BIOGRAPHY
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1953 |
Born in Chapel Hill, NC |
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1984 |
Directed and produced a 12 minute dramatic short "Penn & Teller: Cuffed to a Creep," featuring
internationally renown comedian/magicians Penn & Teller |
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1984-1989 |
Owned and operated broadcast video production and rental company, BIG ZIG VIDEO, in San
Francisco, CA, and
worked on training films and promotional videotapes for Syntex, Hewlett-Packard, Ampex, Pacific Gas & Electric, Intel, and the Monterrey Bay
Aquarium |
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1995 |
Produced and directed first hour-long documentary, "Edward James: Builder of Dreams" |
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1998 |
First nationwide broadcast on PBS |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2007 |
“Cabo de Gata, Moonlit,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Perlow-Stevens Gallery, Columbia, MO
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2006 |
Daum Musuem of Art, Sedalia, MO |
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2005 |
"Water Babies," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
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2004 |
Stevens College, Davis Gallery, Columbia, MO
"FotoFest - H2O," Houston, TX |
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2000 |
Clan Destino Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico |
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1998 |
Duo Duo Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico |
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1994 |
Casa de Cultura, Centro de Bellas Artes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
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1983 |
Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Arco Center for the Visual Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2010 |
"Thinning - A 24th Anniversary Exhibition," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
| 2009 |
"Art Chicago 2009," Atrium Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Photography Group Installation," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
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2008 |
"People and Places," Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO |
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2006 |
Missouri 50 State Fair Exhibition, Sedalia, MO |
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2005 |
Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, TX |
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2004 |
"Spectra 04 Triennial," Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT |
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1988 |
"Dog Days," Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1984 |
"Color Photographs: Recent Acquisitions," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Olympic Arts Festival Exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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1983 |
"20th Century Contemporary Photography," from the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern
Art, New York, NY, Seibu Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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1982 |
"Floods of Light," The Photographer’s Gallery, London, England
"Color as Form: A History of Color Photography," International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY
Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel, CA
"Color as Form," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS
| 2006 |
Missouri 50 State Fair Exhibition 2006, 1st Place |
| 2004 |
Spectra 04 National Photography Trennial - Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Group Show - 2nd place
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North Carolina Museum of Art - 39th Annual Artist’s Exhibition, Juried Group Show - 1st Place for Photography |
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R.J. Reynolds Industries, Photography Competition, Juried Group Show - 1st Place for Photography -
curated by: John Szarkowski, Director of Photography, MOMA,
New York, NY- James Alinder, Director, Friends of Photography Gallery, Carmel, CA -
and Robert Doherty, Director, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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National Endowment to the Arts - Photographers Fellowship, juried by Leland Rice, EveSonnabend, Bark Parker, Evon Streetman, and Carol Kismaric
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National Endowment to the Arts - Visiting Artist Workshop stipend awarded by the Light Factory Gallery in Charlotte, NC
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| 1997 |
“New Film Makers” award, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art Film Program, New York, NY |
| 1996 |
“Golden Eagle,” CINE International Film Festival 1996, top award
“Chris,” Columbus Film Festival 1996, Columbus, OH, top award
“Bronze Apple,” National Educational Media Award
Biennale Internationale du Film sur L'Art, Paris, France
Mill Valley Film Festival
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| 1995 |
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 1995 |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Arts (SECCA)
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, MO
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CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
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American Telephone and Telegraph
R.J. Reynolds Industries
Security Pacific National Bank
Shriner's Children Hospital
Wells Fargo Bank
World Savings Bank
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2009 |
“Best Bets: Avery Danziger’s New, Strange Show,” Columbia Daily Tribune, February 26. |
| 2007 |
Israel, Lynn. “Danziger captures decisive photo moments ‘over’ time,” Columbia Daily Tribune, November 25.
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| 2005 |
Bonetti, David. “Atrium exhibition floats on a watery theme,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 13.
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