CHRIS VERENE

Born: United States, Illinois, 1969
Represented by: Postmasters Gallery, New York
Commercial Agent: Webber Represents, London and New York

Chris Verene is a photographer, performance artist, and educator. He is widely known for his multi-decade long documentary project chronicling the lives of his family and friends in Galesburg, Illinois. Verene has been called a natural storyteller, bringing to light the universal human truths found in the personal stories of daily joys and struggles.

His work has been exhibited in numerous gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the world and supported by two major books with Twin Palms Press: Chris Verene, published in 2000 and the sequel, Family, in 2010. Verene is also known for his series and book, Camera Club, which was included in the Whitney Biennial in 2000, and is represented currently in SF MoMA’s “Exposed: Voyuerism” book and touring exhibition. This summer, Verene will be working with NYC Department of Parks on a large-scale interactive outdoor installation, entitled “The Self-Esteem Salon.”

Verene’s work is in museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, The Walker Art Center, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, and others. His work is featured in several recent anthologies, including a recent Phaidon history of portraiture, a New Orleans MoMA survey on caring, and The Jewish Identity Project. Verene's editorial and fine art work has appeared in Art In America, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Flaunt Magazine, Vogue Hommes, ArtForum, Big Magazine, Vanity Fair, ArtForum, Parkett and others.

Verene is on faculty at the School of Visual Arts, teaching in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media program, and has taught art at many institutions at all levels since 1995.

Chris Verene was the first photographer to receive a grant from the Pollock Krasner Foundation for full support 2002. He earned his B.A. at Emory University and his M.F.A. in Studio Art from Georgia State University. Verene is represented by Postmasters Gallery, New York.

SELECTED PUBLIC COLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
The Jewish Museum, New York
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The Birmingham Museum of Art
The Indianapolis Museum of Art
Cheekwood Museum, Nashville
Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta
The American Photography Institute, New York University
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
The Margulies Collection, Miami
The Indianapolis Museum of Art

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