American, b. 1949
Lives in Delray Beach, Florida
EDUCATION
1975-1977 University of Wisconsin, Madison; graduate studies, Psychology
1973 Iowa State University, Ames; graduate studies, Sociology
1972 Iowa State University, B. S. Sociology, minor Psychology
INDEPENDENT STUDIES
1979-1980 Apeiron Workshops, Millerton, NY, Studied with Paul Vanderbilt
1979-1980 The Long Island Project, Project Assistant, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and Olympus Camera Corp.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 DIRT FRESH: Works from AMERICOLOR book: Pompano Beach, Florida Cultural Center
2024 AMERICOLOR: Exploring Urban Color Fields Palm Beach Atlantic University
2021 COLOR FORMS, Garage Gallery, Beacon, New York
2016 AMERICOLOR, Marco Island (FL) Center for the Arts
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
1984 Our Land-Our Lives, Gonstead Clinic, Community Room Gallery, Mt. Horeb, WI
1981 DOWNTOWN MADISON, The State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum
1981 DOWNTOWN MADISON, Madison, Wisconsin Art Center
1981 A Photographic Survey of the Physical and Social Environment of Downtown
Madison, Wisconsin, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Department of Iconography
SELECTED JURIED AND INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Stonehenge Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama, Juror, Tom Rankin
2024 Troy University, Huo Bao Zhu Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama
2023 Urban Landscape, NY Photo Curator
2023 Photographs of Architecture, Boca Raton Museum of Art at BRIC Walls
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
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
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,
Veron Ennis, Curator
2015 Broadsides: Poetry off the Shelf, Invitational; Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Fort Myers,
2014 Portfolio Exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group: Portfolio Exhibition
Juror: Richard McCabe, Ogden Museum of Southern Art
2014 All Florida Juried Exhibition: Boca Raton Museum of Art
2014 Downtown, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2014 Abstraction, Marco Island (FL) Art Center
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
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
2010 All About Color, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL
2009 Annual Juried Exhibition, The Center for Photography at Madison
1984 State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI
1983 Works from the Permanent Collection, Madison Art Center
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS
2013 Best Portfolios for 2013, LensCulture
2012 Michael P. Smith Fund for Documentary Photography, Short List, New Orleans Photo Alliance
1982 Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Art Grant Award, “Our Land-Our Lives",
1981 City of Madison, Wisconsin Cultural Affairs Commission, Art Grant Award
"A Photographic Survey of the Physical and Social Environment of Downtown Madison"
BOOKS
2024 AMERICOLOR: Exploring Urban Color Fields. 242 pages with 120 photographs.
Jade Forest Press, ISBN 978-0-9793795-1-2
2024 City of Palms and Beyond, Photographs from Early 21st Century Southwest Florida
Jade Forest Press, ISBN 978-0-9793795-0-5
BIBILOGRAPHY: Books, Articles, Interviews
2022 UP Photographers Interview and publication of images: https://bit.ly/3UXQ7o4
2020 EyeShot_Magazine: web and Instagram feature on my work.
2020 Arts SW Florida: Articles reviewing my work: https://bit.ly/3yJjhjh
2018 Il Post, Milan, Italy: Il caos che vediamo ogni giorno, photografato https://bit.ly/3yRaUSF
2017 Bystander, A History of Street Photography, Book by Lawrence King Publishing,
by Colin Westerbeck and Joel Meyerowitz. http://amzn.to/2AbIW3Q2017
2017 It's Nice That, Dennis Church's 12-year project sees him capture the visual noise of
America's streets, London, England. http://bit.ly/2Bc2gep
2017 Lenscratch: "Dennis Church: Americolor", http://lenscratch.com/2017/11/denis-church/
2016 VASA Journal on Images and Culture, Some Americans https://bit.ly/3ySYZDV
2015 Naples Daily News, Alone Together, Donald Miller, "Stand Before US, Compositional
Aspects of Photography and Painting, Wasmer Art Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University,
2014 The Southern Photographer https://bit.ly/45mZfYl
2014 Wonderzine Magazine, Moscow, Russia 2014. http://bit.ly/2Fjyo5B
2014 Oxford American, Eyes on the South, Southern Magazine of Good Writing
Editor Jeff Rich
2014 Naples Daily News, Natural Subjects Win the Day", 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 Photographer's Forum Magazine, A book: Best of Photography 2013
2012 World Photography Gala Awards, Street Photography 2013
2012 Lenscratch: http://bit.ly/2tfhEYz
2012 Art Opportunities Monthly: Cover photograph
1986 Wisconsin Academy Review, Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fall 1984
1982 The Wisconsin State Journal, “Our Land-Our Lives”
1979 American Association for State and Local History, Evaluating Historical Photographs:
Paul Vanderbilt, author
LECTURES & TALKS
2024 Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, Georgia
2024 Tauni de Lesseps Gallery of Art, Palm Beach Atlantic University
2021 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida
2016 Marco Island Center for the Arts, Marco Island, FL
2015 Wasmer Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Pelican Landing Photography Club, Bonita Springs, FL
2012 Southwest Florida Photo Salon, Fort Myers, FL
2012 “The Arts in Southwest Florida”, WGCU-FM Radio interview, Fort Myers, FL
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI.
The Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
The Wasmer Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL