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WILLIAM WYLIE
Professor of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
EDUCATION
1989 MFA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
1986 BFA, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
AWARDS
2011 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship
2005 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2004 Universita delgi Studi Roma Tre Rome Award
City of Denver Public Art Commission
2003 Mead Honored Faculty Teaching Award (University of Virginia)
2001 Colorado Book Award (for Riverwalk)
1998 Artist Fellowship, Colorado Council on the Arts
1996 Larimer County Exchange Project Grant
1992 Emerging Artist Grant, North Carolina Arts Council / Mecklenburg County Arts Council
BOOKS BY THE ARTIST
2010 Route 36, Flood Editions. Chicago, IL
2009 Carrara, Center for American Places, Chicago, IL
2002 Stillwater, Nazraeli Press, Tucson, AZ
2000 RiverWalk, Explorations along the Cache la Poudre River, University Press of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1989 Arboretum, self-published, hand-bound book of palladium prints, edition of 10
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Capitol One Corporation, Richmond, Virginia
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
City of Denver Public Art Collection, Colorado
Colorado Historical Museum, Denver, Colorado
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Davidson College Art Museum, Davidson, North Carolina
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Elgin Community College, Chicago, IL
First National Bank Corporation, Colorado
Graham Nash Editions, Los Angeles, California
Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland, Colorado
List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
St Louis Art Museum, St Louis, Missouri
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
Vanderbilt University Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, Connecticut
REPRESENTATION
hous projects, New York and Los Angeles
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (Solo Exhibitions in caps)
2011 American Landscape: Contemporary Photographs of the West, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
AN UNFAMILIAR WORLD, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
ROUTE 36, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2010 STILLS, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
21st Century Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
AMERICAN PLACES, Gallery of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO
CARRARA, hous projects, Los Angeles, CA
Forged Power: Video works by Ferran Mendoza and William Wylie, Arizona State University
Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Recent Contemporary Acquisitions, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2009 ACCADEMIA, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond,
VA
Material Afterlife, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapid, MI
Casa / Mondo, Foianofotografia, Foiano, Italy
Recent Acquisitions, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
High Modernism: Alfred Stiegliz and His Legacy, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Summertime..., Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2008 CARRARA, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San
Francisco, CA
Small Claims, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Beyond Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco
Mutual Attractions (curated by Andy Grundberg), University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
Gray, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Winter Selections, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2007 CARRARA, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
Four Virginia Artists, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
CARRARA, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Public / Private, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
2006 CARRARA, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
100 Great American Photographs, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
American Eden, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY
The Intimate and the Sublime, Recent Landscape Photography, Saint Louis Art Museum, MO
The Art of Documentary Photography, Arts Center in Orange, Orange, VA
A Complex Eden, Museum of Fine Art, St. Petersburg, FL
2005 STILLWATER, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Elevator Films Project, Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO (permanent installation)
2004 The Museum: Conditions and Spaces, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
Masterworks of American Photography, Amon Carter Museum. Fort Worth, TX
American Landscapes: Four Views, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Water, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Fotofest 2004, Travis Tower, Houston, TX
2003 GEOGRAPHY OF SCARS, Hanes Art Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
STILLWATER, The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
EVIDENCE, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
2002 STILLWATER, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia
RIVERWALK and OTHER PICTURES, Regis University, Denver, Colorado
The Writer's Eye, University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
Abstraction in Photography, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
2001 RIVERWALK, Colorado Center for the Book, Denver, Colorado
SITE: CARRARA, Foiano Fotografia III, Foiano, Italy
Postcards from the West, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming
Landscape Legacy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
2000 THE RIVER’S EDGE, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A LONG, THIN COMMON, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper Wyoming
Current Works 2000, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, Missouri
Recent Acquisitions, The Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
Rivers, Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado
1999 CACHE la POUDRE, Colorado State Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado
The West after Yesterday; Selections from the Permanent Collection, Denver Art Museum
Photographs, Carol Keller Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Invitational, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming
Hard Play, New Installations and Environmental Sculpture,
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art
and P.S 28, Ft. Collins, Colorado
This Tiny Spaceship, This Planet Earth..., Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado
1998 Contemporary Perspectives of the West, Harmony Park Gallery, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Artist Fellowship Exhibition, traveling exhibit of CCA Fellowship recipients shown at Western Colorado
Center for the Arts, Grand Junction and Cortez Center for the Arts, Cortez, Colorado
Three Landscape Visions, Alliance for the Visual Arts, Logan, Utah
1997 Current Works ‘97, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Art Equinox, Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls, Montana
1996 RIVERWALK, OneWest Art Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Larimer County Exchange (collaborative exchange between artists and community members)
OneWest Art Center, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Colorado ‘96, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1995 Rethinking the Natural, Laguna Gloria Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
1994 Re:Place, Portland Community College, Portland, Oregon
1992 Davidson College, Fine Arts Gallery, Davidson, North Carolina
Photographic Book Art in the United States, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio and
Texas Women’s University, Denton, Texas
Southern Environmental Exhibition, Appalachian Environmental Arts Center, Highlands, NC
ARBORETUM, Olympic College, Bremerton, Washington
1991 University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Cone Center Gallery, Charlotte, NC
University of Colorado, Workspace Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
Artist Book Biennial, Oregon State Library, Salem, Oregon
Platinum / Palladium, Portfolio Room, The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
1990 Southeastern Spectrum, Associated Artists Sawtooth Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Illuminance Show, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, Texas
1989 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, Michigan
1988 Michigan Photographers, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
National Aperture Show, Associated Artists Sawtooth Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
FILM/VIDEO SCREENINGS
2010 Friction, Industrial59, First Ural Industrial Biennial, Ekaterinburg, Russia
2009 Secret, European Media Art Festival, Osnabruek, Germany
2008 Secret, 20th Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville, VA
Carrara Suite (3 films), Look3 Festival of the Photograph, University of Virginia Art Museum, VA
About Time, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2007 Nectar (co-directed with Kevin Everson), Museum of Modern Art, NY
Nectar (co-directed with Kevin Everson), Shadow Film Festival in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nectar (co-directed with Kevin Everson), Film at Redcat, Disney/CalArts Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Grassland, Denver Convention Center, Denver, CO (permanent installation)
2004 Grassland, 17th Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville (premiere)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011 Visiting Artist, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN2010 Visiting Artist, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Visiting Artist, New York State College at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2008 Speaker, Smithsonian Museum of American Art Lecture Series, Washington, DC
Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
2007 Visiting Artist, Italia Nostra, Carrara, Italy
Visiting Artist, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Artist in Residence, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah
Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
Instructor, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
Juror, Rocky Mountain Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, CO
2005 Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2004 Artist in Residence, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Utah
Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
Instructor, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Visiting Artist, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2003 Visiting Artist, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Presenter, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Austin, TX
2002 Instructor, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Speaker, Amon Carter Museum Lecture Series, Fort Worth, Texas
Visiting Artist, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
Instructor, Platinum/Palladium Workshop, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Visiting Artist, Regis University, Denver, Colorado
2001 Visiting Artist, Foiano Fotografia III, Foiano, Italy
2000 Visiting Artist, Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia
1999 Visiting Artist, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Artist in Residence, Young Audiences, Inc. (Colorado Public Schools)
1996 Participating Artist, Larimer County Exchange Project
1995 Visiting Artist, ARTBEAT, Portland Community College, Oregon
1994 Visiting Artist, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
1992 Visiting Artist, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
Visiting Artist, Olympic College, Bremerton, Washington
BIBLIOGRAPHY and BLOGS
2010 Smithson, Aline, "William Wylie". Lenscratch, November 4
Kolbeins, Graham, "William Wylie: Carrara". Future Shipwreck, October 13
Freeman, Elizabeth, "Carrara". The Art Book, Vol 7, Issue 3, August 12
John Latta, "William Wylie's Route 36". Isola di Rifiuti, August 5
Kendall Kullman, "Post-picturesque". Colorado Springs Independent, August 5
George Saldes, "Carrara", Photo-eye Magazine, March
Forest Olds, "On Site, William Wylie-Stills", BWGallerist, April 2
2009 Emerling, Jae, "The Vestige of Time: With Wylie and Deleuze in Carrara", X-TRA Contemporary Art
Quarterly, Vol 12, No.1
Robert-Pullen, Paulette. "Peep Show, Wylie at Page Bond", Richmond Style, April 7
Baker, Kenneth. "William Wylie at Jenkins Johnson", ARTnews, March
2008 Drucker, Johanna. “Making Space: Image Events in an Extreme State”, Cultural Politics, Vol 4, Issue1
Baker, Kenneth. “Wylie’s marbles…”, San Francisco Chronicle, December 6
Swanhuyser, Hiya. “Your Flag on the Marble Arch”, San Francisco Weekly, November 6
2007 Howsare, Erika. “Four Virginia Artists”, Cville #19.24, June 12
2006 Parsons, Laura. “Rock of ages…”. The Hook, October 12
Lord, Russell. “History in a Stone”, Carrara, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Robinson, Richard. “The Art of Documentary Photography”, Orange County Review, November 30
2004 Parsons, Laura. “Extraordinary Ordinary”. The Hook, December 2
Ford, Jane. "Roaming Rome". Inside UVA, 04/09/04
Rothman, Aaron. 'Albumen Skies'. Photo-eye Booklist, Vol 26, no.1
2003 Chalifour, Bruno. “An American Vision”. Afterimage, May-June 2003
Collins, Mike. North Carolina Public Radio interview. WFAE, Charlotte, NC, May 2
2002 Goodson, Karen. "Ultra-still Stills. C-Ville, Sept 10
Stienberg, Aaron. "Wylie's Obsession. The Hook, Aug 29
McTighe, Monica. "Art and its trappings”. C'ville, Sept 17
Ford, Jane. "Photography as Metaphor & Symbol”. ARTS Magazine, January
2001 Morley, Jane. "Coyote Wylie”. C-Ville, Aug 21
2000 Sozanski, Edward. Philadelphia Inquirer, December 1, W22
Rice, Robin. "Naturally Delicious". Philadelphia Citypaper, Dec 7 #812
Latter, Ruth. "One Mans Trash...". Charlottesville Daily Progress, Sept 21
1999 Billeux, Maura. "William Wylie, Photographer". Colorado Public Television, 30 min. production broadcast
September -November (Colorado Center for Photography)
Voelz Chandler, Mary. "Photography and the Creative Process". Denver Rocky Mountain News,
Oct. 22
Paglia, Michael. "Sticks and Stones".Westword, review of installation at Ron Judish gallery, March 25
Voelz Chandler, Mary. "Soulscapes on Display". Denver Rocky Mountain News,
review of exhibition at
Ron Judish Fine Arts, February 26
1996 Mahoney, Michelle. "Collaboration Crux of Art Projects". Denver Post, September
Beers, Jim. "William Wylie’s River Walk". KUNC, Colorado Public Radio,
interview discussing Poudre
River Project broadcast July - September
Bloomhardt, Miles. “Revelations of a River”. Fort Collins Coloradoan, August
Darling, Christy. "A River Runs Through It". Greeley Tribune, August
Davis, Phil. “One Photographers Search”. Photography, 7th Edition, Brown & Benchmark Publishers
1994 Gragg, Randy. "Re:Landscape". Portland Oregonian, 04/08094
1992 Vance, Tom. "William Wylie, Photographer". North Carolina Public Television (30 minute video), run
periodically throughout the year.