EDMUND CLARK


BIOGRAPHY

*1963 IN UNITED KINGDOM, LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON, UK

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES

2018 HONORARY FELLOWSHIP OF THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

2017 ICP – INFINITY AWARD: DOCUMENTARY AND PHOTOJOURNALISM — “NEGATIVE PUBLICITY”

W. EUGENE SMITH MEMORIAL FUND FELLOWSHIP

2016 RENCONTRES D´ARLES PHOTO-TEXT BOOK AWARD – WINNER

2015 THE RODDICK FOUNDATION, GRANT

2014 MAGNUM FOUNDATION GRANT AWARD

2013 SELECTED FOR KASSEL INTERNATIONAL FOTOBOOK FESTIVAL BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR – CONTROL ORDER HOUSE

2013 SHORTLISTED FOR W. EUGENE SMITH FOUNDATION GRANT FOR HUMANISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATION GRANT

2013 NOMINATED FOR HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON INTERNATIONAL AWARD

2012 SHORTLISTED FOR PRIX PICTET

2012 WINNER ZEIT MAGAZIN FOTOPREIS

2012 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, PREMIO PONCHIELLI, G.R.I.N ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS ASSOCIATION

2011 THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HOOD MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING PHOTOGRAPHY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

2011 SELECTED FOR KASSEL INTERNATIONAL FOTOBOOK FESTIVAL BEST PHOTOBOOKS OF THE YEAR

2011 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE NEW YORK PHOTO AWARDS

2011 BEST PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS/THE LUCIES

2011 BEST DOCUMENTARY BOOK AT THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS/THE LUCIES

2011 BEST PERSONAL WORK, PHOTO DISTRICT NEWS ANNUAL

2011 NOMINATED FOR DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

2010 EDITORIAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AT THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS/THE LUCIES

2010 SHORTLISTED FOR PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AT THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS/THE LUCIES

2010 RODDICK FOUNDATION PUBLICATION GRANT

2009 WINNER, THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

2008 TERRY O’NEILL AWARD FOR CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY, 3RD PRIZE

2003 GOLD PENCIL AT THE ONE SHOW AWARDS FOR BEST PUBLIC SERVICE/POLITICAL NEWSPAPER OR MAGAZINE CAMPAIGN

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2018 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK, USA

2018 THE MOUNTAINS OF MAJEED, FLOWERS GALLERY, NEW YORK, USA

2018 UNSEEN CONFLICTS – WAR ON TERROR, PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART, COLOGNE/BONN

2018 THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, NEW YORK, NY

2017 IN PLACE OF HATE, IKON GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM, UK

2017 SITUATION # 81: EDMUND CLARK – LETTERS TO OMAR, FOTOMUSEUM WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND

2017 NEGATIVE PUBLICITY: ARTEFACTS OF EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION, PALAZZO DA MOSTO, FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA, REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY

2016-2017 WAR OF TERROR, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

2016 TERROR INCOGNITUS, ZEPHYR – RAUM FÜR FOTOGRAFIE, REISS ENGELHORN MUSEUM, MANNHEIM,  GERMANY

2015 PRECARIOUS FIELDS. VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION – FOTOFESTIVAL, MANNHEIM-LUDWIGSHAFEN – HEIDELBERG, GERMANY

2015 UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

2015 FLOWERS GALLERY, PHOTO SHANGHAI, CHINA

2015 THE MOUNTAINS OF MAJEED, FLOWERS GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2013 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT, GAGE GALLERY, CHICAGO, USA

2012 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT, LETTERS TO OMAR & SECTION 4 PART 20: ONE DAY ON A SATURDAY, FLOWERS GALLERY, NEW YORK, USA

2012 CONTROL ORDER HOUSE, BRIGHTON PHOTO BIENNIAL, BRIGHTON, UK

2012 SECTION 4 PART 20: ONE DAY ON A SATURDAY, BERWICK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BERWICK, UK

2010 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT, AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

