David Graham (photographer)

David Graham (born 1952, Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American artist photographer and professor at University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. He currently lives and works in Newtown^{[disambiguation needed ]}, PA. 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, NY; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; the George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; the International Center of Photography, New York, NY; and the Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2008 Almost Paradise, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA
• 2008 In Search of America: Photographs by David Graham, Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
• 2004 Declaring Independence, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 2004 Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
• 2003 Alone Together, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
• 2003 Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2002 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
• 2002 Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
• 2002 Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2002 Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
• 2001 James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
• 2000 Burden Gallery, NY, NY 2000
• 1999-00 Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
• 1999 Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• 1998 Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, NY 1998
• 1994 Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
• 1991 Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
• 1991 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
• 1989 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
• 1987 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
• 1987 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
• 1986 Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
• 1986 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
• 1985 Armstrong Gallery, New York, NY
• 1985 Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Celevland,OH

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2009 Snapshots on the Way to the Real World, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 2007 Pink at Perkins: The Contradictory Character of a Complex Color, The Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
• 2006 Second Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
• 2005 Heartfelt, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• 2003 Home, Ricco/Maresca, New York, NY
• 2003 Maine ASAP, Northeast Harbor, ME
• 2002 Elvis, Howard Greenburg Gallery, New York, NY
• 2002 Re/viewing Photography, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
• 2002 Bucks County Portraits, Doylestown, PA
• 2001 Pretty, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
• 2001 Family, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
• 2001 Murals, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
• 2000 Open Ends, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
• 2000 Bienniel 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
• 1999 Wonderland, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Netherlands
• 1998 Four American Photographers, Athens, Greece
• 1997 BANG! The Gun as Image, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
• 1997 Las Vegas, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 1996 Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
• 1993 Home, Noorderlicht Fotofest, The Netherlands
• 1992 Our Town, Burden Gallery, New York, NY
• 1991 Pivot, Mostyn Art Gallery, Gwynedd, North Wales
• 1991 Nuclear Matters, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
• 1990 Landscapes, Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
• 1989 Fire Sites, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
• 1988 Photographic Truth, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
• 1988 Alteradiants, Austin College, Sherman, TX

Grants

• Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1999, 1997 & 1987
• English Speaking Union, Phila., PA 1990 & 1987
• ASMP/Nikon Emerging Photographer Award, NY 1986
• National Endowment for the Arts, Wash, D.C 1984

Monographs

• 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, 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

External links

• David Graham's website
• University of the Arts
• Gallery 339

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