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 © Gerald Cyrus St. Nick's Pub, Harlem, 1995 Note:This image is available for purchase through the Print Collectors Program  © Gerald Cyrus Untitled, New Orleans Kinship series, 1992  © Gerald Cyrus Three Figures, 145th Street, Harlem |
Gerald Cyrus Born: 1957, Los Angeles, CA Resides: Philadelphia, PA Heritage: African American Selected Exhibitions: En Foco at Venice Arts, Venice, CA 2013 En Foco at The Arts at CIIS, San Francisco, CA 2013 En Foco at Aljira, Newark, NJ 2012 En Foco at the Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC 2012 En Foco at Light Work, Syracuse, NY 2011 S-Town Gallery, Schiedam, Netherlands 2009 Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY 2009 Leica Gallery, New York, NY 2008 Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2005 State University of New York, Rockland College, Suffern, NY 2002 The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 2000 San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, CA 1999 Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA Midtown Y Gallery, New York, NY Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY En Foco at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY En Foco at the Montefiore Family Health Center, Bronx, NY Education: MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY Awards: Pew Fellowship in the Arts, 2005 Polaroid Corporation Grant, 2002 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 1998 Residencies: Sacatar Foundation Artist Fellowship, Brazil, 2002 Light Work, Syracuse, NY, 1995 Publications: Stormy Monday: New York’s Uptown Jazz Scene, 2008 Nueva Luz photographic journal, Volume 5#1 (En Foco: Bronx, 1997) The Sweet Breath of Life (eds. Frank Stewart, Ntozake Shange and Kamoinge Inc., Atria Books, 2004) Black: A Celebration of Culture (by Deborah Willis, Hylas Publishing, 2004) The Spirit of Family (by Al and Tipper Gore, Henry Holt, 2002) Committed to the Image (by Barbara Head Millstein, Brooklyn Museum of Art/Merrell, 2001) Reflections in Black (by Deborah Willis, W.W. Norton, 2000) Typing in the Dark (by Saundra Sharp, Harlem River Press, 1991) I've always photographed my family; however, it wasn't until about seven years ago that I decided to do it intensely. Part of the catalyst for this was the lack of documentary photography I saw that dealt with middle-class African-American family life. The scenes depicted include everyday activities as well as special events, and my goal has been to photograph them in a manner which infuses them with beauty, drama and wry humor - in essence, to capture the spirit of kinship. Excerpt from Nueva Luz Volume 5:1 Website: |
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