david graham

COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
International Museum for Photography, Rochester, NY
International Center of Photography, NY, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Fotografie Forum, Cologne, Germany
Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
Black Gold Museum, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI

SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

In Plain Sight, EUU Gallery, Ephraim, WI 2024
Storied Lives, Bush Art Center Galleries, De Pere, WI 2023
Rendering Intent[Ions], Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI 2023
Liminal Matter: Traces, Alone Together, DCCF, Sturgeon Bay, WI 2023
Windows on Latimer, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA 2022-2023
Then / Now, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2022-2023
From the Vault, newARTSpace, De Pere, WI 2022
Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2019
Wessel+O’Connor, Lambertville, NJ 2015
Where We Live, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2015
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2014
35 Years, 35 Pictures, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA 2014
Shooters, Philadelphia, PA 2009
Almost Paradise, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA 2008
Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2008
PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX 2007
Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA 2007
Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA 2005
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004
Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA 2004
Michener Art Museum Doylestown, PA 2004
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA 2003
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC 2003
Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY 2002
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002
Taking Liberties, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA 2002
Taking Liberties, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA 2001
Land of the Free, Burden Gallery, New York, NY 2000
Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 1999-2000
Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1999
Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 1998
Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 1994
Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 1991
Laurence Miller Gallery, NY, NY 1991, 1989, 1987
American Beauty, International Center of Photography, NY, NY 1987
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 1986
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA 1986
Chromatic Color, Armstrong Gallery, New York, NY 1985
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH 1985

PUBLICATIONS, Books, selected

The Unseen Eye, W.M.Hunt, Thames/Hudson, New York, NY 2011
We Were an Island, P.P.Blanchard III, UPNE, Lebanon, NH 2010
Past / Forward, Aperture, New York, NY 2003
The Spirit of the Family, Al & Tipper Gore, Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY 2002
Murals, Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA 2002
Wonderland, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Groningen, The Netherlands 1999
My House, My Paradise, Galfetti, Barcelona, Spain 1999
Moments of Grace, Thomas Bridges, Aperture, New York, NY 1998
Chairman Rolf Fehlbaum, Tibor Kalman, M&Co, New York, NY 1997
Paradise Garden, w/Mary Ellen Mark, Chronicle, San Francisco, CA 1996
A Day in the Life of Hollywood, Collins, San Francisco, CA 1992
Modern Color Photography, Photokina, Deutz, Germany 1986

BOOK COVERS

The Bushwhacked Piano, T.McGuane,Vintage, NY 2017
Civil Litigation, T. Goldman, Pearson. 2017
Johnny Too Bad, John Dufresne, W.W.Norton 2005
Globalizing the Sacred, Vasquez&Marquardt,Rutgers ‘03
The Ivory Coast, Charles Fleming, Picador, NY 2002
Sex and Real Estate, Marjorie Garber,Pantheon,NY2000
Ralph Nader, Kevin Graham, Windom, Denver,CO 2000
Willenbrock, Christoph Hein, Picador, NY 2000
Hail! Babylon, Andrei Codrescu, St. Martins, NY 1998
The Bushwhacked Piano, T.McGuane,Vintage, NY 1994
Nothing but Blue Skies, T.McGuane, Vintage, NY 1994

WORKSHOPS

“YoungArts”, Miami, FL 2013-2015
“Transforming the Landscape”, Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC 2009
“The Cultural Landscape”, International Center of Photography, New York, NY 2005
“The Color Landscape”, International Center of Photography, New York, NY 1993
“The Color Landscape”, International Center of Photography, New York, NY 1992
“Photographing the Landscape”, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 1986
“Large Format Photography”, Summervail Workshops, Minturn, CO 1984
“Color Photography”, Summervail Workshops, Minturn, CO 1983

ARTIST RESIDENCES

SIM Residence, Reykjavik, Iceland 2023
Yuma Symposium, Yuma, Arizona 1986
Light Work, Syracuse, New York 1985
Bernheim Forest and Arboretum, Clermont, Kentucky 1983

GRANTS

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2001, 1999, 1997 & 1987
English Speaking Union, Philadelphia, PA. Executed in Great Britain 1990 & 1987
ASMP/Nikon Emerging Photographer Award, New York, NY 1986
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC 1984

