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Ray Mortenson is represented by L. Parker Stephenson Photographs.

For more information, please contact the gallery: info@lparkerstephenson.nyc

Ray Mortenson (b. 1944) is a New York City–based artist born in Wilmington, Delaware. He studied sculpture at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the San Francisco Art Institute and began photographing in the 1960s.

Using a variety of camera formats, photographic processes, and print sizes, Mortenson explores urban and outlying sites along the northeastern metropolitan corridor. In addition to making unique or small editioned artist books, he has come out with a number of publications, most noteworthy among them is the 1983 Lustrum Press book Meadowland. His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions since the 1980s and is held in the permanent collections of museums around the country as well as Canada, France, and Japan.

Ray Mortenson is represented by L. Parker Stephenson Photographs.

Ray Mortenson

BORN:
Wilmington, DE. November 1944

RESIDENCE:
New York, NY

EDUCATION:
1963 - 1965
Carnegie Institute of Technology,
Department of Painting, Design & Sculpture

1966 - 1968
San Francisco Art Institute (Sculpture)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
The Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The Museum of the City of New York, NY
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
Seattle Art Museum, WA
University of Arizona, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Zeit Foto Museum, Tokyo, Japan

EXHIBITIONS:

2023
Tree Portraits. L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY.

2019
Rocks: Details, Panels, and Diptychs. L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY.

2016
Meadowland Vintage Prints 1979-1980. L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY.

2014
Industrial Strength: Selections From The Collection. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.
All that Glitters is not Gold. Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ

2012
DIY: Photographers and Books. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

2011
Full Scale. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.
Contemporary Landscape Photography. Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH.

2009
Manhattan. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.
Of Land. Kris Graves Projects, Brooklyn, NY.
Practice, Practice, Practice. Lora Reynolds Gallery, Austin, TX.

2008
Broken Glass. Museum of the City of New York, NY (Catalogue).

2007
Weak Foundations. Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY.
Ralph Gibson and Lustrum Press, 1970-1985. Center for Creative Photography Gallery, Tucson, AZ.

2006
In Focus: 75 Years of Collecting Photography. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.

2005
Landscape/Nature. University of Rochester, NY.
Rose Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars/Sea & Sky. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.

2004
Rocks. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.

2003
Ocean Views. Microsoft Corporation campus, Redmond, WA.
The Land Through A Lens, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

2002
Badlands: Ray Mortenson, Jaclyn Shoub, and Susan Dobson.
Confederation Centre for the Arts, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Weeds. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.

2000
Ray Mortenson. Portland Gallery, Portland, ME.

1999
Ocean Point. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.

1998
Montclair State Art Galleries, Montclair, NJ.

1995
Industrial Evolution: Photographic Images And Ideas. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA.
Island Pond. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.

1992
Pleasant Hill. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.
Between Home and Heaven: Contemporary American Landscape Photography. National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Traveling exhibition.

1992
Changing Visions of the American Landscape: From Ansel Adams to Robert Adams. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA. Traveling exhibition.

1991
The Technological Muse, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY.

1990
The New Pastoral. Whitney Museum of American Art, Equitable Building, New York, NY.
The New Pastoral. George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.

1988
The Homeless in America. Traveling exhibition.

1987
This is Not a Photograph. John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL. Traveling exhibition.

1986
Interiors. Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY.

1986
The Real Big Picture. Queens Museum, New York, NY.

1984
South Bronx Interiors. Janet Borden, Inc., New York, NY.

1983
200 Photographs from the Permanent Collection. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.

1981
Fifth Annual Biennale. Vienna, Austria.

PUBLICATIONS:

2009
Manhattan. Janet Borden, Inc.

2008
Broken Glass. Museum of the City of New York

2005
Cedars/Sea & Sky. Janet Borden, Inc.

2004
Rocks. Janet Borden, Inc.

2003
“Bad Lands” BlackFlash Magazine. 21.3 Spring Summer

2002
Weeds. Janet Borden, Inc.

1999
Ocean Point. Janet Borden, Inc.

1994
Island Pond. Janet Borden, Inc.

1992
Between Home and Heaven: Contemporary American Landscape Photography. Washington: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Pleasant Hill. Janet Borden, Inc.

1990
The New Pastoral. George Eastman House, Rochester, New York.

1988
The Homeless in America. Ed. Michael Evans. Acropolis Books, New York, NY.

1987
New Jersey. Roundtable Press, New York. 2 illus.

This Is Not a Photograph: Twenty Years of Large-Scale Photography 1966-1986. John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.

1984
Amateur Photographer. England Article, 5 illus.

1983
Meadowland. Lustrum Press, New You, NY.

1981
Extended Photography. (Vienna: 5th International Biennale) Exhibition catalogue

1981
Parnassus: Poetry in Review. 1 illus.

1980
Contact Theory. Ed. by Ralph Gibson. Lustrum Press, New York, NY. Interview with illustrations

Ray Mortenson

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Ray Mortenson is represented by

L. Parker Stephenson Photographs
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New York, NY 10065
T: 212-517-8700
info@lparkerstephenson.nyc

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