Paul Shambroom

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Paul Shambroom (born Teaneck, New Jersey U.S. 1956) is an American photographer. Artist/Photographer Paul Shambroom's work explores power in its various forms.

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[edit] Selected Exhibitions, Solo

  • "Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power", 2008-2009 (upcoming).
    • Weisman Art Museum- Univ. of Minnesota
    • Columbus Museum of Art, OH
    • Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
    • University Art Museum- California State University, Long Beach, CA
  • Julie Saul Gallery, NY, "Security", 2006.
  • Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, “Security”, 2006.
  • Rocket Gallery, London, “Meetings”, 2005.
  • Atomic Testing Museum, Las Vegas, NV, "Face to Face with the Bomb”, 2005.
  • Fotographie Forum International, Frankfurt, “Meetings”, 2005.
  • Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston “Meetings”, 2005.
  • >Nederlands Fotomuseum , “Nuclear Weapons” (with Michael Light's “100 Suns”), 2005.
  • Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway, “Paul Shambroom: Meetings”, 2004.
  • Julie Saul Gallery, NY, "More Meetings", 2004.
  • Arles Rencontres de la Photographie, France, "Meetings", 2004.
  • Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, “Evidence of Democracy”, 2003.
  • Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, “Paul Shambroom”, 2003.
  • Julie Saul Gallery, NY, “Paul Shambroom: Meetings”, 2002.
  • Franklin ArtWorks, Minneapolis, "Paul Shambroom: Meetings",. 2001.
  • Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, "Paul Shambroom", 1997.
  • CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, NY, "Paul Shambroom: Face to Face with the Bomb",1995.
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, "Paul Shambroom: Hidden Places of Power", 1995.

[edit] Selected Exhibitions, Group

  • Univ. Art Gallery, San Diego State Univ., “John Q. Public and Citizen Jane…”, 2007.
  • Nash gallery, Univ. of Minnesota, “Critical Translations”, 2007.
  • Hereford Photography Festival, Hereford, England, 2006.
  • Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, “Bunch Alliance and Dissolve”, 2006,
  • Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, “The Office/In and Out of the Box”, 2006.
  • Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (WI), “MMoCA Collects”, 2006.
  • MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, "Regarding the Rural”, 2005.
  • North Carolina Museum of Art, “In Focus: Contemporary Photography,Thomas Collection”, 2005.
  • Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, “Rite of Assembly”, 2005.
  • Center for Photography at Woodstock, “Shifting the Political: Portraits of Power”, 2004.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, “About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection”, 2004.
  • Artists Interrogate: Politics and War, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2004.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, NY,"Inside Out: Portrait Photographs from the Permanent Collection", 2004.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, “Pictures from Within: American Photographs, 1958–2003”, 2003.
  • Ronald Feldman Fine Arts (New York), "American Dream", 2003
  • University Art Museum, Santa Barbara (and various), “Social Strategies..”, 2003-2004.
  • Ludwig Museum, Budapest (and various), "The View from Here.." , 2002-2003.
  • Madison Art Center, WI, "ExtraOrdinary: American Places ..", Dec. 2001.
  • Walker Art Center (and various), "American Tableaux", 2001-2005.
  • Toronto Photographers Workshop (and various), "The Atomic Photographers Guild…", . 2001
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, "Whitney Biennial", 1997
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "Crossing the Frontier: …1849 to the Present", 1996.
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Truth and Trials: Color Photography Since 1975", 1996.
  • Portland Art Museum, OR, "In the Shadow of the Cloud", 3 person, 1995.
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Recent Acquisitions in Photography", 1993.
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Recent Accessions, 1984-1990", 1990.

[edit] Selected Collections

  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
  • George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
  • LaSalle Bank, Chicago
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Milwaukee Art Museum
  • Minneapolis Institute of Arts
  • Martin Margulies (private), Miami
  • Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Jean Pigozzi (private), Switzerland
  • Progressive Corp, Cleveland, OH
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • Howard Stein (private), New York
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • West Collection at SEI, Philadelphia
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

[edit] Grants, Fellowships, Honors

  • Penny McCall Foundation Award, 2003
  • Guggenheim Fellowship, 2003.
  • Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN, Artist Fellowship, 2002, 1992.
  • Creative Capital Foundation Grant, 2001.
  • Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN, Travel and Study Grant, 1999, 1996
  • McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, Photography Fellowship, 2001, 1995, 1989, 1985.
  • Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Assistance Fellowship, 2000, 1993, 1988.
  • American Photographer Magazine, nominee for "New Faces" award, 1989.
  • Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN, Visual Arts Fellowship, 1987.
  • Dayton-Hudson Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, Project support grant, 1979.

[edit] Selected Bibliography

[edit] Monograph

  • Meetings, photographs by Paul Shambroom, 128 pages, 40 color plates, Chris Boot Publishing, London, 2004.
  • Face to Face With the Bomb: Nuclear Reality After the Cold War, photographs by Paul Shambroom, 144 pages, 83 color plates, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2003.