2010 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT, FLOWERS GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2010 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT & LETTERS TO OMAR, PHOTOFUSION, LONDON, UK

2009 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT, BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD, ASSOCIATION OF PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2008 STILL LIFE KILLING TIME, ASPEX GALLERY, PORTSMOUTH, UK
2008 STILL LIFE KILLING TIME, LIGHT HOUSE GALLERY, WOLVERHAMPTON, UK

2007 FACES AND MEMORIES OF CENTENARIANS, BLOOMINGDALE’S, SAN FRANCISCO, USA

2006 FACES AND MEMORIES OF CENTENARIANS, BLOOMINGDALE’S, SOHO, NEW YORK, USA

2005 BABY FATHERS, WASPS STUDIO GALLERY, GLASGOW, UK

2005 FACES AND MEMORIES OF CENTENARIANS, SPITZ GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2004 ON TRUST: PEOPLE AND PLACE, NATIONAL TRUST JERSEY GALLERY, OSTERLEY HOUSE, LONDON, UK

2002 BABY FATHERS, PLATFORM FOR ART, PICCADILLY CIRCUS STATION, LONDON, UK

2000 TREE STREET, ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION, LONDON, UK

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2020 KEEPER OF THE HEARTH – PICTURING ROLAND BARTHES’ UNSEEN PHOTOGRAPH, HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

2019 HOME SWEET HOME – 1970-2018: THE BRITISH HOME, A POLITICAL HISTORY, MAISON DES PEINTRES, CURATED BY ISABELLE BONNET, LES RENCONTRES DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, ARLES, FRANCE

2019 FROM THE ROCKET TO THE MOON, PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART, COLOGNE/BONN

2019 WALLED OFF: THE POLITICS OF CONFINEMENT, FOUNDERS GALLERY, THE MILITARY MUSEUMS, CALGARY, CANADA

2019 VISIBLE JUSTICE – COLLECTIVE IMAGING AND IMAGINING, LONDON COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION

2019 FLOWERS CONTEMPORARY II, FLOWERS GALLERY, LONDON, UK, NEW YORK, NY

2018 (CONTROL), HAMBURGER KUNSTHALLE, TRIENNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, HAMBURG, GERMANY

2018 SPACE OF FLOWS: FRAMING AN UNSEEN REALITY, KRAKOW PHOTOMONTH, BUNKIER, SZTUKI, KRAKOW, POLAND

2018 FRANKENSTEIN´S BIRTHDAY PARTY, HOSFLET GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, USA

2018 IN THE STILL OF THE NIGHT, FOTOHOF, SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

2017 NUCLEUS – IMAGINING SCIENCE, NOORDERLICHT PHOTOFESTIVAL, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS

2017 IMAGES IN CONFLICT, GAF – GALERIE FÜR FOTOGRAFIE, HANOVER, GERMANY

2017 REVEALING PICTURES: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE CHRISTOPHER E. OLOFSON COLLECTION, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

2016-2017 SCRATCH ON THE EYELID: ARS CAMERALIS FESTIVAL, KATOWICE, POLAND

2016 CAMÉRA(AUTO)CONTROLE, CENTRE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2015 PRECARIOUS FIELDS, FOTOFESTIVAL, KUNSTVEREIN LUSWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY

2015 UNDER SURVEILLANCE, GALERIE FÜR FOTOGRAFIE, HANNOVER, GERMANY

2015 BEYOND EVIDENCE, FORMAT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, DERBY, UK

2015 SERVEILLANCE 02, EAST WING GALLERY, DUBAI, UAE

2014 REFLECTIONS OF WAR, FLOWERS GALLERY, LONDON, UK
2014 INTERIORS, FLOWERS GALLERY, NEW YORK, USA

2013 CATALYST: CONTEMPORARY ART & WAR, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH, UK

2013 BLACK OUT: ON THE VERGE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC, PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART, STUTTGART, GERMANY

2013 BRINGING THE WAR HOME, WINCHESTER GALLERY, WINCHESTER, UK

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, APERTURE FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, USA

