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Bruce McKaig has been making photographs for over thirty years, living
and traveling in Europe, North and South America, Siberia, and India.
His photography involves meticulous processes that produce one-of-a-kind
pieces, working with chance elements and exploring techniques as diverse
as pinhole photography, ambient light images, stereo photography and hand
colored images. His photographs are in museum collections in the USA,
France, and Guatemala. He has been awarded private and public grants from
the city of Paris and Washington DC and has participated in over thirty
solo and eighty group exhibitions since 1979. He is represented by Jean-Pierre
Lambert (Paris), Ricco Maresca (New York), and Kathleen Ewing (Washington
DC). He regularly lectures and writes on photography and teaches at The
Graduate School USDA, The Smithsonian Residents, The Corcoran College
of Art and Design, and to children at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in
Southeast Washington DC where he currently lives.
| 1959-72 |
born May 29 1959, Goldsboro North Carolina USA, moves from one to
another military base in the United States |
| 1973-76 |
moves to Texas, graduates 1976 LD Bell High School Hurst Texas |
| 1977-81 |
undergraduate studies Austin College Sherman Texas, Institute of
European Studies 1979-80 Paris France, Bachelor of Art May 1981 from
Austin College USA |
| 1981-82 |
moves to Paris, teaches English as a foreign language, works as
an import agent |
| 1982-83 |
travels to Siberia, moves to Hamburg Germany, works as an import
agent, guest speaker at Goethe Institute Luneburg Germany |
| 1984 |
moves to Texas, photography study and first solo exhibition(The
University of Texas at Arlington), works as a framer |
| 1984-86 |
moves to Washington DC, participates in numerous exhibitions, works
summers in Paris, travels twice to Poland, quest speaker at Park Fotografia
Warsaw and Georgetown University, Master of Science in Foreign Service
with Distinction May 1986 Georgetown University, moves to Paris June
1986 |
| 1987 |
moves to Washington DC, participates in numerous exhibitions, works
as a framer |
| 1988-89 |
moves to Guatemala, travels in Central and South America, exhibits
in Guatemala, quest speaker at Alliance Francaise Quito Ecuador, works
acquired by El Consejo Para la Proteccion de la Antigua Guatemala |
| 1989-91 |
moves to France, works as a translator, participates in numerous
exhibitions(Galerie Jean-Pierre Lambert Paris), works purchased by
the Bibliotheque Nationale Paris |
| 1991-93 |
moves to Guatemala, participates in numerous exhibitions (Palais
de Tokyo Museum Paris), works purchased by La Maison Europeene de
la Photographie Paris |
| 1993-95 |
moves to Paris, participates in numerous exhibitions, receives an
artist grant from the Cultural Affaires Division of Paris |
| 1996 |
travels six months in India, receives a grant from the Florence
Gould Foundation for works purchased by the Carnavalet Museum Paris |
| 1997-99 |
moves to Washington DC, participates in numerous exhibitions (District
Fine Arts) member Board of Directors at Washington Center for Photography,
quest speaker at The Corcoran School of Art and other organizations,
begins working with William Hunt at Ricco/ Maresca Gallery NYC, receives
two artist grants from the City of Washington DC, works purchased
by the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of American History USA, works
acquired by the University of Maryland Baltimore County, teaches photography
at numerous local institutions including the Smithsonian Resident
Associates and the Graduate School USDA |
| 2000 |
moves to Paris, participates in numerous exhibitions(Carnavalet
Museum Paris), teaches photography workshops at Carnavalet Museum,
spends five months in Brittany France working with large rolls of
photo paper |
| 2001 |
moves to Washington DC, teaches photography at the Corcoran College
of Art and Design, participates in numerous exhibitions, receives
two grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities |
| 2002 |
participates in numerous exhibitions, teaches photography, guest
speaker at local institutions, works purchased by the DC Commission
on the Arts and Humanities, solo exhibition at Kathleen Ewing Gallery
Washington DC |
| 2003 |
participates in numerous exhibitions, Artist Fellowship Grant from
the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Chair of the Photography
Department at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop |
| 2004 |
participates in numerous exhibitions, publishes diverse articles
on photography, hands out free copies of a twelve minute animation
on DVD constructed from his still photographs |
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