Chris+Verene

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Chris Verene’s work is in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, the High Museum of Art and others. Verene was the first-ever photographer to receive a Pollock-Krasner Grant for full support (2002-2003). Verene was represented in them 2000 Whitney Biennial, and his “Self-Esteem Salon: The Orphanage” was an invitational feature in the 2005 Armory Art Fair, New York. His work has been exhibited in countless museums and galleries worldwide, and his bibliography includes PARKETT, ArtForum, Harper’s Magazine, Flash Art, Aperture, Vanity Fair, Art in America and the New York Times, among many others. His work was last seen locally at The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, in a mid-career retrospective exhibition in 2004.