biography of William EGGLESTON (1939)

Personal data


Birth : 7/1939 - Memphis TN Tennessee, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States

Address

Memphis TN Tennessee, United States

Representatives

Galerie Johannes Faber – Brahmsplatz 7 – Vienna, Austria


Education

1962 : Vanderbilt University – 2201 West End Avenue – Nashville TN, United States

Professional data


Work and Life

1974:Meet with Caldecot CHUBB.
1962:He discovers the work of Henri CARTIER-BRESSON.
Numerous collaborative publications and exhibition projects with Caldecot CHUBB.


Grants

1979

1979 : Research Grant of Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge MA, United States

1975

1975 : National Endowment for the Arts – Individual Fellowship – Washington DC, United States
Awarded by : NEA National Endowment for the Arts – 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW – Washington DC, United States


Awards

1998

1998 : The Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography – Gothenburg, Sweden
Awarded by : Hasselblad Center – Ekmansgatan 8 – Gothenburg, Sweden


Other professions

1974 : Professor – Visual Art
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – Fogg Art museum – 24 Quincy Street – Cambridge MA, United States

1978 : Researcher – Visual Art
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 77 Massachusetts Avenue – Cambridge MA, United States

Work


Categorie and medium


Photography : C print - Dye-transfer - Iris print

Subject

architecture
Body
landscape
portrait

Artistic periods

1966 : Works in color and he is interested chiefly in photography of everyday objects, daily life, fragments of architecture.
1962-1966 : Works in black & white.

Works

Purple Cactus
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : C print
Size : 60 x 50 cm
 
Untitled (Framed Jesus Images, Orange County)
Date of creation : 1999-2000
Edition n° : 7
Medium : Iris print
Size : 30 x 24 inch
 
Red Shopping Cart
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : C print
Size : 40 x 50 cm
 
Couple Entering Room
Date of creation : 1985
Medium : C print
Size : 29 x 35 cm
 
Building at Night
Date of creation : 1985
Medium : Plastic
Size : 40 x 50 cm
 
Cloudy Sky, Waffle House Sign
Date of creation : 1980
Medium : C print
Size : 40 x 50 cm
 
Dog in Shadows of Trees
Date of creation : 1973
Medium : Plastic
Size : 40 x 50 cm
 
Young Boy in Red Sweater
Date of creation : 1971
Medium : Plastic
Size : 40 x 50 cm
 
Untitled (Memphis)
Date of creation : 1971
Edition n° : 10
Medium : Dye-transfer
Subject : portrait
Size : 24 x 20 inch
 
Untitled (Sumner, Mississipi, Cassidy Bayou)
Date of creation : 1971
Edition n° : 15
Medium : Dye-transfer
Size : 20 x 24 inch
 
Sumner, Mississipi, Cassidy Bayou in the background
Date of creation : 1969-1970
Medium : Dye-transfer
Size : 20 x 30 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2005

Dallas Museum of Art – Dallas TX, United States
2005 – 05/15/2005

Los Alamos
Albertina – Vienna, Austria
2005 – 04/17/2005

2004

Los Alamos
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
02/19/2004 – 06/06/2004

2003

Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
2003 – 06/09/2003

Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves – Oporto, Portugal
07/11/2003 – 10/12/2003

2002

Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
12/12/2002 – 03/02/2003

Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
07/11/2002 – 09/22/2002

2001

Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
11/20/2001 – 02/24/2002

Mostly California
RoseGallery – Santa Monica CA, United States
10/20/2001 – 01/10/2002

Recent Work
Cheim & Read – New York NY, United States
03/01/2001 – 04/14/2001

1999

William Eggleston and the Color Tradition
J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
10/26/1999 – 01/30/2000

William Eggleston : 1998 Hasselblad Award Winner
Hasselblad Center – Gothenburg, Sweden
03/06/1999 – 05/02/1999

Photographs 1966-1971
Cheim & Read – New York NY, United States
01/13/1999 – 02/20/1999

1984

Robert Miller Gallery – New York NY, United States
1984

1983

William Eggleston : Colour Photographs from the American South
V & A – The Victoria and Albert Museum – London, United Kingdom
1983

1976

William Eggleston’s Guide
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1976

1975

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – Fogg Art museum – Cambridge MA, United States
1975

1974

Jefferson Place Gallery – Washington DC, United States
1974

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Daniel Templon – 30 rue Beaubourg – Paris, France

2006

Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, United States

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Victoria Miro Gallery – 16 Wharf Road – London, United Kingdom

2005

Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, United States

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Galerie Thierry Marlat – 2 Rue de Jarente – Paris, France

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Carolina Nitsch – 101 Wooster Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Karl Pfefferle – Reichenbachstr. 47-49 – Munich, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Karl Pfefferle – Reichenbachstr. 47-49 – Munich, Germany

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany

Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : RoseGallery – Bergamot Station Arts Center 2525 Michigan Avenue D-3 – Santa Monica CA, United States

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Le Case d’Arte – Via Gorani 8 – Milan MI, Italy

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Cheim & Read – 547 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

2000

Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Laurence Miller Gallery – 20 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Photo San Francisco, n° 1
Fort Mason – San Francisco CA, United States
07/27/2000 – 07/30/2000
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States

photo L.A. 2000 – 9th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/20/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Deborah Bell Gallery – 511 West 25th Street – New York NY, United States


Group exhibitions

2004

De leur temps, collections privées Françaises
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Tourcoing, France
10/06/2004 – 12/06/2004

12 From Cheim Read
Fay Gold Gallery – Atlanta GA, United States
06/04/2004 – 07/12/2004

2003

Cruel and Tender – Fotografie und das Wirkliche
Museum Ludwig – Cologne, Germany
12/06/2003 – 02/18/2004

Photographs of the Twentieth Century
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
06/05/2003 – 09/07/2003

2002

William Eggleston & Elliott Erwitt
Jackson Fine Art – Atlanta GA, United States
2002 – 05/04/2002

William Eggleston / Gérard Garouste
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
2002

Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art – New York NY, United States
06/27/2002 – 09/22/2002

Art Downtown
New York NY, United States
06/14/2002 – 09/15/2002

Documenta XI
Kunsthalle Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/08/2002 – 09/15/2002

2001

Connivence – 6ème Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon
Lyon, France
06/23/2001 – 09/23/2001

Open City: Street Photographs since 1950
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
05/06/2001 – 07/15/2001

Settings and Players : Theatrical ambiguity in American photography
White Cube 2 – London, United Kingdom
03/09/2001 – 04/21/2001

2000

Le Désert
Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain – Paris, France
2000

1998

The Photographic Era : Highlights from the Permanent Collection
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
02/13/1998 – 06/23/1998

1997

About Painting
Robert Miller Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/24/1997 – 08/01/1997

Blind Spot
White Columns – New York NY, United States
05/08/1997 – 05/29/1997

1980

La photographie en couleur dans l’art américain
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
01/29/1980 – 02/22/1980

1978

Windows and Mirrors : American Photography Since 1960
MoMA – New York NY, United States
1978

Bibliography (Selected)


By the artist


Books

1980

Troubled Waters
1980

1977

Election Eve
1977


On the artist


Encyclopedia

1985

Encyclopédie Internationale des photographes, de 1839 à nos jours
Publisher: Editions Camera Obscura – Hermance GE, Switzerland
Author: Auer Michèle – Paris, France
Author: Auer Michel
07/1985
ISBN : 2903671052


Exhibition catalogues

2001

Connivence, 6ème Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon
Publisher: RMN Réunion des Musées Nationaux – 49 rue Etienne Marcel – Paris, France
2001
ISBN : 2711842592

Legals