CHRIS VERENE
b. 1969, Galesburg, Illinois
Chris Verene, My Cousin Candi’s Wedding.., 1997
Assistant Professor of Photography at The College of Staten Island, City University of New York
EDUCATION
Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, M.F.A. Art Studio, 1996
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, B.A. Double Major: Film Studies, Philosophy, 1991
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
“Chris Verene,” The Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
2015
“Home Movies,” Postmasters Gallery, November 29 - January 17, New York, NY
2014
“Carl Martin/Chris Verene: Affinities,” (Two Person Exhibition), Opal Gallery, October 3 - November 15, Atlanta, GA
2013
"The New Family Chapters," (Two-Person Exhibition), Valentine Gallery, New York
2012
“Family,” Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
“Town Hall Meeting,” Postmasters Gallery, New York
“Galesburg Family,” Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark
2011
“The Self-Esteem Salon,” Postmasters Gallery, New York
“The Self-Esteem Salon,” Socrates Sculpture Park, New York
"The Self-Esteem Salon," The Re-Institute, Millerton, New York
“Chris Verene – Family,” Leyendecker Gallery, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
“Chris Verene – Family,” Truman Medical Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“Chris Verene – Family,” PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX
2010
“100 Portraits,” curated projection by Flak Photo, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., November 6th - 13th
“EXPOSED: VOYEURISM, SURVEILLANCE, AND THE CAMERA SINCE 1870,” The Tate Modern, London, May 28- October 3rd
“EXPOSED: VOYEURISM, SURVEILLANCE, AND THE CAMERA SINCE 1870,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art,
October 30, 2010 - April 17, 2011
“The Art Of Caring,” Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale
“The Art Of Caring,” The Art Museum of South Texas
“The Art Of Caring,” New Orleans Museum of Art
“Chris Verene – Family,” Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
“Chris Verene – Family,” Kelman-Visser Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
“Chris Verene,” Sioux City Art Center, Kansas City, MO
“Family,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009
“Family,” DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Self-Esteem Salon,” Martos Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“Self-Esteem,” Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
“Family,” ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007
“Galesburg, Yes,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Self-Esteem,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Galesburg," Gescheidle, Chicago, IL
“Self-Esteem,” Quality Pictures, Portland, OR
“Galesburg,” ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006
"Galesburg," Alona Kagan Gallery, New York, NY
“Prairie Jews,” from the “Jewish Identity Project” The Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2005
“The Self-Esteem Salon, The Frisbee Series” Frisbee Art Show, Miami, FL
“The Self-Esteem Salon, The Refugee Series” Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
“Galesburg: The New Chapters,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
“Chris Verene,” Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
“The Self-Esteem Salon: The Orphanage Series,” The Armory Art Show VIP Group, The Old Chelsea YMCA- with
Frisbee Curatorial Group, New York, NY
“Prairie Jews,” from the “Jewish Identity Project,” The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2004
“The Self-Esteem Salon at Art Basel,” The Frisbee Art Show, Miami, FL
“Chris Verene,” Fotographie Am Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin, Germany
“Chris Verene: From Galesburg To Atlanta, 1986-2004,” (Retrospective Show), The Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2003
“Galesburg,” Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas, TX
2002
“Galesburg,” Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI
“Galesburg,” Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ
“Galesburg,” Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“The Self- Esteem Salon, The Baptism Series,” Collaboration with Christian Holstad, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
“The Baptism Series,” Atlanta Collaboration with Christian Holstad, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2001
“Galesburg,” Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000
“Chris Verene,” Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
“Chris Verene,” American Fine Arts Co. Colin DeLand Fine Art, New York, NY
“Chris Verene,” Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
“Self-Esteem,” Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA
“Galesburg,” Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA
“Camera Club,” Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999
