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Frank Goodyear

Frank H. Goodyear, III is the associate curator of photographs at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of American Studies at The George Washington University. He is the author of Red Cloud: Photographs of a Lakota Chief (University of Nebraska Press, 2003); Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer (Merrell, 2008); and Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West, 1845-1924 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2009).


Caldwell

72

COLBY CALDWELL
St. Inigoes, MD

Empties (5)
2010
Archival pigment print mounted on Dibond and waxed
49” x 40”
Courtesy of the Artist and Hemphill Fine Arts
Retail Price: $7,600
Reserve Price: $3,800

EDUCATION:
Appalachian State University
BFA, Corcoran College of Art and Design

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
Eugene Weiss Scholarship, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 1990
Excellence in Photography Award, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 1990

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Rounds, Goodyear Gallery, Dickinson College, PA, 2010
Small game, Hemphill, Washington, DC, 2006
Closer to Home, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX


Chao

73

CHAN T. CHAO
Takoma Park, MD

Melissa
2006
C-print
49” x 39”
Courtesy of the Artist and G Fine Art
Retail Price: $6,500
Reserve Price: $4,750

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
JGS Inc., Project Grant, 2000
Light Work, Artist-in-Residence, 1998
Open Society Institute, Burma Project Grant, 1998

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY 2002
Collection of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA


Connolly

74

CYNTHIA CONNOLLY
Washington, DC

Berry Burk Co. Richmond, Virginia 12-28-08
2009
Gelatin silver print
13" x 18 3/4"
Courtesy of the Artist
Retail Price: $1,200
Reserve Price: $650

EDUCATION:
Certificate, Auburn University’s Rural Studio Outreach Program, 2002-2003
BFA, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC, 1985

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
National Endowment for the Arts/Alabama State Council on the Arts, Community Arts Grant, 2003
Outreach Program, Rural Studio, Newbern, Alabama, 2002-2003

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Beautiful Losers, US and Europe, 2004-2009
Collection of Corcoran Gallery of Art
Collection of Smithsonian Museum of American History
Collection of Michael Stipe


Harper

75

JESSICA TODD HARPER
Philadelphia, PA

Self-Portrait with Marshall
2008
Archival inkjet print
32" x 40"
Courtesy of the Artist
Retail Price: $4,000
Reserve Price: $1,500

EDUCATION:
BA, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1997

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
PA Council on the Arts, Fellowship, 2009
First Place Lucie Award, for first published book, Interior Exposure (Damiani Editore), 2008
New York Photo Festival Award, Best Fine Art Photograph, 2008
PDN’s 30, Our Choice of Photographers to Watch, 2005

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
The Art of Caring, New Orleans Museum of Art, 2009-11
Seeing Ourselves: Masterpieces of American Photography, George Eastman House, 2007-09
Interior Exposure, Cohen Amador Gallery, NY, 2008
Portraits from Private Spaces, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, 2006


 Nesmith

76

PHIL NESMITH
Richmond, VA

Grand Isle II
2010
C-print from wet collodion ambrotype
40” x 30”
Courtesy of the Artist and Irvine Contemporary
Retail Price: $1,500
Reserve Price: $700

EDUCATION:
BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2012
Rocky Mountain School of Photography, Missoula, MT, 2004

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
VMFA Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, 2010

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Irvine Contemporary, Washington DC, 2007, 2009, 2010
Springbox Gallery, Portland OR, 2010
PhotoMiami, Miami Beach, FL, 2009
H&F Fine Arts, Mt. Rainer, MD, 2007


Raab

77

SUSANA RAAB
Washington, DC

Midway, London, Kentucky
2006
C-print
20" x 24"
Courtesy of the Artist and Irvine Contemporary
Retail Price: $1,200
Reserve Price: $600

EDUCATION:
MA, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 2010
BA, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 1990

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
Honorable Mention, Project Competition, Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2010
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellowship, 2009
Portfolio Prize, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans, LA, 2009
White House News Photographers Association Project Grant, 2005

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Smithsonian Institution
DC Public Art Bank
Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, 2010, 2011
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, 2011


Rome

78

STUART ROME
Philadelphia, PA

FL-09-81
2009
Pure pigment on aluminum leaf
24” x 30”
Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 339
Retail Price: $3,500
Reserve Price: $2,500

EDUCATION:
MFA, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 1981
BFA, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 1977

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1992, 1999
Blue Mountain Center for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence, 1997
Poloroid Corporation, materials grant, 1983
Light Work, Syracuse University, Artist-in-Residence, 1978

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Signs and Wonders, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, 2011
Forest, Sepia Intl Gallery, New York, NY, 1999, 2002, 2006
Collection of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 


Silberg

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STEVEN H. SILBERG
Catonsville, MD

Female Cyclist - Left Lateral View, 2009
2009
Archival inkjet print on Rives BFK
18" x 32"
Courtesy of the Artist
Retail Price: $400
Reserve Price: $75

EDUCATION:
MFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2004
BFA, University of Delaware, DE, 1997

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
Finalist and Winner, Real Art DC, Washington Post, 2010
First Prize, Majestic National, Majestic Gallery, Ohio University, 2006

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Digital Elements, Amalie Rotschild Gallery, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, 2010
ArtScape: Midway II, Baltimore, MD, 2009
To Remain, Art Gallery, University of Maryland, 2008
Millennium Dialogue – Code: Blue, Third Beijing International New Media Arts Exhibition and Symposium, Beijing, China, 2006


Skarbakka

80

KERRY SKARBAKKA
Pittsburg, PA

Stranded
2008
Digital c-print on aluminum
36” x 30”
Courtesy of the Artist and Irvine Contemporary
Retail Price: $3,500
Reserve Price: $2,000

EDUCATION:
MFA, Columbia College Chicago, IL, 2003
BA, University of Washington, WA, 1994

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
Commission-1% for the Arts, City of Seattle, WA, 2008
Creative Capital Foundation Grant, New York, NY, 2005
Illinois Arts Council Award, IL, 2004
CAAP Grant 2004, Chicago Center of Cultural Affairs, IL, 2004

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Intimacy! Bathing in Art, Ahlen Museum of Art, Ahlen, Germany, 2010
The Struggle to Right Oneself: A Survey, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC, 2009
The Big Picture, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 2007
The Struggle to Right Oneself: Existential Blues, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, IL, 2002


Woody

81

DAVE WOODY
Farmville, VA

Galleria Umberto I, Naples, Italy
2010
Archival Digital Print
40” x 30'' 
Courtesy of the Artist
Retail Price: $1,500
Reserve Price: $600

EDUCATION:
MFA, University of Texas at Austin, TX, 2007
BFA, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 1996

SELECTED AWARD/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
1st Place, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s Portrait Competition, 2009

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/COLLECTIONS:
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA, 2010
Directions Gallery, Colorado State University, CO, 2008
New American Talent:22, Arthouse, Austin, TX, 2007
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX


Wylie

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WILLIAM WYLIE
Charlottesville, VA

Accademia (09-4510)
2009
Pigment Print
24” x 19''
Courtesy of the Artist
Retail Price: $1,200
Reserve Price: $400

EDUCATION:
MFA, University of Michigan, 1989
BFA, Colorado State University, 1986

SELECTED AWARDS/ GRANTS/ FELLOWSHIPS:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2005
City of Denver Public Art Commission, 2004
Colorado Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship, 1998
Emerging Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts Council, 1992

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/ COLLECTIONS:
Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Collection of National Gallery of Art
Collection of The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Collection of Yale University Art Museum