Collier Schorr
- Introduction
- Collier Schorr (born 1963 in New York) is an American artist and fashion photographer best known for adolescent portraits that blend photographic realism with elements of fiction and youthful fantasy.Schorr grew up in Queens, New York and studied journalism at the School of Visual Arts. In the 1980s and 1990s she also worked actively as an art critic. Her photography work was featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2003 International Center for Photography Triennial. In 2008 she received a Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. Collier Schorr is represented by Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London and 303 Gallery, New York. She currently resides in Brooklyn and spends her summers with family in Schwäbisch Gmünd, in Southern Germany.Her work explores a multitude of themes, including history, nationality, and war, with an emphasis on identity and gender. Her influences include Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman, and Laurie Simmons, along with German and Jewish social history, World War II, wrestling, painter Andrew Wyeth, and German photographer August Sander.
- Wikidata
- Q5147176
- Introduction
- American artist and photographer, Brooklyn, NY.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Roles
- Artist, Photographer, Sculptor
- Name
- Collier Schorr
- Ulan
- 500126099
Exhibitions
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Greater New York
Oct 11, 2015–Mar 7, 2016
MoMA PS1
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Pictures by Women: A History of Modern Photography
May 7, 2010–Apr 18, 2011
MoMA
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Photography Rotation Summer 2009
May 29–Sep 14, 2009
MoMA
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Artist’s Choice: Herzog & de Meuron, Perception Restrained
Jun 21–Sep 25, 2006
MoMA
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Photography: Inaugural Installation
Nov 20, 2004–Jun 6, 2005
MoMA
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Collier Schorr has
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