[edit] Books, Collections, Catalogs

  • The Photobook: A History - Volume II, Phaidon Press, London, 2006, Parr, Martin, & Badger, Gerry.
  • Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, Phaidon Press, London, 2006.
  • So Now Then: Contemporary Documentary Photography, Hereford Photography Festival, Wales, 2006.

[edit] Reviews and Other Writings

  • Photoworks (Brighton, UK), “Paul Shambroom: Security”, Autumn/Winter 2006/7, Burbridge, Benedict.
  • PopPhoto.com, “Paul Shambroom Explores Psyche of "Security" (audio), Sept. 24, 2006, DeFoore, Jay,
  • Minnesota Public Radio, “Picturing security” (audio), Combs, Marianne , September 21, 2006
  • Star Tribune, (Minneapolis), “Landscape of Terror, Paul Shambroom: Security”, Sept. 15, 2006 Abbe, Mary.
  • The Rake (Minneapolis), “Straight Talk: Paul Shambroom” (interview), Sept. 2006, Zeller, Brad
  • Magazin, Frankfurter Rundschau, “Retter in der Not: Fokus auf Paul; Shambroom”, Sept. 9, 2006, Geyer, S.
  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “The Faces of Security: A Portfolio by Paul Shambroom”, Sept.- Oct., 2006.
  • New York Times, “That Chemical Fire Matches Your Hazmat”, April 16, 2006, Gefter, Philip.
  • Village Voice, “Donad Rumsfeld’s War Machine”, April 7, 2006, Saltz, Jerry.
  • Art on Paper,”Paul Shambroom: Meetings at Yezerski ..”, March/April, 2005, Kozlow Miller, Francine.
  • Photography Quarterly, “Book Review- Meetings”, PQ #91, 2005, Glynn, Liz.
  • Image (Finland), “Paul Shambroom”, March 2005, Lisalo, Meri.
  • Art News, “Reality Bytes”, Feb. 2005, Woodward, Richard.
  • Wallpaper, “Design Awards: Best Books”, Jan.-Feb. 2005.
  • British Journal of Photography, “Small Town Democracy”, Jan. 12, 2005, Smyth, Diane.
  • Genis Aci otograf Sanati Dergisi, (Istanbul), “Fotografik Ayrimlar” Jan. 2005, Madenci, Su.
  • Creative Review, (London), “Democracy in Action”, Nov. 2004, Doyle, Stephen.
  • Photo District News, “In Print: Meetings”, Nov. 2004, Lehan, Joanna.
  • Art Papers, “Studio Visit: Shambroom, How Does Democracy Look?”, Nov.-Dec. 2004, Fallon, Michael.
  • Tank Magazine, (London), “Let’s Meet: Photography by Paul Shambroom”, vol. 3 issue 11, 2004.
  • Das Magazin, (Zurich), “Mein Amerika”, Nov. 5, 2004, Haffner, Peter.
  • De Republica Delle Donne, Milan,”Le Altre Facce Della Democrazia Americana”, Nov. 27, 2004, Gefter, p.
  • Suddeutch Zeitung Magazine, (Hamburg), “Die Qual Nach der Wahl”, No. 44 2004, Waechter, Johannes.
  • De Volkskrant, (Amsterdam), “Democratie in Amerika”, Oct. 29, 2004, Depondt, Paul.
  • The New York Times, "The Tableau Inside Your Town Hall", Oct. 21, 2004, Gefter, Philip.
  • Star Tribune, (Minneapolis), “The Tedium is the Message”, Oct. 17, 2004, Lorentzen, Ellen.
  • Minnesota Public Radio, “State of the Arts: Paul Shambroom” (audio), Combs, Marianne , Oct. 15, 2004.
  • WNYC, the Brian Lehrer Show, “The Big Get Together: Paul Shambroom” (audio), Oct. 12, 2004.
  • Afterimage, “Editorial”, Sept.-Oct. 2004, Chalifour, Bruno.
  • British Journal of Photography, “Rencontres d’Arles: Above Parr”, Aug. 2004.
  • Lay of the Land: Center for Land Use Interpretationr, “Book Reviews: Face to Face..”, Summer 2004, v.27.
  • Afterimage, "Paul Shambroom, Interview", May/June 2004, Hirsch, Robert.
  • The Progressive, “Nuclear Alert” (book review), March 2004, Rothchild, Mathew.
  • Minnesota Public Radio, “Evidence of democracy” (audio), Nov. 7, 2003, Combs, Marianne ,.
  • Chicago Tribune, “Shambroom’s Bleak View of U.S.”, Nov. 6, 2003, Artner, Alan.
  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, “Not your Typical Snapshots: Face to Face..” Nov.- Dec. 2003, Maroncelli, James & Karpin, Timothy.
  • Photo District News, “In the Shadow of the Mushroom Cloud”, Oct. 2003, Ringwald, Christopher.
  • WAMU, the Kojo Nnamdi Show, “America's Nuclear Weapons: Paul Shambroom” (audio), Sept. 9, 2003.
  • ArtReview, “Democratic vistas”, October 2003, Mullin, Diane.