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, WESTBAU, LÖWENBRAU ART COMPLEX, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, BEIRUT EXHIBITION CENTER, BEIRUT, LEBANON

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, DUBLIN, IRELAND

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, HUIS MARSEILLE, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

2013 POWER, PRIX PICTET, HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

2012 POWER, PRIX PICTET, GALERIE VANESSA QUANG, PARIS, FRANCE

2012 POWER, PRIX PICTET, BERNHEIMER FINE ART, MUNICH, GERMANY

2012 ACHTUNG: RESPEKT, KONTROLLE, VERÄNDERUNG, STADTMUSEUM, MUNICH, GERMANY

2012 POWER, PRIX PICTET, SAATCHI GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2012 THE WORLD IN LONDON, THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’ GALLERY/VICTORIA PARK, LONDON, UK

2011 PRIME YEARS, GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, DUBLIN, IRELAND

2011 CONFINED, BLUECOAT GALLERY, LIVERPOOL, UK

2011 COLLATERAL DAMAGE, CUC, LIVERPOOL, UK

2011 MUTATIONS III, CARRÉ ROTONDES, LUXEMBOURG

2010 BRINGING THE WAR HOME, IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, BRADFORD, UK

2010 MUTATIONS III, BERLINISCHE GALERIE, STATE MUSEUM FOR ART, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARCHITECTURE, BERLIN, GERMANY

2010 MUTATIONS III, MAISON EUROPÉENE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE, PARIS, FRANCE

2010 MUTATIONS III, MACRO TESTACCIO, MUSEO D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA ROMA, ITALY

2010 MUTATIONS III, MUSA, MUSEUM STARTGALERIE ARTOTHEK, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

2010 MUTATIONS III, BAST’ART, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA

2009 PRIME YEARS, HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, HOUSTON, USA

2009 SEEN BUT NOT HEARD, HEREFORD PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, HEREFORD, UK

2008 AND EARLIER STILL LIFE KILLING TIME, STUDIO MACRILLANTE, PINGYAO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL, PINGYAO, CHINA

2008 STILL LIFE KILLING TIME, TERRY O’NEILL AWARDS FOR CONTEMPORARY BRITISH

2008 PHOTOGRAPHY, FULHAM PALACE GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2008 LANDWORKS AND CITYSCAPES, GROUP SHOW, ASSOC. OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, LONDON, UK

2008 TOUCHING THE EARTH LIGHTLY, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS, LONDON, UK

2008 ON TRUST, THE NATIONAL TRUST, JERSEY GALLERIES, OSTERLEY HOUSE, LONDON, UK

 

TALKS, CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA (SELECTED)

2019 EVIDENTIARY AESTHETICS – EDMUND CLARK AND CROFTON BLACK, ARCHITECTURAL  ASSOCIATION SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, LONDON, UK

2019 AESTHETICA MAGAZINE – FUTURE NOW SYMPOSIUM, YORK ST. JOHN UNIVERSITY, UK

2019 IN CONVERSATION – EDMUND CLARK, ROXANNA ALLISON AND PABLO ALLISON, REDEYE PHOTOGRAPHY NETWORK, ANTHONY BURGESS FOUNDATION, MANCHESTE, UK

2018 IN PLACE OF HATE, BIRMINGHAM, UK

2018 AN EXAMINATION OF POST-TRUTH, FUTURE NOW SYMPOSIUM, AESTHETICA MAGAZINE,  YORK, UK

2018 LANDSCAPES OF VULNERABILITY, INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE  LONDON, UK

2018 BRITISH SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY CONFERENCE, BRIMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY, UK

2018 MUSEUMS & CRIMINAL JUSTICE, WATTS GALLERY, COMPTON, UK

2017 ART, JUSTICE AND TERROR, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

2017 IMPERIAL CULTURES OF THE UNITED STATES, UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK, UK

2017 STILL LIFE KILLING TIME: EDMUND CLARK ON WORKING IN PRISON AS AN ARTIST, MAC BIRMINGHAM, UK

2017 PROVOCATIONS IN ART: ART UNDER STATE CONTROL, ROYAL ACADEMY, LONDON, UK

2017 THE PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM

2016 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF ART

2016 LE BAL, PARIS, FRANCE

2015 PHOTOJOURNALISM, FINANCIAL TIMES MAGAZINE PANEL, PHOTO LONDON WITH PROF. JULIAN STALLABRASS AND LYNSEY ADARIO SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, UK

