Lynn Saville | American, 1950 -
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Solo Exhibition Jan 7 – March 1
2010 Zoe Bingham Fine Art, Night/Shift London, UK December, 2010 – Feb., 2011
2009 Lynn Saville: Night/Shift, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC
2009 Lynn Saville: Night/Shift, Kayafas Gallery, Boston
2008 Lynn Saville: Night Vision, University of Texas, Nagodoches
2008 Lynn Saville: Night/Shift, Montgomery Museum of Art, Alabama
2007 Lynn Saville: Night Vision, Mint Museum of Art, North Carolina
Acquainted with the Night, Pensacola Art Museum, Florida
2006 42nd Street Nocturne, New York City MTA, Arts for Transit (Public Installation),
42nd Street Bryant Park Subway Station
Lynn Saville: The Color of Night, President's Gallery, Duke University
2005 Paris: Night’s Edge, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
2004 Lynn Saville: Nightscapes, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Night Vision, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2003 Night’s Edge, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2002 Brooklyn Public Library, New York
2001 Frohring Art Center, Hiram College, Ohio
2000 Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris
1999 The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Federazione International Artistici Fotografia, Turin, Italy
1998 Gente di Fotografia, Palermo, Italy
1997 Acquainted with the Night, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Acquainted with the Night Jackson Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta
Acquainted with the Night John Cleary Gallery, Houston
1996 Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1995 School of Architecture, Columbia University
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Into the Night, Tucson Museum of Art, 1/2013 – 5/2013
2012 The Built Environment (working title) PRC, Boston, 11/2012-1/2013
2012 New York in Color, Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1/2012 – 3/2012
Urban Landscape: Vacant Spaces Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Curator’s Choice, Jersey City, NJ April 6 – April 22nd, 2012
2011 Across the Divide, curated by Todd Hido from Critical Mass finalists exhibition
tours California from Photo Center NW (Seattle) March 3-25; Newspace Center
April 1 – May 1 and the RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco (May 6th Through
June 10th.)
2010 Incognito: The Hidden Self-Portrait; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York,
July-September
Discoveries: New Work, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Texas July –September
2010 Affordable Art Fair, NYC, John Cleary Gallery
2009 Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the Duke University Special Collections
Library, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC
2007 American Identities: A New Look, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Exterior, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC,
Easy Rider, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2006 Brooklyn, Westport Arts Center, Connecticut
Muse Exhibition, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia
Lynn Saville, Sam Oppenheim, Photography, ICON Iowa Contemporary Gallery,
Fairfield, Iowa
2005 Night Vision: Photographs of William Gedney and Lynn Saville, Perkins Library,
Duke University
On View, Photographing the Museum, Yancey Richardson Gallery
Picturing Central Park, Central Park Conservancy Commission at AXA Gallery,
New York
At the Crossroads of Desire: A Times Square Centennial, New York
2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Times Square: Reinventing the Fantasy, Cornell University Gallery
TPS 13, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio
2003 Enchanted Evenings , Yancey Richardson Gallery
Night Encounters, Modern Museum, Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
Here, New York Foundation for the Arts/Tanqueray No 10
Artists Choose Artists, Century Club
2001 Girls on Top, Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris
Aesthetics of Contemporary Photography, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz
Mois de la Photo, Paris
2000 From Here to There: Highlights, Yancey Richardson Gallery
Three American Night Landscape Photographers, Hudson River Museum
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris
Deutsche Bank
1998 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
Zur Stockeregg Gallery, Zurich
1997 Backyards, Robert Mann Gallery
H2O, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Archive
Perkins Library of Special Collections, Duke University
Grants and Awards
2005 First Place, Architecture, Women In Photography International
2004 Faculty Development Award, Parsons School of Design
1999 New York State Council for the Arts Grant
1995 Festival of Photography, Premio Award, Scanno, Italy
1989 New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowship
Selected Collections
Bibliothéque Nationale de France
Brooklyn Museum of Art
California Museum of Photography
Denver Art Museum
Elton John
Goldman Sachs
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Milwaukee Art Museum
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte
Montgomery Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of the City of Paris
Museum of the City of New York
New York Public Library
Numerous private and corporate collections
Oxford University, Bodleian Library
Prudential Insurance Company
Publications
BOOKS
Monographs
Night/Shift, Random House/Monacelli Press, 2009, with an introduction by Arthur C.
