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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
Photograms Literary
Keep it Moving
Visage de Nuit
CV
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