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Austin Irving
Austin Irving photographed by Brad Elterman in 2013
Born1984 (age 39–40)
New York City, New York, U.S.
EducationNew York University Tisch School of the Arts
Known forContemporary Art
Parents
RelativesJules Irving (grandfather), Priscilla Pointer (grandmother), Amy Irving (aunt)
Websitehttps://www.austinirving.com/

Austin Irving (born 1984) is an American contemporary artist and photographer.

Early life and education

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Irving was born in New York City in 1984. She is the daughter of film director David Irving and landscape designer Susan Irving. Her paternal grandparents are theater director Jules Irving and the actress Priscilla Pointer. She is the niece of the actress Amy Irving. In 2006, Irving graduated graduated cum laude from the Tisch School Of The Arts at NYU with a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging.[1]

Career

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Irving works with large format analog photography. She uses a Toyo-View camera and shoots on 4x5 Kodak color negative. Her images are presented as large scale photographic prints. Her artwork has been the recipient of numerous awards and has been exhibited in galleries, museums and festivals in Hong Kong, India, Germany, Lithuania, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Indonesia, Budapest, and across The United States. Her photographs explore liminality[2] and metageography,[3] anthropocentrism,[4] and the tension between natural and man-made environments.[1][5][6] Irving has stated that her photographic practice is motivated by the wish to find relief from the "extreme internal discomfort" of living with body dysmorphic disorder.[7] Irving cites Thomas Demand, Bernd & Hilla Becher, MC Escher, René Magritte, Lynne Cohen, and James Turrell as artists whose work has impacted her practice.[8]

In 2017, she was the artist-in-residence at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India. In 2019, she was an artist-in-residence at the Varda Artist Residency aboard the SS Vallejo, a historic house boat in Sausalito, California.

Notable works

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NOT AN EXIT (2007–present) showcases real-world optical illusions created from narrow angles in functional hallways and doorways.[9][10] These photographs have been called Escher-esque, a reference to M. C. Escher.[11] The debut of this series in 2015 at Wilding Cran Gallery[12] was reviewed in The LA Times by art critic Leah Ollman.[2] Irving was named as one of "9 Female Architectural Photographers You Should Know In 2023" by the Architecture MasterPrize.[13] This series has been honored in the Budapest International Foto Awards,[14][15] the Architecture MasterPrize,[16][13] Annual Photo Awards,[17] Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards,[18] PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris,[19] the Aesthetica Art Prize,[20] the Tokyo International Foto Awards,[21][22] was nominated for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award,[23] was a finalist in Klompching's FRESH Annual Photography Exhibition,[24] and has been shortlisted for The PhMuseum's Photography Grant.[25]

SHOW CAVES (2009–present) has received significant media and academic interest[26][27] for its interrogation of the ethics and impact of ecotourism, specifically the concept of government and commercially operated show caves. As a result, Irving was asked to sit on a panel for a public forum on rural economies at Virginia Tech's annual conference for Appalachian Studies Association, where the socio-economic impact of commodifying rural arts, culture, environment, and heritage to create a tourist industry in rural Appalachia was debated.[28] This series has also been featured on The Weather Channel,[29] Yatzer,[6] and in Wired Magazine.[5] SHOW CAVES has also been honored in the International Photography Awards,[30][31][32] ND Awards,[33] AI-AP American Photography,[34] Budapest International Foto Awards,[35][36] and the International Photo Grant.[37] An image from this series won the Florida Museum of Photographic Art's 2021 International Photography Competition.[38]

HIS MINECRAFT (2021–present) is an analogue study of virtual interiors. Using 4x5 color negative, Irving has developed a bespoke method of photographing digitally-generated interiors found within her husband’s private Minecraft city. In 2023, this series was honored in the Annual Photography Awards,[39] PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris,[40] the Architecture Master Prize,[41] ND Awards,[42] Budapest International Foto Awards,[43] and Tokyo International Foto Awards.[44]

Solo exhibitions

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  • Open Studio, The Clay Factory, Los Angeles, CA, 2022
  • CORNERED, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2018[45]
  • NOT AN EXIT, Photo LA, Wilding Cran Booth 412, The Reef/La Mart, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
  • NOT AN EXIT, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015[12]
  • Work In Progress, Curio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
  • SHOW CAVES, The Silverlake Art Company, Los Angeles, CA, 2013[46]
  • Portals, Curio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2012

Selected group exhibitions

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  • Verzasca Foto, Canton Of Ticino, Switzerland, 2023[25]
  • The Jakarta International Photo Festival, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2023[25]
  • PhMuseum Days, Bologna, Italy, 2023[25]
  • Best of Show Exhibition, Analog Sparks, Ostuni, Italy, 2023[18]
  • Best of Show Exhibition, Analog Sparks, Athens, Greece, 2023[18]
  • House of Lucie, Analog Sparks, Budapest, 2023[18]
  • Felix Art Fair, The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
  • Modern Analog, The Dallas Center For Photography, Dallas, TX, 2023[47]
  • Landscape: Constructed & Wild, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2023[48]
  • Eternity, The Holy Art, London, England, 2022
  • Minimalism, Decode Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2021[49]
  • Photoshoot 2021, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, 2021[50]
  • New Borders, International Photography Symposium, Nida, Lithuania, 2021[51]
  • Nature: Landscape Serene And Savage, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA, 2021
  • 8th Annual Abstract Catalyst, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, 2021[52]
  • International Photography Competition, Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts, 2021[38]
  • Selected Works, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2021[53]
  • Photography A Sense Of Place, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2021[48]
  • One Year On: Don’t Go Back To Sleep – Chelsea Productions: A Film By Nadav Kander And Johan Kramer, 2021[54]
  • A Curious Horizon, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2020 - This exhibition explored our perceptions of, and relationships to the world and our sense of place within it. Uncanny doorways, artificially encased exotic flora, and pastel-hued images of empty suburban spaces converge to evoke subtle and powerful statements on the precarious nature of the environments we’ve built and reshaped.[55][56]
  • The Next Big Thing, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA, 2020[57]
  • Photoville, New Works From NYU’s Department Of Photography & Imaging Alumni, Brooklyn, NY, 2019[58]
  • All Media, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, 2019[59]
  • Winners Exhibition, Px3 Paris Photography Gold Prize, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, 2019[60]
  • Trees, The New York Center For Photographic Arts, NY, 2019
  • The Edge Effect, The Katonah Museum Of Art, Katonah, NY, 2019 - Juried By Akili Tommasino, Associate Curator, Modern And Contemporary Art, Museum Of Fine Arts, Boston.[61]
  • Every Woman Biennial, The Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA, 2019 - Curated By C. Finley, an answer to the Whitney Biennial which showcases diversity among contemporary female and queer artists.[62][63]
  • New Works, Gulf & Western Gallery, TISCH, New York University, NY, 2019[64]
  • Photokina, Felix Schoeller Photo Award, Cologne, Germany, 2018[65]
  • Re-Imagining A Safe Space, Gulf & Western Gallery, Tisch, New York University, NY, 2017 - The exhibition explored the notion of Safe Spaces, especially examples of and challenges to the concept.[66]
  • Extreme Appalachia, Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 2017[28]
  • Hong Kong: Identity & Illusion, Lightstage Gallery, Hong Kong, China, 2016 - Identity Illusion At Lightstage Gallery, Hong Kong. This exhibition was a photo and interactive performance art exhibition of Hong Kong-based artists exploring individual narratives of personal identity, 'self' across time and space and cities on this incessant journey to somewhere both routine and new, and illusions of light and being as told through a camera's lens, as captured if for an instant.[67]
  • Focus: Photo LA Finalists, Berlin Art Week, Abury Collection, Berlin Germany, 2016[68]
  • Interiors Collection, See/Me, Exposure Awards, Musé Du Louvre, Paris, 2015
  • Neither Here Nor There, Fotofocus, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 2014[69]
  • King Co. Metro Photo Center, NW Photomural/Public Art, Seattle, WA, 2014
  • After Dark II, Greg Moon Gallery, Taos, NM, 2014
  • Photography of the Spectacular, B/G Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, 2014[70]
  • Metamorphosis, B/G Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA, 2014
  • 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA, 2014[71]
  • The Orgone Accumulators, B/G Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2014[72]
  • Light & Memory, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2014
  • Women’s Works, North West Arts Council, Woodstock, IL, 2014
  • Equations, Gloria Delson Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2014
  • After Dark, Greg Moon Gallery, Taos, NM, 2013
  • Happening 2013, Lace Benefit Art Auction, LA Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, 2013
  • MOCA: Fresh Auction, Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
  • SHOW CAVES, LOOK3: Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, VA, 2012.[73] LOOK3 was founded In 2006 By National Geographic photographer Michael Nichols and has been billed as 3 days of peace, love, and photography.[74]
  • The Series XII, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
  • Underexposed, Curio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011
  • 12th Annual Juried National Photo Competition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY, 2007[75]

Awards and nominations

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2023 - Analog Sparks International Competition (Architectural Photographer of the Year),[18] Tokyo International Foto Awards (Gold),[44] Annual Photography Awards,[39] Px3 Prix De La Photographie,[40] PhMuseum Photography Grant (Shortlist),[25] Architecture MasterPrize,[41] Budapest International Foto Awards,[14][43] Finalist in Klompching Gallery’s FRESH (Finalist)[24]

2022 - Annual Photography Awards (Architectural Photographer of the Year),[17] Architecture Master Prize (Winner, Domestic Interiors,[16] Honorable Mention, Industrial Exteriors[76]), Aesthetica Art Prize,[20] Tokyo International Foto Awards,[21] Refocus Awards[77]

2021 - Px3 Prix De La Photographie De Paris,[78] Monovisions Photography Awards,[79] American Illustration And American Photography (AI-AP),[34] International Photography Awards,[30] Tokyo International Foto Awards,[80] Florida Museum Of Photographic Arts (Best in Show)[38]

2020 - Budapest International Foto Awards (1st place Architecture,[15] 1st Place Science[36]), International Photography Awards,[31][81] Tokyo International Foto Awards[82]

2019 - International Photo Grant (1st Place),[37] Px3 Prix De La Photographie (Gold – Fine Art/Architecture,[19] Gold – Nature/Trees[83]), Tokyo International Foto Awards,[22] International Photography Awards,[84] Felix Scholler Photo Award (Shortlist),[85] The New York Center For Photographic Arts International Competition

2016 - United States Artists Fellowship Nominee

2015 - Felix Schoeller Photo Award Finalist[23]

2014 - 4th Annual Juried Exhibition, Gallery 110 - 4th Annual Juried Exhibition (Jury Award)[71]

2013 - International Photography Awards[32]

References

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