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The Tale of the Demon and the Nine Brothers of Business 2001 Archival Digital Print Edition # 4/5 29 x 83 ½ inches KS 9 |
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The City of Salt 2001 Archival Digital Print Edition # 5/5 29 ¾ x 116 ½ inches KS 10 |
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The Dreamer and the Dreamed 2001 Archival Digital Print Edition # 4/5 18 ½ x 48 inches KS 14 |
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The Three Brothers 2001 Archival Digital Print Edition # 4/5 18 ½ x 40 ½ inches KS 11 |
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On the Edge of the Marshes 2001 Archival Digital Print Artists' proof #1 18 ½ x 40 ½ inches KS 5 |
PERSONAL INFORMATION AND AWARDS
Selesnick: born London, England, 1964. Kahn: born New York City, 1964.
BFAs from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. 1986
1987 New Jersey State Council for the Arts Grant.
1994 Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship, Provincetown, Ma.
1995 Provincetown Arts Council Grant
2000 Artists in Residence, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma.
2001 Djerassi Foundation Residency, Woodside, Ca.
2002 Artists in Residence, Princeton Atelier, Princeton University, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York. “Scotlandfuturebog” Sept-Oct
Paul Kopeikan Gallery, Los Angeles. “City of Salt” Sept-Oct
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago. “City of Salt” Oct-Nov
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Ma. “The Apollo Prophecies” Aug-Sept
Pepper Gallery, Boston, Ma. “City of Salt” March-April
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. “City of Salt” Jan-Feb
2001 DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Ma. “City of Salt” July-August
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY. “Scotlandfuturebog” Jan-Feb.
2000 Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto, Ca. “The REC, Past-Future” Sept-Dec.
DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Ma. “Schottensumpfkunftig” July.
Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. “Past and Future” March-April
David Beitzel Gallery, New York. “Transmissions from the Schottensumpfkumpftig (Scotlandfuturebog)” February-March
1999 Pepper Gallery, Boston, Ma. “Schottensumpfkunftig” Dec. - Jan. 2000
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles. “The Circular River: the Siberian Expeditions of 1944-46” Oct. - Nov.
Monique Knowlton, New York. “The Circular River” October - January
1998 Eli Marsh Gallery, Amherst College, Amherst, Ma. “The Circular River” Oct.
Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Ct. Sept-Oct.
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY. June-July
Pepper Gallery, Boston, Ma. “The Circular River” April-June
1997 Monique Knowlton, New York. “The Pavilion of the Greenman” Oct-Nov.
East End Gallery, Provincetown, Ma. “The Burren Expedition” August.
Monique Knowlton, New York. “The Journals of Peter Hesselbach” March-April
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Fl. “Tent of the Mesmer” March-May
Pepper Gallery, “The Photographic Journals of Peter Hesselbach” Dec-Jan
1996 Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Ct. “Tent of the Mesmer” Sept-Oct.
East End Gallery, “The Golden Age of Devonshire Semaphore: Royal Excavation Corps Signal Flag Manouevres 1934-36” September.
Monique Knowlton, “The Roodloft of the Drunken Beekeeper” April-May.
1995 East End Gallery, “Zelt der Biscuit Mench” July.
Hudson Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, Ma. “Chapel dedicated to the Human Head”, an installation of a work in progress. March.
Gallery Camino Real, “Collabrative Paintings” Dec-Jan 1994-95.
1994 Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, “The Eskimo Paintings” Sept-Oct.
East End Gallery, “The Biscuit Triptychs” July.
1993 Forum Gallery, New York. “Bog Pastries and Bread Heads from the Archives
of the Royal Excavation Corps” September.
East End Gallery, “Painted Heads” July.
Diana Burke, New York. “The Delusional Object: Banners and Artefacts from the Royal Excavation Corps” March-April.
1992 East End Gallery, “Flagman Artefacts” August.
1991 East End Gallery, July.
Owen Patrick Gallery, Philadelphia. March-April.
Klein Art Gallery, Woodstock, NY.
1980s The Bergen County Museum of Arts and Sciences, Paramus, NJ. “A Pictish
Bedchamber of the 9th Century” August 1989.
Art Mecca, Chicago. “Pictavia Antiqua” March-May 1989.
The New End Gallery, London, England. August 1988.
The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, England. June-July 1988.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 Triple Candie, New York. “Rumors of War: A Contemporary Exhibition Inspired by the Art of Jacob Lawrence” curated by Franklin Sirmans. Dec 01-Jan 02
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY. “Digital: Printmaking Now” June-Sept.
