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AUSTIN IRVING

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b. 1984, New York, NY

EDUCATION: New York University, TISCH School of the Arts, New York, NY 2002-2006

Born and raised in New York City, Austin Irving is an award winning visual artist who works exclusively with large format analog photography. Irving graduated cum laude with a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU’s TISCH School Of The Arts in 2006. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Hong Kong, India, Germany, Lithuania, France, and across The United States. Irving has participated in exhibitions at institutions such as MOCA, The International Photography Symposium, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Virginia Tech, and The Katonah Museum of Art.  Her work as been the recipient of the Architecture Master Prize, Aesthetica Art Prize, The Annual Photography Awards, MonoAwards, Prix de la Photographie de Paris, American Photography Competition, Budapest International Foto Awards, International Photography Awards, PX3 Paris Photography Prize, Tokyo International Foto Awards, and the International Photography Competition at The New York Center for Photographic Arts. Her images have been  featured in The LA Times, Wired, Slate, Architectural Digest, LA Weekly, PDN, Art Ltd., Artillery, TimeOut NY, The Herald Tribune, The Huffington Post, Frontrunner, Artsy, Voyage LA, Yatzer, and Artweek LA. 

Irving is based in Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and her dog, Kodak.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

• OPEN STUDIO, The Clay Factory, Los Angeles, CA

2018

• CORNERED, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017

• NOT AN EXIT, Photo LA, Wilding Cran Booth 412, The Reef/LA Mart, Los Angeles, CA

2015

• NOT AN EXIT, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2014

• WORK IN PROGRESS, Curio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2013

• CAVES, The Silverlake Art Company, Los Angeles, CA

2012

• PORTALS, Curio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

• FELIX ART FAIR, The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

• MODERN ANALOG, The Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, TX

• LANDSCAPE: CONSTRUCTED & WILD, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2022

• ETERNITY: The Holy Art, London, England

2021

•  MINIMALISM: Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ

•  PHOTOSHOOT 2021: Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR

•  NEW BORDERS: International Photography Symposium, Nida, Lithuania

•  NATURE: LANDSCAPE SERENE AND SAVAGE, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

•  8TH ANNUAL ABSTRACT CATALYST, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR

•  INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (WINNER)

• SELECTED WORKS, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

• PHOTOGRAPHY A SENSE OF PLACE, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

• “ONE YEAR ON: DON’T GO BACK TO SLEEP” – Chelsea Productions: A Film by Nadav Kander and Johan Kramer

2020

• A CURIOUS HORIZON, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

• THE NEXT BIG THING, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA

2019

• PHOTOVILLE, New Works from NYU’s Department of Photography & Imaging Alumni, Brooklyn, NY

• ALL MEDIA, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA

• WINNERS EXHIBITION, PX3 Paris Photography Gold Prize, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris

• TREES, The New York Center for Photographic Arts, NY

• THE EDGE EFFECT, The Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

• EVERY WOMAN BIENNIAL, The Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA

• NEW WOKS, Gulf & Western Gallery, TISCH, New York University, NY

2018

• PHOTOKINA, Felix Schoeller Photo Award, Cologne, Germany

2017

• RE-IMAGINING A SAFE SPACE, Gulf & Western Gallery, TISCH, New York University, NY

• EXTREME APPALACHIA, Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

2016

• HONG KONG: IDENTITY & ILLUSION, LightStage Gallery, Hong Kong, China

• FOCUS: PHOTO LA FINALISTS, Berlin Art Week, Abury Collection, Berlin Germany

2015

• INTERIORS COLLECTION, See/Me, Exposure Awards, Musé du Louvre, Paris

• SUMMER GROUP SHOW, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2014

• NEITHER HERE NOR THERE, FotoFocus, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

• KING Co. METRO + PHOTO CENTER NW PHOTOMURAL/PUBLIC ART, Seattle, WA

• METAMORPHOSIS, b/G Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

• AFTER DARK II, Greg Moon Gallery, Taos, NM

• PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE SPECTACULAR, b/G Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

• THE ORGONE ACCUMULATORS, b/G Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

• LIGHT & MEMORY, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA

• WOMEN’S WORKS, North West Arts Council, Woodstock, IL

• EQUATIONS, Gloria Delson Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2013

• AFTER DARK, Greg Moon Gallery, Taos, NM

• HAPPENING 2013, LACE Benefit Art Auction, LA Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

2012

• MOCA: FRESH AUCTION, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

• SHOW CAVES, LOOK3, Charlottesville, VA

• THE SERIES XII, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA

2011

• UNDEREXPOSED, Curio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007

• 12TH ANNUAL JURIED NATIONAL PHOTO COMPETITION, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, NY

COLLECTIONS

Aileen Getty, Beth DeWoody, Helene Winer, Alan Mandell

AWARDS

WINNER: The Annual Photography Awards, Architectural Photographer of the Year, 2022

