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About David Goldes:
Since 1986 David Goldes has been a Professor in the Media Arts Department at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He received a B.A. in Chemistry and Biology from SUNY at Buffalo, a MA from Harvard in Molecular Genetics and a M.F.A. from the Visual Studies Workshop in Photography.

His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in the collections of: Whitney Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Yale University Museum, Frederick Weisman Museum, Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), George Eastman House, Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris) and others.

He is the recipient of fellowships including: Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, multiple Bush Foundation Fellowships, and McKnight Foundation Fellowships as well as residencies at the MacDowell Colony. He is represented by Yossi Milo Gallery, NY. This past summer he participated in the 9th Shanghai International Photographic Art Exhibition. b. New York City, 1947


EDUCATION

1977
M.F.A. Visual Studies Workshop in Photography, Rochester, NY

1971
M.A. in Molecular Genetics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1968
B.A. in Biology and Chemistry, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

ACADEMIC POST

1986-Present
Professor, Media Arts Department, Minneapolis College of Art and Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Traces, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

2005
David Goldes: Art/Science, Wright State University Galleries
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA

2004
Soap & Water, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Looking at Water, Fotofest, Houston, TX

2001
The Elements, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY

2000
Project Wall: From the Orchard, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY

1998
Recent Work, Thomas Barry Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
Natural Observations, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Water, etc., Thomas Barry Fine arts, Minneapolis, MN

1995
Photographs by David Goldes, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

1993
Light and Liquids, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1991
Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1987
David Goldes, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

1985
Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1984
Phenomenal Space installation, Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery

1982
Barry Richard Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

1980
Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN

1979
Memphis Academy of Art, Memphis, TN
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

1977
Colorado Mountain College, Breckenridge, CO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005
Water Views: On, Over and Below, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2004
Drawing: Seven Curatorial Responses, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota,

2003
By the Sea, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York

2002
Complexity, Samual Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

2001
Object as Subject, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Recent Acquisitions, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

2000
State of the Art: Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

1999
Summer Reading: Photographs of Books, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York,
Future Present: Photographs of Children from the Reader’s Digest Collection,
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
Phenomena: The Poetics of Science, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA

1998
Cornucopia, Winston Wachter Fine Arts, New York, NY
Formi-cation, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Mississippi-Neva: An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography, Russian State
Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Beyond the Image, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1997
Tatistcheff and Company, New York, NY
Small World: Images of Children, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
New Faces and Recent Acquisitions, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Surface Tensions, Blue Star Art space, San Antonio, TX
Flesh! Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1996
The Subject is Music, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Blind Spot: The First Four Year, Baldacci Gallery, New York, NY
Cornucopia, Champion International, Stamford, CT
Birds!, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Project Wall, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Watershed, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
Art & Science: Creative Solutions, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
Photography in the 1990’s, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

1995
McKnight Fellowship Exhibition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
New Photography, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
H2O: Photographs of Water, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Self-Portrayals, Thomas Barry Fine Arts, Minneapolis, MN

1994
Summer Salon, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York., NY
Sci-Art, Museum of Modern Art Advisory Exhibition at Pfizer, Inc., New York

1993
Contemporary Still Life, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
FISEA 93, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

1992
Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort travels to the Baltimore Museum of
Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

1991
Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1990
Landscape Photography Katherine Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, MN
12 Photographers, Southdale Plaza, Minneapolis, MN

1989
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Permanent Collection: Recent Acquisitions
Lafayette College, Eaton, PA

1988
Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN

1986
Neglected Realities, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Las Angeles

1985
Taking Liberty, N.Y. State Museum, Albany, NY
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris

1983
Life Times, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Photographers Invite Photographers, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL

1982
Floods of Light, The Photographer's Gallery, London
Contemporary VII, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY

1980
Visual Studies Workshop 1970-80, Pratt Center Gallery New York, NY

1979
New Talent, N.Y. State Gallery Association, Albany, NY

1974
Southwest Biennial, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2003
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

2001
MacDowell Colony National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Peterborough, NH

1999
John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

1998
McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship (1994, 1989, 1986, 1983 as well)

1997
Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

1995
Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship
Arts Midwest/ Regional NEA Fellowship

1993
Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship
Travel and Study Grant sponsored by the Jerome, General Mills and Dayton
Hudson Foundations

1984–86
American Center Studio Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris