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Ma. “Small Works by Fellows of the Fine Arts Work Center 1985-2000” July-Sept
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. “Photo-Synthesis: Recent Developments in Contemporary Photography” April-July
Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago, IL. “Of Dreams and Dreamers: Art as a Vehicle of Escape.” Sept-Oct
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Fl. “Photo-Synthesis: Recent Developments in Contemporary Photography” Jan-Feb
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, R.I. “False Witness: Joan Fontcuberta Sputnik and Kahn/Selesnick Scotlandfuturebog, with a lecture by David Wilson, director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology” Jan-March
2000 The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami. “American Art Today: Fantasies & Curiousities” Sept-Nov
1999 Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Ma. “Referencing the Past: Six Contemporary Artists: Kahn/Selesnick, John O’Reilly, George Condo, David McGee, and Laurie Hogan” Sept-Jan 2000.
Camera Works, San Francisco, Ca. “Rattling the Frame, 1974-1999” Oct-Nov.
Photographic Resource Center, Boston University. “Dramatis Personae: A look at role-playing and narrative in contemporary photography” Feb-March 1999.
1998 National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC “Faces of
Time: 75 years of Time Magazine Cover Portraits” March-August.
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma. “Expanded Visions: the Panoramic Photograph” Jan-April.
The Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, Ma. “SELF-AMUSED: The Contemporary Artist as Observer and Observed” Feb-March.
1997 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Ma. “10 Artists/10 Visions”
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY. “Provincetown in Hudson” Jan-Feb.
1995 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles. December.
Monique Knowlton, “Inaugural Group Show” Sept-Oct.
Drerup Gallery, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, NH. “1994-95 Visual Arts Fellows from the Fine Arts Work Center” Nov-Jan 1994-95.
1994 Boston Center for the Arts, Boston. “Fantasically Real” April-May.
Pepper Gallery, Boston. “Spirits Unveiled” Sept-Oct.
Robert Brown Gallery, Washington DC. “Giacometti and Others” Dec-Jan 1994
1993 Tribeca Gallery, New York. “Bergen Museum in New York” December.
1992 Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York. “Sculpture: Colour and Motion” Oct.
Spazi Fine Arts, Housatonic, Ma. October.
1991 Commune de Sirmione, Lake Garda, Italy. Outdoor Installation. August.
Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, Ma. “Four Young Artists Here and New” May-June.
The Designer’s Guild, London, England.
Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, Ca. “The History of the Bird” Dec-Jan.
1980s The Bergen County Museum of Arts and Sciences, Paramus, NJ.
“The Six” - a show of Bergen County’s top six fellowship winners, curated by Barbara Haskell, chief curator of the Whitney Museum of Art. 1988.
Detail, New York. 1987-89.
Civilization, New York. 1985-87.
The Red Studio, New York. “Time” December 1984.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Colour reproductions, Photography Past Forward: Aperture at 50 book, with an introduction by R. H. Cravens. Back cover, page 172. Aperture Press, 2002.
Scotlandfuturebog a monograph, with an introduction by Ben Marcus. Aperture Press, 2002
Reproductions and text Provincetown Arts Magazine 2002 issue.
Cate McQuaid, “Self Portraits of the Artist as a Man facing Mortality” The Boston Globe April 19, 2002
Miles Unger, “Head Games” Boston Magazine April 2002
Rich McKown, “Small works from the Fine Arts Work Center at the Cape Museum of Fine Arts” Art New England Dec 2001
Cate McQuaid, “Putting Provincetown in a poignant new light” The Boston Globe Aug. 4, 2001
William Jaeger, “Reassembled Visions” Albany Times Union pg. 12, the Arts and Entertainment section, Jan. 28, 2001
Linda L. Fenoff, “Photographer’s Lenses not bogged down by reality” The Independent pg. 24, Jan. 26, 2001
Bill Van Siclen, “At the Bell Gallery, reality keeps slipping away” The Providence Journal pg. 28, Feb 15-19, 2001
Photographs, “Lost Horizons: an Imaginary Photograph Assignment by Collaborative Artists Kahn and Selesnick for the Men’s Fashion of the Times ” The New York Times Magazine pgs. 106-116, Sept. 24, 2000
Colour reproductions, “Readings” Harper’s Magazine pg. 38, April 2000
Richard Nilsen, “A Visionary Beauty” The Arizona Republic March 23, 2000
Roberta Smith, “Kahn/Selesnick at Beitzel Gallery” The New York Times March 10, 2000
Miles Unger, “Tales of Intrigue for a Museum of Unnatural History” The New York Times Arts and Leisure pgs. 35 and 38, Feb. 6, 2000
Eileen Kennedy, “Art in Review: Kahn/Selesnick” Arts Media pg. 11, Jan 2000
Kate McQuaid, “Funny Phantasm, Emotional Edges, & Realms of Beauty” The Boston Globe Dec. 30, 1999
Leah Ollman, “A Provocative Trek into Pseudo-History” Los Angeles Times pg. F28, Nov. 12,1999
Daniel Pinchbeck, “Boy’s own adventure through Siberia” The Art Newspaper pg. 72, November 1998.
Vince Aletti, “Choices: Art” Village Voice pg. 72. December 1, 1998.
Ken Johnson, “Kahn and Selesnick at Monique Knowlton” The New York Times pg. 32 November 27, 1998.
Christa Worthington, “Mining the Relics of Journeys Past” New York Times pg. 45. November 22, 1998.
Fredrick S. Voss, Faces of Time: 75 years of Time Magazine cover Portraits pgs. 126-27 and cover. Little Brown 1998
Matt Unger, “Kahn and Selesnick at Pepper” Art News pg. 163. July 1998
Grace Consoli, “Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick: Panoramic Photographs from the Siberian Expeditions of 1944-46” Arts Media pgs. 18-19. May 1998.
Kate McQuaid, “Duo Makes Art by Faking History” The Boston Globe pgs. C1, C4. May 9, 1998
Lucy R. Lippard, “Moments of Grace: Spirit in the American Landscape” Aperture pgs. 61, 66-67. Winter 1998
Grady Turner, “Kahn / Selesnick at Monique Knowlton” Art in America pg. 130. November 1997
Kate McQuaid, “Kahn and Selesnick at the East End Gallery” The Boston Globe August 14, 1997.
Aletti, “Choices: Art” Village Voice pg. 12. April 15, 1997.
Joanne Silver, “Visions Exhibit draws a perfect 10” The Boston Herald pgs. 14-15 June 20, 1997.
Selesnick and Kahn, “Stranger in a Strange Land: a collaborative work by Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick” Arts Media pgs. 9-11. November 1996.
Souren Melikian, “In Another Orbit” International Herald Tribune pg. 6 Oct 5, 1996
Colour reproductions Harper’s Magazine June 1996.
Roberta Smith, “Kahn and Selesnick at Monique Knowlton” The New York Times pg. 55 May 17, 1996.
Front cover Ploughshares Winter 1995-96.
Vivian Raynor, “In Kent, Differing Images and Books as Endangered Species” The New York Times pg. 20 May 14, 1995.
Front cover and inner gatefold Time Magazine (Man of the Year Issue, Pope John Paul II) pgs. 48-50 Dec. 26, 1994.
Nancy Stapen, “The Bold Meets the Soulful on Newbury St.” The Boston Globe pg. 57 Sept. 29, 1994
Ann Wilson-Lloyd, “Selesnick and Kahn Collaborate a Clever Conceit” Cape Cod Arts & Antiques Pgs. 18-21. August 1994
K.C. Myers, “Trust: the Collaboration of Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick” Provincetown Arts pgs. 91-93. Summer 1993
Robert Taylor, “Outer Cape Art: Fresh Daily Catch” The Boston Globe pg. 27 July 24, 1993
Raymond Rigoglioso, “A Profile of Two Artists: Bog Pastries and Painted Heads from the Royal Excavation Corps” Provincetown Magazine pg. 16-17. July 15, 1993
Ann Wilson-Lloyd, “Gorillas in the Dunes: a Field Report from Provincetown” Provincetown Arts pg. 42. Summer 1992
Ann Wilson-Lloyd, “Young Artists, Here & New” pg. 57. May 1991
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Boston Public Library
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Ma.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Fogg Museum of Art, Boston
National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
Bergen County Museum of Arts and Sciences, Paramus NJ
Miller, Anderson, and Sherrard Corporate HQ, Philadelphia
International Finance Corporation
Wellington Management Corporation
Fidelity Corporation
World Bank Corporation
Estee Lauder Corporation
Microsoft Corporation
Time Magazine
Aperture Magazine
The Prudential Corporation
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LaSalle Mortage Corporation