Janelle Lynch
CV - Biography:
JANELLE LYNCH
EDUCATION
Master Class in Photography, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 2003
M.F.A., Photography and Related Media, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 1999
B.A. Liberal Arts, The New School, New York, NY 1995
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
2011
Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Radius, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museo Archvio de la Fotografía, Mexico City, Mexico
2009
Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain (catalog)
2008
Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Salta, Argentina
Photofusion, London, England
2007
Centro Cultural Banco de Brasil, Brasília, Brazil (catalog)
Galería 3 Punts, Barcelona, Spain (catalog)
RO Galería de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina (catalog)
2006
Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada
2005
Furman University, Greenville, SC
2003
University of California Berkeley, San Francisco Extension, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012
“Una inclinación Natural” 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Wave Hill, Bronx, NY (catalog)
2011
Book Award Exhibition, Recontre d’Arles, Arles, France
Book and Magazine Show, Photo Ireland, Dublin
2010
Make Art Public, Montreal, Canada
Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo, Brasília, Brazil
Burchfield-Penney Museum, Buffalo, NY
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
2009
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
2008
Burchfield-Penney Museum, Buffalo, NY
2007
George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY
Festival International de Mode et de Photographie à Hyères, Hyères, France (catalog)
Centro Cultural Correios, Río de Janeiro, Brazil
Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art (Descubrimientos), Photo España, Madrid, Spain
2006
PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
2002
C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Rockefeller Arts Center, State University of NY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2001
Molloy College Art Gallery, Long Island, NY
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN
2000
Herndon Gallery, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College (SUNY), Jamestown, NY
1999
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institution, NY
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Burchfield-Penney Museum, Buffalo, NY
Centro Cultural Banco de Brasil, Brasília, Brazil
Fundación Vilacasas, Barcelona, Spain
George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY
Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Salta, Argentina
Museum of Photographic Arts, SanDiego, CA
Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
New-York Historical Society, New York, NY
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Villa Noailles, Hyères, France
GRANTS/HONORS
Kodak, Rochester, NY, 2011.
Commission, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2011-2012.
Nominee, Prix Pictet, 2010.
Guest Artist, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, May 2009.
Finalist, Santa Fe Prize for Photography, March 2009.
Guest Artist, Centre de la Imatge i Technologia Multimedia, UPC, Barcelona, February 2009.
Kodak, Rochester, NY, 2008.
Visiting Artist, George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, NY, October 2007.
Kodak, Rochester, NY, 2007.
Air France, Paris, 2007.
Visiting Artist, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, October 2000.
Information
RIVER
River is a series of waterscapes that explores themes of impermanence and loss through historical urban architecture. The images were made along the Hudson River in Manhattan between Canal and 65th Streets in areas that were part of New York’s once-vital shipping industry and railroad transportation system. They contain remnants of the deteriorated maritime piers, piles that supported the piers, original railroad structures, as well as recent constructions that are part of the new Hudson River Park. Across the river, at the horizon line in some of the photographs, other historical structures can be seen in New Jersey such as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad terminal in Hoboken and the Colgate Clock in Jersey City. The architectural elements in the photographs conjure history of more than a century ago. A vast cultural shift is implied and the suggestion of evolution and change is imparted. The river and the architecture on its shores have been subjects in art and literature for nearly two centuries. In the mid-1850s, photography took the place of artist-produced prints of river scenery as well as natural and cultural landmarks. Some photographers followed the practice of their contemporaries and made images of romantic scenes while a greater movement happened toward documentary and action-based imagery. River continues this tradition while integrating a personal layer of meaning. Though the work examines impermanence through historical urban architecture, it is inspired by experiences related to mortality and individual loss. Related bodies of work include Harris Hill Road (1999-2001), which explores these themes through seasonal changes in the landscape of Western New York, where I was raised; and House/Home (2001), a series of photographs also made in Western New York which examines similar subjects through domestic interiors and architectural details. River expands these investigations.