Austin Irving Explained

Austin Irving
Birth Place:New York City, New York, U.S.
Known For:Contemporary Art
Website:https://www.austinirving.com/
Education:New York University Tisch School of the Arts
Father:David Irving
Mother:Susan Irving
Relatives:Jules Irving (grandfather), Priscilla Pointer (grandmother), Amy Irving (aunt)

Austin Irving (born 1984) is an American contemporary artist and photographer.

Early life and education

Irving was born in New York City in 1984. She is the daughter of film director David Irving and landscape designer Susan Irving. Her paternal grandparents are theater director Jules Irving and the actress Priscilla Pointer. She is the niece of the actress Amy Irving. In 2006, Irving graduated graduated cum laude from the Tisch School Of The Arts at NYU with a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging.[1]

Career

Irving works with large format analog photography. She uses a Toyo-View camera and shoots on 4x5 Kodak color negative. Her images are presented as large scale photographic prints. Her artwork has been the recipient of numerous awards and has been exhibited in galleries, museums and festivals in Hong Kong, India, Germany, Lithuania, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Indonesia, Budapest, and across The United States. Her photographs explore liminality[2] and metageography,[3] anthropocentrism,[4] and the tension between natural and man-made environments.[5] [6] Irving has stated that her photographic practice is motivated by the wish to find relief from the "extreme internal discomfort" of living with body dysmorphic disorder.[7] Irving cites Thomas Demand, Bernd & Hilla Becher, MC Escher, René Magritte, Lynne Cohen, and James Turrell as artists whose work has impacted her practice.[8]

In 2017, she was the artist-in-residence at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India. In 2019, she was an artist-in-residence at the Varda Artist Residency aboard the SS Vallejo, a historic house boat in Sausalito, California.

Notable works

NOT AN EXIT (2007–present) showcases real-world optical illusions created from narrow angles in functional hallways and doorways.[9] [10] These photographs have been called Escher-esque, a reference to M. C. Escher.[11] The debut of this series in 2015 at Wilding Cran Gallery[12] was reviewed in The LA Times by art critic Leah Ollman. Irving was named as one of "9 Female Architectural Photographers You Should Know In 2023" by the Architecture MasterPrize.[13] This series has been honored in the Budapest International Foto Awards,[14] [15] the Architecture MasterPrize,[16] Annual Photo Awards,[17] Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards,[18] PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris,[19] the Aesthetica Art Prize,[20] the Tokyo International Foto Awards,[21] [22] was nominated for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award,[23] was a finalist in Klompching's FRESH Annual Photography Exhibition,[24] and has been shortlisted for The PhMuseum's Photography Grant.[25]

SHOW CAVES (2009–present) has received significant media and academic interest[26] [27] for its interrogation of the ethics and impact of ecotourism, specifically the concept of government and commercially operated show caves. As a result, Irving was asked to sit on a panel for a public forum on rural economies at Virginia Tech's annual conference for Appalachian Studies Association, where the socio-economic impact of commodifying rural arts, culture, environment, and heritage to create a tourist industry in rural Appalachia was debated.[28] This series has also been featured on The Weather Channel,[29] Yatzer, and in Wired Magazine. SHOW CAVES has also been honored in the International Photography Awards,[30] [31] [32] ND Awards,[33] AI-AP American Photography,[34] Budapest International Foto Awards,[35] [36] and the International Photo Grant.[37] An image from this series won the Florida Museum of Photographic Art's 2021 International Photography Competition.[38]

HIS MINECRAFT (2021–present) is an analogue study of virtual interiors. Using 4x5 color negative, Irving has developed a bespoke method of photographing digitally-generated interiors found within her husband’s private Minecraft city. In 2023, this series was honored in the Annual Photography Awards,[39] PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris,[40] the Architecture Master Prize,[41] ND Awards,[42] Budapest International Foto Awards,[43] and Tokyo International Foto Awards.[44]

