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WENDY  PATON

Paton's keen interest in photography began in 1981 while in the throes of a groundbreaking career training and driving Standardbred racehorses. She went on to study at the International Center of Photography in New York City, learning the intricacies of night photography from Michael Kenna and darkroom printing from her mentor and collaborator, master printer, Chuck Kelton.

 

Paton had her first solo exhibition in New York City at Sous Les Etoiles Gallery in 2010 and has had numerous exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the U.S. and Europe.

 

In 2012 the launch of her first monograph, Visages de Nuit, published by Kehrer Verlag, coincided with the solo museum exhibition,

Wendy Paton:  Visages de Nuit, in Moscow at the Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography.  In 2014 Paton's first U. S. solo museum exhibition, WENDY PATON | NUIT BLANCHE, opened at The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.  Her images have been published in international publications as well as exhibition and museum catalogs, and appeared on CNN and Russia Today television.

 

Her photographs are included in the permanent collections of Musee de la Photographie, James A. Michener Art Museum, Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography in Moscow, International Center of Photography, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Personal Collection of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco as well as other notable private collections.

 

"Paton's images are portraits and stories captured with the craft of perception and the energy of visual instinct.  Her eye is that of celebrant as well as voyeur, and in graphic compositions of black and white, she offers personal and intimate glimpses of our human, ineffable presence".  Philip Clark, The ARTPOINT

Photograms Literary

Keep it Moving

Visage de Nuit

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 - SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2016 WENDY PATON | THREE DAYS IN ROSEMONT FESTIVAL AMERICA 2016,

          CENTRE CULTUREL GEORGES POMPIDOU, VINCENNES, FRANCE; CONFERENCE / ROUNDTABLE: VISION DE L'AMERIQUE 

2014/15 - AUGUST 23, 2014 - JANUARY 4, 2015 WENDY PATON | NUIT BLANCHE MICHENER ART MUSEUM, DOYLESTOWN, PA

2014 - AUGUST 8 - DECEMBER 31, 2014 KEEP IT MOVING HOEHNE CLARK GALLERY, DOYLESTOWN, PA

2014 - SEPTEMBER 3 - OCTOBER 14, 2014 WENDY PATON | VISAGES DE NUIT DAVIS ORTON GALLERY, HUDSON, NY

2013 - SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 31, 2013 THE LUMIERE BROTHERS CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSCOW

2013 - MAY 30 - JULY 26, 2013 NUIT BLANCHE, SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY, NYC

2013 - MARCH 20, 2013 VISAGE DE NUIT ARTIST TALK NY PHOTOGROUP SALON, SOHO PHOTO GALLERY, NYC

2012 - DECEMBER 18, 2012 - JANUARY 1, 2013 KEEP IT MOVING , GREGG GALLERY NATIONAL ARTS CLUB, NYC

2012 - NOVEMBER 16, 2012 VISAGES DE NUIT BOOK SIGNING FEATURED BY KEHRER VERLAG PARIS PHOTO 

2012 - SEPTEMBER 4 - NOVEMBER 11, 2012 VISAGES DE NUIT,  ARTIST LECTURE & BOOK LAUNCH, 

          THE LUMIERE BROTHERS CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSCOW

2010 - MARCH 11 - APRIL 30, 2010 VISAGES DE NUIT, SOUS LES ETOILES GALLERY, NYC

2010 - KEEP IT MOVING, ARTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, NYC

2006 - TABLEAU - WHITNEY CENTER, HAMDEN, CT

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 - FEBRUARY 16 - 19, 2017 ART KARLSRUHE, ART FAIR, KARLSRUHE, GERMANY

2017 - JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 16, 2017 LIGHT, SHADOW & CHEMISTRY, IN FOCUS GALERIE, COLOGNE, GERMANY

2015 - NOVEMBER 13 - 15, 2015  FOTOFEVER, PARIS, FRANCE

2015 - OCTOBER 24 - DECEMBER 22, 2015  LOVE IS . . . . .  IN FOCUS GALERIE COLOGNE, GERMANY 

2015 - OCTOBER 16, 2014 - MARCH 1, 2015 MEISTERWERKE, "MASTERPIECES" DEUTSCHES FOTOMUSEUM, LEIPZIG, GERMANY

2013 - OCTOBER 12, 2013 - DECEMBER 20, 2013 TITLES & ICONS  IN FOCUS GALERIE  COLOGNE, GERMANY

2013 - MARCH 7- APRIL 28, 2013  TWO FOR THE ROAD  RED FILTER GALLERY  LAMBERTVILLE, NJ

2012 - MARCH 2 - APRIL 10, 2012  WHAT'S IN A FACE  PANOPTICON GALLERY  BOSTON, MA

2012 - JANUARY 13 - FEBRUARY 25, 2012  PORTRAITS   THE CENTER FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY  FT. COLLINS, CO

