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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026   FotoFest International Biennial, Houston, TX
           MoCP at Fifty: Collecting Through the Decades, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
           Kaleidoscope: 100 Years of Collecting for Our Community, Fitchburg Art Museum, MA
           Act One: A Century in the Making, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, NY
           Tinyvices, SO1 Gallery Tokyo, Japan
           Tinyvices, Urban Research Kyoto, Japan

2025   Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Photography, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT
           Photo / Faculty, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
           Tinyvices, The Hole Gallery, New York, NY
           Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Kunsthalle Munich
           Joy and the Absurd, Strata Editions, Livingston, MT

2024   Where We Live: Photographs of Human Spaces, Akron Art
           Museum

2023   50th Anniversary: Selections from Light Work Collection,
           Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
           Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2022   In Focus: Photographs From The O’Neil Collection, New Britain
           Museum of American Art, CT
           Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Musei San Domenico, Forlì,
           Italy

2021   Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Musee Des Civilisations De
           L'europe, Marseille, France

2020   The Big Picture, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
           What Does Democracy Look Like, Museum of Contemporary
           Photography, Chicago, IL
           Keeper of the Hearth, Houston Center for Photography,
           Houston, TX

2019   Civilization: The Way We Live Now, Ullens Center for
           Contemporary Art, Beijing, China
           National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

2018   This Land, Pier 24, San Francisco, CA
           The Body Politic, AREA Gallery, Boston, MA
           Unexpected Affinities, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
           Shop It!, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
           Be Strong And Do Not Betray Your Soul: Selections From
           The Light Work Collection, Kathleen Ellis Gallery, Syracuse, NY
           Civilization: The Way We Live Now, National Gallery of Modern
           and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

2017   American Surfaces and the Photobook, Museum of Modern Art,
           New York, NY  
           Collective Thinking, For Freedoms, Piece of Cake Collective,
           Aperture Foundation, New York NY
           Aperture Summer Open, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY

2016   A Great Sum (in Parts), Osnova Gallery, Moscow, Russia
           Stump, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA

2015   New Arrivals: Photographs from the O’Neil Collection, Baltimore
           Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
           Emerging, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
           Works, Look3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, VA
           The Gun Show, Flash Forward Festival, Boston, MA      
           Sitter, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH

2014   Public Eye: 175 Years of Sharing Photography, New York
           Public Library, New York, NY
           Konstellationen, Galerie f5,6, Munich
           View Find, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2013   Shades of Darkness, C33 Gallery, Chicago, IL
           40 Artists / 40 Years: Selections from the Lightwork Collection,
           Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse, NY
           Louis and Bernard Palitz Gallery, New York, NY
           Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles,
           Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell, IN
           Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
           Suburbia, Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
           Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles,
           Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS

2012   Behold America!, San Diego Museum of Art, Museum of
           Contemporary Art, San Diego
           99 Days, Philadelphia Photographic Arts Center, PA
           Presence/Absence, North Carolina Museum of Art

2011   American Psyche, Religare Arts Initiative Gallery, New Delhi,
           India
           Open Season, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2010   Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
           Made in Chicago, Photographs from the Bank of America
           Collection, Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France
           Road to Nowhere, Fotofest Biennial, Houston, TX
           Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960,
           Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
           John Gossage and Brian Ulrich, The Solo Project, Basel,
           Switzerland
           Instruments of Empire, Brian Ulrich and Amy Stein, Caption
           Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2009   Contemporary American Portrait Photography, Cleveland
           Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
           MP3 II, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
           Grit and Grime, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
           Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Yale School of
           Architecture
           Dystopia, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2008   Lost in the Supermarket, Armand Bartos Gallery, NY
           Made in Chicago, Photographs from the LaSalle Bank
           Collection, Chicago Cultural Center
           Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Carnegie
           Museum of Art
           Variable Capital, Bluecoats Arts Centre, Liverpool, UK
           Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes, Walker Art
           Center, Minneapolis, MN
           Branded and On Display, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary
           Art, Scottsdale, AZ

2007   Ad | Agency, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
           Chicagraphy, Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany
           Stalking Suburbia, Westport Arts Center, CT
           The New American Portrait, Jen Bekman Gallery, NY
           Branded and On Display, Krannert Art Museum,
           Champaign, IL
           People Buildings and Cars, Vermont Center for Photography,
           Brattleboro, VT

2006   The Armory Show, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
           MP3, Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, and Brian Ulrich,
           Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
           Point of Purchase, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
           tinyvices, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York, NY