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Awards and nominations

2023 - Analog Sparks International Competition (Architectural Photographer of the Year), Tokyo International Foto Awards (Gold), Annual Photography Awards, Px3 Prix De La Photographie, PhMuseum Photography Grant (Shortlist), Architecture MasterPrize, Budapest International Foto Awards, Finalist in Klompching Gallery’s FRESH (Finalist)

2022 - Annual Photography Awards (Architectural Photographer of the Year), Architecture Master Prize (Winner, Domestic Interiors, Honorable Mention, Industrial Exteriors[76]), Aesthetica Art Prize, Tokyo International Foto Awards, Refocus Awards[77]

2021 - Px3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris,[78] Monovisions Photography Awards,[79] American Illustration And American Photography (AI-AP), International Photography Awards, Tokyo International Foto Awards,[80] Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts (Best in Show)

2020 - Budapest International Foto Awards (1st place Architecture, 1st Place Science), International Photography Awards,[81] Tokyo International Foto Awards[82]

2019 - International Photo Grant (1st Place), Px3 Prix De La Photographie (Gold – Fine Art/Architecture, Gold – Nature/Trees[83]), Tokyo International Foto Awards, International Photography Awards,[84] Felix Scholler Photo Award (Shortlist),[85] The New York Center For Photographic Arts International Competition

2016 - United States Artists Fellowship Nominee

2015 - Felix Schoeller Photo Award Finalist

2014 - 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110 - 4th Annual Juried Exhibition (Jury Award)

2013 - International Photography Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peterson . Caitlin . 2014-10-13 . Austin Irving . AINT—BAD, An Independent Publisher of Contemporary Art..
  2. Web site: Ollman . Leah . 2015-06-03 . Austin Irving photographs spaces with no exit . Los Angeles Times.
  3. Web site: L.A. Taco Staff . 2013-01-25 . Austin Irving "Caves" - Opens Jan 26th, 2013 . LA Taco.
  4. Web site: Bourton . Lucy . 2016-12-13 . Austin Irving explores the anthropocentric tendencies of modern tourism in Show Caves . It’s Nice That.
  5. Web site: Teicher . Jordan . 2014-10-27 . Descend Into the Surreal World of Tourist-Friendly Caves . Wired. ISSN 1059-1028..
  6. Web site: Panagiotopoulou . Sara . 2017-01-01 . Light in the Dark: Show Caves by Photographer, Austin Irving . Yatzer.
  7. Web site: 2018-04-26 . Check out Austin Irving's Artwork . Voyage LA.
  8. Web site: Austin Irving - Bio . Austin Irving.
  9. Web site: Leonardo . Kathy . 2017-02-05 . Photo L.A. and MOPLA Unite . HuffPost.
  10. Web site: 2015-06-23 . Austin Irving: Not An Exit - Interview with the Artist . Front Runner Magazine.
  11. Web site: Teicher . Jordan . 2015-05-12 . Get Lost in These Escher-Esque Doorways . Slate.
  12. Web site: 2015-05-16 . Austin Irving: NOT AN EXIT . Wilding Cran Gallery.
  13. Web site: 2023-01-09 . 9 Female Architectural Photographers You Should Know In 2023 . Architecture MasterPrize.
  14. Web site: 2023 . 1st Place / Architecture - NOT AN EXIT . Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA).
  15. Web site: 2020 . 1st Place / Architecture - NOT AN EXIT . Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA).
  16. Web site: 2022 . Winner - NOT AN EXIT . The Architecture MasterPrize.
  17. Web site: 2022 . Grand Prize Winner - Austin Irving, NOT AN EXIT . Annual Photo Awards.
  18. Web site: Farmani . Hossein . Koti . Reka . 2023 . Austin Irving - Architecture Photographer of the Year - Gold Winner in Architecture/Interiors - Large Format, Conceptual . Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards.
  19. Web site: 2019 . Winner - Fine Art / Architecture - NOT AN EXIT . Px3 Prix de la Photographie Paris.
  20. Web site: 2022 . Aesthetica Art Prize - Austin Irving, NOT AN EXIT . Aesthetica Magazine.
  21. Web site: 2022 . Official Selection - Fine Art / Other - NOT AN EXIT . Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
  22. Web site: 2019 . Honorable Mention - Architecture / Interiors - NOT AN EXIT . Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
  23. Web site: 2015 . Nominee - Architecture / Industry - Austin Irving, Los Angeles/USA . Felix Schoeller Photo Award.
  24. Web site: 2023 . FRESH Annual Photography Exhibition – Finalist . Klompching Gallery.
  25. Web site: 2023 . PhMuseum's Photography Grant - Main Prize Shortlist . PhMuseum.
  26. Web site: Mróz . Monika . 2017-01-10 . Austin Irving Explores The Show Caves . IGNANT.
  27. Web site: Bourton . Lucy . 2016-12-13 . Austin Irving explores the anthropocentric tendencies of modern tourism in Show Caves . It's Nice That.
  28. Web site: Appalachian Studies Association . 2017-07-13 . Heritage Tourism, the Cultural Economy, and the Futures of Appalachian Places . ASA Annual Conference.
  29. Web site: Mann . Camille . 2013-10-30 . Show Caves: A Look Inside Surreal Caves Modified for Tourists . The Weather Channel.
  30. Web site: 2021 . 2nd Place / Analog / Film / Landscape - SHOW CAVES . International Photography Awards (IPA).
  31. Web site: 2020 . Honorable Mention / Analog / Film / Landscape - SHOW CAVES . International Photography Awards (IPA).
  32. Web site: 2013 . Honorable Mention, Fine Art / Other - SHOW CAVES . International Photography Awards (IPA).
  33. Web site: 2023 . Honorable Mention - SHOW CAVES . ND Awards.
  34. Web site: 2021 . American Photography 37 Winners . AI-AP.
  35. Web site: 2020 . Interview with Austin Irving BIFA 2020 Winner, 1st Place, Professional / Science category, SHOW CAVES . Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA).
  36. Web site: 2020 . Gold Winner - Science / Environment / 1st Place in Science - SHOW CAVES . Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA).
  37. Web site: 2019 . Landscape - 1st Place Winner: Austin Irving, SHOW CAVES . International Photo Grant.
  38. Web site: Hopkins . Libby . 2021-07-06 . Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts Announces Winners Of The 2021 International Photography Competition . The Osprey Observer.
  39. Web site: 2023 . 2nd Place Winner / Architecture: Interiors - HIS MINECRAFT, Austin Irving . Annual Photo Awards.
  40. Web site: 2023 . Honorable Mention - Fine Art / Architecture - HIS MINECRAFT . Px3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris.
  41. Web site: 2023 . Winner - Other/Interior - HIS MINECRAFT, Austin Irving . Architecture MasterPrize.