“Chris Verene,” Galerie Rabouan Moussion, Paris, France
"Selections from Galesburg," The Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN
1998
“Camera Club,” Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
“Galesburg,” Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA
1997
"Revealing Regionalism," Midtown Plaza Galleries One & Two, Atlanta, GA
“Galesburg and Camera Club,” as part of “You Should Know Better,” Curated by Samantha Tsao at Thread Waxing Space,
New York, NY
1996
"Galesburg Used to be an All-American City," Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1995
"Portraits of Holly Hollywood," Sylvia's Art of This Century, Atlanta, GA
1994
"Proud to be from Galesburg," Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Galesburg (Five or Maybe Six Years)," Ruth Leitman Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991
"Chris Verene & Friends," Emory University, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
“Picturing Family,” Green Gallery, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
2016
“Sideluck San Miguel de Allende,” San Miguel Municipal Building, Guanajuato, Mexico
“American Real,” The Cleveland Institute of Art, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland
“Photographie Support,” Galerí Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
2015
“#WCW (@womencrushwednesday),” Postmasters Gallery, New York
“Practice Process Place,” Gallery of the College of Staten Island, New York
“The Raconteurs,” Gallery Walk Terminus, Atlanta
2014
“Homeland (In)security: Vanishing Dreams,” Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY
“Look At Me: Portraiture From Manet To The Present,” Leila Heller Gallery, New York
“Unbelievable Things: 25 Years of Art on Merge Records,” LIGHT Art & Design,Chapel Hill, NC
2013
“the kids are all right,” Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
“the kids are all right,” Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
“the kids are all right,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
“Everyday American: Photographs from the Berman Collection,” Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
“La Calaca,” Public Art Projection, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico
2012
“The Second Seating for the Last Supper,” Galeria Leyendecker, Tenerife, Spain
“Only You Only Me,” Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Belgium
“First Class / Second Class,” Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York
2011
“100 Portraits,” The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“EXPOSED: VOYEURISM, SURVEILLANCE, AND THE CAMERA SINCE 1870,” The Walker Art Center
2010
“Mirror, Mirror,” Postmasters Gallery, New York,
“Human Resources,” The Company, Los Angeles
“The Library of Babel, In and Out of Place,” Zabludowicz Collection, London,England
“EXPOSED: VOYEURISM, SURVEILLANCE, AND THE CAMERA SINCE 1870,” The Tate Modern, London, England
EXPOSED: VOYEURISM, SURVEILLANCE, AND THE CAMERA SINCE 1870,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
“The Art of Caring,” Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale
“The Art of Caring,” The Art Museum of South Texas,
“The Art of Caring,” New Orleans Museum of Art
2008
“Love, Love, Love,” Martos Gallery, New York
2007
“June Bride,” Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
“Gallery Artists,” Daniel Reich Gallery, New York “Year 07,” Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
“The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography,” The Contemporary Jewish Museum, SanFrancisco
2006
“The Seventh Side of the Die,” Alona Kagan Gallery, New York
“The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography,” The Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
“Shoot The Family,” traveling 2006-2009, The Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
“Shoot The Family,” traveling 2006-2009, Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
“Shoot The Family,” traveling 2006-2009, Western Gallery of Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
“CRACKER,” NurtureArt, & Naked Duck Gallery, New York
2005
“The Jewish Identity Project: New American Photography,” The Jewish Museum, New York
2004
“K-48 Klubhouse,” Deitch Projects, New York
“The Beauty of Darkness,” Reflex Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
“The Armory Art Show,” John Connelly Presents, New York
“Cake Walk,” Ambrosino Gallery, Miami
“Portraits,” Curated by Roe Ethridge, Champion Gallery, New York
“Group Show,” Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
“Pool Party,” Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
“Portrait Photography,” Curated by Roe Ethridge, Brooklyn Gallery, New York
2003
“Gallery Artists,” Daniel Reich Gallery, New York
“Nathan Cummings Foundation Show,” New York
“American Dream,” Ronald Feldman Gallery, New York
“The Furtive Gaze,” Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago
“K-48, The Bedroom Show,” Galerie du Jour, Paris, France
2002
“Visions from America: Photographs From the Whitney Museum of American
Art 1994- 2001,” The Whitney Museum of Art, New York
“Family,” The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
“Sexual Healing: Various Forms of Sexual Photography,” Reflex Modern Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherland
2001
“It's a Wild Party and We're Having a Great Time,” Paul Morris Gallery, New York
“Photographs,” Cherry Street Temporary Gallery, Galesburg, IL
“A Way with Words,” Whitney Museum of American Art at Phillip Morris, New York
“Uneasy,” Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston
"The Penis Show," Eyedrum, Atlanta
2000
“Do You Hear What We Hear?,” Paul Morris Gallery, New York
“Because Sex Sells,” Nikolai Fine Art, New York
“Tell It Like It Is,” Gallery Rebecca Camhi, Athens, Greece
“2000 Whitney Biennial,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
“Emerging Artists,” San Diego University Art Museum, San Diego
1999
“Vanitas,” Agnes Scott College, Atlanta
“Full Exposure: Contemporary Photography,” New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
“New Voices, New Visions,” University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
“In Your Face,” curated by Dr. Robert Shimshak, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
1998
“Backstage,” curated by Helen Varola, Serge Sorokko Gallery, New York
“Connections & Contradictions: Modern & Contemporary Art from Atlanta Collections,” Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta
“In the Heat of Summer,” Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta
“Photos Emerging,” presented by Liebman Magnan Gallery and CRIA, New York
“Portraits,” Paul Morris Gallery, New York
“Peepshow: John Waters, Cheri Nevers, Ken Probst, Chris Verene,” Vaknin Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta
1997
“Friends Indeed,” Photography sale benefiting Photographers for Friends, Selected by Tom Cashin, New York
"Contemporary American Landscape," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
"Tableaux: Ten Contemporary Photographers," Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta
"Post-Construction," Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta
"Sleep," James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, NY
"Look Back & Get Down: A Celebration of Athens & Atlanta Music 1977-1997,"
Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
"Unique Portraits by Contemporary Southern Artists," ArtWalk at Lenox Square, Atlanta
"To See a World," Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
"1997 Atlanta Biennial," Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta
"Collectors Collecting," Lenox Square Gallery, Atlanta
"Nine Southeastern Photographers," Peachtree Lofts Gallery, Atlanta
1996
"Olympic Experience, or What I Did in Summer 1996," Bathhouse Show, Piedmont Park Arts Festival, Atlanta
"Obsessions," Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta
"American Photography Institute," Tisch Gallery, New York
1995
"National Association of People with AIDS," City Hall East Gallery, Atlanta
"Contemporary Southeastern Photography," Creadle School of Visual Arts, Winter Park, FL
"Summer Artists' Work in Progress," The Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL
"November Show," Hastings Gallery, Atlanta
1994
"Electric Blanket," AIDS Projection Project, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
"Sex, Love, and Death," Nexus Art Center, Atlanta
1992
"My Eye Your Body," Exhibit A Gallery, Atlanta
“Seed Factory Show,” Curated by Dan Cameron, Seed Factory, Atlanta
1990
“Members' Show,” Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta
1988
“Democratic Convention Show,” Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta
MONOGRAPHS
2000 "Chris Verene," Twin Palms Publishers, New Mexico
2001 "Chris Verene / Camera Club," Reflex Modern Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 "Family," Twim Palms Publishers, New Mexico
AWARDS
2016 The New York State Foundatino for the Arts Fellowship for Photography, Recipient
2015 The Henri Cartier-Bresson Award for Documentary Photography, Nominee
2002 Pollock-Krasner Award, Full Support, Verene is the first artist to recieve this grant for photography.
1996 American Photography Institute, New York University, Fellow,
The Atlanta Cultural Olympiad, Atlanta Olympics Fellow
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
The Jewish Museum, New York
The Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation, OH
The Paul R. Jones, Collection, Tuscaloosa, AL
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Cheekwood Museum, Nashville Hartsfield
International Airport, Atlanta
The American Photography Institute, New York
University Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
The Margulies Collection, Miami
Zabulowicz Collection, London
The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis
