Resume
Brad Temkin (American, 1956)
Education
University Of Illinois at Chicago – Chicago, IL - M.F.A in Photography
Ohio University – Athens, OH - B.F.A. in Photography
Selected One Person Exhibitions
2013
“Rooftop” – Waubonsee Community College – Sugar Grove, IL
2012
“Gardens: From Backyard To Rooftops” – Michigan State University – East Lansing, MI
2011
Environmental Law & Policy Center – Chicago, IL
2010
“Green Roofs & Rooftop Gardens” – City Gallery – Chicago, IL
2009
“Relics” – Blue Sky Gallery – Portland, OR
“Relics” – Baldwin Gallery – MTSU – Murphreesboro, TN
“Relics” – Dali International Photography Festival – Dali, Yunnan, China
2008
Sidney Yates Gallery – Chicago Cultrual Center – Chicago, IL
2007
Blanca Berlin Galleria – Madrid, Spain
2004
Scott Nichols Gallery - San Francisco, CA
2002
Stephen Bulger Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
Afterimage Gallery - Dallas, TX
2001
Bassetti Fine Arts Photographs - New Orleans, LA
1998
Creative Photographic Arts Center - Lewiston, ME
1995
Midtown Y Photography Gallery - New York, NY
1993
Chicago Cultural Center - Chicago, IL
1992
Northern Illinois University Art Gallery - Chicago, IL
1990
Imagery Gallery - Lancaster, OH
Museum Of Contemporary Photography - Chicago, IL
1987
Chicago Cultural Center - Chicago, IL
1981
Exposure Gallery - Libertyville, IL
A. Montgomery Ward Gallery, University Of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
1980
Milwaukee Center For Photography - Milwaukee, WI
The Northgate Gallery - Jackson, MS
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
An Unusual Garden – Houston Center For Photography – Houston, TX
2012
Domestic - Xavier Miserachs Biennial of Photography Biennieal - Palafrugell, Spain
Anthology - Southeast Museum of Photography - Daytona Beach, FL
Looking At The Land, 21st Century American Views - Museum of Art, RISD - Providence Rhode Island
Looking At The Land - FotoWeek DC Festival - The Warner - Washington, DC
2011
Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment – New Mexico Museum of Art – Santa Fe, NM
2010
Domestic – Espacio Cultural Caja Madrid – Barcelona, Spain
There Is No There, There – PHOTO BIENNIALE 2010 – Teetix Gallery – Thessaloniki, Greece
2009
Place and Presence – Block Museum of Art – Evanston, IL
Chicago Gardens: Past and Present – Chicago Tourism Center – Chicago, IL
2008
Beyond The Backyard – Museum of Contemporary Photography – Chicago, IL
Found At FotoFest – John Cleary Gallery – Houston, TX
2007
Couples: The Art Of Connection - Stephen Daiter Gallery - Chicago, IL
Photographer’s Network - Art Gallery – Seigen, Germany
Degrees of Separation - Peer Gallery – New York, NY
Mysteries, Secrets, Illusions - M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum - Kaunas, Lithuania
2006
InSight - Museum Of Contemporary Photography - Chicago, IL
Intimate Spaces - The Methodist Hospital For Performing Arts Medicine - Houston, TX
Discoveries Of The Meeting Place at FotoFest - Erie City Iron Works - Houston, TX
2005
Birdhouses - Kathleen Ewing Gallery - Washington, DC
2004
Innocence Exposed: The Child In Modern Photography - Frist Center For Visual Arts - Nashville, TN
2001
Volbart, Langes Haar…: das Bildnis Jesu Christi - Fotographie Forum International - Frankfurt, GE
New Faces/NewPrints/New Space - Afterimage Gallery - Dallas, TX
White - Stephen Bulger Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
Chicago In The Year 2000 - Chicago Cultural Center - Chicago, IL
2000
Strength From Unity: Expressions On Cancer - Russell Senate Building - Washington, DC
1999
Strength From Unity: Expressions On Cancer - Waterfront Hall - Belfast, Northern Ireland
David Carol & Brad Temkin - Stephen Daiter Gallery - Chicago, IL
1997
Three Visions - William Bachman Gallery, NIAA - Munster, IN
1996
Illinois Photographers - Museum Of Contemporary Photography - Chicago, IL
1992
Gallery Artists - Edwynn Houk Gallery - Chicago, IL
1985
Christmas Show - San Francisco Camerawork Gallery - San Francisco, CA
1982
Illinois Photographers 82 - Illinois State Museum - Springfield, IL
1980
Inner Landscape - ARC Gallery - Chicago, IL
Grants & Awards
2008
Illinois Arts Council Special Assistance Grant - Photography
2007
Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship – Photography
Teaching
1984-Present Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
1981-1982 Oakton Community College - Des Plaines, IL
1979-1981 University Of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
Lecturer and Visiting Artist
2010 Block Art Museum “Barbara Crane & Brad Temkin: Choices In Contemporary Photography”
2009 Middle Tennessee State University – Murphreesboro, TN
Blue Sky Gallery – Portland, OR
2008 Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago, IL
2005 ICP School “Lightstalkers” – New York, NY
2002 Zone System & Ansel Adams - Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago, IL
1995 University Of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
1991 University Of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
1990 Ohio University - Athens, OH
1987 University Of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL
1983 Columbia College Chicago - Chicago, IL
1979 Barat College - Lake Forest, IL
Selected Bibliography
2012 “The Rise Of Living Architecture” – Green Roofs For Healthy Cities – Toronto, ON
“New Life for An American City: Pittsburgh” – Architectural Record Magazine – October 2012
2011 “Earth Now: American Photographers and the Environment” – University of New Mexico Press
“Contemporary US Photographers” – ARTVAS/Photo – Seoul, Korea – Autumn 2011
“Fixing America by Fixing America” – TIME Magazine Vol. 178, No 13
2010 China Photo – Issue No. 5/2010 – May 2010
2008 European Photography – Issue No. 83 – Summer 2008
PhotoNews – Issue No. 5/08
2007 Profifoto Magazin- Photographer's Network - Issue NR.6/07, June 2007
2006 Photography Now: One Hundred Portfolios – Wright State Univeristy Art Galleries (DVD)
“Chicago: A Geography of the City and It’s Region – Center For American Places/CCC
2005 “Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens” (monograph) Center For American Places/Columbia College Chicago
2002 Black & White Magazine - Spotlight - Issue #22, November/December
2000 Strength From Unity: Expressions On Cancer - Exhibition Catalogue - Belfast/Washington/Dublin
1994 Ireland: A Troubled Mirror - Aperture, Inc. - Issue No. 134
1980 Inner Landscape - Exhibition Catalogue - ARC Gallery
Permanent Collections
Aer Lingus
Akron Art Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Bank Of America (LaSalle Bank collection)
Block Museum Of Art
Brennan Steel
Broad Art Museum, at Michigan State University
Continental Bank
Corcoran Gallery Of Art
Grateful Dead Archive, University Of California Santa Cruz
Ilford Photo
Krannert Art Museum, University Of Illinois
Milwaukee Art Museum
Museo de Arte Moderna – Rio de Janeiro
Portland Art Museum
Ruttenberg Art Foundation
Museum Of Contemporary Photography
Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston
Wright Gallery, Beloit College