PMW GALLERY
DREAMSCAPE#4 20 x 30" chromogenic print 2011
TOPOGRAPHIC#2 20 x 30" chromogenic prints 2010
(DE) CONSTRUCTION 20 x 30" chromogenic print 2009
WEIGHT(S) 20 x 16" chromogenic print 2010
WAVE & LIGHT 19 ¼ x 16" chromogenic print 2010
DREAMSCAPE#5 20 x 16" chromogenic print 2009
(&)MEASURE(S) 20 x 16" chromogenic prints 2010
Artist's Statement
Gregory Vershbow's photographs hinge between the imagined and the observed. His work consists of photographic series and narrative books that combine his photography with original drawings and text. Joining the history of science with art history, and working both digitally and with experimental chemistry, Vershbow seeks an alternative experience of the past and present.
Vershbow received his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2010 and holds a B.A in photography and biology from Hampshire College. His books and photographs have been exhibited in solo shows on the east coast and can be found in permanent collections which include the Art institute of Chicago, the Getty Museum and the Boston Athenaeum. Vershbow will have his first international exhibition at Gallery Kernstraße in Nüremberg, Germany in July 2010.
Biography
Education:
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, M.F.A 2010
Hampshire College, B.A. 2006
Residencies/Fellowships:
Artist Residency at the Skowhegan School of Art, 2011
Gallery Representation:
Represented by the Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA
Permanent Collections:
The Art Institute of Chicago
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts
The Getty Museum
The Houghton Library, Harvard University
The Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College
Books Published:
PHILIP LUSTERKO and the MEMORY MACHINE
Limited-edition artist’s book (and exhibition)
Published by Stinehour Wemys Editions, 2006
THE ALCHEMIST’S TREE
Self Published Limited-edition artist’s book, 2010
Solo Exhibitions:
September - October 2011 Art in a Liminal Space, The Robert Klein Gallery, Boston MA
September 2011 The Alchemist’s Tree, The Smoyer Gallery at Roanoke College, Salem VA
July 2010 The Alchemist’s Tree, Gallerie in der Kernstrasse, Nüremberg Germany
January-February 2010 Ancestral Garden, The Allan and Leah
Rabinowitz Gallery at
Yale University, New Haven CT
January 2008 The Library, Exposure Gallery (Now The Jennifer Jane Gallery), New Haven CT
July-August 2007 The Library, ARS LIBRI, Boston MA
July-September 2006 Philip Lusterko and the Memory Machine, ARS LIBRI, Boston MA
Collaborative Exhibitions:
May-June 2011 bAk&4th, PMW Gallery, Stamford CT*
January-March 2011 Picturing Wall-drawings, ARS LIBRI, Boston MA*
* Collaborations with Sculptor Wilson Lawrence
Group Exhibitions:
March 2011, AIPAD, New York NY
January-February 2011 Gods and Monsters, Daniel Cooney Fine Art (juried exhibition), New York NY
November 2010 Paris Photo 2010, Paris France
June 2010 New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston MA
April-May 2010 ADD inc. (juried exhibition), Boston MA.
April-May 2010 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Massachusetts College of art and Design, Boston MA
April 2010 Massart Art Auction (juried), Massachusetts College of art and Design, Boston MA
February-April 2010 PRC student
exhibition (juried), Photographic Resource Center
at Boston University,
Boston MA
September 2008 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT
March 2008 Invitational, City Gallery, New Haven CT
October 2007 City Wide Open Studios (juried), ARTSPACE, New Haven CT
September 2007 Faculty Show, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven CT
August 2007 Off the Wall, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Studio 70, New Haven CT
October 2006 City Wide Open Studios (juried), ARTSPACE, New Haven CT
September 2006 Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt Germany
April 2006 Sparkling Fresh (juried), New York NY
Selected Reviews:
March 16 2011 Boston Globe, Creative worlds within worlds
July 16 2010 Nord Bayern, (Bavarian Newspaper), Geheimnisse der Forschung und raffiniert inszenierte Fotos
June 30 2010 Boston Globe, Scenes of bearable brightness
January 22 2010 The Yale Herald, Botanical photographs prompt evaluation of naturality
November 3 2007 Connecticut Art Scene, East Neighborboods: Gregory Vershbow (blog)
August 2 2007 Boston Globe, Gregory Vershbow: “The Library”
July 2006 Boston Globe, Gregory Vershbow: “Philip Lusterko and the Memory Machine”
Teaching:
The Art League
Spring 2011 Instructor, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, Introduction to Digital Photography.
Winter 2011 Instructor, Introduction to Darkroom Photography, Introduction to Digital Photography & Intermediate Digital Photography.
Fall 2010
Instructor, Intermediate Photography
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Spring 2010 Student Adjunct
Professor, Introduction to Digital Photography,
Students developed a fundamental
skill set in Adobe Photoshop, Inkjet printing, Basic Graphic design and the use
of digital cameras and learned about contemporary artists through slide
lectures and photographs in Boston
collections. A variety of independent and collaborative assignments included a
research assignment on a photographer and an independently directed project in
the form of an artist book.
Fall 2009 Student Adjunct Professor,
Alternative Camera and Photographic Processes,
Students in this course learned a
wide range of handmade photochemical processes, and experimented with digital
negatives and pinhole/lens large format cameras. The lecture portion of the
course covered the historical background and use of different photographic
processes and an introduction to the antiquarian avant-garde aesthetic in
contemporary art.
Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant,
Photography: Senior Projects for Professors, Abelardo Morell, Laura McPhee
& David Hilliard.
Responsibilities included: Assisting
students outside of class with technical and editorial challenges,
participating in reviews and critiques and acting as a substitute for a
professor when it was required.
Fall 2008 Teaching Assistant,
Alternative Camera and Photographic Processes, for Professor Lana Caplan.
Responsibilities included: Providing
students with readings, preparing chemical solutions for each class,
maintaining safety in the lab, and working with students one on one to solve
technical problems in their work.
Creative Arts Workshop
Summer 2008 Instructor, The
Photographic Narrative
Students produced two coherent
bodies of work that conveyed a fiction or non-fiction narrative. They also
brought in art books and magazines every week with which to discuss roles of
narrative in documentary, fashion and fine art photography.
Summer 2008 Instructor, The
Photographic Portrait
Winter 2008 Instructor, Macro
Photography
Spring 2007 Instructor, Sun Prints
from Digital Negatives
Students combined
alternative photochemical processes with digital photography.
Winter 2007
Instructor, Digital Black and White Photography
Yale Child Study
Center
Summer 2006 Instructor, art and
photography programs,
Holyoke Care Center (High-school for young mothers)
Spring 2006 Instructor, Photography
Hampshire College
Spring 2006
Teaching Assistant, Photography 2 - Photography and Book Arts for Professor
Robert Seydel
Spring 2004
Teaching Assistant, Photography 2 - Large Format View Camera for Professor Kane
Stewart
Spring 2003 Teaching Assistant,
Biochemistry for Professor Jason Torr