2011 - NOVEMBER 25 - DECEMBER 23, 2011  2011 HOLIDAY EXHIBITION  JACKSON FINE ART, ATLANTA GA

2011 - JANUARY 29 - MARCH 5, 2011 CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY - AMERICAN PORTRAITS IN FOCUS GALERIE COLOGNE GERMANY

2010 - JULY 28 - SEPTEMBER 10, 2010  (POR)TRAIT REVEALED  RAYKO GALLERY  SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2010 - JUNE 1- JUNE 30, 2010  INSIDE OUT:PORTRAITURE TODAY  WATCHUNG ARTS CENTER (INVITED ARTIST)

2009 - NOVEMBER 12 - DECEMBER 20, 2009  THROUGH THE LENS, A FEMALE PERSPECTIVE  ARTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, NYC

2009 - OCTOBER 8 - NOVEMBER 25, 2009  THE CURVE  PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER NORTHWEST  SEATTLE, WA

2009 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 - JANUARY 3, 2010  CLUES TO IDENTITY  INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY RITA K. HILLMAN EDUCATION GALLERY, NYC

2009 - WIPI 2009 JURIED COMPETITION  - SELECTED TOP TWENTY

2009 - CONTEMPORARY EXPRESSIONS  PEN AND BRUSH GALLERY, NYC

2008 - WIPI 2008 JURIED COMPETITION  SELECTED TOP TWENTY

2008 - THE MONMOUTH MUSEUM 2008 INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION  THE MONMOUTH MUSEUM, LINCROFT, NJ

2008 - THE INVISIBLE AGE  RAYKO GALLERY  SAN FRANCISCO, CA

2008 - CELEBRATING THE SILVER PRINT  UMBRELLA ARTS GALLERY, NYC

2008 - PWP 2007 NEWWORKS 2008  WEST CHELSEA ARTS GALLERY, NYC

2006 - EXPLORING THE ART WORLD  ARTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, NYC

2006 - PHILIPS MILL PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION  NEW HOPE, PA

2005 - THE HANDMADE PRINT  CORK GALLERY  LINCOLN CENTER, NYC

 

AWARDS

2009 FIRST PRIZE WINNER

EDITORS CHOICE AWARD, CENTER, SANTA FE, NM

IMAGE: CLIGNANACOURT MADAME FROM THE SERIES VISAGES DE NUIT

JUROR, SIMON BARNETT, NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE

 

PUBLICATIONS

LOVE IS . . . .

PUBLISHED BY IN FOCUS GALERIE 2015

WENDY PATON | NUIT BLANCHE

PUBLISHED BY JAMES A. MICHENER ART MUSEUM, AUGUST 2014

TITLES & ICONS

PUBLISHED BY IN FOCUS GALERIE, OCTOBER 2013

VISAGES DE NUIT

PUBLISHED BY KEHRER VERLAG, SEPTEMBER, 2012

 

NOMINATIONS 2013

GERMAN PHOTO BOOK AWARD

EUROPEAN AUTHOR BOOK AWARD

 

COMPLETED PORTFOLIOS
2016 - PHOTOGRAMS | LITERARY

2013 - RECLAIMING DIGNITY

2012 - VISAGES DE NUIT

2010 - KEEP IT MOVING

2006 - TROIS AMIS

2006 - TABLEAU

 

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

SPALLART COLLECTION, AUSTRIA

BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE

MUSEÉ DE LA  PHOTOGRAPHIE: CHARLEROI, BELGIUM

THE JAMES A. MICHENER ART MUSEUM, PENNSYLVANIA, USA

THE LUMIERE BROTHERS CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, MOSCOW

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, RITA K. HILLMAN EDUCATION GALLERY COLLECTION

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, PERMANANT LIBRARY COLLECTION

PERSONAL COLLECTION: HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT II OF MONACO

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