Cole robertson

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Cole Robertson (born 1979) is an American photographer known for images about sex, sexuality, and aesthetics.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Robertson lives in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005 he started a project called ISO, in which he manipulates photographs taken from gay male dating websites. His current work deals with a broader range of media, such as professional wrestling and television.

Selected exhibitions

Solo:

2004 State ID, Good Girl Art Gallery, Springfield, MO

2003 Male Identity Crisis, eye lounge gallery, Phoenix, AZ snap/judgment (collaboration with Stephanie Carrico), Art Detour, Phoenix, AZ

2002 peeps, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ

Group:

2007 Summer Salon II, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
The 12th Annual Soho Photo National Juried Photography Competition(juried by Mia Fineman of The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY Carnaval de Rio, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ

2006 transmutation: artificial evolution of the body, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL Bonus Tracks, Hothouse Gallery, Chicago, IL Standard Usage Project, Nova Art Fair, Chicago, IL Subject Object Relations, Schopf Gallery on Lake (curated by Adam Brooks), Chicago, IL Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, IL

2005 Home, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 eye lounge Member Group Show, eye lounge gallery, Phoenix, AZ

2003 Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, Paper Heart Gallery, Phoenix BA/BFA Photo Exhibition (Best in Show), Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ

2002 Arizona Room, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ Majority Rules, Free Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland Aces Wild, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV Printed Matter, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ BA/BFA Photo Exhibition (Honorable Mention), Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ Creative Stew: An Interactive Multimedia Event, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ The Altered View (curated), Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ Structure 3 Juried Exhibition, Tempe, AZ 110 Photography, Phoenix, AZ

Awards:

2007 City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant

2005 Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship Getz Graduate Award Stuart & Iris Baum Grant

2003 Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant

2002 Katherine K. Herberger Scholar Herberger College of Art Alumni Scholar

2001 Katherine K. Herberger Scholar J. Russell & Bonita Nelson Scholar

2000 ASU School of Art Regent’s Scholar

1997 ASU Regent’s Scholar National Merit Semi-finalist