  42. Web site: 2023 . 1st Place / Gold Star Award - HIS MINECRAFT, Austin Irving . ND Awards.
  43. Web site: 2023 . Bronze Fine Art / Other - HIS MINECRAFT . Budapest International Foto Awards (BIFA).
  44. Web site: 2023 . Gold - Architecture / Interiors - HIS MINECRAFT . Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
  45. Web site: 2018 . Austin Irving: CORNERED . Wilding Cran Gallery.
  46. Web site: Elterman . Brad . 2013-02-01 . SHOW CAVES by Austin Irving show opening at Silverlake Art Company, Los Angeles . Purple Magazine.
  47. Web site: 2023-03-11 . Dallas Center for Photography Presents Modern Analog: Historical Processes in the Digital World . Dallas Design District.
  48. Web site: 2021 . Minimalism . Decode Gallery.
  49. Web site: 2021 . On-Line Annex - Photoshoot: 2021 . Black Box Gallery.
  50. Web site: 2021 . International photography symposium NIDA - "New Borders" . The Lithuanian Society of Art Photography.
  51. Web site: 2021 . 8th Annual Abstract Catalyst . Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.
  52. Web site: 2021-01-09 . Selected Works Group Show . Wilding Cran Gallery.
  53. Web site: Palumbo . Jacqui . 2021-03-01 . Photography A Sense of Place . SITE:BROOKLYN Gallery.
  54. Web site: Kander . Nadav . Kramer . Johan . 2020 . Don't Go Back To Sleep / Short . Chelsea Pictures.
  55. Web site: 2020-04-25 . Christine Atkinson, Austin Irving, Rachelle Mendez: A Curious Horizon . Digital Edition Online.
  56. Web site: 2020-06-20 . A Curious Horizon: Christine Atkinson, Austin Irving, Rachelle Mendez . Mutual Art.
  57. Web site: 2020 . The Next Big Thing . Studio Channel Islands.
  58. Web site: 2019-09-12 . New Works From The Department of Photography & Imaging Alumni . NYU TISCH - Department of Photography & Imaging.
  59. Web site: 2019-08-26 . Irvine Fine Arts Center Presents All Media 2019 Exhibition . City of Irvine.
  60. Web site: 2019-07-14 . PX3 2019 Winner’s Exhibition . L'ŒIL de la Photographie Magazine.
  61. Web site: 2019 . Art Guide - The Katonah Museum of Art The Edge Effect . Art Forum.
  62. News: Ryzik . Melena . 2019-05-16 . An Art Show for Hundreds of Women. And That's Just the Artists. . The New York Times . 0362-4331.
  63. Web site: 2019-05-15 . DPI Alums Austin Irving and Margeaux Walter in Every Woman Biennial . NYU - TISCH Department of Photography & Imaging.
  64. Web site: 2019-06-13 . NYU Tisch Department of Photography and Imaging Presents the 2019 Faculty + Alumni Show . NYU Tisch Department of Photography & Imaging.
  65. Web site: 2018-09-01 . Selected work from three editions of the Felix Schoeller Photo Award for the first time at Photokina Cologne . Felix Schoeller Photo Award.
  66. Web site: 2017-03-30 . Re-imagining A Safe Space . NYU - TISCH Department of Photography & Imaging.
  67. Web site: 2016 . Hong Kong: Identity & Illusion, Lightstage Gallery, Hong Kong . Lightstage Gallery.
  68. Web site: 2016-09-01 . Top 20 Finalists Exhibited September at Berlin Art Week . Focus Photo LA.
  69. Web site: 2014-10-26 . NEITHER HERE NOR THERE: Exploring Location, Humility, and the In-between . Manifest Gallery.
  70. Web site: 2014-04-16 . Photography of the Spectacular . bG Gallery.
  71. Web site: 2014-02-01 . 4th Annual Juried Exhibition . Gallery 110.
  72. Web site: 2014-02-09 . The Orgone Accumulators Curated by Daniel Rolnik . bG Gallery.
  73. Web site: 2012-03-01 . Festival 2012 WORKS/SHOTS . LOOK3: Festival of the Photography.
  74. Web site: 2015 . About Michael Nichols . Amazon Aid.
  75. Web site: 2013 . Honorable Mention - SHOW CAVES . International Photography Awards (IPA).
  76. Web site: 2022 . Honorable Mention: SHED WORLD . The Architecture MasterPrize.
  77. Web site: 2022 . Nominee/Honorable Mention: CORNERED, Austin Irving . ReFocus Awards.
  78. Web site: 2021 . Honorable Mention - Fine Art / Architecture - CORNERED . PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris.
  79. Web site: 2021 . Austin Irving - CORNERED . MonoVisions Awards.
  80. Web site: 2021 . Official Selection, Fine Art / Other - WINDOWS . Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
  81. Web site: 2020 . Honorable Mention - Analog / Film-Portrait - BOAT GHOSTS, Austin Irving . International Photography Awards (IPA).
  82. Web site: 2020 . Honorable Mention: Editorial / Environmental - PLANTS IN EXILE . Tokyo International Foto Awards (TIFA).
  83. Web site: 2019 . Gold - Nature / Trees - Plants in Exile . PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris.
  84. Web site: 2019 . Honorable Mention: Fine Art / Minimal - CORNERED . International Photography Awards (IPA).
  85. Web site: 2019 . Felix Schoeller Photo Award - Shortlist . Felix Schoeller Photo Award.

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