  • Los Angeles Times Book Review, “We live so others may die”, Aug. 3, 2003, Del Tredici, Robert.
  • New York Times Book Review, “Books in Brief: At Home with the Bombs”, Sept. 7, 2003, Bruckner, D.J.R.
  • Boston Globe, “America’s open nuclear secrets”, June 22, 2003, Sante, Luc.
  • New York Times, “Pictures Worth 10,000 Words, at Least” Feb. 2, 2003, Woodward, Richard
  • DoubleTake, “Meetings”, spring, 2003.
  • Art in America, “Paul Shambroom at Julie Saul”, Jan. 2003, Ostrower, Jessica.
  • Art on Paper, “Paul Shambroom: Meetings. Julie Saul Gallery”, Dec. 2002, Woodward, Richard B.
  • ArtForum, “Paul Shambroom at Julie Saul”, November, 2002, Kantor, Jordan.
  • Time Out New York, “Art Review: Paul Shambroom, Meetings”, October 3-10, 2002, Chasin, Noah..
  • The New Yorker, “Talk of the Town: Photography: Paul Shambroom”, September 23, 2002.
  • AfterImage, “Specters of the Ordinary”. March/April 2002, Grabner, Michelle.
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Docudramas- Tom Arndt , Paul Shambroom..”, Oct. 5, 2001, Hanson, Doug.
  • ARTNews, “Persuasion, Lombard Freid”, October 1999, Pollack, Barbara.
  • Art On Paper, “Rethinking Genres in Contemporary Photography”, Jan.-Feb. 1999, Mantegna, Gianfranco
  • Art in America, “Paul Shambroom at Tanya Bonakdar”, Sept. 1998, Mariño, Melanie.
  • Art Forum, “Paul Shambroom, Tanya Bonakdar”, summer 1998, Decter, Joshua.
  • ART/TEXT, “Paul Shambroom at Tanya Bonakdar”, May-July 1998, Hayt, Elizabeth.
  • New York Times Magazine, “Overkill is Not Dead”, March 15, 1998, Hill, Brian.
  • Harper’s Magazine, “Paul Shambroom: Nuclear Weapons series”, p. 17, March, 1998
  • New York Times, “Art in Reviw: Paul Shambroom, Bonakdar Gallery”, Jan. 9, 1998, Smith, Roberta.
  • Time Out New York, “Critic’s Picks: Paul Shambroom at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery”, Dec. 17-25, 1997.
  • Art in America, “Turtle Derby (Whitney Biennial)”, June, 1997, Adams, Brooke.
  • ARTNews, “Whitney Biennial”, May 1997, MacAdam, Barbara..
  • Time Out New York, “Showtime at the Whitney”, April 3-10, 1997, Saltz, Jerry.
  • Baltimore Sun, “Biennial Serves Its Purpose”, April 6, 1997, Dorsey, John.
  • Village Voice, “Photo Finish (Whitney Biennial)”, April 1, 1997, Aletti, Vince.
  • Internet ArtResources, “Straight Takes from the Biennial”, March 1997, Chambers, Karen
  • San Francisco Bay Guardian, “Whitney’s Samlper”, May 14, 1997, Helfand, Glen.
  • Review, “In Focus: The 1997 Whitney Biennial”, April 1997, Nahas, Dominique.
  • Associated Press, “Whitney Biennial...”, March 30, 1997, Richards, Meg.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, “1997 Biennial Exhibition” (catalog), Phillips, Lisa; Neri, Louise.
  • The Buffalo News, “War Stories”, Dec. 8, 1995, Huntington, Richard.
  • The Oregonian (Portland), “Atoms and Industry, Dec. 3, 1995, Gragg, Randy.
  • Harper’s Magazine, “Paul Shambroom: Hidden Places of Power”, p. 26, November, 1995
  • The Progressive (Madison, WI), “Shooting Missiles”, Aug. 1995, Shambroom, Paul.
  • Twin Cities Reader, “Nothing Succeeds Like Access”, Aug. 8, 1995, Grebe, Margeret.
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Shooting Missiles", July 31, 1995, Abbe, Mary.
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Interiors" weekly appointment calendar, 1992.
  • Artpaper, "Paul Shambroom at Bockley Gallery", March, 1990, Silberman, Rob.
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune, "..Photos by state artists", Jan. 26, 1990, Abbe, Mary.
  • American Photographer, "New Faces 1989", Feb. 1989.
  • Minneapolis Star Tribune, "Looking at art", Oct. 18, 1981, Addington, Fran.
  • Twin Cities Reader, "Portraits show Hennepin's humanity", Dec. 12, 1979, Souder, William.

[edit] Education

  • Minneapolis College of Art & Design, concentration in photography, BFA, 1978.
  • Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, liberal arts, 1974-1975.

[edit] External links

Persondata
NAME Shambroom, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH