois 1988 Photographic Truth, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut 1988 Alteradiants, Austin College, Sherman, Texas

Grants Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 2001, 1999, 1997 & 1987 English Speaking Union, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Executed in Great Britain 1990 & 1987 ASMP/Nikon Emerging Photographer Award, New York, 1986 National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C, 1984

Monographs In Plain Sight, David Graham with W.M. Hunt, EyeShot Publisher, 2022 Almost Paradise, David Graham, Pond Press, 2008 Declaring Independence, David Graham, Pond Press, 2004 The Christmas List, David Graham, Quirk Books, 2003 Alone Together, David Graham, Pond Press, 2002 Taking Liberties, David Graham, Pond Press, 2001 Land of the Free, David Graham with Andrei Codrescu, Aperture, 1999 Ay, Cuba!, w/Andrei Codrescu, St. Martins Press, 1999 David Graham, Past & Present Tense, Lightwork, 1998 Road Scholar, w/Andrei Codrescu, Hyperion, 1993 Only in America, David Graham, Knopf, 1991 American Beauty, David Graham, Aperture 1987

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The University of the Arts

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American artist and photographer (born 1952)

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