Zoe Strauss

Zoe Strauss
Born April 1, 1970
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Nationality American
Known for Photography
Website www.zoestrauss.com

Zoe Strauss (born 1970) is an American photographer[1] and a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[2] She uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work.[1][2] Curator Peter Barberie identifies her as a street photographer, like Walker Evans or Robert Frank, and has said “the woman and man on the street, yearning to be heard, are the basis of her art.”[3]

In 2006 her work was included in the Whitney Biennial[4] and her solo exhibition, Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss, was shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[5] In 2012 a mid-career retrospective, Zoe Strauss: 10 Years, was shown at Philadelphia Museum of Art[6] and in New York,[7] accompanied in Philadelphia by a display of 54 billboards showing her photographs.

Strauss received a Seedling Award from the Leeway Foundation in 2002[8] and a Pew Fellowship in 2005,[9] was named a 2007 USA Gund Fellow with a grant of $50,000 by United States Artists,[10] and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.[11]

Biography

Strauss was born in 1970 in Philadelphia.[12] Her father died when she was 5. She was the first member of her immediate family to graduate from high school. For her 30th birthday she was given a camera and started photographing in the city's marginal neighborhoods.[13] She is a photo-based installation artist who uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work. Strauss typically photographs overlooked (or purposefully avoided) details with a humanist perspective and eye for composure.[14]

In 1995, Strauss started the Philadelphia Public Art Project, a one-woman organization whose mission is to give the citizens of Philadelphia access to art in their everyday lives.[15] Strauss calls the Project an "epic narrative" of her own neighborhood.[15] "When I started shooting, it was as if somewhere hidden in my head I had been waiting for this," she has said.[15]

Between 2000 and 2011, Strauss's photographic work culminated in a yearly "Under I-95" show which took place beneath the Interstate in South Philadelphia.[12] She displayed her photographs on concrete pillars under the highway and sold them for $5 each.[1]

She frequently photographs near her grandparents' former home at 16th and Susquehanna.[16] Her photographs include shuttered buildings, empty parking lots and vacant meeting halls in South Philadelphia. Strauss says her work is “a narrative about the beauty and difficulty of everyday life."[17]

In July 2012 Strauss was elected into the Magnum Photos agency as a nominee.[2]

Zoe Strauss: 10 Years

The exhibit Zoe Strauss: 10 Years was organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where it appeared from January 14, 2012, to April 22, 2012. The show was a mid-career retrospective, building upon Strauss' ten years of photographic works, shown yearly from 2001 to 2010 in a public space beneath an I-95 highway overpass. During that time she mounted her color photographs on the bridge supports and offered photocopies for sale for five dollars each. The 2012 exhibition was the first critical assessment of Strauss' ten-year project.[6][18] It was accompanied by a 250-illustration catalogue, Zoe Strauss: 10 Years (2012).[3] The exhibition was also shown at the International Center of Photography, New York City, from October 4, 2013, to January 19, 2014.[19][20]

Billboard Project

In 2012, the Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition Zoe Strauss: Ten Years included the installation throughout Philadelphia of 54 billboards featuring photographs by Zoe Strauss. Although they could be viewed individually, the images were loosely structured around the themes of the Odyssey, journey and homecoming.[21] In this, the Billboard Project was similar to Strauss' annual I-95 exhibition in South Philadelphia which she describes as an “epic narrative about the beauty and struggle of everyday life”.[22] The Billboard Project included photographs from Strauss’s travels around the country. from the Gulf of Mexico to Fairbanks, AK.[21][22]

Publications

  • America. AMMO, 2008. ISBN 978-1934429136.
  • Zoe Strauss: 10 Years. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University, 2012. ISBN 978-0300179774. Exhibition catalogue.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Commissions

Collection

Strauss' work is held in the following permanent public collection:

