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Laura Letinsky
Birthplace
Winnipeg, Canada
Birth year
1962
Lives in
Chicago
Works in
Chicago
Representing galleries
Statement
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Still life rose its gorgeous head in 17th century Dutch paintings of delectable rotting fruit; sumptuous arrangements of flowers; gleaming tipped glasses, and half-eaten meals. In 1997, Letinsky began to photograph still life tableaus she set up in her Chicago studio. Her minimal photographs, on the other hand, were of "paper plates, plastic cups, tin cans, and bottle tops disposed on white surfaces in white rooms. Instead of images of overabundance, she presents the more modest remains of a snack or a drink or a child's birthday party. But Ms. Letinsky's photographs are less concerned with the symbolic implications of leftovers than they are with the evocative power of light. The transformation of edges and surfaces of table, wall, and room into shifting zones of off-whites and warm to cool gray creates interiors that are at once understated and luminous," according to poet and leading critic Mark Strand.
"The artist received her BA from the University of Manitoba and her MFA from Yale. Today she teaches at the University of Chicago. Her work has been shown and collected by such institutions as the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography in Ottawa, New York's Museum of Modern Art, Casino Luxembourg, the Nederlands Foto Institute, both Chicago's Art Institute and Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston's Museum of Fine arts, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art."
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Biography
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1962
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Canadian born, lives Chicago
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1986
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Manitoba Artists for Women's Art, Winnipeg, MB, Mentor Program
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1986
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University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, B.F.A. Honors, Photography
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1991
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Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, M.F.A. Photography
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1997
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Community Arts Assistance Program, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago
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1997
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Illinois Arts Council, Fellowship Finalist—Photography
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1997
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Tiffany Fellowship Finalist
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1998
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Canada Council Mid-Career Grant for Visual Artists—Photography
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2000
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Guggenheim Fellowship Award – Photography
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2001
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Anonymous Was A Woman, New York, NY
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2002
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Illinois Arts Council Grant
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2003
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Richard Driehaus Award, Chicago, IL
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2008
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American Photography 24
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2009
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Deutche Bank Prize Nominee
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2012
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Survey Exhibition, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg (touring) (solo)
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2010
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The Dog and The Wolf, Monique Meloche Gallery
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2010
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After All, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
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2010
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Still: Laura Letinsky, Evelyn Hofer, Claus Goedicke, Galerie m Bochum, Germany
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2010
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Masterworks of American Photography: Moments in Time, Amon Carter Museum, TX
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2010
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New York PhotoFestival 2010, Brooklyn, NY
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2009
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To Want for Nothing, Brancolini Grimaldi Galerie, Rome, Italy
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2009
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Likeness James Hyman Gallery, London, England
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2009
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Presence Through Absence, The Art Gallery of Brampton, ONT
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2009
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Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, IL
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2009
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TBA, Hales Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2009
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TBA, Antwerp Museum of Photography, Antwerp (solo)
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2009
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TBA, foundGalerie, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2008
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To Say It Isn’t So, Galerie Kusseneers, Antwerp (solo)
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2008
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Ah, Decadence curated by Lisa Wainright, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
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2008
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Stilleben, found Galerie, Hamburg
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2008
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What We Bring To The Table, Oakville Galleries, ONT
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2008
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Water-Stone, Gallery 148, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, MI
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2008
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Permanent Collection New Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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2008
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Before the colors deepened and grew small, Galerie m Bochum, Germany (solo)
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2007
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To Say It Isn’t So, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago
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2007
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Somewhere, Somewhere, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
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2007
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Internationale FOTO Triennale, Esslingen, Germany
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2007
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RoomXRoom, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2007
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(In)habitations,” Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
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2007
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Dirty Pretty Things, Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery, Rome, Italy (solo)
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2007
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To Say It Isn’t So, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY (solo)
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2006
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Hardly More Than Ever, Michael Sturm Gallery, Stuttgart; J. Bellows Gallery, La Jolla,CA (solo)
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2006
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Gimmee Shelter, Hamptons, NY
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2006
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Time’s Arrow ˆ Twelve Random Thoughts on Beauty, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
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2006
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Somewhere, Somewhere, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA: Oakville Galleries, Toronto, Ontario; Bright Design Showroom, Chicago, IL
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2005
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Ripe for Picking, Jim Kempner Fine Art, NYC, NY
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2005
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Hardly More Than Ever, Galerie Kusseneers, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
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2005
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Somewhere, Somewhere, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2004
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Aftermath: Still-life photographs by Laura Letinsky, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH (solo)
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2004
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Truth Matters, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
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2004
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Hardly More Than Ever, The Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL; Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ONT; Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
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2004
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Acting Out, University of Iowa, Neuberger Museum of Art, NY (Touring)
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2004
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Truth Matters, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
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2004
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DOMICILE, Center for Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
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2004
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Smart Collecting: A Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration, Smart Museum, Chicago, IL
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2003
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Locating Intimacy, San Francisco Cameraworks, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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I did not remember I had forgotten, Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY; Shine Gallery, London, England; Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
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2003
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Morning, and Melancholia, Iowa University Gallery, Iowa
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2002
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Some Things I Know, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, IL
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2002
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Venus Inferred-Self Portraits, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
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2002
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Morning, and Melancholia, Edwynn Houk Gallery, NY; Jane Jackson, Atlanta; Copia: American Academy of Food and Wine, Napa Valley
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2001
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Size Matters, Edwynn Houk Gallery, NYC, NY
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2001
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Laura Letinsky, Vox Gallery, Montreal, QUE (solo)
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2000
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Morning, and Melancholia, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1999
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Venus Inferred, Bishop's University, Quebec
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1999
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Starry Nights, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, IL
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1998
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Venus Inferred, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (touring), Ottawa, ONT; GuyMcIntyre Gallery, New York, NY
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1997
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Coupling, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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1997
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Selected Work, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
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1996
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Kiss This, Focal Point Gallery, Essex, England
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1994
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Courtship: Unity and Diversity, Triplex Gallery, New York, NY
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1994
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Venus Inferred, Lawndale Art and Performance Center, Houston, TX (solo)
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1990
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Latent Images, 3 Photographers, Gallery 44, Toronto, ONT
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1987
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Merchants of Love, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ONT
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1986
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Recent Acquisitions, Portage la Prairie Art Center, Portage la Prairie, MB
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