2005   Manufactured Self, Museum of Contemporary Photography,
           Chicago, IL
           Jessica Rowe, Jason Salavon, and Brian Ulrich, Art Institute
           of Chicago, Chicago, IL
           Aus Amerika, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany
           Photography 2005: Double Exposure, The Renaissance
           Society, Chicago, IL
           Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Festival d’Arles,
           Arles, France
           Contemporary American Photography, Mannheim–Ludwigshafen,
           Cologne, Germany

LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS

2025    Visiting Artist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
            Gallery Talk, Pictura Gallery, FAR Center for Contemporary
            Arts, Bloomington, IN

2024    Panelist, “Demystifying the Guggenheim Fellowship”. Center
            for Fine Art Photography

2023    Visiting Artist, Casper College, Casper, Wyoming

2022    Panelist, Virtual Assembly, Martin Kollar and Brian Ulrich
            Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2021    Visiting Artist, Los Angeles Center of Photography

2020    Panelist, Virtual Assembly, George Georgiou and Brian Ulrich
            Panelist, “Keeper of the Hearth”, RISD Fleet Library
            Visiting Artist, Columbia College Chicago
            Visiting Artist, SUNY New Paltz
2019    Visiting Artist, Clark University, Worcester, MA
            Visiting Critic, Massachusetts College of Art

2018    Visiting Artist, University of California at Santa Cruz
            Visiting Artist, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
            Visiting Artist, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA

2017    Panelist, Collective Opposition: Artists Creating Community,
            Bard College / International Center of Photography, NY
            Visiting Artist, Kentucky College of Art and Design,
            Louisville, KY
            Visiting Artist, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
            Panelist, The Architecture of Consumption: Airspace,
            Abandoned Retail and McMansion Hell, International
            Center of Photography, New York, NY
            Panelist, Critic, Collective Thinking, For Freedoms,
            Aperture Foundation, New York, NY

2016    The Public Image: Reimagining Civic Spectatorship, Symposium,
            Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
            Artist Presentation, “The Centurion:”, Society for Photographic
            Education National Conference, Las Vegas, NV
            Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
            Speaker, Don't Blink Robert Frank Screening, The Providence
            Art and Design Film Festival

2015    Panelist, “Art, Communication, and Consumerism”, w/Corey
            Postiglione and Kim Erwin. Depaul Museum, Chicago, IL
            Gallery Talk, “The Centurion”, George Eastman Museum,
            Rochester, NY
            Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective w/Kelli Connell, Matthew
            Gamber and Jonathan Gitelson, Flash Forward Festival, Boston
            Visiting Artist, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
            Visiting Artist, Panelist, Columbus College of Art and Design
            Visiting Artist, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2014    Keynote Speaker, ‘Is This Place Great or What Symposium’,
            Academy of Art Antwerp
            Visiting Artist, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA
            Visiting Artist, Keene State College, Keene, NH
            Gallery Talk w/Cynthia Henebry, Page Bond Gallery,
            Richmond, VA
            Visiting Artist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IO
            Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
            Visiting Artist, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI

2013    Visiting Artist, Antwerp Museum of Photography, Antwerp, BE
            Panelist w/ Reinier Gerritsen, PhotoQ Bookstore,
            Amsterdam, NL
            Gallery Talk, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
            Visiting Artist, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, KS
            Visiting Artist, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
            Gallery Talk, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
            Visiting Artist, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, CA

2012    Artist Presentation, Festival of the Image, Vevey, Switzerland
            Visiting Artist, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL
            Visiting Artist, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA
            Visiting Artist, Stevenson University, Baltimore, MD
            Visiting Artist, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
            Visiting Artist, The Center for Photography at Woodstock,
            Woodstock, NY
            Gallery Talk w/Penelope Umbrico, Julie Saul Gallery/Aperture
            Foundation, New York, NY
            Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, College Art Association
            National Conference, Los Angeles, CA
            Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, Griffin Museum of
            Photography, Boston, MA

2011    Visiting Artist, w/ Penelope Umbrico, Scope Art Fair, Miami, FL
            Gallery Talk, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
            Panelist w/ Michael Shaw, Jim Johnson, Guest Critic,
            Photojournalism and Public Commentary, Northwestern
            University
            Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, Philadelphia Photo
            Arts Center, PA
            Panelist, Piece of Cake Collective, Society for Photographic
            Education National Conference

2010    Panelist w/Candida Alvarez, Scott Speh, Faheem Majeed,
            ‘The Value of An MFA’, Hyde Park Art Center
            Visiting Artist, Herron School of Art and Design,
            Indianapolis, IN
            Panelist w/ Hank Willis Thomas and Will Steacy, New York Photo
            Festival, Aperture Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
            Panelist w/ Lesley Martin, Curtis Mann and Karen Irvine,
            ArtChicago
            Panelist w/ Michael Shaw, Robert Hariman, ‘No Caption
            Needed’, Chicago Humanities Festival
            Panelist, Imag(in)ing the Future of Photography, Society for
            Photographic Education Midwest Conference, Kalamazoo, MI
            Visiting Artist, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
            Gallery Talk, Hous Projects, New York, NY

