Bio
Nina Berman is a documentary photographer with a primary interest in the American political and social landscape. Her work has been extensively published, exhibited and collected, receiving awards in art and journalism from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the World Press Photo Foundation and the Open Society Institute documentary photography fund among others. Her images of wounded American veterans from the Iraq War are internationally known with recent exhibitions at Dublin Contemporary, the Whitney Museum 2010 Biennial, the Milano Triennale and, Princeton University. She is the author of two monographs, Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq, and Homeland, both published by Trolley. She is a member of the NOOR photo collective based in Amsterdam. She lives in New York City.
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Education
University of Chicago, B.A. English 1982
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, M.S. 1985
Exhibitions
2012
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) “War/Photography”, Houston, USA
John Michael Kohler Arts Center “The Kids are All Right,” Sehboygan, USA
Howard Greenberg Gallery, “New York in Color,” NYC, USA
Ray 2012, “Obama Train,” Frankfurt, Germany
Helsinki Biennial, “Urban and City,” Helsinki, Finland
Weatherspoon Art Museum, “Photography as Art and Document,” Greensboro, USA
South Street Seaport Museum, “Occupy Wall Street,” NYC, USA
2011
Dublin Contemporary 2011, Dublin, Ireland
Halle 14, “Changes”, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Weimar, Germany
GEMAK, “Generation 9-11”, The Hague, The Netherlands
Monroe Gallery of Photography, “Big Picture,” Santa Fe, USA
Montserrat College of Art, “For the Record”, Beverly, USA
Silver Eye Center for Photography, “HomeFrontLine, Pittsburgh, USA
Noorderlicht ” Metropolis”, Groningen, The Netherlands
German American Center, Stuttgart, Germany
Canadian War Museum, “War and Medicine,” Ottawa, Canada
Ikono, “Noor” Brussels, Belgium
Royal Society of Medicine, “Purple Hearts” London, UK
10b, “Consequences by NOOR,” Rome, Italy
10b, “Solutions by NOOR,” Rome, Italy
Galerie Cerami, “Under the Bridge,” Charlero, Belgium
2010
Whitney Museum of American Art, “Biennial 2010,” New York, NY
Milano Triennale, “Disquieting Images,” Milan, Italy
IUFM Confluences, “US Today After,” Lyon, France
Biennale d’Art contemporain, d’Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Gallery ID, “Hedge” Miami, Florida
Bieler Fototage, “Homeland”, Bienne, Switzerland
ARos Aarhus Kunstmuseum, “I Love You,” Aarhus, Denmark
Alternatilla, “Consequences by NOOR,” Majorca, Spain
Melkweg Gallery, “Purple Hearts,” Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bernstein Gallery, “Purple Hearts,” Princeton University, USA
IPPNW World Congress, “Purple Hearts,” Basel, Switzerland
Rembrandt Square, “Consequences by NOOR,” Amsterdam
2009
Side Gallery, “Homeland/Marine Wedding”, New Castle, England
New Orleans Museum of Art, “The Art of Caring,” New Orleans, LA
Houston Center for Photography, “Unite and Untie,” Houston, Texas
Dask Gallery, “Consequences by NOOR,” Copenhagen, Denmark
Powerhouse Arena, “Its Darkest Places: War Illuminated”, Brooklyn, NY
War Ltd, “Purple Hearts”, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Gage Gallery, Roosevelt University, “Homeland”, Chicago Illinois
Media Alliance, “Homeland, Purple Hearts,” Troy, NY
Galerie Cerami, “No Comment”, Charleroi, Beligum
Noorderlicht, “Human Conditions,” Groningen, The Netherlands
FotoPub, “Homeland,” Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Kunstraum Potsdam, “Purple Hearts/Marine Wedding”, Potsdam, Germany
ArteFoto 2009, “Homeland,” Ancona, Italy
Deutsches Hygiene Museum, ”War and Medicine”, Dresden, Germany
2008
Cicero Gallery, “Purple Hearts/Marine Wedding,” Berlin, Germany
Wellcome Collection, “War and Medicine,” London, England
Stephen Cohen Gallery, “Images of War,” Los Angeles, California
Photokina, “Purple Hearts/Marine Wedding,” Cologne, Germany
Pingyao International Photo Festival, Pingyao, China
Bumbershoot, “Power of One,” Seattle, Washington
Benham Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Fovea Editions, “Frontlines”, Beacon, New York
Portland Art Museum, “New on the Wall,” Portland, Oregon
Massachusetts College of Art, “War Stories,” Boston, USA
Jen Bekman, “Ne Plus Ultra”, New York City
Jen Bekman Gallery, ” Homeland”, New York City
Elon University, “Purple Hearts,” Elon, North Carolina
2007
Jen Bekman Gallery, “Purple Hearts,” New York City
Alice Austen House Museum, “Purple Hearts,” Staten Island, NY
Musee de l’Art Wallon “Icare”, Liege, Belgium
Mark Di Suvero Peace Tower, Chicago, Illinois
World Press Photo Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France
Boca Raton Museum of Art, “Thy Brother’s Keeper” Boca Raton, USA
Nathan Cummings Foundation, “The Big Picture,” New York City
Green Door Studio, “Purple Hearts,” Burlington, Vermont
Columbia School of Social Work, “Purple Hearts,” New York City
Suny Potsdam, Crumb Library, Potsdam, New York
Galerie Cerami, “Purple Hearts,” Charleroi, Belgium
2006
Spool Mfg – “Overload:” Johnson City, New York
Flint Institute of Arts, “The Human Condition”, Flint, Michigan
Chicago Cultural Center, “Humans Being: Disability in
Contemporary Art, ” Chicago, Il
Open Society Institute, “Moving Walls,” Washington D.C.
