CV:
b. 1988 - Richmond, Virginia
Education:
2019 - MFA (Visual Arts) Columbia University, New York, New York
2017 - MA (Public Media - Strategic Communications) Fordham University, Bronx, New York
2015 - BA (Visual Arts & Communications/Media Studies) Fordham University, New York, New York
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, New York, American Beauty
2017 El Museo de Los Sures, Brooklyn, New York, Last Glimpse of Los Sures
2016 Ildiko Butler Gallery, New York, New York, American Beauty, curated by Susan Kismaric
Group Exhibitions:
2022 SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, New York, Looking Back: Soho Photo’s First 50 Years
2021 NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival, Do you know who I am?
2021 BRIC website/Youtube channel - Film - Do you know who I am?
2021 Brooklyn Free Speech HD channel (Spectrum 1993, Optimum 951, Verizon 47) - Do you know who I am? (April 13 - July 3, 7-9:30 pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays)
2019 Jewish Museum, New York, New York, In Response - Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything
2019 Wallach Gallery, New York, New York, MFA Visual Arts 2019 Thesis Exhibition, curated by Regine Basha
2019 1675 Broadway - New York, New York, Columbia MFA Summer Show, curated by Edsel Williams
2018 LeRoy Neiman Gallery, New York, New York, Smiles Without Freedom, curated by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu
2018 Time Square Space - New York, New York, Columbia MFA Summer Show, curated by Sara O'Keeffe
2018 Wallach Gallery, New York, New York, MFA Visual Arts 2018 First Year Exhibition, curated by Natalie Bell
2018 Lipani Gallery, New York, New York, 100 Photography Alumni
2017 Getty Images Gallery, London, United Kingdom, Renaissance Photography Prize
2017 Candela Books + Gallery - Richmond, Virginia, UnBound6!
2017 Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Portraiture: Mirror Mirror, curated by Amy Arbus
2017 International Print Center, New York, New York, PRINTFEST 2017
2016 SoHo Photo Gallery, New York, New York, 12th Annual Alternative Processes Competition
2016 Getty Images Gallery, London, United Kingdom, Renaissance Photography Prize
2016 Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, UnBound5!
2016 Site:Brooklyn - Brooklyn, New York, A Point of View: Contemporary Photography, curated by Mitra Abbaspour
2016 Ildiko Butler Gallery, New York, New York, What This Journey Breeds, curated by Amie Cunat
2016 Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, Massachusetts, Tripping the Light Fantastic
2016 Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Portraiture: Photography Now
2016 Center for Photographic Art Gallery, Carmel, California
2016 Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, Colorado
2016 Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, Virginia
2015 Lipani Gallery, New York, New York, Veterans Photographers-Photographers Veterans
2015 Lipani Gallery, New York, New York, Time is Up!
Awards, Fellowships, Grants, Residencies:
2021 BRIC, BRIClab (Video Art) Residency
2020 BRIC, Media Arts Fellowship
2019 Puffin Foundation Grant
2019 Chico Hot Springs Portfolio Review & Charcoal Publishing Prize
2019 PDN The 30 - New and Emerging Photographers (Shortlisted)
2018 Brevoort-Eickemeyer Fellowship and Prize
2018 Columbia University - School of the Arts, Photography Fellowship
2018 Fleet Reserve Association, Joseph R. Baranski Fellowship
2017 Renaissance Photography Prize (Shortlisted)
2017 Fleet Reserve Association, Robert W. Nolan Fellowship
2016 Photographer's FORUM Magazine: Best of College & High School Photography (Series Winner)
2015 Photographer's FORUM Magazine: Best of College & High School Photography (Honorable Mention)
2015 Renaissance Photography Prize (Finalist)
2015 Photographer's FORUM Magazine: Best of Photography (Finalist)
2015 Siena International Photography Awards (Finalist)
2015 Colorado Photographic Arts Center: Juried Exhibition (Honorable Mention)
Artist Talks:
2021 BRIClab Video Art Artist Talk - Brooklyn, New York
2019 Marble Hill Camera and Supper Club - Queens, New York
2019 Columbia University - New York, New York
2018 Columbia University - New York, New York
2018 SoHo Photo Gallery - New York, New York
2017 El Museo de Los Sures - Brooklyn, New York
2016 Fordham University - New York, New York
Curatorial Projects:
Ildiko Butler Gallery - New York, New York, What This Journey Breeds (2016)
Selected Juror:
National juror in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards - Photography (2022)
Teaching/Work:
Columbia University - School of the Arts/Adjunct Assistant Professor (current)
Columbia University - School of the Arts/Manager of Development Operations (2020-2023)
The City University of New York, Queensborough - Art Department Faculty (2019-2020)
Columbia University - Teaching Assistant (2017-2019)
Columbia University - Department Research Assistant/Photography Fellow (2017-2018)
Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs - Marketing Manager (2016-2017)
Veterans Integration To Academic Leadership - Media Manager (2014-2016)
Refugee Immigrant Fund - Resident Photographer (2014-2016)
United States Navy (2009-2013)
Boards:
Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation (Associate Trustee)
Publications:
2017 America's Favorite Flies, John Bryan and Rob Carter - (Book)
2017 Columbia University School of Arts - Student Spotlight Fall 2017 (Website)
2017 Photographer'sFORUM, Portfolio Winner - September 2017 issue (Magazine)
2017 Getty Images Gallery - London, United Kingdom, Renaissance Photography Prize 2017 (Catalog)
2017 Black Box Gallery - Portland, Oregon, Portraiture: Mirror Mirror (Book)
2016 Photographer'sFORUM, Best of College & High School Photography 2016 (Book and Magazine)
2016 Fordham Magazine, Fall 2016 (Magazine)
2016 Photographer'sFORUM, Best of Photography 2016 (Book)
2016 Style Weekly (Richmond, Virginia), Arts & Events July 2016 (Magazine)
2016 One Second of Photographs Made by Eight People in Japan 2015-16 (Book)
2016 Black Box Gallery, Portraiture: Photography Now 2016 (Book)
2016 Getty Images Gallery - London, United Kingdom, Renaissance Photography Prize 2016 (Catalog)
2016 Center for Photographic Art (Catalog)
2016 Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Catalog)
Press:
“Finally, there are photographs that speak to the human condition...James McCracken has photographed strangers...In McCracken’s “American Beauty” (2016), a large, bearded and shirtless man sports a tattoo across his belly, which doubles as the title of the photograph. He stands in front of an Airstream trailer, with his belongings alongside it. At its core, it is simple portraiture. But there’s something more intriguing: It’s the small hint of a story or an invitation to enter into the photograph and experience the lives of the subject or the maker.
Like the other strong photographs in the exhibition, McCracken asks the viewer to muse about the gaps and fill in the absences.”
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