WINNER: Architecture Master Prize, Domestic Interiors, 2022

WINNER: Aesthetica Art Prize, 2022

HONORABLE MENTION: ReFocus Awards, Black & White Photo Contest, Architecture, 2022

HONORABLE MENTION: MonoAwards, Professional Architecture, 2022

HONORABLE MENTION: Architecture Master Prize, Industrial Exteriors, 2022

BEST IN SHOW: International Photography Competition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Nature/Science, 2021

BRONZE: Prix de la Photographie de Paris, Book/Nature, 2021

HONORABLE MENTION: Prix de la Photographie de Paris, Fine Art/Architecture, 2021

HONORABLE MENTION: Monovisions Photography Awards, 2021

2nd PLACE: International Photography Competition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts – Places/Landscape, 2021

CHOSEN WINNER: American Photography 37, American Illustration and American Photography (AI-AP), 2021

1st PLACE: Budapest International Foto Awards – Architecture, 2020

1st PLACE: Budapest International Foto Awards – Science, 2020

HONORABLE MENTION: Int’l Photography Awards – Analog/Portrait, 2020

HONORABLE MENTION: Int’l Photography Awards – Analog/Landscape, 2020

1st PLACE: International Photo Grant – Landscape, 2019

GOLD: PX3 Paris Photography Prize – Fine Art/Architecture, 2019

GOLD: PX3 Paris Photography Prize – Nature/Trees, 2019

HONORABLE MENTION: Tokyo International Foto Awards, 2019

HONORABLE MENTION: International Photography Awards, 2019

SHORT LIST: Felix Scholler Photo Award, 2019

3rd PLACE: International Competition, The New York Center for Photographic Arts 2019

NOMINEE: United States Artists (USA) Fellowship, 2016

FINALIST: Felix Schoeller Photo Award – Architecture and Landscape, Germany, 2015

JURY AWARD: 4th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, 2014

HONORABLE MENTION: International Photography Awards, 2013

ARTIST TALKS

NYU

VIRGINIA TECH

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATORS

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA

RESIDENCIES

2019 – Varda Artist Residency Program: Historic SS Vallejo, Sausalito, California

2017 – Artist-In-Residence: The National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / FEATURES

LA TIMES: Austin Irving Photographs Spaces With No Exit – Leah Ollman

LA WEEKLY: Meet An Artist Mondays – Shana Nys Dambrot

AESTHETICA MAGAZINE :  Future Now 2022: Aesthetica Art Prize

SLATE: Get Lost in These Escher-Esque Doorways – Jordan Teicher

ART FORUM: Cornered at Wilding Cran Gallery

VOYAGE LA: Interview With The Artist Austin Irving

YATZER: Light In the Dark: Show Caves by Photographer, Austin Irving – Sara Panagiotopoulou

WIRED: Descend Into The Surreal World of Tourist-Friendly Caves – Jordan Teicher

ART Ltd.: Austin Irving at Wilding Cran Gallery – Molly Enholm

ARTILLERY: Photographs Evoke Disquieting Feelings of Being Trapped – Annabel Osberg

SHOUT OUT LA: Meet Austin Irving: Artist – Alex Wilson

HUFFINGTON POST:  Photo LA and MOPLA Unite – Kathy Leonardo

FRONTRUNNER MAGAZINE: Austin Irving: Not An Exit, Interview with the Artist

THE WEATHER CHANNEL: Show Caves: A Look Inside Surreal Caves Modified for Tourists – Camille Mann

ART WEEK LA: Austin Irving – NOT AN EXIT

IGNANT: Austin Irving Explores the Show Caves – Monika Mróz

IT’S NICE THAT: Austin Irving Explores the Anthropocentric Tendencies of Modern Tourism – Lucy Bourton

THE STRANGER: Austin Irving’s Show Caves Flaunt It – Jen Graves

PURPLE – “CAVES” By Austin Irving – Brad Elterman

THE MORNING NEWS: Austin Irving – SHOW CAVES – Nozlee Samadzadeh

FINE LINE MAGAZINE – Beautiful and Well Thought Out Photos from NYC Born Artist Austin Irving

ND MAGAZINE: Austin Irving’s Photography

ANNIVERSARY MAGAZINE – Show Caves by Los Angeles Based Photographer Austin Irving – Lucy Bourton

THE OSPREY OBSERVER: Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts Announces Winners Of The 2021 International Photography Competition – Libby Hopkins

RACONTEUR: One Night Only! Silverlake Art Co. Presents Austin Irving’s CAVES

WETRANSFER: Featured Wallpaper

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