Ralph Gibson Biography

1939, Los Angeles ?

American contemporary master photographer, Ralph Gibson's high-contrast photography - usually focusing on one geometric element (the corner of a room) or a single human gesture (the curve of a hand) - form a kind of dream- narrative when gathered together.

Selected ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS, since 1995, include:

2002

Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver

The Benham Gallery, Seattle

Galerie Aittuares, Paris

Galerie Lucie Weil Seligman, Paris

2001

Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona

Bjorn Wetterling, Stockholm

2000

Kerava Art Museum, Kereva, Finland

Galerie Lucie Weil Seligman, Paris

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London

Galerie Bodo Neimann, Berlin

Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan

Michael Hoppen Gallery, London

Casino Bellevue, Biarritz, France

1999

Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris

1998

Museum fur Kunst Modern, Frankfurt

Tower Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville. S.C.

Galerie Bodo Neiman,Documenta, Basel, Switzerland

Narodni Muzei Zadar, Croatia

Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle

Sandra Berler Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland

1997

Museum of Art, Atlanta

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

V. Spala Gallery, Prague

1996

Whitney Museum of American Art

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Frankfurt Kunstverhein, Frankfurt

Leica Gallery, New York

Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen

Galeria Forum, Tarragona, Spain

1995

French Cultural Services, New York

Tampa Museum of Art, Florida

Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY

Cantor Art Gallery, Holy Cross University, Worchester, MA

Select PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, INCLUDE:

Jewish Museum, New York

Museum of Modern Art, New York

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Whitney Museum of American Art

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

High Museum of Art, Atlanta

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

The International Center of Photography, New York

Yokohama Museum, Japan

Biblioteque National, Paris

Fogg Art Museum, Boston

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

National Gallery, Ottowa

Museo de Belles Artes, Argentina

Pasadena Art Museum, California

Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Museum Ludwig, Cologne

New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana

International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester

University of New Mexico, Alburquerque

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

University of California, Los Angeles

Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York

Seattle Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Washington

Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

Jerusalem Museum, Israel

Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon

Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia

National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, Australia

Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio

John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida

Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Fondation Select, Geneva

Musee Reattu, Arles, France

Musee Contini, Marseilles, France

Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia

Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington

Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm

Atkins Museum of Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Chicago

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York

Dunn and Bradstreet, New York

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California

J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

Graham Nash Collection, Hollywood, California

Readers Digest, New York

Cowin and Company, New York

Willkie, Farr, and Gallagher, New York

Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, New York

Museo Fratelli Alinari, Florence

Expo Photo Museum, Osaka

Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Akron Art Museum, Ohio

The Art Institute of Chicago

H.F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

THe Mineeapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota

Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri

Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania

The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

Hood Museum, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire

The University of Texas, Austin

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

Wellesley College Museum, Massachusetts

Brown University, Providence

University of Pennsylvania, Philidelphia

American Friends of Jerusalem Museum, Israel

New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana The Arts Club of Chicago

The Cooper Union, New York

The Aldrich Museum, Greenport, Connecticut

The Lowe Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York

Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts

University Librarian, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

The New York Public Library, New York

The Tampa Museum of Art, Florida

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

American Friends of Jerusalem Museum, Israel

Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio

The Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, Mass.