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Sage Sohier has been photographing people in their environments since she graduated from Harvard University in 1976. She has been awarded many grants for her work, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. She has taught photography at a number of schools in the Boston area, most recently for 12 years at Harvard University. 2004 exhibitions include a group of photographs in "Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art," at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass., and a solo show at Bernard Toale Gallery in Boston.
Education:
| 1976 |
Harvard-Radcliffe
College B.A., Cambridge, Mass. |
Selected Awards and Fellowships:
| 2003 | First Place, Magazine Division/ Feature Picture (New York Times Magazine) Sixtieth Annual "Pictures of the Year International" Competition 2002 |
| 1989 | Massachusetts Artists Foundation photography fellowship |
| 1987-1989 | Mass. Council on the Arts & Humanities "Massproductions" grant |
| 1984-1985 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship |
| 1981-1982 | Photographic Resource Center (Boston) "New Works" Commission |
| 1980-1981 | National Endowment for the Arts photography fellowship |
| 1979 | Massachusetts Artists Foundation photography fellowship |
Selected Teaching Positions:
| 1991-2003 | Harvard University (Lecturer on Visual and Environmental Studies) |
| 1997-1999 | Wellesley College (Assistant Professor of Art) |
| 1996 | Rhode Island School of Design |
| 1986, 1982-1983 | Mass. College of Art, Boston |
| 1986 | School of the Museum of Fine Arts |
Selected Exhibitions:
| 2004,
Feb-May |
"Self-Evidence: Identity in Contemporary Art," The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
| 2003 | "How Human: Life in the Post-Genome Era," International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
| Sept. 2000 - Jan. 2001 | "Photography in Boston, 1955-1985," The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA |
| 2001 | "In the Street: Photography from the Collection," Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA |
| 1999 | "Boston Women in Photography," Bernard Toale Gallery |
| 1998 | One-person show at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA |
| 1997 | Retrospective, University of Akron, Ohio |
| 1996 | "Rules of the Game," Davis Museum, Wellesley College |
| 1996 | "Secrets," The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA (30 photographs included) |
| 1996 | One-person show at the Wooster Gardens (Brent Sikkema) Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1994 | One-person show at Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1994 | Basel (Switzerland) Art Fair |
| 1991 | "The Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| 1991 | Four-person show at The Tartt Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| 1990 | One-person show at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA |
| 1990 | One-person show at The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago |
| 1990 | One-person show at the Houston Center of Photography |
| 1989 | "American Stories," three-person show at the Art Institute of Chicago (with Joel Sternfeld and Leon Borensztein) |
| 1988 | "AIDS" exhibition at the Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, Germany |
| 1988 | Two-person show at the San Francisco Camerawork |
| 1988 | One-person show at Vision Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 1988 | One-person show at Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 1987 | "Mothers and Daughters," Aperture traveling exhibition |
| 1986 | Two-person show athe The Tartt Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| 1986 | One-person show at Gallery "Art Contemporaneo," Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1985 | "Boston Now Photography," Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
| 1984 | Photographs from the Collection/Opening of the new galleries, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| 1982 | "New Women/New Work," Light Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1982 | "New England Perambulations," The Addison Gallery, Andover, MA |
Selected Collections:
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
Brooklyn Museum of Art
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Princeton University Art Museum
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Selected Bibliography:
| 2002-2003 | New York Times Magazine, photographs in "What They Were Thinking:" Oct. 12, 2003; Jan. 5, 2003; Aug. 11, 2002; Jan. 13, 2002. |
| 2002 | "The Spirit of Family," Al and Tipper Gore, edited by Gail Buckland and published by Henry Holt. |
| 2002-2003 | BOOK Magazine, May-June 2002 (portrait of author Zadie Smith); March-April 2002 (portraits of author Richard Ford); and July-Aug. 2002 (portrait of author Atul Gawande). |
| 2001 | "Photography in Boston, 1955-1985," Lafo and Nagler |
| 2001 | "Double Take" Magazine, spring 2001issue. |
| 2000 | "A Thousand Hounds," Merritt/Barth, Taschen. |
| 1996 | "See" Magazine, (a publication of the Friends of Photography), Issue 2:3. |
| 1995 | "Animal Attractions," (Abrams). |
| 1991 | "Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort," catalogue for show at MOMA. |
| 1990 | "At Home with Themselves," catalogue for one-person show at The Addison Gallery. |
| 1990 | "The Cat in Photography," Eauclaire (Bulfinch). |
| 1988 | Portfolio of photographs in "Views," (a publication of the Photographic Resource Center, Boston), spring. |
| 1987 | "Mothers and Daughters," Olsen/Jussim (Aperture). |
| 1987 | "Athletes," Ruth Silverman (Knopf). |
| 1984 | Portfolio of photographs in "Popular Photography Annual." |
| 1981 | Catalogue from survey project, "The Leather District and the Fort Point Channel. |