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zoe Strauss: 10 Years", International Center of Photography, Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Eichel, Molly. "Zoe Strauss accepted into Magnum Photos", philly.com, Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Guzman, Alissa (May 7, 2012). "A Street Photographer for the 21st Century". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night", Whitney Museum of American Art, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss", Institute of Contemporary Art, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "Zoe Strauss: Ten Years". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Zoe Strauss - Exhibitions - Bruce Silverstein", Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Zoe Strauss SA '02", Leeway Foundation, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Grants & Grantees". Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "United States Artists announces 50 USA fellowships for 2007" (PDF). United States Artists. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Zoe Strauss". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 "Zoe Strauss", 2013 Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie International, Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "Magnum Photos Photographer Profile: Zoe Strauss", Magnum Photos, Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  14. ↑ Smith, Roberta (2012-07-12), "Art In Review Zoe Strauss: ‘10 Years, a Slideshow’". The New York Times
  15. 1 2 3 "Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Zoe Strauss", California Institute of the Arts, Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  16. ↑ Heller, Karen (2006-02-15), Page A01, “Suddenly, Her Images Clicked”. The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
  17. ↑ Sozanski, Edward J (2004-04-30), Page W25, "Taking Images of the streets back to their birthplace. Catch it While you can: Photos Alfresco Returns". The Philadelphia Inquirer
  18. ↑ "Photographer Zoe Strauss Exhibits "Ten Years" of Unsettling Imagery". DZI: The Voice. January 16, 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  19. ↑ "Zoe Strauss: 10 Years @ Intl Center of Photography, NY Oct 04, 2013 - Jan 19, 2014". Juxtapos. Oct 4, 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  20. ↑ "Zoe Strauss 10 Years". International Center of Photography. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  21. 1 2 3 4 Crimmins, Peter (January 13, 2012). "Zoe Strauss' towering images reflect city's progress and people". NewsWorks. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  22. 1 2 "Billboard Project: Zoe Strauss Ten Years". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  23. ↑ "Zoe Strauss (Biography)". Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 2011 Biennial Awards. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  24. ↑ Sozanski, Edward J. (2012-01-22). "Art: Under 95 to quite a bit higher for Strauss". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  25. ↑ Hudson, Suzanne. "Zoe Strauss", Artforum, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  26. ↑ "Zoe Strauss: Works in Progress at Peeler Art Center", Depauw Art Center, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  27. ↑ , The Fader, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  28. ↑ "Zoe Strauss: Works for Columbus, OH", Wexner Center for the Arts, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  29. 1 2 "Arcadia University Art Gallery: Works on Paper 2004". Gargoyle.arcadia.edu. 2004-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  30. ↑ Follow Us. "Museums/Exhibits :: Philadelphia City Paper. 25 Years of Independent Journalism". Citypaper.net. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  31. ↑ "This is America. Visies op de Amerikaanse droom". Centraal Museum. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  32. ↑ "History Keeps Me Awake at Night A Genealogy of David Wojnarowicz - David Wojanrowicz | Press | PPOW Gallery". www.ppowgallery.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  33. ↑ "L'ete Photographique de Lectoure 2008". lacritique. September 2008. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  34. ↑ "Who's Afraid of America? 30.10 08 - 30.11 08 An exhibition with Tobin Yelland, Larry Clark, Cheryl Dunn, Zoe Strauss, LaToya Ruby Frazier & Justyna Badach" (PDF). Copenhagen: Wonderland Art Space. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  35. ↑ "On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss", Art Institute of Chicago, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  36. ↑ "BPB Curated: Queer Brighton Artists: Molly Landreth & Zoe Strauss Dates: Oct 2nd - Nov 14th 2010". Brighton Photo Bienniale 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  37. ↑ "Brighton Photo Biennial and Queer Culture - A Season". University of Brighton. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  38. ↑ "Congrats!". Daily Campello Art News. Retrieved July 26, 2007.
  39. ↑ "Seeing the world through the lens of Zoe Strauss". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  40. ↑ "Collections: Zoe Strauss", Philadelphia Museum of Art, Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  41. ↑ "Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Zoe Strauss", CalArts, Retrieved 6 October 2014.
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