McKnight Photography Fellowship Exhibition
Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota
August 29 - September 22, 2000
Katherine E. Nash Gallery at University of Minnesota presents an exhibition featuring work from the 1999 University of Minnesota/McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships for Photographers Program.
Funded by the McKnight Foundation and administered by the University of Minnesota’s Department of Art, the purpose of the McKnight Fellowship Program is to support emerging and established Minnesota photographers whose work demonstrates excellence. The program is committed to encouraging and supporting a broad range of artistic sensibilities and approaches, thus enriching the quality and diversity of photographic art in the region.
These are the six 1999 Fellows featured in the exhibition:
WING YOUNG HUIE, a native of Duluth, presents selections from his black-and-white photographs of Minnesota neighborhoods. Included are images from his Lake Street Project, currently installed along the length of this Minneapolis thoroughfare, and from smaller projects undertaken in the Red River cities of Fargo and Moorhead.
JOHN C. JOHNSTON, a 1995 recipient of an M.F.A. degree from the University of Minnesota, makes color photographs of domestic landscapes. Unassuming at first glance, these carefully controlled views transform everyday objects into enigmatic, autobiographical narratives.
LYNN LUKKAS, a native and current resident of Minneapolis, is a new media artist with a special interest in photography’s capacity for describing place and time. Her project "Oculus: Tibet" combines modern technologies and the ancient desire to see and experience new places.
ROGER MERTIN, a St. Paul resident whose photographs have been collected and presented by scores of institutions worldwide, presents the latest chapter of a decade-long project documenting North American libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie. His large format color images consider the relationships between architecture, bibliography, and whimsy.
DEIRDRE MONK describes herself as a frustrated painter. With black-and-white prints as a foundation, Monk expressively and intuitively applies color and text, both enhancing what was in the original negative and adding new material. The pieces reflect Monk’s interest in the three-way relationship between author, audience, and subject.
ALEC SOTH, another Minneapolis native and resident, used his Fellowship to support a stream-of-consciousness exploration he has titled "From Here to There." Soth likens this photographic meandering, which produced both color prints and colorful captions, to Internet surfing, wherein one flashing interest dreamily segues into another.
University of Minnesota/McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships for Photographers are available to Minnesota photographers at any stage of their career development. Fellowship applications are reviewed and funding decisions made by a review panel of three photography professionals from outside the state. Fellowships are awarded for a twelve-month period.
The exhibition will travel to Winona State University in November, and to Bemidji State University in January. An illustrated publication, available for no charge, accompanies the exhibition.
1998 McKnight Photography Fellows
Sheila Farrell ~ Inna Valin ~ David Goldes ~ Wayne Gudmundson ~ Richard Sennott ~ Keith Holmes
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery is located on the lower concourse of Willey Hall on the University of Minnesota’s west bank campus, Minneapolis.
www.mcknightphoto.umn.edu
