Michael Ashkin
Michael Ashkin is an artist working in photography and sculpture. His work has been shown at the Whitney Biennial, Greater New York, Documenta 11, Vienna Secession, MUDAM in Luxembourg, Artsonje Center in Seoul, and Kolumba in Köln. Ashkin has published five photobooks: There will be two of you (Fw:Books, 2023), were it not for (Fw:Books, 2019), Horizont (TIS Books, 2018), Long Branch (A-Jump Books, 2014) and Garden State (Workroom G, 2000). He has been awarded two Pollock–Krasner Fellowships, an NYFA Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Academic Research/Specialty Areas
- Installation art
- Interdisciplinary art
- Landscape architecture
- Painting
- Photography
- Sculpture
- Visual representation
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Classes (Selected)
- ART 3699 Photography: Special TopicsOpens a Cornell link
- ART 4003 Thesis IOpens a Cornell link
- Art 4004 Thesis IIOpens a Cornell link
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)
- MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship (2011, 2012, 2014, 2016)
- Yaddo Residency Fellowship (2013, 2015)
- Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (1997, 2012)
- John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2009)
Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)
- Foyer-LA, Los Angeles (2024)
- Kaktos Project, Athens, Greece (2020)
- Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany, (2002)
- Session, Vienna, Austria (2009)
- Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC (1998, 2000, 2002, 2005)
Publications (Selected)
- Ashkin, Michael, "There will be two of us,"Opens an external link Fw:Books, Amsterdam (2023)
- Ashkin, Michael, "were it not for"Opens an external link, Fw:Books, Amsterdam (2019)
- Ashkin, Michael, "Horizont"Opens an external link, TIS Books, New York (2018)
- Ashkin, Michael, "Long Branch"Opens an external link, A-Jump Books, Ithaca (2014)