Bio Nina Berman 2020
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Bio Nina Berman is a documentary photographer, filmmaker, author and educator. Her wide-ranging work looks at American politics, militarism, environmental contamination and post violence trauma. Her photographs and videos have been exhibited at more than 100 venues from the security walls of the Za'atari refugee camp to the Whitney Museum of American Art. She is the author of Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq, (2004) portraits and interviews with wounded American veterans, Homeland, (2008) a look at the militarization in post September 11 America, and most recently, An autobiography of Miss Wish (2017) a story told with a survivor of sexual violence which was shortlisted for both the Aperture and Arles book prizes. Additional fellowships, awards and grants include: the New York Foundation for the Arts, the World Press Photo Foundation, Pictures of the Year International, the Open Society Foundation, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and the Aftermath Project. She is a member of the photography and film collective NOOR images and a professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where she directs the photography program. She lives in her hometown of New York City. CV Education University of Chicago, B.A. English 1982 Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.S. 1985 Grants, fellowships, awards 2020 Data, Media and Society/Columbia University 2019 Data, Media and Society/Columbia University 2019 Trans National Institute (TNI) /NOOR images 2018 Aperture/Paris Photo Book/Text Award, shortlist 2018 Recontres d'Arles Book Award shortlist 2018 Prix Pictet nomination 2018 PDN Annual Book Award 2017 Susan E. Tifft fellow in Documentary and Journalism 2016 Lange Taylor Prize Finalist 2016 Aftermath Project Grant recipient 2015 American Photography Annual 2015 Prix Pictet nomination 2014 Blue Mountain Center focused residency 2014 Society of Professional Journalists/ Northern California 2014 The Josephine Herrick Project Annual Photographer Award 2013 Prix Pictet nomination 2012 Prix Pictet nomination 2012 Puffin Foundation Grant 2010 Whitney Museum of American Art Residency 2009 Hasselblad Masters Award 2009 PDN Annual Book Award 2007 World Press Photo Foundation Award 2007 Pictures of the Year Award 2006 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship 2005 World Press Photo Foundation 2005 Open Society Institute Documentary Grant 2005 American Photo, 100 most important people in photography issue 2005 Days Japan International Photo Award 2003 American Photography Annual 2002 American Photography Annual 2000 Communication Arts 1999 Pictures of the Year 1999 Communication Arts 1998 Emma Award 1998 Pictures of the Year 1998 Communication Arts 1997 Pictures of the Year Award 1993 Pictures of the Year Award 1987 Livingston Award, finalist Monographs An autobiography of Miss Wish, Kehrer Verlag, 2017 Homeland, Trolley, 2008 Purple Hearts - Back from Iraq, Trolley,2004 Exhibitions Solo Exhibitions 2019: Image Singulières, An autobiography of Miss Wish," Sete, France 2018: Gallery Nova, "An autobiography of Miss Wish, " Zagreb, Croatia 2017: Mirbach Palace, "American Power and Myth 2002-2017, Bratislava, Slovakia 2013: Photoville, "Fractured: the Shale Play", Brooklyn, NY, USA 2012: Bronx Documentary Center, "Gardens", The Bronx, USA, 2011: Dublin Contemporary, "Homeland/Marine Wedding", Dublin, Ireland, 2011: Royal Society of Medicine, "Purple Hearts" London, UK, 2010: Melkweg Gallery, "Purple Hearts," Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010: Bernstein Gallery, "Purple Hearts," Princeton University, USA, 2009: Side Gallery, "Homeland/Marine Wedding", New Castle, England, 2009: War Ltd, "Purple Hearts", Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2009: Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University, "Homeland", Chicago Illinois 2009: Media Alliance, "Homeland, Purple Hearts," Troy, NY, 2008: Cicero Gallery, "Purple Hearts/Marine Wedding," Berlin, Germany, 2008: Photokina, "Purple Hearts/Marine Wedding," Cologne, Germany, 2008: Jen Bekman Gallery, " Homeland", New York City, 2008: Elon University, "Purple Hearts," Elon, North Carolina, 2007:Jen Bekman Gallery, "Purple Hearts," New York City, 2007: Alice Austen House Museum, "Purple Hearts," Staten Island, NY, 2006: University of Maryland, "Purple Hearts," Baltimore, Maryland 2006: Trolley Gallery, "Purple Hearts," London, England 2005: Galerie Cerami, "Purple Hearts," Charleroi, Belgium, 2005: National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, "Purple Hearts," Chicago, Illinois, USA 2005: Deutsche American Institute, "Purple Hearts," Heidelberg, Germany, Biennials/Triennials 2015: Hamburg Triennal of Photography, "NOOR Za'atari project," Hamburg, Germany 2012: Helsinki Biennial, "Urban and City:" Helsinki, Finland, 2010: Whitney Museum of American Art, "Biennial 2010," New York, NY 