BORN

 
1952 New York City


EDUCATION

 
1974 Yale University, B.A., Art and Art History
     
1973 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 
2009 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY 
     
  Robilant+Voena, Milan, Italy  
     
  Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy
     
  Robilant+Voena, London, UK
     
  The Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas 
     
2008 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY 
     
2007 The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
     
2006 Galeria Javier Lopez, Madrid, Spain 
     
2005 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
     
  Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
2004 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  David Floria Gallery, Aspen, CO
     
2002 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
1999 Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, NY
     
1997 Houk Friedman Gallery, New York, NY
     
1996 Glenn Horowitz, East Hampton, NY
     
1994 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
1993 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
1988 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
     
1984 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
1981 Byck Gallery, Louisville, KY
     
1980 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
1979 Byck Gallery, Louisville, KY
     
Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston, TX
     
1978 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY
     
1977 William Edward O’Reilly, New York, NY
     
1976 Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 
2008 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
    Special Exhibition, Art Cologne
     
  Centro Cultural Do Banco Do Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brasil
    Brasil des Focus
   
2007 The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
    Eyes on the Natural World
     
  Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
   
  Centro Cultural Do Banco Do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
    Brasil des Focus
     
  Collection Lambert en Avignon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Avignon, France
    Il Faut Rendre À Cézanne
     
2006 The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
    Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video
     
  The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
    Andrew Wyeth and the American Landscape Tradition
     
  The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
    New Acquisitions
     
2005 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
     
2004 Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria
    Visions of America: Contemporary Art from the Essl Collection
and the Sonnabend Collection, New York
     
  Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  Etherington Fine Art, Edgartown, MA
     
  Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
     
  West Main Gallery, Chatham, MA
     
  Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York, NY
     
2003 Alice Austen House Museum, Staten Island, NY
    (August – October 2003) Summer Life
     
  Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (Summer 2003)
    Hot Summer in the City
     
  Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  Gallery of the City University of New York Graduate Center
    New York, NY (Feb. 25 – April 5, 2003)
Genomic Issue(s): Art and Science
     
2002 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA (Fall 2002)
    Photogenesis:Opus 2
     
  Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, FL
     
  The Tang Museum at Skidmore College,
    Saratoga Springs, NY(June 2002)
Wexner Center for the Arts (Fall 2002)
The Milwaukee Art Museum (Spring 2003)
From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection
     
  Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (June - Sept. 2002)
    Visions from America: Photographs from the
Whitney Museum of American Art
     
  Winston Wachter Mayer Fine Art, New York, NY (July - Aug. 2002)
    The Blurred Image: 19th – 21st Century Photography
     
2001 Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY
     
  Kennedy - Boesky Photographs, New York, NY
     
1999 Guild Hall Art Museum, East Hampton, NY
    Souvenirs: Collecting, Memory, and Material Culture
     
  San José Museum of Art,  San Jose, CA
    In collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art
Surroundings: Responses to the American Landscape
     
  Colby College Art Museum, Waterville, ME, Recent Acquisitions
     
1998 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
    Recent Acquisitions
     
  Guild Hall Art Museum, East Hampton, NY
    East Hampton Artists: Seen and Scene
     
  Centro Cultural de Belém: Expo ’98, Lisbon, Portugal, Waterproof
     
1997 Musée National De La Coopération Franco-Américaine, France
     
  Hamiltons, London, England, Water
     
1995 Renee Foutouhi Gallery, East Hampton, NY
    Something Old, Something New: Contemporary
Artists Reflect on the Past
     
  Lizan-Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Light and Shadow
     
  Glenn Horowitz, East Hampton, NY, Selections
     
1994 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
1991 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Berlin, Germany
     
  Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
     
1988 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
    The 1980’s: A New Generation
     
  Williams College of Art, Williamstown, MA, Big/Little Sculpture
     
  Plymouth State College of Art, Plymouth, NH
     
  Middlebury College, Johnson Gallery, Middlebury, VT
     
  St. Paul’s School Art Center, Concord, NH
     
1986 Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT, Twelve in New York
     
1984 National Academy of Design, New York, NY, Annual Exhibition
     
  Tallix Foundry Exhibit, New York, NY, Art Expo
     
1982 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
  Martha White Gallery, Louisville, KY, Color II
     
  Sarah Rentschler Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
     
1981 The Institute for Art & Urban Resources, PS1, New York, NY
    Figuratively Sculpting
     
  Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY
     
1980 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY, Inaugural Exhibition
     
  Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, NY, Monotypes
     
1979 Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York, NY, Works on Paper
     
  William Edward O’Reilly, New York, NY
     
1978 American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
    Exhibition of Candidates for Awards
     
  American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
    Exhibition of Award Winners
     
  Acquavella Gallery, New York, NY, Five Painters
     
1977 Kennedy Galleries, New York, NY, Artists Salute Skowhegan
     
  American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
     Exhibition of Candidates for Awards
     
1976 Nassau Community College, Long Island, NY
    Invitational Sculpture Exhibition


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

 
  The Albright–Knox Art Gallery
     
  Anderson, Clayton and Company
     
  Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc.
     
  Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton
     
  The Corcoran Gallery of Art
     
  The J. Paul Getty Museum
     
  Gold, Farrell and Marks
     
  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
     
  Guild Hall Museum
     
  Highland Resources, Inc.
     
  Houston Grand Hotel
     
  Houston Industries
     
  The International Center of Photography
     
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art
     
  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
     
  The Museum of Modern Art
     
  Parrish Art Museum
     
  Prudential Insurance Company
     
  Ritz-Carlton Hotel, NY
     
  Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
     
  J.B. Speed Art Museum
     
  Bank of Tokyo
     
  Wadsworth Atheneum
     
  Whitney Museum of American Art
     
  Yale University Art Gallery


AWARDS AND GRANTS

 
2006 National Geographic Society Grant, Brazil, Pantanal Expedition
     
  GSA Commission for U.S. Federal Courthouse, Austin, TX
     
2004 U.S. Patent 6,795,648  for the R1 High-Resolution Camera System
     
  Digital Innovator Award, American Photo Magazine
     
1997 Commission for Roger Williams Hotel, N.Y.C.,
    Rafael Viñoly, architect
     
1984 Helen Foster Barnett Prize, National Academy of Design
     
1979 Commission for Gateway Towers Lobby,
    Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA
     
1978 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award,
    American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters
     
1974 A. Conger Goodyear Fine Arts Award, Yale University


PUBLISHED WORKS

 
2005 Mountain IV, Dialogue between Clifford Ross and Walter Salles,
    (Blind Spot Magazine, November 2005) (8 ill.)  link
     
  Big, Bigger, Biggest: Inventing Systems for Immense Digital Images
    (and Beyond), (Big Picture Summit, 2005),
Co-author with David Rogers, Carl Diegert, Michael Hawley,
Bran Ferren and Eric Rosenthal link
     
  Wave Music, Introduction by Arthur C. Danto,
    Interview by A.M. Holmes, (Blind Spot/Aperture) link
     
2003 Wave Music, (BOMB Magazine, Fall 2003)
     
2002 On September 11, (BOMB Magazine, Spring 2002)
     
1999 Laurie Anderson, Interview with Clifford Ross,
    (BOMB Magazine Fall 1999)
     
1996 The World of Edward Gorey, (Abrams), Co-author with Karen Willkin
     
1990 Abstract Expressionism: Creators and Critics, (Abrams), Editor
     
1974 Phantasmagorey: The Work of Edward Gorey,
    (Yale University Press)


LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

 
2009 Visiting Artist
    NYU /Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York, NY
     
  Outside Realism/The Austin Courthouse Project
    The University of Texas at Austin, Fine Art Department
     
2008 Pixels and Glue
    NYU /Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York, NY
     
  Realism and Imagination
    New York Studio School, New York, NY
     
  Art Cologne: Special Exhibition, Die Photographische Sammlung
    SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
     
  Visiting Artist / Thesis Advisor
    School of Visual Arts / MFA Photography, New York, NY
     
2007 Mountain Redux: The Reality Quotient vs. The Ecstatic Truth
    NYU /Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York, NY
     
  Mountain Redux: The Reality Quotient vs. The Ecstatic Truth
    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
     
  The Big Picture, Chairman's Circle Salon
    Central Park Conservancy, New York, NY
     
  The Big Picture: The New i3 Display Architecture & Technology
    iCI New York Studio Events, New York, NY
     
2006 Finding the Longitude: The Art of Invention / The Invention of Art,
    International Center of Photography, New York, NY
     
  Finding the Longitude: The Art of Invention / The Invention of Art,
    George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
     
  Finding the Longitude: The Art of Invention / The Invention of Art,
    NYU / Tisch School of the Arts / Interactive Telecommunications
    Program, New York, NY
     
  Finding the Longitude: The Art of Invention / The Invention of Art,
    Pop!Tech, Camden, ME
     
  The New i3 Media & Digital Cyclorama,
    Big Picture Summit 3, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC
     
  The New i3 Media & Technology,
    USC / School of Cinema-Television, Los Angeles, CA 
     
  Information, Immersion, and Interactivity: i3 Media and the
    R1 High-Resolution Camera, MITRE Corporation, McLean, Virginia
     
  The New i3 media & Digital Cyclorama,
    Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA
     
  The Big Picture: The New i3 Display Architecture & Technology,
    TTI/Vanguard, Crossover Technologies, Pasadena, CA
     
2005 To Tell the Truth, NYU / Tisch School of the Arts / Interactive,
    Telecommunications Program, New York, NY
     
  Hurricanes to Mountains: From Silver Gelatin to the Digital Future,
    Yale University, School of the Arts, New Haven, CT
     
  Hurricanes to Mountains: From Silver Gelatin to the Digital Future,
    Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, NY
     
  Coloramas of the Future: Trailblazing Across the Analog
    Digital Divide, Kodak, Rochester, NY
     
  Hurricanes to Mountains: From Silver Gelatin to the Digital Future,
    George Eastman House, Rochester, NY


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 
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    October 2008 link
     
2007 O'Reilly, Brendan. "Artist Sees New Mother of Intervention." The Southampton Press
    July 5, 2007: p. B3 (ill)
     
2006 Gopnik, Blake. "The Telling Nature of Photography: 'Ecotopia Frames a Wondrous
    but Wounded Environment." Washington Post
    November 5, 2006: p. N06 (ill) link
     
  "The Arts: Photography Review." The New York Times
    September 13, 2006: p. E1
     
  "Kamenetz, Anya. "Pop! Till You Drop." Fast Company
    November 2006: p. 104-109 (ill)
     
  "The Arts: Photography Review." The New York Times
    September 13, 2006: p. E1
     
  McBride, Sarah. “Return of the Cyclorama: A 19th-Century Idea with a  
    Digital Twist Would Immerse Viewers in Intricately Detailed Images.”
    The Wall Street Journal September 11, 2006: p. R12 (ill)
     
  Paumgarten, Nick. "Bad-Ass Camera." The New Yorker
    August 21, 2006: p. 25-26 (ill) link
     
  Meyers, William. "Framing the Wild: Photography." The New York Sun
    August 3, 2006: p. 18 (ill)
     
  "The Big Picture: New i3 Display Architecture and Technology."
    Crossover Technology Summary, TTI/Vangard
    February 2006: p. 45-47 (2 ill.)
     
2005 "Weekend Arts: Art in Review." The New York Times
    December 16, 2005: p.E 35
     
  "Photographer Sees The Big Picture." CBS Evening News
    August 25, 2005 link: Broadcast | link: Extended Interview
     
  "Word of Mouth." Conde Nast Traveler July 2005: p. 34 (4. ill)
     
  Lovell, Margaret. "So How Sharp is Sharp?
    Would You Believe a Billion Pixels?"
    TechCom June-July 2005: p.22 (ill) link
     
  Rattiner, David Lion. "Hurricane Shots, Out in the Storm,
    Waist Deep in the Ocean, Taking Photos."
    Dan’s Papers July 1, 2005: p. 59 (2. ill.)
     
  Lopate, Leonard. "Build Me Up." The Leonard Lopate Show,
    WNYC Radio June 8, 2005
     
  Line, Les. "One Picture" Audubon May – June 2005: p. 80 (ill)
     
  "Mixed Media" Forbes FYI June 2005: p.110 (ill)
     
  "Displaying Gigapixel-Sized Images." Sandia Technology
    Spring 2005: p. 9 (4. ill) link
     
  Rand, Ben. "Sharing a Higher Reality Quotient: Pioneer Imaging Artist
    Explores High-Resolution Insights at Kodak."
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle March 18, 2005: p.1 (2 ill.)
     
