Steve Giovinco

Steve Giovinco is an American photographer.[1] He created a hand-held large-format (8x8") camera in 1992.[1][2][3]

Steve Giovinco
Nationality	American
Education	Yale University
Occupation	Photographer
Awards	Artists’ Fellowship; Haven Foundation; The Mayer Foundation Grant
Website	stevegiovinco.com

Life and career

In the 1980s, Giovinco attended Yale University. In 1991 he had his first one-man exhibition, at the Kansas City Art Institute.[1]^:80

Collections

Steve Giovinco's work is in several museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum;[4][5] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston;[6] Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio; California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California; Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida.

Exhibitions

• Myth of the Everyday, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, 2001. With Peter Freitag and Ursula Rogg.[7]
• Myth of the Everyday, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California, 2001.[8]
• Photographs, Mednick Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2003.[9]
• Home Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2003. Group exhibition with Jeff Wall and Sam Taylor-Wood.[10]
• Ambient Life, Velan Center, Turin, 2005.[11]
• Eclipse: Recent Photographs, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City, 2007.
• About Time: Contemporary Photographs, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City, 2010. With five other artists.[12]
• Edge of Darkness: Photographs by Steve Giovinco and Tim Simmons, Sheldon Art Gallery, St. Louis, 2012.[13]
• The Kids Are Alright, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2012, with Catherine Opie.[14]
• The Kids Are Alright, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 2013, with Catherine Opie, Ryan McGinley.[15]

References

1. James Patten, Anne Brydon, Amy Karlinsky (2003). Home Show (exhibition catalogue). Winnipeg Art Gallery. ISBN 9780889152199.
2. Joanne Dugan (editor) (2014). Summertime. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9781452132259.
3. "Steve Giovinco | Photographer – The Secret City". thesecretcity.org. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
4. Search results, Brooklyn Museum, Accessed February 27, 2011.
5. "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
6. "Search the Collection | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". www.mfah.org. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
7. Exhibition notice, Fotogalerie Wien. Accessed February 27, 2011.
8. Exhibition notice, absolutearts.com. Accessed February 27, 2011.
9. Table of activities Archived August 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (XLS file), MyUArts, University of the Arts. Accessed February 27, 2011.
10. Amy Karlinsky and Anne Brydon, Home Show (Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2003; ISBN 0-88915-219-5).
11. Exhibition notice, exhibart.com. Accessed February 27, 2011.
12. Exhibition notice, artnet.com. Accessed February 28, 2011.
13. Exhibition notice Archived November 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Sheldon Art Gallery website.
14. Exhibition notice Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine John Michael Kohler Arts Center website.
15. Exhibition notice the kids are all right: an exhibition about family and photography.

Further reading

• 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.