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
Akron Art Museum, Akron OH
Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of the City of New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
New York Public Library, NY
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
San Diego Museum of Art, CA
Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, OH
Seattle Art Museum, WA
Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University Galleries, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron, OH
University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
Zeit Foto Museum, Tokyo, Japan
EXHIBITIONS:
2016
Meadowland Vintage Prints 1979-1980. L. Parker Stephenson Photographs, New York, NY.
2014
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
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
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.
PUBLICATIONS:
2020
Urban Legends, The South Bronx in Representation and Ruin, Peter L’Official, Harvard University Press
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