Zoe Strauss Explained

Zoe Strauss should not be confused with Zoë Straub.

Zoe Strauss
Birth Place:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Field:Photography

Zoe Strauss (born 1970) is an American photographer[1] and a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[2] She uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work.[1] [2] Curator Peter Barberie identifies her as a street photographer, like Walker Evans or Robert Frank, and has said "the woman and man on the street, yearning to be heard, are the basis of her art."

In 2006 her work was included in the Whitney Biennial and her solo exhibition, Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss, was shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.[3] In 2012 a mid-career retrospective, Zoe Strauss: 10 Years, was shown at Philadelphia Museum of Art,[4] accompanied in Philadelphia by a display of 54 billboards showing her photographs, and at the International Center of Photography in New York City.

Strauss received a Seedling Award from the Leeway Foundation in 2002,[5] a Pew Fellowship in 2005,[6] a USA Gund Fellowship and a grant of $50,000 by United States Artists in 2007,[7] and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017.

Life and work

Strauss was born in 1970 in Philadelphia.[8] Her father died when she was 5. She was the first member of her immediate family to graduate from high school. For her 30th birthday she was given a camera and started photographing in the city's marginal neighborhoods.[9] She is a photo-based installation artist who uses Philadelphia as a primary setting and subject for her work. Strauss typically photographs overlooked (or purposefully avoided) details with a humanist perspective and eye for composure.[10]

In 1995, Strauss started the Philadelphia Public Art Project, a one-woman organization whose mission is to give the citizens of Philadelphia access to art in their everyday lives.[11] Strauss calls the Project an "epic narrative" of her own neighborhood.[11] "When I started shooting, it was as if somewhere hidden in my head I had been waiting for this," she has said.[11]

Between 2000 and 2011, Strauss's photographic work culminated in a yearly Under I-95 show which took place in a public space beneath an I-95 highway overpass in South Philadelphia.[8] She displayed her photographs on concrete bridge supports under the highway and offered photocopies for $5 each.[1] The exhibit Zoe Strauss: 10 Years was organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where it appeared in 2012, and was also shown at the International Center of Photography, New York City, in 2013/2014.[12] [13] The show was a mid-career retrospective, building upon Strauss' ten years of photographic works, shown yearly from 2001 up to 2010. The 2012 exhibition was the first critical assessment of Strauss' ten-year project,[14] and was accompanied by a 250-illustration catalogue, Zoe Strauss: 10 Years.[15]

The 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibition included the installation throughout Philadelphia of 54 billboards featuring Strauss' photographs. Although they could be viewed individually, the images were loosely structured around the themes of the Odyssey, journey and homecoming. In this, the Billboard Project was similar to Strauss' annual I-95 exhibition which she describes as an "epic narrative about the beauty and struggle of everyday life". The Billboard Project included photographs from Strauss's travels around the country, from the Gulf of Mexico to Fairbanks, AK.[16]

She frequently photographs near her grandparents' former home at 16th and Susquehanna.[17] Her photographs include shuttered buildings, empty parking lots and vacant meeting halls in South Philadelphia. Strauss says her work is "a narrative about the beauty and difficulty of everyday life."[18]

In July 2012 Strauss was elected into the Magnum Photos agency as a nominee.

Strauss served as a Dodd Chair (2014–2015) at the Lamar Dodd School of Art.[19]

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Commissions

Collections

Strauss' work is held in the following permanent public collection:

