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Steve Giovinco


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Lives and works in New York.

EDUCATION  
1989 Yale University, New Haven. Master of Fine Arts, Photography.
1987 New York University, New York. M. A. Interactive Telecommunications Program.
1982 Washington University, Saint Louis. B. A. History/Literature.
   
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007 Eclipse: Recent Photographs, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.
2005 Ambient Life, VELAN Center for Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy.
2003 Photographs, University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
2002 Myth of the Real, Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
  Self Portraits, Acme Art, Columbus, Ohio.
2001 Myth of the Real, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California.
  Myth of the Real, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria.
1995 New Photographs, University of Missouri, Gallery 201, Saint Louis.
  New Photographs, University of California, Berkeley Extension, San Francisco.
  New Images, University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon.
1994 New Photographs, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York.
  Recent Photographs, Blue Sky Gallery. Portland, Oregon
   
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Through the Lens: Photography from the Lowe Art Museum, Lowe Art Museum, Miami. Catalogue.
  Visual Aid [after]life exhibition, online exhibition.
  ArtBazaar, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York.

  Projection Show, Artists Unite, Washington Heights apartment building façade, New York.
  Yaddo Benefit Photography Auction, Hosted by Sam Waterson, New York.
  Brooklyn Academy of Art, Benefit Auction, Brooklyn.
  Art Miami, Jim Kempner Fine Art, Miami.
2008 Things, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York. 
  Places, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York. 
  People, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.  With Diane Arbus, Elizabeth Peyton, and others.
2007 Landscapes, Sadler’s Wells, London.  With Richard Billingham and Thomas Joshua Cooper and others.
  Global Warning, Chelsea Galleria, Miami.
  Group Show, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.
2006 Ink/Miami Basel, Jim Kempner Fine Art.
  Group Show, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.
2005 Ripe for Picking: Fruit and Flowers, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.
  Group Show, Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam.
2004 Outside, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York. With Sharin Neshat, Olafur Eliasson, and Stephen Shore.
  Internacional, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain.
  Summer Show, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.
2003 Photographs by 7 Contemporary Artists, Jim Kempner Fine Art. New York.
  Night, Schnieder Gallery. Chicago.
  Home, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada. With Jeff Wall and Sam Taylor-Wood.
2002 Benefit Auction, Renaissance Society, Chicago.
2001 Summer Cum Lauder, Tepper Takayama Fine Arts, Boston.
2000 Recent Acquisitions, Brooklyn Museum, New York.
  The End, Exit Art, New York.
  Flatfiles, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York.
  Spring Auction, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas.
1999 Female, Wessel + O’Connor Gallery, New York. Curated by Vince Aletti.
  Changing Faces, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York.
1997 Group Work, Art Exchanges Show, New York.
1997 Group Work, Art Exchanges Show, New York.
1995 Home is Where…, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina.
  Body Photographic, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
  Suburbia, Art in General, New York.
  Whateva, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York. With Chuck Close, Sally Mann.
1994 Verisimilitude & the Utility of Doubt, White Columns, New York. Curated by Greg Crewdson.
  Group Show, Exit Art, New York.
  Images ’94, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  Group Show, University of Eastern New Mexico, Portales, New Mexico.
  Photowork ’94, Barrett House. Poughkeepsie, New York.
  National Show, West Beth Gallery, New York.
  One Hundred Years of Street Photography, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
 
Selected Bibliography
2008 Leffingwell, Edward. Art in America, February, 2008, page 145.
  Walter Robinson, “Weekend Update,” Artnet, May 21, 2007.
2007 Zoom, July/August 2007, page 62.
2005 Conti, Tiziana. Tema Celeste, Issue 110, 2005, page 120.
  Finocchi, Daniela, “Steve Giovinco,” Zoom, September-October 2005, pages 36-39.
  Catalogue, Miniature Museum of Contemporary Art, 2005, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2004 “2004 Guide: Galleries Museums and Artists,” Art in America, August, 2004.
  “Convocatoria Internacional,” Catalogue, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain, 2004.
  "Myth of the Steve Giovinco,” The Doylestown Intelligencer, January 10, 2003.
  "Myth of the Steve Giovinco,” Bucks County Courier, January 10, 2003.
  "Home," Catalogue, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, 2003.
2001 Gunter Beer, Editor, “Web Design Index”, Book and CD-ROM, 2003. 
  “Winter Issue,” News Letter, California Museum of Photography, 2001 Pages 1-2 and website.
  “Brian Belevander,“ Music CD Cover, new music composer, 2000. 
  Spring Issue, disCourse Journal, University of Kentucky, 2001, page 94.
1999 “Voice Choices,“ Village Voice, July 13. 1999.
1996 “Viva La Difference,“ Saint Louis Post Dispatch, July 18, 1996.
1995 “Upcoming Exhibitions, “ Greensboro News and Record, August 17, 1995.
  “Manipulated by Naked Truth, “ Saint Louis Post Dispatch, November 9, 1995.
  “Home is Where…,“ Catalogue, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC,1995.
1994 “Voice Choices, “ Vince Aletti, Village Voice,  October 11, 1994.
  “The New Street Photography, “ CD-ROM, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, 1994.
  “Body Photographic,“ Catalogue, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994.
  Bill Arning, “Verisimilitude and The Utility of Doubt,” Catalogue, White Columns, New York, 1994.
  “Blue Sky Gallery Yearly Shows,” Catalogue, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1994.
1988 “Offset color lithography with Richard Benson,” Yale Project, Newport, Rhode Island, 1988.
   
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2009 Artist in Residence, The Bakery, Westbrook, Maine.
2002 Yaddo Artist Residency Fellowship. Saratoga Springs, New York.
2001 Yaddo Artist Residency Fellowship. Saratoga Springs, New York.
2000 Web Site design awards. Various locations.
1995 Newman Gallery Award. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1993 Photoworks ’93 Prize. New Haven, Connecticut.
1992 Invented Camera. Hand-Held 8”x8” format. New York.
1989 Yale University Scholarship. New Haven, Connecticut.
 
LECTURES
2009  “New Work”, October 6. The Bakery, Portland, Maine.
2008          “Nightlandscapes,” October 26.  The Secret City, New York.
  “Joel-Peter Witkin,” November 29.  The Secret City, New York.
 
SELF PUBLISHED BOOKS
2008 Eclipse
  Nightlandscapes

  People
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
  Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, New York.
  Butler Institute of Art. Youngstown, Ohio.
  California Museum of Photography. Riverside, California.
  Lowe Art Museum. Miami, Florida.
  The VELAN Center for Contemporary Art, Torino, Italy.
  Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut.
 

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