2004 Salamon, Julie. "Tom Swift's New Camera, Ready for Space and Spies:
    An Artist Turns Inventor." The New York Times December 9, 2004:
p.E1 (3 ill.) link
     
  Vanderbilt, Tom. "Best of 2004: 13 Critics and Curators Look at
    the Year in Art." Artforum International 
December 2004:  p.170 (ill.)
     
  Cantor, Doug. "The Rise of the Real." Esquire, The Genius Issue
    December 2004:  p.194 (4 ill.)
     
  Steffen, Barbara. "Visions of America: Contemporary Art from
    the Essl Collection and the Sonnabend Collection, New York."
Edition Sammlung Essl, 2004: p.119-120 (ill)
     
  Mirocha, Julie. "Tactical to Practical." The History Channel,
    September 20, 2004: Documentary sequence and interview
     
  Hart, Russell. "View Master." American Photo
    September/October 2004:  p. 88 (8 ill.)
     
  Gaines, Steven. "Interview." Plum TV Wainscott, NY, August 22, 2004
     
  Lopate, Leonard. "Photo Finishes." The Leonard Lopate Show,
    WNYC Radio August 11, 2004 link
     
  Burton, Lynn. "New York Photographer Puts Mt. Sopris on The Art Map."
    Aspen Daily News July 29, 2004: p.3 (ill.)
     
  Baker, Jim. "Interview." Aspen Public Radio,
    KAJX/NPR July 28, 2004
     
  Drayer, Dan. "Custom Camera for Mt. Sopris." Colorado Matters,
    KCFR/NPR June 28, 2004
     
  Vanderbilt, Tom. "Sharp Shooter." International Design June, 2004:
    p.28 (2 ill.) link
     
  Gross, Samantha. "New High-Resolution Camera Nears Reality."
    Associated Press May 22, 2004: (3 ill.) link
     
  Stern, Steven."Depth of Field." Time Out New York
    May 13, 2004: p.4 (3 ill.)
     
2003 Mazzoleni, Gianemlio. "Oceani In Tempesta." Flair
    July 2003: p.20 (3 ill.)
     
  Baker, Jim. "All About the Arts." Aspen Public Radio, KAJX/NPR
    June 23, 2003
     
   Leffingwell, Edward. "Review of Exhibitions: Clifford Ross at
    Sonnabend" Art in America March 2003: p.121 (ill.)
     
  von Drathen, Doris. "Clifford Ross." Kunstforum International
    Jan – Feb 2003: p.378-379 (2 ill.)
     
2002 Yalkut, Jud. "Art Goes Pop." The Impact Weekly (Dayton)
    November 14, 2002
     
  Raphael, Michael. "Natural Disasters: Hurricane." Studio 360, WNYC
    November 9, 2002 link
     
  Tuchman, Phyllis. "A Bold Photographer Clicks with Hurricanes."
    The New York Daily News October 22, 2002: p.46 (ill.)
     
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    October, 21 2002: p.69 (ill.)
     
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    Sonnabend Collection." Skidmore College, p.158-159 (ill.)
     
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    Whitney Museum of American Art. Prestel: Summer 2002 (ill.)
     
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    Windsor, 2002 p.68-69. (ill.)
     
  Hostetler, Sue, ed. Oceans. Rizzoli, 2002 (ill.)
     
  "Clifford Ross, Un Mare Di Immagini." La Stampa
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2001 "Hurricane." Blind Spot Issue Nineteen, 2001 (8 ill.)
     
1999 Leffingwell, Edward. "Review of Exhibitions." Art In America
    September 1999: p.121. (ill.)
     
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    Seasons Summer 1999: p.42 - 51. (ill.)
     
  "Goings on About Town." The New Yorker
    April 5, 1999: p.18. (ill.)
     
1998 Sussler, Betsy. "Art on the Page: Clifford Ross." BOMB
    Fall 1998 (ill.)
     
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    An Interview." Melville Society Extracts. September (ill.)
     
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    November 1993: p.133 (ill.)
     
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    March 29, 1988: p.28
     
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    Salander O’Reilly Galleries, New York (ill.)
     
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    December 1, 1981: p.47
     
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    May 30, 1979: p.C6
     
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    January 1979: p.25. (ill.)
     
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