Chuck Avery

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Contact Information

contact name: Chuck Avery
email: cwaii@comcast.net

Similar Artists:
Walker Evans
Louis Baltz
Robert Adams
Lee Friedlander
Stephen Shore
Richard Ross

Related Organizations:
Minnesota Center for Photography
Minnesota Film Arts
Texas Photographic Society
Walker Art Center

Experience

Kansas City Art Institute - BFA with honors, Photography
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Architecture, 1970 -1972
Minneapolis Community Technical College - Digital Graphics

Awards

2010-11 McKnight Fellowship for photographers

Exhibitions/Performance History



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2012 Road Work, Chuck Avery & Vance Gellert, IFP Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2012 You Are Not A Dinosaur, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2011 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Photographers, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN

2010 Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City Art Institute, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

2009 Solo Exhibition - Landscape of Progress, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI

2009 An Uncommon Landscape, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
2009 Party, IFP Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2009 Healing Arts Program, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2008-09 TPS 17 National Competition, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2009 Healing Arts Program, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2008 CoPA 2nd Annual Juried Show, Coalition for Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2008,05,04 Primavera Juried Art Show, Plymouth Creek Center, Plymouth, MN
2007 MPG Showcase, Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
2007 National Competition, SohoPhoto Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Parallel Worlds, 4 person show, PaulaBarr Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Continuum: KCAI Alumni Photography, Cross Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2007, 2005 Photocentric Biennial, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2008,07,06,05,03, 1984 Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Juried Exhibition, St Paul, MN
2006 Pinup Exhibit, 3rd Ward Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival - Pingyao - China
2006 TPS 15 National Competition - Dougherty Arts Center - Austin, TX
2006 Photography Midwest Seven State Juried Competition - Wisconsin Union Galleries - Madison, WI
2002, 2003, 2006 Photo Bravo - Minnestoa Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Earthscapes group exhibit - AZ Gallery - St Paul, MN
2006 Landscape of Progress solo exhibit - Minnesota Center for Photography - Minneapolis, MN
1984, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008Minnesota State Fair Juried Fine Arts Exhibition
2005 Annual benefit exhibition & auction - Brickton Art Center, Chicago, IL
2005 Photocentric Biennial - Minnesota Center for Photography - Minneapolis, MN
2005 Minnesota Biennial 2D - Minnesota Museum of American Art - St Paul, MN
2005 Members' Spotlight, solo exhibition - MN Center for Photography - Minneapolis, MN
2005 Northern National Juried Art Competition - Rhinelander, WI
2005 Community Arts Partnership exhibition - Metropolitan Council - St Paul, MN
2004, 2005, 2008 Primavera Juried Art show - Plymouth, MN
2004 New Photography Gruop Show - Icebox Gallery - Minneapolis
2004 Surprise Show - Icebox Gallery - Minneapolis, MN
2004 International Juried Exhibition - San Francisco
1982 Jewish Community Center - St Louis Park, solo exhibit
1980 Quad Cities Art Council juried show, Davenport, IA - Honorable Mention
1979 Dubuque Art Assoc. Juried show - Dubuque, IA - Best of Show
1978 Dodge House Gallery Group Exhibit - Galena, Illinois

Collections

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, St. Paul, MN
Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Galleries

Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Soho Gallery, New York, NY
Paula Barr Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Ping Yao Exhibit Gallery, Ping Yao, China
Cross Gallery, Kansas City, MO
3rd Ward Gallery, New York, NY
Coalition for Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Minnesota Center for Photography, Mpls, MN
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, MN
Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Arts Center, Abilene, TX
Options Gallery, Odessa, TX
Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
IFP Gallery, St. Paul, MN
AZ Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Brickton Art Center, Chicago, IL
Nicolet College Gallery, Rhinelander, Wi
Metropolitan Council, St Paul, Mn
Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, Mn
Plymouth Creek Center, Plymouth, Mn
Jewish Community Center, St Louis Park, Mn
Dodge House Gallery, Galena, Ill
Dubuque County Gallery, Dubuque, Ia

Publications

Road Work - Chuck Avery, Vance Gellert, Photobook Press, 2012

The McKnight 8, Minneapolis Startribune, Mary Abbe, 6/24/11

Color magazine, Issue 2, June 2009, Photographer Spotlight

Expiration Notice (expirationnotice.blogspot.com), Volume 2, On Notice
Architecture Minnesota magazine, Place, March/April 2009
Myartspace.com Blog, ArtSpace Talk: Chuck Avery, 9/23/08
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/09/art-space-talk-chuck-avery.html
f-stop Magazine, Issue 23, May 2007, Group Show
Minnesota Center for Photography, Photocentric 2007, Sept. 2007
2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival Selected Works, “Midwestern Views”
P. 41
Minnesota Center for Photography, photobravo ’06, Nov. 2006
Mnartists.org, “The Moonscape In Our Backyards: Chuck Avery at MCP”, Alex Starace, Feb. 15, 2006
Minneapolis Startribune, “Minnesota Mavericks”, Mary Abbe, Oct. 28, 2005
Hot Spots magazine, “Minnesota Biennial: 2D”, Nov. / Dec. 2005

Biographical Information

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Dubuque, Iowa

Birth Date:
April 23, 1952

Gender:
Male

Active Place:
Minneapolis

Minnesota County:
Hennepin