June Kelly Gallery

Alex Harsley

Born Rock Hill, South Carolina
Lives and works in New York City

Education
Private studies with Lloyd Varden (scientific advisor to photographic industry)

Solo Exhibitions
2012 50 Years of Fine Art Images, June Kelly Gallery, New York
2004 44 Years of New York, June Kelly Gallery, New York
2002 Patchworks, essay by Dawoud Bey, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1997 Chiaroscuro, June Kelly Gallery, New York
1973-97 4th Street Photo Gallery, New York
1978 Black History Museum, Hempstead, NY
1974 Parallels of Inspiration, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
1971 Optional Art One; Optional Art Two; Man, Matter & Art, Image Gallery, New York

Group Exhibitions
1976 Rhythms of Vision, Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York
1973 Communications ’73,Union Carbide Gallery, New York
Communications ’73, Long Island University, New York
1972 Symbols in the Mind - A Closer Look, Long Island University, New York

Selected Periodicals & Reviews
2004 Tabron, Christopher, "Tiny 'Patchworks' of Art," SoHo Weekly News, April
1997 Schjeldahl, Peter, "Whitney Biennial," video collaboration with installation artist
  David Hammons, Village Voice
1985 Braff, Phyllis, "Pictures Worth a thousand Words," The New York Times,  Sunday, April
1975 Henni, P., "SWN Discoveries," Soho Weekly News
1971 Coleman, A. D., "Latent Image," Village Voice
Coleman, A. D., "Shows We've Seen," Popular Photography

Professional Experience
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, New York
1975-2003 Collaborative work with Dawoud Bey and David Hammons
1991-1999 Freelance: Schomburg Library for Research in Black Culture
1991-1992 Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration and Harlem Textiles Works
1970-1971 Arverne Photographic Project
1967-1970 Supervisor, Color Lab (Types C&R)
1964-1967 Freelance for variety of black publications
1961-1963 Photographer, U.S. Army
1959 Photographer, New York County, District Attorney's Office

Video
1994-2001 Collaboration with choreographer Rod Rogers
2000 Collaboration with poet John Farris at Tribes Gallery
1996-2000 Feature video, “The Life and Work of Vincent Smith”
1999 “Circles,” video collaboration with Candida Alvarez
“Passages,” feature piece for The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
1989-1999 Produced video for Harlem Textiles Works with the late director Kerris Wolsky
1998 Produced DVD for David Hammons
1995 “Kick the Bucket,” video collaboration with installation artist David Hammons
“The Plastic Man,” video collaboration with installation artist David Hammons

Public Commission
2000 Health and Hospital Corporation, Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

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