Joel STERNFELD
Joel Sternfeld is an artist-photographer whose work is concerned with utopic and dystopic possibilities of the American experience.
Ever since the publication of his landmark study, American Prospects in 1987 his work has maintained conceptual and political aspects, while also being steeped in history, art history, landscape theory and attention to seasonal passage. It is a melancholic, spectacular, funny and profound portrait of America. The curator Kevin Moore has claimed that the work embodies the “synthetic culmination of so many photographic styles of the 1970s, incorporating the humor and social perspicacity of street photography with the detached restraint of New Topographics photographs and the pronounced formalism of works by so many late-decade colorists” (Kevin Moore, Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980).
Chronology
1965 - BA, Dartmouth College
Publications
1992 - "Campagna Romana: The Countryside of Ancient Rome" Alfred A. Knopf, USA
1998 - "Hart Island" Scalo, USA
2003 - "Treading on Kings" Steidl, Germany
2008 - "When It Changed" Steidl, Germany.
2008 - "Sweet Earth-Experimental Utopias in America" Steidl, Germany
2008 - "Oxbow Archive" Steidl, Germany
2010 - "iDubai" Steidl, Germany
2011 - "First Pictures" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "Walking the High Line" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "On This Site: Landscape in Memorian" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "Stranger Passing" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "American Prospects" Steidl, Germany
1998 - "Hart Island" Scalo, USA
2003 - "Treading on Kings" Steidl, Germany
2008 - "When It Changed" Steidl, Germany.
2008 - "Sweet Earth-Experimental Utopias in America" Steidl, Germany
2008 - "Oxbow Archive" Steidl, Germany
2010 - "iDubai" Steidl, Germany
2011 - "First Pictures" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "Walking the High Line" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "On This Site: Landscape in Memorian" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "Stranger Passing" Steidl, Germany
2012 - "American Prospects" Steidl, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1972 - Photography of Joel Sternfeld, Discovery Gallery at Modernage, New York, USA
1981 - Joel Sternfeld: Color Photographs, Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York, USA
1982 - Joel Sternfeld, Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts,, Portland, OR
1982 - Joel Sternfeld, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1984 - American Prospects, Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York, USA
1985 - Fotografien 1978-1984, CCD. Galerie, Germany
1985 - New Color Photography, The Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, USA
1985 - Joel Sternfeld, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
1985 - Joel Sternfeld, Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Higashikawa, Japan
1987 - American Prospects: The Photographs of Joel Sternfeld, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, USA
1991 - Campagna Romana: The Roman Countryside, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA
1997 - New Portraits, Pace Wildenstein MacGill, New York, USA
1997 - On This Site, Pace Wildenstein MacGill, Los Angeles, USA
1998 - Hart Island, Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany
2001 - American Prospects and Stranger Passing, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2001 - Stranger Passing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
2004 - American Prospects and Before, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
2005 - Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
2008 - Oxbow Archive, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
2010 - Joel Sternfeld: Past Forward toward Future: Two Visions of Rome’s Urban Landscape, MACRO Testaccio, Rome, Italy
2012 - Joel Sternfeld: Campagna Romana, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012-2013 - Joel Sternfeld: Retrospektive, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1981 - Joel Sternfeld: Color Photographs, Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York, USA
1982 - Joel Sternfeld, Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts,, Portland, OR
1982 - Joel Sternfeld, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1984 - American Prospects, Daniel Wolf, Inc., New York, USA
1985 - Fotografien 1978-1984, CCD. Galerie, Germany
1985 - New Color Photography, The Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, USA
1985 - Joel Sternfeld, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
1985 - Joel Sternfeld, Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Higashikawa, Japan
1987 - American Prospects: The Photographs of Joel Sternfeld, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, USA
1991 - Campagna Romana: The Roman Countryside, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, USA
1997 - New Portraits, Pace Wildenstein MacGill, New York, USA
1997 - On This Site, Pace Wildenstein MacGill, Los Angeles, USA
1998 - Hart Island, Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Germany
2001 - American Prospects and Stranger Passing, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2001 - Stranger Passing, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
2004 - American Prospects and Before, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
2005 - Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
2008 - Oxbow Archive, Luhring Augustine, New York, USA
2010 - Joel Sternfeld: Past Forward toward Future: Two Visions of Rome’s Urban Landscape, MACRO Testaccio, Rome, Italy
2012 - Joel Sternfeld: Campagna Romana, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012-2013 - Joel Sternfeld: Retrospektive, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 - From the K’MoPA Collection: Basically, Forever. 2018, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan; Taiwan National Museum of Fine Art, Taichung, Taiwan
2017 - The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin, Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2016-2017 - Collected, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
Watershed: Contemporary Landscape Photography, Jepson Center, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
2016 - The Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video, Ryerson Image Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
2016 - Land/Leute aus der Fotosammlung der Albertina, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
2016 - Landscapes after Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime, Curated by Joel Sternfeld, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
2016 - Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography, Parasol Unit, London, England
2016 - Seht, da ist der Mensch / Behold the Man, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2015-2018 - Total Records: Vinyl & Photography, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France; C|O Berlin, Berlin, Germany;, Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain
2015-2017 - The Open Road, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2015 - No Place Like Home: Selections From the Sue and John Wieland Collection of Contemporary Art, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2015 - River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
2017 - The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin, Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2016-2017 - Collected, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA
Watershed: Contemporary Landscape Photography, Jepson Center, Telfair Museums, Savannah, GA
2016 - The Edge of the Earth: Climate Change in Photography and Video, Ryerson Image Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
2016 - Land/Leute aus der Fotosammlung der Albertina, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
2016 - Landscapes after Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime, Curated by Joel Sternfeld, Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT
2016 - Magical Surfaces: The Uncanny in Contemporary Photography, Parasol Unit, London, England
2016 - Seht, da ist der Mensch / Behold the Man, Baumwollspinnerei Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2015-2018 - Total Records: Vinyl & Photography, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France; C|O Berlin, Berlin, Germany;, Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain
2015-2017 - The Open Road, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY; Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR; Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, FL; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
2015 - No Place Like Home: Selections From the Sue and John Wieland Collection of Contemporary Art, Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT
2015 - River Crossings: Contemporary Art Comes Home, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY
Awards
1978 - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, USA
1980 - National Endowment for the Arts Photographers Fellowship, USA
1980 - New York State Council for the Arts Creative Artist Public Service Fellowship, USA
1982 - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award, USA
1983 - American Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Award, USA
1985 - Artist-in-Residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
1985 - Grand Prize, Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Japan
1987/88 - Shifting Foundation Fellowship, USA
1990/91 - Prix de Rome
2004 - Citigroup Photography Prize, in association with Photographers‘ Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 - Montgomery Fellowship, Dartmouth College, USA
1980 - National Endowment for the Arts Photographers Fellowship, USA
1980 - New York State Council for the Arts Creative Artist Public Service Fellowship, USA
1982 - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Award, USA
1983 - American Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Award, USA
1985 - Artist-in-Residence, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
1985 - Grand Prize, Higashikawa International Photo Festival, Japan
1987/88 - Shifting Foundation Fellowship, USA
1990/91 - Prix de Rome
2004 - Citigroup Photography Prize, in association with Photographers‘ Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2013 - Montgomery Fellowship, Dartmouth College, USA