2014 ANTHROPOLOGY AND PHOTOGRAPHY, CONFERENCE, BRITISH MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

2014 ARTISTS’ RESPONSES TO CONFLICT, SYMPOSIUM, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, LONDON, UK

2014 IF IT COULD SPEAK: FORENSIC AESTHETICS, MASTERCLASS, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH, SALFORD, UK

2014 GUANTANAMO, POWER, REPRESENTATION, APERTURE FOUNDATION, NEW YORK, USA

2013 THE CULTURES OF MEMORY, SYMPOSIUM, UNIVERSITY OF COLLEGE LONDON, UK

2013 GUANTANAMO BAY, ART, REPRESENTATION, FORENSICS AND THE STATE OF THE UNEXCEPTIONAL OTHER TALK AND PANEL, EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL

2013 RESEARCH GENERAL CONFERENCE, SCIENCES PO, BORDEAUX, FRANCE

2013 POWER AND GUANTANAMO, GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, DUBLIN, IRELAND

2013 GUANTANAMO PROJECT, PARROTTA CONTEMPORARY ART, STUTTGART, GERMANY

2013 THE REPRESENTATION OF POWER TALK AND PANEL WITH ELS BARENTS, DIRECTOR HUIS MARSEILLE MUSEUM, HUIS MARSEILLE MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND

2013 POWER TALK AND PANEL WITH FRANCIS HODGSON, PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIC FOR THE  FINANCIAL TIMES, ISTANBUL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

2012 CLASSIFIED SPACES: AGENTS OF CHANGE & THE POLITICS OF SPACE WITH ARTIST OMER FAST AND PROF. JULIAN STALLABRASS, BRIGHTON PHOTO BIENNIAL, BRIGHTON, UK

2012 PICTURES IN MOTION, BERWICK INTERNATIONAL FILM & MEDIA FESTIVAL BERWICK, UK

2012 THE USE OF THE CAMERA: CAN PHOTOGRAPHY BE USED TO ILLUSTRATE BIG IDEAS?, THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S GALLERY, LONDON, UK

2012 MATERIALITIES, VISUALITIES, SECURITIES: THE STUDY OF SECURITY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, CENTRE FOR ADVANCED INTERNATIONAL THEORY, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, BRIGHTON, UK

2012 FACE OFF: PAKISTAN, ISSUES OF TERROR AND INTOLERANCE, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, GOVERNMENT OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN

2012 GUANTANAMO: IF THE LIGHT GOES OUT, HOUSE OF LORDS, LONDON, UK

2011 CAPTIVITY IN TWENTIETH CENTURY WARFARE: ARCHIVES, HISTORY, MEMORY, ECOLE MILITAIRE, PARIS, FRANCE

2011 MEDIUM & MESSAGE: CONFLICT PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE DIGITAL ERA, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN, IRELAND

2011 REMEMBERING GUANTANAMO, SYMPOSIUM, INTERNATIONAL SITES OF CONSCIENCE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, USA

2010 THE POLITICAL LIFE OF THINGS, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

 

COLLECTIONS (INSTITUTIONAL)

INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM, NEW YORK, USA

THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON, UK

THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON, UK

FUNDACIÓ PER AMOR A L´ART, VALENCIA, SPAIN

THE NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM, BRADFORD, UK

FOTOMUSEUM, WINTERTHUR, SWITZERLAND

THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE, ROCHESTER, USA

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, USA

THE GRINNELL COLLEGE ART COLLECTION, IOWA, USA

NATIONAL TRUST OF GREAT BRITAIN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE, OSTERLEY HOUSE, LONDON, UK

TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, OHIO, USA