BIOGRAPHY
BORN
1970
Lansing, Michigan
EDUCATION
1992
Oberlin College
2010
One Block, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
One Block, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
One Block, ClampArt, New York, NY
2009
Rough Beauty, Sirius Art Center, Cobh, Cork, Ireland
2008
Rough Beauty, Lux Photo Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rough Beauty, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, VA
Roadside Ghosts, ClampArt, New York, NY
Rough Beauty, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Rough Beauty, Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Rough Beauty, Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY
2007
Rough Beauty, F Galerija, Kaunas, Lithuania
Rough Beauty, Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Rough Beauty, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Rough Beauty, Watermark Gallery, Houston, Texas
2006
Rough Beauty, ClampArt, New York, NY
Rough Beauty, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rough Beauty, Pikto Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2005
Rough Beauty, 7th Internationale Phototage: Contemporary American Photography, (curated by Tina Schelhorn) Mannheim / Ludwigshafen, Germany
2004
Galveston Arts Center, "Rough Beauty" (curator: Clint Willour), Galveston, Texas
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Wanderlust: Points of Passage, Robot Art, San Antonio, TX
The Kid Collection: Selected Images from John Cleary, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2007
Houston Wilderness, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, curated by Clint Willour
Mysteries, Secrets, Illusions, Kaunas Photo '07, M.K. Ciurlionis National Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
Degrees of Separation, PEER Gallery, New York City, curated by John A. Bennette
Generations of Caring, Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker
group show no.16, Humble Arts, New York City
2006
Trace (Visions of Katrina), Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
Overland, Alice Austen House Museum, Staten island, NY, curated by Paul Moakley & Anthony LaSala
Discoveries of the Meeting Place, Fotofest, Houston, Texas (chosen by Yossi Milo)
Public Geometry, Watermark Gallery, Houston, Texas
American Beauty, International Center for Photography Benefit Photography Auction, New York, NY
2005
Watermark Gallery, "Anniversary Show" Houston, Texas
2004
Yossi Milo Gallery, "Pool Party" New York, New York
Center for Fine Art Photography, "International Fine Art Photography Exhibition" (curated by Mary Virginia Swanson), Fort Collins, Colorado
Mousonturm Gallery Station, "Extreme" (curated by Ute Noll), Frankfurt, Germany
Watermark Gallery, "3 Artists: Dave Anderson, Ken Rosenthal, Jennifer Glass" Houston, TX
Positive Focus, "Body of Work 2004" New York City (Jurors: MaryAnn Camilleri, Federico Savini, Miriam Romais, Abraham Menashe)
AWARDS & HONORS
2007
Nominee, Aperture West Book Prize
2006
Finalist, Hansel Mieth Award in photojournalism (Germany)
2005
Winner, "2005 Project Competition" Santa Fe Center for Photography (Jurors: Leslie Martin, Aperture; Rod Slemmons, Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography; Susan Smith, National Geographic Magazine)
Finalist, Leica European Publishers Award
Selected to "PDN 30" list of emerging photographers to watch
Nominee, 2005 Santa Fe Prize for Photography, Santa Fe Center for Photography
2010
One Block: A New Orleans Neighborhood Rebuilds, Aperture
2006
Rough Beauty (monograph) photographs by Dave Anderson, forword by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing / Mets & Schilt, 2006
Hansel-Mieth-Preis 2005, Dimitri Ladischensky, Francesco Zizola, Darrmstadt: Schwoerner Verlag, 2006
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
2010
"After the Flood," Photo District News, August
Myers, William, "Dave Anderson: One Block," Wall Street Journal, July 31
Burnstine, Susan. A few thoughts about Dave Anderson's One Block, Fraction Magazine, Issue 17
2009
A piece of New Orleans puts itself back together, Orion Magazine, November/December
2008
French PHOTO “Sur La Route” October
2007
Reul Golden, Anthony LaSala, and Minying Tan “The Tastemakers: Our List of the People and Institutions Who Can Make Photographers’ Careers,” Photo District News, September
Anspon, Catherine D. "Not Your Average Small Town," PaperCITY (Houston), April
Bergeron, Chris. "Intimate Exposures," Metrowest Daily News (Boston), March 22
"Town Shows its Face if Not Its Reputation," New York Times, March 4
Wharton, David. "Rough Beauty" The Southern Register, Winter 2007
"From Vidor With Love: Hope Amid the Hate," American Photo, Jan-Feb
Feeney, Mark. "Up Close & Personal" Boston Globe, February 22
Youssernia, Julia. "Black and White" Houston Press, February 15
2006
Trow, Mike. "Rough Beauty," foto8 Magazine, December, 2006
Aletti, Vince. (Show review) New Yorker (USA) December 12, 2006
McWhinnie, Ailsa. "Favorite Books," B&W, Christmas 2006
"Rough Beauty" Photo+Eye Booklist, Winter 2006
"Calendar" Photo District News, December 18
Cook-Romero, Elizabeth. "Never Discuss Politics or Religion but Art is OK" Pasatiempo (Sante Fe, NM), December 18
Baker, Kenneth. "Galleries" San Francisco Chronicle, November 18
"Rough Beauty" New York Daily News, November 17
"Rough Beauty" New York Sun, November 11
"Rough Beauty" fotoMAGAZIN, November
"Rough Beauty Captures Texas Town" Arkansas Democrat Gazette, October 10
"Rough Beauty" Vision (China), September
Myers, William. "The Enigmatic Geography of Landscapes," New York Sun, June 15
Torres, Aileen. "The Ghosts of Small Town America," New York Sun, June 5
Fressola, Michael J. "Dave Anderson and Andy Ryan's new photo exhibit competes with natural wonders of Rosebank landmark," Staten Island Advance, June 4
"Dave Anderson's Rough Beauty" CBC News Sunday (Canadian television), May 21
"Dave Anderson," PhotoNEWS, May
Mitchell, Charles Dee. "Festival Clicks in Houston: FotoFest mounts provocative, powerful images" Dallas Morning News, April 5
Best, David. "Dave Anderson," B&W, January.
2005
Walker, David. "Conjuring Emmett Till," Photo District News, December.
McWhinnie, Ailsa. "The Eye of the Beholder," Black & White (UK), December.
Blidaru, Horia. "Dave Anderson," Photo (Romania), September.
Vanderbilt, Tom. "PDN 30," Photo District News, March.
2004
Golden, Reul. "Eloquent Art," British Journal of Photography, December.
LaSala, Anthony. "Rising Star: Dave Anderson," Photo District News, December
Joslin, Russell. "Profile: Dave Anderson," Shots, no. 85.
Noll, Ute. "God Knows All," Babel Magazine, Fall.
Kenny, Kay. "Crossing Over: FotoFest 2004," Fofophile, no. 47.
"Edition: Dave Anderson," Photo Technik International, July.
"Pool Party at Yossi Milo," New York Sun, June 16.
Zollner, Manfred. "Rough Beauty," FotoMAGAZIN, June.
COLLECTIONS
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Louisiana
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachussetts
University of Louisville Photographic Archive, Louisville, Kentucky