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.icp.org/museum/exhibitions/zoe-strauss-10-years "Zoe Strauss: 10 Years"
  2. Eichel, Molly. "Zoe Strauss accepted into Magnum Photos", Philadelphia Daily News. Retrieved September 11, 2014.
  3. http://icaphila.org/exhibitions/1755/ramp-project-zoe-strauss "Ramp Project: Zoe Strauss"
  4. Web site: Zoe Strauss: Ten Years. Philadelphia Museum of Art. March 3, 2017.
  5. http://www.leeway.org/grantees/zoe_strauss_sa_02 "Zoe Strauss SA '02"
  6. Web site: Grants & Grantees . December 6, 2016 . . March 16, 2017.
  7. Web site: United States Artists announces 50 USA fellowships for 2007. United States Artists. March 3, 2017.
  8. http://ci13.cmoa.org/artists/zoe-strauss "Zoe Strauss"
  9. http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_9_VForm&ERID=2K1HRGT0FH6 "Magnum Photos Photographer Profile: Zoe Strauss"
  10. Smith, Roberta (July 12, 2012), "Art in Review Zoe Strauss: ‘10 Years, a Slideshow’". The New York Times
  11. http://calarts.edu/event/2014-03-13/paul-brach-visiting-artist-lecture-series-zoe-strauss "Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Zoe Strauss"
  12. News: Zoe Strauss: 10 Years @ Intl Center of Photography, NY Oct 04, 2013 – Jan 19, 2014. March 3, 2017. Juxtapos. October 4, 2013.
  13. Web site: Zoe Strauss 10 Years. International Center of Photography. February 23, 2016 . March 3, 2017.
  14. News: Photographer Zoe Strauss Exhibits 'Ten Years' of Unsettling Imagery. March 12, 2017. DZI: The Voice. January 16, 2012.
  15. News: Guzman. Alissa. A Street Photographer for the 21st Century. March 3, 2017. Hyperallergic. May 7, 2012.
  16. Web site: Billboard Project: Zoe Strauss Ten Years. Philadelphia Museum of Art. March 3, 2017.
  17. Heller, Karen (February 15, 2006), Page A01, "Suddenly, Her Images Clicked". The Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
  18. Sozanski, Edward J (April 30, 2004), Page W25, "Taking Images of the streets back to their birthplace. Catch it While you can: Photos Alfresco Returns". The Philadelphia Inquirer
  19. Web site: allisons. March 1, 2019. Zoe Strauss. November 2, 2017. LAMAR DODD SCHOOL OF ART.
  20. Web site: Zoe Strauss (Biography). Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 2011 Biennial Awards. March 3, 2017.
  21. News: Sozanski. Edward J.. Art: Under 95 to quite a bit higher for Strauss. March 3, 2017. The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 22, 2012.
  22. Web site: Zoe Strauss . Meislin Projects . 14 June 2024 . en.
  23. Hudson, Suzanne. "Zoe Strauss", Artforum. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  24. http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=21081 "Zoe Strauss: Works in Progress at Peeler Art Center"
  25. http://www.thefader.com/2008/11/21/fader-tv-photographer-zoe-strauss-knows-a-bunch-of-weirdos/
  26. http://www.wexarts.org/ex/index.php?eventid=4793 "Zoe Strauss: Works for Columbus, OH"
  27. News: Crimmins. Peter. Zoe Strauss' towering images reflect city's progress and people. March 3, 2017. NewsWorks. January 13, 2012.
  28. http://www.brucesilverstein.com/exhibitions/zoe-strauss "Zoe Strauss – Exhibitions – Bruce Silverstein"
  29. Web site: Arcadia University Art Gallery: Works on Paper 2004 . Gargoyle.arcadia.edu . March 28, 2004 . March 3, 2016.
  30. http://whitney.org/www/2006biennial/artists.php?artist=Strauss_Zoe "Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night"
  31. Web site: Follow Us . Museums/Exhibits :: Philadelphia City Paper. 25 Years of Independent Journalism . Citypaper.net . March 3, 2016.
  32. Web site: This is America. Visies op de Amerikaanse droom. Centraal Museum. March 4, 2016.
  33. Web site: History Keeps Me Awake at Night A Genealogy of David Wojnarowicz – David Wojanrowicz Press PPOW Gallery. www.ppowgallery.com. March 4, 2016.
  34. Web site: L'ete Photographique de Lectoure 2008. September 2008. lacritique. March 4, 2016.
  35. Web site: Who's Afraid of America? 30.10 08 – 30.11 08 An exhibition with Tobin Yelland, Larry Clark, Cheryl Dunn, Zoe Strauss, LaToya Ruby Frazier & Justyna Badach. Wonderland Art Space. Copenhagen. 2008. October 12, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133013/http://wonderlandonline.dk/media/was.pdf . July 19, 2011 .
  36. http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/scene-jason-lazarus-wolfgang-pl-ger-zoe-strauss "On the Scene: Jason Lazarus, Wolfgang Plöger, Zoe Strauss"
  37. Web site: BPB Curated: Queer Brighton Artists: Molly Landreth & Zoe Strauss Dates: Oct 2nd – Nov 14th 2010. Brighton Photo Bienniale 2010. March 3, 2017.
  38. Web site: Brighton Photo Biennial and Queer Culture – A Season. University of Brighton. March 3, 2017.
  39. Web site: Congrats!. Daily Campello Art News. July 26, 2007.
  40. Web site: Seeing the world through the lens of Zoe Strauss. Knight Foundation. March 12, 2017.
  41. http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/results.html?searchTxt=zoe+strauss&keySearch=+Search+&bSuggest=1&searchNameID=&searchClassID=&searchOrigin=&searchDeptID=&page=1 "Collections: Zoe Strauss"
  42. Web site: Search Results . 2022-12-03 . International Center of Photography . en.
  43. News: November 26, 2018. Zoe Strauss. United States Artists.
  44. http://calarts.edu/event/2014-03-13/paul-brach-visiting-artist-lecture-series-zoe-strauss "Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Zoe Strauss"
  45. Web site: Zoe Strauss. April 6, 2017 . April 7, 2017 . .

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