2010: Milano Triennale, "Disquieting Images," Milan, Italy, 2010: Biennale d'Art contemporain, d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Group Exhibitions 2019 New York University Gallatin Gallery, "Conversations on Conflict Photography," New York, USA University of Michigan,"Whose Streets, Our Streets," Ann Arbor, USA Monroe Gallery of Photography, "Living in History," Santa Fe, USA Parsons School of Design, "Beyond Addiction, Reframing Recovery," New York City, USA UC Berkeley Art Museum, "The Goodman Photography Collection," Berkeley, USA Military Museums: Founders Gallery, "Walled Off: The Politics of Containment," Calgary, Canada 2018 Museum of Broken Windows, New York City, USA Museum of Natural History, "Everyday Climate Change", Verona, Italy Harris Gallery RIT, "Whose Streets? Our Streets!", Rochester, NY Cinema Galeries, "Unframed," Brussels, Belgium Athens Photo Festival, "Personal Notebooks" Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece Athens Photo Festival, "Personal Notebooks" Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, "Unloaded," Carlisle, PA, USA UGM/Maribor Art Gallery, "Vigilance, Struggle, Price: Through Her Eyes," Maribor, Slovenia 2017 Centro Internazionale di fotografia, "Women photograph Women, " Palermo, Sicily Zimmerli Art Museum, "Partisan Views and Public Opinion, " New Brunswick, NJ, USA Czech Photo Center, “NOOR by NOOR, “ Prague, Czech Republic Prix Bayeux Calvados, "NOOR Forgotton Conflicts/Tomorrow's Conflicts, " Bayeux, France F³ Freiraum für Fotografie, "NOOR by NOOR", Berlin, GermanyPhotoville: Charlottesville and Beyond, Brooklyn, NY, USA NYU Tisch School of the Arts, “Reimagining A Safe Space, “NYC, USA Nathan Cummings Foundation, “Reimagining A Safe Space, “NY, USA Krakow Month of Photo: "The War From Here,", Krakow, Poland Paraty em Foco, "Resist by NOOR", Paraty, Brazil Minneapolis College of Art and Design, "Unloaded," Minneapolis, USA Institute of Contemporary Art, "Unloaded", Portland, ME, USAMarcia Wood Gallery, "Unloaded", Atlanta, GA, Eyes on Main Street, Wilson, North Carolina, USA Museum of Yugoslav History, "Lessons of '91" Belgrade, Serbia Brandts Musuem, "In War and Peace", Odense, Denmark Bronx Documentary Center, "Whose Streets? Our Streets!" The Bronx, NY, USA University of Kentucky, Bolivar Art Gallery, "Unloaded," Lexington, KY, US 2016 Chavonnes Battery Museum, "1% Privilege in a time of Global Inequality, " Capetown, South Africa Indiana Museum of Contemporary Art, Unloaded, Indianapolis, IN, USA Organ Vida, Lessons of 91, Zagreb, Croatia Station Independent, "WE:AMEricans," New York City, USA Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, "Marcellus Shale Documentary Project: An Expanded View," Pittsburgh, USA Head On Photo Festival, "1% Privilege in a time of Global Inequality", Sydney, Australia Eyes on Main Street, Wilson, NC, USA Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, "Unloaded", Grand Rapids, MI, USA Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University, "1% Privilege in a time of Global Inequality", Chicago, IL, USA Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, "Unloaded," Ithaca, NY, USA 2015 Pingyao International Photo Festival, "1% Privilege in a time of Global Inequality, Pingyao, China Institute Francais, "EveryDay Climate Change," Milan, Italy Monroe Gallery of Photography, "The Long Road: From Selma To Ferguson," Santa fe, New Mexico, USA Fotografia Europea 2015, "NOOR Diary of a Changing Planet,' Reggio Emilia, Italy Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center, "Marcellus Shale Documentary Project," Philadelphia, PA, USA Space, "Unloaded", Pittsburgh, PA, USA Smackmellon, "Respond," Brooklyn, NY, USA United Nations, "Za'atari", New York City, USA 2014 Musee de Beaux Arts, “Putain de Guerre”, Charleroi, Belgium Manchester Art Gallery, The Sensory War, Manchester, UK Portland Art Museum: Blue Sky at 40, Portland, Oregon, USA Palmer Art Museum: Marcellus Shale Doc Project, State College, Pennsylvania, USA Photoville 2014, Za'atari, Brooklyn, New York, USA Art Works Projects: Slavery Uncovered, Chicago, Illinois, USA Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, The Critical Camera, Cottbus, Germany Francis Marion University, Purple Hearts,Florence, South Carolina, USA Allegheny College, Marcellus Shale Doc Project, Meadville, PA, USA Brooklyn Museum, "War/Photography, Brooklyn, NY, USA Youngstown State University, "Marcellus Shale," Youngstown, USA 2013 Brooklyn Museum, "War/Photography, Brooklyn, NY, USA Zacheta National Gallery of Art, "In God We Trust," Warsaw, Poland Athens Photo Fesitval, "Purple Hearts video", Athens, Greece Noorderlicht Photo Festival, "Hedge", Groningen, The Netherlands Corcoran Gallery, "War/Photography", Washington D.C. USA Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca College, "Marcellus Shale," Ithaca, NY, USA La Maison de la Photographie Robert Doisneau+, "Solutions by NOOR," Gentilly, France Center for