1984
National Endowment for the Arts, Photography

1982
Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship

1981
Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship

COLLECTIONS

Art in Public Places, WA
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Cleveland Art Museum, Cleveland, OH
Cray Research
Coca Cola
Dayton-Hudson Foundation, Minneapolis, MA
Dow Jones.
First Bank Systems
Frederick Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, MN
Fond National l'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
General Mills
H. Buhl, New York, NY
International Museum of Photography/George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
One Percent for the Arts, MN
Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, MA
Readers Digest
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Wright State University Galleries, Dayton, OH
Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT

COMMISSIONS

1993
Art at Work, General Mills Corporation, Minneapolis, MN

1985
Art-Side Out, Billboard Project, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2005
Ball, Phillip and Vince Leo. Water Being Water: Photographs by David Goldes.
Dayton: Wright State University Art Galleries, 2005.
Schyrmann, Wilhelm. Kurzdavordanach, Gegenwart als Zwischenraum. Catalog.
Cologne, 2004.

2004
“Portfolio: Water Variations.” Seed Spring 2004: pg 8-16.
Looking at Water: FOTOfest 2004. Catalog. 2004.
[essay and portfolio] European Photography 2004.

2003
“H2O: Experiments in Black and White.” American Scientist January/February 2003.
“Natural History.” Museum of Natural History Magazine May 2003.

2002
“Glow”, 2wice magazine 2002.
Grundlund, Melissa. “David Goldes: Yossi Milo Gallery.” ARTnews May 2002.
Loke, Margaret. “Making Artful Images Out of Science.” New York Times 25
January 2002.
Wolf, Sylvia and Andy Grundberg. Visions from America: Photographs from the
Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001. New York: Prestel, 2002.

2000
Jeffrey, Nancy Ann. “Betting on Photo Futures.” Wall Street Journal 31 March

1999
Bayliss, Sarah. “The Shifting Visions of Childhood.” New York Times 14 March

1998
Boxer, Sarah. “David Goldes at Yancey Richardson.” New York Times 12 June
Aletti, Vince. “Voice Choice: Photo.” Village Voice 7 July 1998.

1997
Image (George Eastman House publication), 39.3-4 (1997).

1996
Rhem, James. “The New Art Examiner: New Photography…” March 1996: 47.
Wolf, Sylvia. The Subject is Music. Catalog. Art Institute of Chicago 1996.

1995
Hagen, Charles, “H2O at Yancey Richardson.” NY Times 11 August 1995.
“W.a.t.e.r..” Hungry Mind Review No. 36 1995.
“Water Balance.” BLIND SPOT Spring 1995.

1994
Hagen, Charles. “Summer Salon at Bonni Benrubi.” New York Times 22 July

1992
“Art at Work,” General Mills, Minneapolis, MN 1992.

1991
Galassi, Peter. “Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort.” New York:
Museum of Modern Art, 1991.
Kimmelman, Michael. “Pleasures and Terrors.” New York Times 27 September
Martin, Mary Abbe. Star-Tribune 11 April 1991.
McDermott, Alice. “Dark Domestic.” New York Times 13 October 1991.

1989
Borden, J. “Science Projects.” Lafayette College, PA.

1988
Clinton St. Quarterly 10.2 (1988).
Silberman, R. “David Goldes at Art Institute.” Art in America April 1988.

1986
“Angels of Language.” Beyer & Heartney 1986.
ZOOM [Paris] 21 (1986).

1985
Ellis, Valerie. “Images of the Heart.” Art Paper November 1985.

1984
Graham, M. “Constructions of Imagery.” Artweek March 1984.

1979
Euclaire, Sally. “Goldes' Vision.” Rochester Democrat and Chronicle 21 April
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Thoughts on the Photographs

Food Pictures
My intention with the food pictures is to look closely at what I eat and while exploring the visual aspects of food to also explore my own complex feelings about eating animals and plants. All the pictures came about either before or after I cooked something and when I saw the possibility for a photograph.

Sleep
These pictures were taken of my husband in the evenings while he slept in various parts of our house over a period of seven years. In the room light, he could be clearly seen and I found his postures and expressions both humorous and poignant. I was struck by the vulnerability of the sleeper who is seen without benefit of the composure normal to the conscious state. When we sleep we are strangely absent and defenseless and there is a strong suggestion of mortality apparent in the sleeper’s slumping posture.
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