| BORN - 1948 Detroit, Michigan LIVES - Chicago, Illinois EDUCATION - BFA, Photography, College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan 1974 WORK - 1977-2009, Dave Jordano Photography, Inc. Freelance Food and product photographer shooting major campaigns for national and international advertising agencies. 2001 - present - Fine Art Documentary Photographer SOLO AND 2-3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2012 - Detroit: Unbroken Down, solo exhibit, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Munich, Germany - American Landscapes, Stieglitz 19 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium, with John Humble 2010 - Recent Developments, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY - Faith and Fury, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA. Two Person 2009 - Articles of Faith, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois solo - American Spirit: Freedom, Growth, Grace and Power, Weeks Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY. With Stephen Mark and Vaughn Sills. - Prairieland, New Works Gallery, Silvereye Center for Photography Pittsburgh, PA. With Markku Lahdesmaki 2008 - Marktown, East Chicago, IN, City Gallery of Chicago, Water Tower Gallery, Chicago, IL. Solo 2007 - Prairieland, Perspectives Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Solo - Articles of Faith, Brickton Art Center, Park Ridge, Illinois. Solo - Articles of Faith, Sol Mednick Gallery, Univ. of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Solo 2006 - Articles of Faith, Irene Carlson Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA. Solo 2005 - Articles of Faith, Jane Addams Hull House, Chicago, IL. Solo GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 - Motor City Muse, Detroit Photographs, Then and Now, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Bill Rauhauser, Karen Jobst, and Russ Marshall. - Contested Territories, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, with Simon Norfolk, Doug Rickard, Michael Wolfe, Sasha Bezzubov and Jessica Sucher, and Richard Mosse. - Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collin, CO. Curated by Ann Jastrab - Portraits, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collin, CO. Curated by Anna Walker Skillman 2011 - Audio/Visual, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY - Picture Books, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA - This Good Earth, Newspace Center for Photography Annual Competition, Portland, OR. Curated by Laura Valenti 2010 - Into the Light, Wallspace Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curated by Christa Dix - Faith, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA Curated by Ann Jastrab - Seeing is Believing, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, Curated by Dana Salvo - Unbroken Down, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI 2009 - Portraits: Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO. Juried by Mary Ellen Mark - ARBOR: Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY. Online gallery exhibition, invitation only. - Place and Presence: Photography from the Collection, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL - Houston Center for Photography Juried Membership Competition, Houston, TX. Juried by Katherine Ware - Negative Spaces, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO Juried by Brooks Jensen - Directors Selection Award 2008 - Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL Curated by Karsten Lund and Karen Irvine - Glimpses in Time, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA, Curated by Steven Wirtz - Toledo Friends of Photography National Juried Competition, Toledo, OH. Juried by Todd Hido - 6 X 6, Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, International Juried Competition. Stephen Shore, Darius Himes, Roger Ballen, Dana Faconti, Jason Fulford, Michael Foley, judges, among others. 2007 - Up & Now, PCNW 12th Annual Photographic Competition, Seattle WA Juried by Charlotte Cotton. 2006 - Toledo Friends of Photography National Juried Competition, Toledo OH Juried by Kathy Vargas - Recent Acquisitions to the Permanent Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 2005 - Houston Center for Photography Annual Membership Competition, Houston, TX. Curator's Choice Award, Curated by Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography,Chicago, IL - Place(meant), Recent Photography from Midwestern Photographers, Central Michigan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan - PCNW Annual Membership Competition, Seattle WA Honorable Mention, Juried by Marita Holdaway. 2003 - Houston Center for Photography Long Term Fellowship Project Competition, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 2011 - Honorable Mention, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards - Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 2009 - Directors Selection Award, Negative Space Exibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO - Jury Selection, Santa Fe Portfolio Review, Santa Fe NM 2008 - Finalist, Top Twenty, Critical Mass, Portland, OR - Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 2007 - Community Art Assistance Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, Illinois Council for the Arts. 2006 - Finalist, Top Twenty, Critical Mass National Book Award, Portland OR 2005 - Curator's Choice Award, Houston Center for Photography Annual Membership Competition, Chosen by Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL - Jury Selection, Santa Fe Portfolio Reviews, Santa Fe NM - Jury Selection, Photography Now - 100 Portfolios, Wright State Univ., Dayton, OH. An international competition of over 1200 entries. - Jury Selection, Photo Review International Photography Competition, Juried by Philip Brookman, 98 selected out of 1300 entries. - Selection, Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL PUBLICATIONS - Assembles Works, Photographs by Dave Jordano, Publisher, Paper Moon Press 2003 - Lenswork Magazine, Issue #48. Brooks Jensen, Publisher 2004 - 6 X 6, Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2008 - Articles of Faith, African-American Community Churches of Chicago, Publisher, Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago 2009 - Migration, Lost and Found in America, by Donald McCrea, Publisher, Michael Weise Productions 2010. COLLECTIONS - Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Mass. - Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, Illinois - Detroit Institute of Arts - Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, Illinois - Harris Bank Collection, Chicago, Illinois - Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan - Several Corporate and Private Collections |