Danto
Acquainted with the Night, Rizzoli, 1997, with an introduction by Joseph Rosa
Books by others
New York in Color, by Bob Shamis
Picturing Central Park, Central Park Conservancy 2005
Open House, Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2004
The Language of Life, Bill Moyers, 1995
Horses in the Circus Ring, E.P. Dutton, 1989
Blogs, Articles & Other Publications
EXIT (Madrid, Spain) issue; portfolio “By Night” August 2011
SIP, Israel, Interview and portfolio, August 18, 2011
BombBlog, Interview with Brian Ulrich, Fall 2010
Cerise Press, Paris, France, portfolio and interview Spring 2011
The New York Times Lens Blog, April 2010: "Scenes from the Night Shift"
NPR National Public Radio WNYC Vimeo about my work on WNYC radio/website,
January 2010: "A New York Moment: Lynn Saville"
The New York Times, Ken Johnson review of Glitz & Grime, Friday, August 13, 2009
BOMBBlog, Interview with Nick Stillman July, 2009
Interview with Nick Stillman July, 2009
Interview with Robert Schaefer June 1, 2009
Flavorpill, July 2009
Boston Globe, September 17, 2009 "Critic’s Pick"
Boston Globe, September 30, 2009 "Review of show"
Monthly Photography, Seoul, South Korea, "Portfolio and Interview,” March 2008
Printed Publications
Photo Review, 2008 "Bridges"
The New York Times, Sunday Arts & Leisure, January 5, 2003
Black and White Magazine, February-March, 2003
Duke Magazine, Spring 2003
2wice Magazine, Spring 2003
The New York Times, Sunday Arts & Leisure, July 1995
The Manhattan Review, covers since 1995
"Art in Review" Charles Hagen, New York Times, 1995
"Voice Choices" Vince Aletti, The Village Voice, 1995, l993
Duke Magazine, 1995
Milkweed Chronicle, 1995
Harper’s, May 1995, April 1994
Popular Photography, 1993
Lighting Dimensions, Fall, 1992
Photographie, Spring, 1989
Reviews
2012 E-Photo Newsletter, Review of Night/Shift by Matt Damsker
2010 Photo Review, Review of Night/Shift
2009 Eyemazing Magazine, Portfolio, November
2009 "Bridges," Photo Review
2005 Photo Review, Portfolio, Fall
2003 The New York Times, Sunday Arts & Leisure, January 5
ARTnews,May
Black and White Magazine, Spring
Duke Magazine, Spring
2wice Magazine, Spring
Sunday Arts & Leisure, New York Times, July
1995 Cover. The Manhattan Review
“Art in Review,” New York Times
Duke Magazine
Milkweed Chronicle
Vince Aletti, “Voice Choices” The Village Voice
Harper’s, May
1994 Harper’s, April
Education
Pratt Institute, M.F.A.
Duke University, B.A.
Teaching & Lectures
2011 PRC, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Night/Shift
2010 Center for Architecture, Lecture about Night/Shift
2009 Dialogue with Arthur C. Danto, New York Public Library
2009 Lecture Series Fall 2009
2008 Guest Lecture at International Center of Photography
2007-11 Teaching Faculty, New York University
2004-11 Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York
2003-7 Teaching Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York
Visiting Artist, Summer Workshop, International Center of Photography
Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
Visiting Artist, New York University
2003 Visiting Artist, Panelist, Dowling College, Long Island
Visiting Artist, New York University
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts
Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
2002 Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute
2001 Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts
1998 Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
1997 Faculty, M.FA. Program in Lighting Design, Department of Architecture &
Environmental Design, Parsons School of Design, New York
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Schneider Gallery, Chicago, Solo Exhibition Jan 7 – March 1
2010 Zoe Bingham Fine Art, Night/Shift London, UK December, 2010 – Feb., 2011
2009 Lynn Saville: Night/Shift, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC
2009 Lynn Saville: Night/Shift, Kayafas Gallery, Boston
2008 Lynn Saville: Night Vision, University of Texas, Nagodoches
2008 Lynn Saville: Night/Shift, Montgomery Museum of Art, Alabama
2007 Lynn Saville: Night Vision, Mint Museum of Art, North Carolina
Acquainted with the Night, Pensacola Art Museum, Florida
2006 42nd Street Nocturne, New York City MTA, Arts for Transit (Public Installation),
42nd Street Bryant Park Subway Station
Lynn Saville: The Color of Night, President's Gallery, Duke University
2005 Paris: Night’s Edge, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C.,
2004 Lynn Saville: Nightscapes, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Night Vision, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
2003 Night’s Edge, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2002 Brooklyn Public Library, New York
2001 Frohring Art Center, Hiram College, Ohio
2000 Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris
1999 The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Federazione International Artistici Fotografia, Turin, Italy
1998 Gente di Fotografia, Palermo, Italy
1997 Acquainted with the Night, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Acquainted with the Night Jackson Fine Art Gallery, Atlanta
Acquainted with the Night John Cleary Gallery, Houston
1996 Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
1995 School of Architecture, Columbia University
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Into the Night, Tucson Museum of Art, 1/2013 – 5/2013
2012 The Built Environment (working title) PRC, Boston, 11/2012-1/2013
2012 New York in Color, Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1/2012 – 3/2012
Urban Landscape: Vacant Spaces Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Curator’s Choice, Jersey City, NJ April 6 – April 22nd, 2012
2011 Across the Divide, curated by Todd Hido from Critical Mass finalists exhibition
tours California from Photo Center NW (Seattle) March 3-25; Newspace Center
April 1 – May 1 and the RayKo Photo Center in San Francisco (May 6th Through
June 10th.)
2010 Incognito: The Hidden Self-Portrait; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York,
July-September
Discoveries: New Work, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Texas July –September
2010 Affordable Art Fair, NYC, John Cleary Gallery
2009 Beyond Beauty: Photographs from the Duke University Special Collections
Library, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC
2007 American Identities: A New Look, Brooklyn Museum, New York
Exterior, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC,
Easy Rider, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
2006 Brooklyn, Westport Arts Center, Connecticut
Muse Exhibition, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia
Lynn Saville, Sam Oppenheim, Photography, ICON Iowa Contemporary Gallery,
Fairfield, Iowa
2005 Night Vision: Photographs of William Gedney and Lynn Saville, Perkins Library,
Duke University
On View, Photographing the Museum, Yancey Richardson Gallery
Picturing Central Park, Central Park Conservancy Commission at AXA Gallery,
New York
At the Crossroads of Desire: A Times Square Centennial, New York
2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Times Square: Reinventing the Fantasy, Cornell University Gallery
TPS 13, Texas Photographic Society, San Antonio
2003 Enchanted Evenings , Yancey Richardson Gallery
Night Encounters, Modern Museum, Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
Here, New York Foundation for the Arts/Tanqueray No 10
Artists Choose Artists, Century Club
2001 Girls on Top, Galerie Valérie Cueto, Paris
Aesthetics of Contemporary Photography, Samuel Dorsky Museum, New Paltz
Mois de la Photo, Paris
2000 From Here to There: Highlights, Yancey Richardson Gallery
Three American Night Landscape Photographers, Hudson River Museum
Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris
Deutsche Bank
1998 Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
Zur Stockeregg Gallery, Zurich
1997 Backyards, Robert Mann Gallery
H2O, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Archive
Perkins Library of Special Collections, Duke University
Grants and Awards
2005 First Place, Architecture, Women In Photography International
2004 Faculty Development Award, Parsons School of Design
1999 New York State Council for the Arts Grant
1995 Festival of Photography, Premio Award, Scanno, Italy
1989 New York Foundation for the Arts Photography Fellowship
Selected Collections
Bibliothéque Nationale de France
Brooklyn Museum of Art
California Museum of Photography
Denver Art Museum
Elton John
Goldman Sachs
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Milwaukee Art Museum
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte
Montgomery Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of the City of Paris
Museum of the City of New York
New York Public Library
Numerous private and corporate collections
Oxford University, Bodleian Library
Prudential Insurance Company
Publications
BOOKS
Monographs
Night/Shift, Random House/Monacelli Press, 2009, with an introduction by Arthur C.
Danto
Acquainted with the Night, Rizzoli, 1997, with an introduction by Joseph Rosa
Books by others
New York in Color, by Bob Shamis
Picturing Central Park, Central Park Conservancy 2005
Open House, Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2004
The Language of Life, Bill Moyers, 1995
Horses in the Circus Ring, E.P. Dutton, 1989
Blogs, Articles & Other Publications
EXIT (Madrid, Spain) issue; portfolio “By Night” August 2011
SIP, Israel, Interview and portfolio, August 18, 2011
BombBlog, Interview with Brian Ulrich, Fall 2010
Cerise Press, Paris, France, portfolio and interview Spring 2011
The New York Times Lens Blog, April 2010: "Scenes from the Night Shift"
NPR National Public Radio WNYC Vimeo about my work on WNYC radio/website,
January 2010: "A New York Moment: Lynn Saville"
The New York Times, Ken Johnson review of Glitz & Grime, Friday, August 13, 2009
BOMBBlog, Interview with Nick Stillman July, 2009
Interview with Nick Stillman July, 2009
Interview with Robert Schaefer June 1, 2009
Flavorpill, July 2009
Boston Globe, September 17, 2009 "Critic’s Pick"
Boston Globe, September 30, 2009 "Review of show"
Monthly Photography, Seoul, South Korea, "Portfolio and Interview,” March 2008
Printed Publications
Photo Review, 2008 "Bridges"
The New York Times, Sunday Arts & Leisure, January 5, 2003
Black and White Magazine, February-March, 2003
Duke Magazine, Spring 2003
2wice Magazine, Spring 2003
The New York Times, Sunday Arts & Leisure, July 1995
The Manhattan Review, covers since 1995
"Art in Review" Charles Hagen, New York Times, 1995
"Voice Choices" Vince Aletti, The Village Voice, 1995, l993
Duke Magazine, 1995
Milkweed Chronicle, 1995
Harper’s, May 1995, April 1994
Popular Photography, 1993
Lighting Dimensions, Fall, 1992
Photographie, Spring, 1989
Reviews
2012 E-Photo Newsletter, Review of Night/Shift by Matt Damsker
2010 Photo Review, Review of Night/Shift
2009 Eyemazing Magazine, Portfolio, November
2009 "Bridges," Photo Review
2005 Photo Review, Portfolio, Fall
2003 The New York Times, Sunday Arts & Leisure, January 5
ARTnews,May
Black and White Magazine, Spring
Duke Magazine, Spring
2wice Magazine, Spring
Sunday Arts & Leisure, New York Times, July
1995 Cover. The Manhattan Review
“Art in Review,” New York Times
Duke Magazine
Milkweed Chronicle
Vince Aletti, “Voice Choices” The Village Voice
Harper’s, May
1994 Harper’s, April
Education
Pratt Institute, M.F.A.
Duke University, B.A.
Teaching & Lectures
2011 PRC, Photographic Resource Center, Boston University, Night/Shift
2010 Center for Architecture, Lecture about Night/Shift
2009 Dialogue with Arthur C. Danto, New York Public Library
2009 Lecture Series Fall 2009
2008 Guest Lecture at International Center of Photography
2007-11 Teaching Faculty, New York University
2004-11 Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York
2003-7 Teaching Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York
Visiting Artist, Summer Workshop, International Center of Photography
Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
Visiting Artist, New York University
2003 Visiting Artist, Panelist, Dowling College, Long Island
Visiting Artist, New York University
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts
Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
2002 Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute
2001 Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
Visiting Artist, School of Visual Arts
1998 Visiting Artist, Parsons School of Design, MFA Program, Architecture
1997 Faculty, M.FA. Program in Lighting Design, Department of Architecture &
Environmental Design, Parsons School of Design, New York