2009    Visiting Artist, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
            Visiting Artist, University of Illinois at Chicago
            Visiting Artist, University of Minnesota, New York, NY
            Panelist w/ Cara Phillips, Laurel Ptak, Jorg Colberg and
            Andrew Hetherington, New York Photo   Festival, Brooklyn, NY
            Visiting Artist, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
            Visiting Artist, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
            Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University,    Toledo, OH

2008    Visiting Artist, Kendall College of Art and Design,
            Grand Rapids, MI
            Gallery Talk, Nerman Museum of Art, Overland Park, KS
            Artist Presentation, Society for Photographic Education
            Midwest Conference, Cleveland, OH
            Panelist w/ Tom Bamberger, Lisa Hostetler, and Karen Irvine,
            Haggerty Museum of Art, WI
            Panelist w/ Amani Olu, Ruben San Miguel Natal and Kellie
            McLaughlin, Aperture Foundation, NY
            Visiting Artist, Light Factory, Charlotte, NC

2007    Visiting Artist, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
            Visiting Artist, Myers School of Art, University of Akron, OH
            Visiting Artist, East Tennessee State University,
            Johnson City, TN
            Panelist w/Ben Gest, Michael Newman, and Melanie Shiff,
            ‘Photography in the Digital Age’, The Art Institute of Chicago
            Visiting Artist, Photoshelter, Chicago, IL
            Visiting Artist, Coalition of Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, WI
            Visiting Artist, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
            Visiting Artist, Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
            Visiting Artist, Mississippi State University
            Panelist, w/ Kelli Connell and Justin Newhall, Society for
            Photographic Education National Conference, Miami, FL
            Panelist, w/ Kelli Connell and Justin Newhall,
            Youngstown State University, OH
            Visiting Artist, Parsons the New School of Design,
            Aperture Foundation, NY
            Visiting Artist, University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign, IL

2006    Panelist, w/ Jon Gitelson and Matthew Siber, Chicagraphy,
            Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
            Visiting Artist, w/Bill Owens, San Francisco Art Institute,
            San Francisco, CA
            Panelist, w/ Kelli Connell, Justin Newhall, and Rod Slemmons,
            Aperture Foundation, NYC
            Panelist, w/ Jon Gitelson and Matthew Siber, Society for
            Photographic Education National Conference
            Visiting Artist, School of the International Center of
            Photography, New York, NY
            Visiting Artist, New Trier High School, Wilmette, IL
            Visiting Artist, Minneapolis Center for Photography, MN

2005    Visiting Artist, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
            Visiting Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
            Gallery Talk, Domestic Disturbance, Evanston, IL
            Panelist w/Jim Coudal, Elizabeth Cline, Naz Hamid and
            Andrew Huff, Influence: Art + Design, Sonotheque,
            Chicago, IL
            Gallery Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
            Visiting Artist, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
            Gallery Talk, Museum of Contemporary Photography,
            Chicago, IL

2004    Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
            Visiting Artist, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
            Visiting Artist, Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL

COLLECTIONS

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Akron Art Museum, OH
Baltimore Museum of Art, MD
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
Fred and Laura Bidwell Collection, Peninsula, OH
Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
Larry Fields Collection, Chicago, IL
LaSalle Bank / Bank of America, Chicago, IL
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
Milwaukee Art Museum, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, KS
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
New York Public Library, New York, NY
North Carolina Museum of Art, NC
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS

2025, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2017 Professional Development Fund
        Rhode Island School of Design
2017 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Merit Recipient
2016 Imagemaker Award, Society for Photographic Education
2010 Artist–In–Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
2009 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
2009 Honorable Mention, Project Competition, Center Santa Fe
2007 Wright Auction House Commission, Chicago, IL
2007 Photo District News 30 Emerging Photographers, nomination by Martin Parr
2007 Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowship, Chicago, IL
2005 Finalist, Critical Mass 2005
2005 City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Community Arts Assistance Grant
2003 Stuart and Iris Baum Grant, Chicago, IL

MONOGRAPHS

The Centurion. FW: Books, 2026
Closeout: Retail Relics and Ephemera. Anderson Gallery, VCUArts, 2013
Is This Place Great or What, Aperture Foundation, Cleveland Museum of Art. 2011
MP3: Midwest Photographers Project, “Copia”, Aperture, Museum of Contemporary Photography. 2006

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