Steve Giovinco
Encyclopedia
Steve Giovinco is a fine art photographer who has worked with a digital camera
since 1999 to capture lyrical and psychologically charged private moments.
on 31 August 1961; he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis
with a BA in history and literature and Yale University
with an MFA in photography.
of the Brooklyn Museum
.
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
since 1999 to capture lyrical and psychologically charged private moments.
Life and career
Giovinco was born in Tarrytown, New YorkTarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, about north of midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a stop on the Metro-North Hudson Line...
on 31 August 1961; he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
with a BA in history and literature and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
with an MFA in photography.
Collections
Giovinco's work is in the collectionCollection (museum)
A museum is distinguished by a collection of often unique objects that forms the core of its activities for exhibitions, education, research, etc. This differentiates it from an archive or library, where the contents may be more paper-based, replaceable and less exhibition oriented...
of the Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum is an encyclopedia art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet, the museum holds New York City's second largest art collection with roughly 1.5 million works....
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Selected exhibitions
- About Time: Contemporary Photographs, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2010. With Eduardo del Valle and Mirta Gómez. - Myth of the Everyday, Fotogalerie Wien, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, 2001. With Peter Freitag and Ursula Rogg. - Myth of the Everyday, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CaliforniaRiverside, CaliforniaRiverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...
, 2001. - Photographs, Mednick Gallery, University of the ArtsUniversity of the Arts (Philadelphia)The University of the Arts is one of the United States' oldest universities dedicated to the arts. Its campus makes up part of the Avenue of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia...
, Philadelphia, 2003. - Home Show, Winnipeg Art GalleryWinnipeg Art GalleryThe Winnipeg Art Gallery is a public art gallery that was founded in 1912. It is Western Canada's oldest civic gallery and the 6th largest in the country...
, 2003. Group exhibition. - Ambient Life, Velan Center, TurinTurinTurin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
, 2005. - Eclipse: Recent Photographs, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2007. - About Time: Contemporary Photographs, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, 2010. With five other artists.
Selected articles
- Conti, Tiziana. Tema Celeste, Issue 110, 2005, page 120.
- Finocchi, Daniela, “Steve Giovinco,” Zoom, September–October 2005, pages 36–39.
- Leffingwell, Edward. Art in America, February, 2008, page 145.
- Zoom, July/August 2007, page 62.