Elinor Carucci
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Elinor Carucci is an Israeli-American photographer.
and is a member of the Faculty in Photography at the School of Visual Arts
in New York. She has also taught at Princeton University
and has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University
.
, Frankfurt
, Prague
and Jerusalem. Her work has been extensively published and collected by numerous institutions and private collectors. She has been included in group and solo exhibitions at Edwynn Houk Gallery, Fifty One Fine Art Gallery, Gagosian Gallery
, Museum of Modern Art
, New York and The Photographers' Gallery, London to name a few. Her work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine
, which included an eight page portfolio of work published in 2005, W
, The New Yorker
, Aperture
, ARTnews
, and Details
among many others. Collections she has been featured in include, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Jewish Museum
, New York, International Center of Photography
, the Brooklyn Museum of Arts
, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Israeli Art Ramat Gan, Herzlia Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Haifa Museum of Art
.
She is currently working on a body of work about her children and motherhood. Other prominent bodies of work include, Closer, which was monographed in 2002 by Chronicle Books
and Diary of a Dancer, which was monographed by SteidlMack in 2005, as well as, Pain, Crisis, and Comfort. Closer's second edition was published with a forward by The Museum of Modern Art's curator for photography, Susan Kismaric in 2009.
as one of its “Thirty under 30 Young Photographers to Watch” in 2000, and won the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award for best young photographer in 2001. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
in 2002 and the NYFA
Award in 2010.
Early life
She was born in Jerusalem where she served in the Israeli Army for two years from 1989–1991, and received her BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 1995. She lives and works in New York CityNew York City
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and is a member of the Faculty in Photography at the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
in New York. She has also taught at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard University
Harvard University
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.
Career
Since her gallery debut in 1997, Carucci's has had solo exhibitions in LondonLondon
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, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
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, Prague
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and Jerusalem. Her work has been extensively published and collected by numerous institutions and private collectors. She has been included in group and solo exhibitions at Edwynn Houk Gallery, Fifty One Fine Art Gallery, Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Gallery
Gagosian Gallery is a contemporary art gallery owned and directed by Larry Gagosian. There are currently eleven gallery spaces: three in New York; two in London; one in each of Beverly Hills, Rome, Athens, Paris, Geneva, Hong Kong and Moscow.-1980s:...
, Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Modern Art
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, New York and The Photographers' Gallery, London to name a few. Her work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
, which included an eight page portfolio of work published in 2005, W
W (magazine)
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, The New Yorker
The New Yorker
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, Aperture
Aperture (magazine)
Aperture is a quarterly photography magazine and a book publisher based in New York, New York. The magazine is published by Aperture Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to fine art photography.-Magazine:...
, ARTnews
ARTnews
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, and Details
Details (magazine)
Details is an American monthly men's magazine published by Condé Nast Publications, founded in 1982. Though primarily a magazine devoted to fashion and lifestyle, Details also features reports on relevant social and political issues.-History:...
among many others. Collections she has been featured in include, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum (New York)
The Jewish Museum of New York, an art museum and repository of cultural artifacts, is the leading Jewish museum in the United States. With over 26,000 objects, it contains the largest collection of art and Jewish culture outside of museums in Israel. The museum is housed at 1109 Fifth Avenue, in...
, New York, International Center of Photography
International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography is a photography museum, school, and research center in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...
, the Brooklyn Museum of Arts
Brooklyn Museum
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, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Israeli Art Ramat Gan, Herzlia Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Haifa Museum of Art
Haifa Museum
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.
She is currently working on a body of work about her children and motherhood. Other prominent bodies of work include, Closer, which was monographed in 2002 by Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books
Chronicle Books is a San Francisco-based American publisher of books for adults and children.The company was established in 1968 by Phelps Dewey, an executive with Chronicle Publishing Company, then-publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999 it was bought by Nion McEvoy, great-grandson of...
and Diary of a Dancer, which was monographed by SteidlMack in 2005, as well as, Pain, Crisis, and Comfort. Closer's second edition was published with a forward by The Museum of Modern Art's curator for photography, Susan Kismaric in 2009.
Accolades
Carucci was chosen by Photo District NewsPhoto District News
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as one of its “Thirty under 30 Young Photographers to Watch” in 2000, and won the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award for best young photographer in 2001. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
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in 2002 and the NYFA
New York Foundation for the Arts
The New York Foundation for the Arts was created in conjunction the in 1971. The organization gives grants to individual artists and writers and developing arts organizations with a mission to '.'-NYFA's Programs:...
Award in 2010.