University of Maryland, “Purple Hearts,” Baltimore, Maryland
Trolley Gallery, “Purple Hearts,” London, England
University of Hawaii, “Purple Hearts,” Hilo, Hawaii
2005
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, “Purple Hearts,”
Chicago, Illinois
Deutsche American Institute, “Purple Hearts,” Heidelberg, Germany
World Press Photo Foundation, Amsterdam, 2005
Smack Mellon Gallery, “War,” Brooklyn, New York
Provisions Library, “War”, Washington D.C
Open Society Institute, “Moving Walls,” New York City
Foto&Photo, “Purple Hearts” Cesano Maderno, Italy
Blue Sky Gallery, “Purple Hearts,” Portland, Oregon
2004 – 1991
Gladstone Building, “Purple Hearts,” Oakland, California
Redux Gallery, “Purple Hearts,” New York City
Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France
Musee de L’Elysee “New York after New York”, Lausanne, Switzerland
Palazzo Isimbardi, “9-11”, Milan, Italy
Museum of the City of New York, “New York Now 2000”
Visa Pour L’Image, Perpignan, France, 1997
United Nations, “Faces of Sorrow”, New York City
Henry Street Settlement, “On the Edge.” New York City
Monographs
Homeland, Nina Berman, Trolley, London, 2008
Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq, Nina Berman, Trolley, London 2004
Catalogues/Books
Disquieting Images, Germano Celant /Melissa Harris, Skira, Milan, 2011
Whitney Biennial 2010, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2010
US Today After, Gilles Verneret, Silvana Editoriale, Milan, 2010
A History of Women Photographers, Naomi Rosenblum, Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, 2010
The Pursuit of Happiness,Stitching Fotografie, Noorderlicht, 2009
War Stories, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 2008
Humans Being: Disability in Contemporary Art, Chicago Cultural Center, and Chicago, 2006
Crimes of War, Roy Gutman, David Rieff, Norton, 1999
Grants, fellowships, honors
2009 Hasselblad Masters Finalist
2009 PDN Annual Book Award
2007 World Press Photo Foundation
2007 Pictures of the Year Award
2006 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship
2005 World Press Photo Foundation
2005 Open Society Institute Documentary Grant
2005 American Photo, 100 most important people in photography issue
2005 Days Japan International Photo Award
2003 American Photography Annual
2002 American Photography Annual
2000 Communication Arts
1999 Pictures of the Year
1999 Communication Arts
1998 Emma Award
1998 Pictures of the Year
1998 Communication Arts
1997 Pictures of the Year Award
1993 Pictures of the Year Award
1987 Finalist Livingston Award
Public Collections
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA
Museum of the City of New York, USA
Musee de Charleroi, Belgium
Portland Art Museum, USA
Library of Congress, USA
Weatherspoon Art Museum, USA
Visiting Artists Lecture Venues
USC Annenberg
Baruch College
Carter Center
Columbia University
Drexel University
Empire State College
International Center of Photography
Indiana University
John Jay College
Kutztown University
Lisbon Consortium
Massachusetts College of Art
Montserrat College of Art
New York University
Northern Virginia Community College
Pratt Institute
School of Visual Arts
Rochester Institute of Technology
Susquehanna University
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Weatherspoon Art Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art
Teaching
1999, 2004 – 2009
International Center of Photography (ICP)
Documentary/Photojournalism Seminar
2010
NOOR Master Class – St. Petersburg, Russia
Whitney Museum of American Art: Artist in Residence Youth Insights
2011
Framing the Future/NOOR – Cairo, Egypt
Whitney Museum of American Art: Veterans Eye: Collaborative Program with Brooklyn VA hospital PTSD clinic