GROUP EXHIBITIONS, selected

Wisconsin Photography 2024, Racine, WI 2024
Annual TMA Contemporary Exhibition, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI 2023
OUR TIME, EVEN IN DREAM’S, Tunis, Tunisia October 2022
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI 2022
NEW / ART I, newARTSpace, De Pere, WI 2022
Through the Lens, James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA 2021
Signs of the Times, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX 2020
Photographs of the Week #85, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2020
Betwixt & Between, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2019
A Survey of Color Photography, Haverford College, Haverford, PA  2018
Circles, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2017
Small Things Considered, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2016
Artificial Light, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2014
Seeing America, Palmer Library, Penn State University, State College, PA 2014
Small Things Considered, Laurence Miller Gallery. New York, NY 2014
Past Imperfect Time, Plovdiv, Bulgaria 2014
Philadelphia Photographers 1975-85, Bannon, Bethlehem, PA 2014  
William Eggleston and his Circle, PDNB, Dallas, TX 2013
Man Made Color, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2012
Flora & Fauna, Salt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2011
The Unseen Eye, GEH, IMP, Rochester, NY 2011
Take 5, Salt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2011
Hidden Treasures, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX 2010
Spectacle, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2009
Eyes on the Road, CWJ Museum, Bernardsville, NJ ‘07
Pop Art, Wired Gallery, Bethlehem, PA 2007
Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2006
Common Ground, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC 2004
Water, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY 2004
Wirklich Wahr, Ruhrland Museum, Essen, Germany 2004
Home, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY 2003
Maine, ASAP, Northeast Harbor, ME 2003
Elvis, Howard Greenburg Gallery, New York, NY 2002
Pretty, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY 2001
Family, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY 2001
Murals, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY 2001
Open Ends, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY 2000
Bienniel 2000, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE 2000
Wonderland, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Groningen, The Netherlands 1999
Four American Photographers, Athens, Greece 1998
BANG! The Gun as Image, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 1997
Las Vegas, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1997
Paradise Garden, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1996
Home, Noorderlicht Fotofest, Groningen, The Netherlands 1993
Our Town, Burden Gallery, New York, NY 1992
Pivot, Mostyn Art Gallery, Gwynedd, Wales 1991
Nuclear Matters, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA 1991
Landscapes, Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY 1990
Fire Sites, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 1989
Photographic Truth, Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT 1989
Alterradients, Austin College, Sherman, TX 1988

SOLO BOOKS

In Plain Sight, David Graham, Eyeshot / Street Photography, Bologna, Italy 2022
Almost Paradise, David Graham, Pond Press, New York, NY 2008
Declaring Independence, David Graham, Pond Press, Boston, MA 2004
The Christmas List, David Graham, Quirk Books, Philadelphia, PA 2003
Alone Together, David Graham, Pond Press, Boston, MA 2002
Taking Liberties, David Graham, Pond Press, Boston, MA 2001
Land of the Free, David Graham, Aperture, New York, NY 1999
Ay! Cuba, with Andrei Codrescu, St. Martins Press, New York, NY 1999
David Graham,Past & Present Tense, Lightwork, Syracuse, NY 1998
Road Scholar, w/Andrei Codrescu, Hyperion, New York, NY 1993
Only in America, David Graham, Knopf, New York, NY 1991
American Beauty, David Graham, Aperture, New York, NY 1987

PERIODICALS, selected

“Loeildelaphotographie”, photography periodical 2023
“The Mockingbird”, literature and visual arts periodical 2020
“Photographic Alphabet: G is for David Graham”, Musee` Magazine 2020
“Color”, Spring 2011
“Gastranomica” (cover) Fall 2009
“Harper’s” (cover), Moby Duck, January 2007
“Harper’s” (cover), Making Mitt Romney, November 2007 
“Porter Gulch Review”(cover), Aptos, CA 2005
“Harper’s”, Readings, ’06,’05,’03,’93,’89,’87,’86
“New York Times” Home, 2/13/03
“Aperture at 50”, New York, NY Spring 2003
“River City” (cover) American Drag, Winter 2001
“Harper’s” (cover) Ralph Nader, New York, NY September 2000
“New York Times Magazine”, Thinking, 8/20/00, New York, NY
“Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine”, Land of the Free, Philadelphia, PA 11/14/99
“The New Yorker”, Flight, 6/14/99, New York, NY

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art 1981
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Philadelphia College of Art 1976
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 1970-1973

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1999-2022
Professor of Photography

Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY 1998-1999
Associate Professor

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 1994
Sabbatical replacement

School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 1991-1993
Graduate Program, Adjunct faculty

ICP/NYU Graduate Program, New York, NY 1988-1990
Adjunct faculty

Moore College of Art & Design, Phila., PA 1981-1990
Assistant Professor

Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ 1981
Sabbatical replacement