American, b. 1949
Lives in Delray Beach, Florida and New York City
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1975-1977 University of Wisconsin, Madison; Graduate studies, Psychology
1973 Iowa State University, Ames; Graduate studies, Sociology
1972 B.S., Iowa State University, major Sociology, minor Psychology
INDEPENDENT STUDIES
1979-1980 Studied with Paul Vanderbilt, Apeiron Photographic Workshops, Millerton, NY;
1979-1980 Assistant, The Long Island Project, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Olympus Camera Corporation.
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021 Garage Gallery, Color Forms, Beacon, New York
2016 AMERICOLOR, Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island, FL
2014 AMERICOLOR, Kaori Gallery, Canberra, Australia
2013 Florida Moments, Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
1986 Photographs by Dennis Church, Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Madison, WI
1984 Our Land-Our Lives, Gonstead Clinic, Community Room Gallery, Mt. Horeb, WI
1981 Downtown Madison, The State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum, Madison, WI
1981 Downtown Madison, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1981 A Photographic Survey of the Physical and Social Environment of Downtown Madison, Wisconsin, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 New York Photo Curator, online exhibition of finalists, Urban Landscape competition.
2023 Boca Raton Museum of Art Juried Exhibition of Architecture Photography
2023 Thresholds, Street Photography Now. The Los Angeles Center of Photography. Juror: Angela Bryant
2023 Storytelling, The Atlanta Photography Group. Juror: Alyssa Coppelman
2023 The Language of Color, Atlanta Photography Group. Juror: Blue Mitchell
2020 All Florida Juried Competition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL
2019 Portfolio Review Exhibition, Bronx Documentary Center, The Bronx, NY
2019 1st Annual Slide Slam in conjunction with FOAM Amsterdam exhibit, "Talent"; Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn NY,
2018 Camera USA, National Juried Competition, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2017 City of Palms: Four Visions, One Icon; Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
2017 Camera USA, national juried competition, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2017 Where are We? What Does the South Look Like Today? Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
2016 All Florida Juried Competition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2016 RED, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX
2015 Stand Before US, Compositional Relationships Between Contemporary Photography and Contemporary Painting; Invitational; Wasmer Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Fl Veron Ennis, Curator
2015 Broadsides: Poetry off the Shelf, Invitational; Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2014 Portfolio Exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group: Portfolio Exhibition, APG Gallery, Atlanta, GA Juror: Richard McCabe, Curator, Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
2014 All Florida Juried Exhibition: Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2014 Downtown, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2014 Abstraction, Marco Island Art Center, Marco Island, FL
2014 All Florida Juried Competition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2014 Layers, Fabric, and Assemblage, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2014 Camera USA, National Juried Exhibition, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2013 Invitational Anniversary Exhibition: Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
2013 All Florida Juried Competition: Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Annual Group Photography Exhibition, Sweet Art Gallery, Naples, FL
2013 How We Play, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Camera USA, National Juried Exhibition, Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2012 Juried Group Exhibition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2012 Juried Group Show, In One Instant Gallery, Fort Myers, FL
2011 ART?, Altered Aesthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Works from the Collection, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
2010 All About Color, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL
2009 Annual Juried Exhibition, The Center for Photography at Madison, Madison, WI
1984 State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI
1983 Works from the Permanent Collection, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS
2013 Best Portfolios for 2013, LensCulture
2012 Finalist, Michael P. Smith fund for Documentary Photography, New Orleans Photo Alliance
2009 Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibition, Center for the ARTS, Bonita Springs, FL
1982 Project Art Grant Award, “Our Land-Our Lives", Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County WI
1981 Project Art Grant Award, "A Photographic Survey of the Physical and Social Environment of Downtown Madison", Cultural Affairs Commission, City of Madison, WI
BIBILOGRAPHY Books, Articles, Media, Interviews
2022 UP Photographers Interview and publication of images: https://upphotographers.com/interviews/interview-with-dennis-church/
2020 EyeShot_Magazine: web and Instagram feature on my work.
2020 Arts SW Florida: Reprise posting of all articles reviewing my work.
2018 Il Post, Milan, Italy: Il caos che vediamo ogni giorno, photografato http://www.ilpost.it/2017/12/27/caos-vediamo-giorn...
2017 Bystander, A History of Street Photography, Lawrence King Publishing, London 2017, Authors Colin Westerbeck and Joel Meyerowitz. http://amzn.to/2AbIW3Q2017
2017 Dennis Church's 12-year project sees him capture the visual noise of America's streets, It’s Nice That, E-Zine, London, England. http://bit.ly/2Bc2gep
2017 Lenscratch: "Dennis Church: Americolor", http://lenscratch.com/2017/11/denis-church/
2016 "Some Americans", VASA Journal on Images and Culture. http://vjic.org/vjic2/?page_id=4244
2015 Alone Together, Naples Daily News; Donald Miller, "Stand Before US, Compositional Aspects of Photography and Painting, Arts Complex, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2014 The Southern Photographer blog, http://southphotography.blogspot.com/2014/10/dennis-church-is-having-amazing-2014.html
2014 Wonderzine Magazine, Moscow, Russia 2014. http://bit.ly/2Fjyo5B
2014 Eyes on the South, Oxford American, the Southern Magazine of Good Writing. 10/27/2014; Editor Jeff Rich
2014 Natural Subjects Win the Day", Naples Daily News, Donald Miller, critic, August.
2014 Art Photography Magazine, Prague, Czech Republic, March.
2014 Image in Progress, print magazine, Rome, Italy. February.
2014 LensCulture: Dennis Church, Lens Culture Best Portfolios 2013; January
2013 Best of Photography 2013, Photographer’s Forum Magazine
2012 Street Photography 2013, World Photography Gala Awards
2012 Lenscratch: 01/2013, http://bit.ly/2tfhEYz
2012 Art Opportunities Monthly: Cover
1986 Wisconsin Academy Review, Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fall 1984
1982 “Our Land-Our Lives”, Gonstead Community Clinic, Mt. Horeb, WI, The Wisconsin State Journal
1979 Evaluating Historical Photographs: A Personal Perspective; American Association for State and Local History Technical Leaflet, Paul Vanderbilt
LECTURES & TALKS
2021 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida
2016 Gallery Talk, Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island, FL
2015 Gallery Talk, Wasmer Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Gallery Talk, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Invited Speaker, Pelican Landing Photography Club, Bonita Springs, FL
2012 Presenter, Southwest Florida Photo Salon, Fort Myers, FL
2012 Interview, “The Arts in Southwest Florida”, WGCU-FM Radio, Fort Myers, FL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI.
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
The Wasmer Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL