Michael Light

♂ *1963 / United States

Works

Contacts for the work of Michael Light

Atlas Gallery GB

Atlas Gallery
49 Dorset Street
W1U 7NF London
+44 (0)20-72244192
info@atlasgallery.com
www.atlasgallery.com
Mon-Fri 10-18 . Sat 11-17

Michael Light

www.michaellight.net

Solo exhibitions

L.A. DAY / L.A. NIGHT

Danziger Gallery LA, Santa Monica (US)
30 Apr 2022 – 24 Jun 2022
Great Basin Autoglyphs and Pleistoseas

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
3 Feb 2019 – 16 Mar 2019
Sidereal Rift

Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica (US)
3 Dec 2016 – 14 Jan 2017
Some Dry Space

Danziger Gallery, New York (US)
30 Oct 2013 – 18 Jan 2014
PRIVATE FRONTIERS

Chris Ballantyne & Michael Light

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
15 Dec 2012 – 26 Jan 2013
Some Dry Space: An Inhabited West

Blue Sky Gallery, Portland (US)
7 Apr 2011 – 1 May 2011
InterMountain

Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica (US)
24 Apr 2010 – 29 May 2010
100 Suns

Yours Gallery Foundation, Warszawa (PL)
6 Nov 2009 – 31 Dec 2009
Full Moon - The Apollo Missions

Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla (US)
17 Oct 2009 – 5 Dec 2009
New work

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
7 Feb 2009 – 21 Mar 2009
FULL MOON

THE APOLLO AND GEMINI PHOTOGRAPHS

Atlas Gallery, London (GB)
27 Nov 2008 – 14 Feb 2009
Some Dry Spaces

Nevada Museum of Art, Reno (US)
13 Sep 2008 – 4 Jan 2009
Los Angeles 07 27 05

Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica (US)
20 Sep 2007 – 20 Nov 2007
Full Moon

Atlas Gallery, London (GB)
3 Aug 2007 – 29 Sep 2007
Bookworks

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
18 May 2007 – 30 Jun 2007
Near Planet

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
27 Jan 2007 – 10 Mar 2007
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Nevada Museum of Art, Reno (US)
11 Nov 2006 – 18 Feb 2007
Outer Space - Full Moon

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
8 Mar 2006 – 7 May 2006
Hover

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
3 Dec 2005 – 21 Jan 2006
Arid Flows. Los Angeles and Its Deserts

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Co, Los Angeles (US)
4 Nov 2005 – 26 Dec 2005
100 Suns

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
12 Mar 2005 – 8 May 2005
100 Suns

Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
9 Oct 2004 – 2 Jan 2005
100 soli // 100 suns

Auditorium Arte - Parco della Musica, Roma (IT)
28 May 2004 – 29 Jul 2004
100 Suns

Galerie Michael Wiesehöfer, Köln (DE)
30 Jan 2004 – 6 Mar 2004
100 suns

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
18 Oct 2003 – 26 Nov 2003

Group

Civilization - Our Life in Focus

Unser Leben im Fokus

Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich (CH)
13 Mar 2026 – 19 Jul 2026

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Priscilla Briggs, Edward Burtynsky, Alejandro Cartagena, Philippe Chancel …
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

Civilization: Wie wir heute leben

Kunsthalle München, München (DE)
11 Apr 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs …
Gorgeousness: A Summer Pride Show

Curated by Richard Renaldi

Benrubi Gallery, New York (US)
20 Jun 2024 – 17 Sep 2024

with Michael Alago, John Arsenault, Kelli Connell, Jess T. Dugan, Allen Frame, Benjamin Fredrickson, Dan Graham, David Hilliard, Matthew Leifheit, Duane Michals, Jack Pierson, David Benjamin Sherry …
People, Places, Things

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto (CA)
18 Nov 2023 – 23 Dec 2023

with Mehdi Dandi, Max Dean, Elliott Erwitt, Wendy Ewald, Fausta Facciponte, Christina Leslie, Ian MacEachern, Arnaud Maggs, Alison Rossiter, Gabor Szilasi, Arthur Tress, Masao Yamamoto
CIVILIZATION

The Way We Live Now

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
2 Jun 2023 – 17 Sep 2023

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Lisa Barnard, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond …
Grid

EUQINOM Gallery, San Francisco (US)
4 Feb 2023 – 25 Mar 2023

with Eric William Carroll, Klea McKenna, Ansley West Rivers
Civilization

The Way We Live Now / Vivere Sopravvivere Buon Vivere

Musei San Domenico, Forlì (IT)
17 Sep 2022 – 8 Jan 2023

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Ludovica Bastianini, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Nicola Bertasi …
SPRING GROUP EXHIBITION

Danziger Gallery, New York (US)
25 Mar 2022 – 27 May 2022

with Christopher Anderson, André de Dienes, Susan Derges, Daniel Gordon, Karen Knorr, Jim Krantz, Antonio Lopez, Glen Luchford, Alice Mann, Matthew Porter, Risaku Suzuki, Julian Wasser …
Where We Are

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
23 Oct 2021 – 24 Nov 2021

with Jim Campbell, Bruce Conner, Crystal Liu, Liliana Porter
Civilisation, Photography, Now

Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
16 Jun 2020 – 18 Oct 2020

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs …
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
13 Sep 2019 – 2 Feb 2020

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs …
MAAN/ MOON

FOMU Fotomuseum Antwerp, Antwerp (BE)
28 Jun 2019 – 6 Oct 2019

with Annemie Augustijns, Tom Callemin, Cortis & Sonderegger, Giorgio De Finis, Cristina De Middel, Joan Fontcuberta, Vincent Fournier, Leon Gimpel, Harry Gruyaert, Sjoerd Knibbeler, Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Joel Meyerowitz …
Moonlight - 50 Years of Photographing the Moon

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
25 May 2019 – 22 Sep 2019

with Johan Oesterholm, Chan-Hyo Bae, Helena Blomqvist, Cristina De Middel, Nanna Debois-Buhl, Susan Derges, Joan Fontcuberta, Vincent Fournier, Hamish Fulton, Noemie Goudal, Nancy Holt, Kikuji Kawada …
THE FINAL FRONTIER

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto (CA)
28 Jun 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Loewy and Puiseux, Sanaz Mazinani, NASA , James Nasmyth, Eva Stenram
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

Ullens Center Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
9 Mar 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs …
SURVOLS

La photographie aérienne des villes

Galerie CAUE 92, Nanterre (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 2 Mar 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Olivo Barbieri, Rene Burri, Vincenzo Castella, Mishka Henner, Joe Kesrouani, Jeremie Lenoir, David Maisel, Patrick Messina, Johnny Miller
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

National Museum of Art, Gwacheon (KR)
18 Oct 2018 – 17 Feb 2019

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Olaf Otto Becker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs …
High

Photography from above

Atlas Gallery, London (GB)
28 Jun 2018 – 1 Sep 2018

with Olivo Barbieri, David Drebin, Andreas Gefeller, Kacper Kowalski
Frankenstein's Birthday Party

Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco (US)
23 Jun 2018 – 11 Aug 2018

with Janine Antoni, Julian Charriere, Edmund Clark, Bruce Conner, Barbara Kruger
1% – Le Privilège à l'ère de l'Inégalité Globale

Centre Culturel de Liege, Liège (BE)
7 Sep 2017 – 19 Oct 2017

with Christopher Anderson, Nina Berman, Sasha Bezzubov, Peter Bialobrzeski, Guillaume Bonn, Joerg Brueggemann, David Chancellor, Jesse Chehak, Kevin Cooley, Floto+Warner, Greg Girard, Guillaume Herbaut …
Curtain Call

final exhibition

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
24 May 2017 – 8 Jul 2017

with Paul Adair, Narelle Autio, Roger Ballen, Pat Brassington, Jane Brown, Danica Chappell, Brenda L. Croft, Merilyn Fairskye, Merilyn Fairskye, Anne Ferran, Anne Ferran, Chris Fortescue …
1% Privilege in a time of global inequality

Curata da Myles Little - TIME Magazine

Spazio Cartabianca, Albignasego, Padova (IT)
3 Mar 2017 – 3 Jul 2017

with Christopher Anderson, Virginia Beahan, Nina Berman, Sasha Bezzubov, Peter Bialobrzeski, Guillaume Bonn, Philippe Chancel, David Chancellor, Jesse Chehak, Kevin Cooley, Mitch Epstein, Floto + Warner …
1% Privilege in a time of global inequality

Curata da Myles Little - Senior Photo Editor del TIME magazine

Spazio Cartabianca, Albignasego, Padova (IT)
3 Mar 2017 – 7 Mar 2017

with Christopher Anderson, Virginia Beahan, Nina Berman, Sasha Bezzubov, Peter Bialobrzeski, Guillaume Bonn, Joerg Brueggemann, Philippe Chancel, David Chancellor, Jesse Chehak, Kevin Cooley, Mitch Epstein …
Boundless: A California Invitational

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
15 Oct 2016 – 29 Jan 2017

with Matthew Brandt, John Chiara, Kevin Cooley, Eileen Cowin, Jason Engelund, CJ Heyliger, Mona Kuhn, David Maisel, Carly Steward, Donna J. Wan
SEASON 14

Stills Gallery, Sydney (AU)
3 Dec 2014 – 28 Feb 2015

with Narelle Autio, Ian Dodd, Megan Jenkinson, Steven Lojewski, Deb Mansfield, Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Garry Trinh, Justine Varga, Kawita Vatanajyankur, Beverley Veasey
They Used to Call it the Moon

BALTIC Centre Contemp Art, Gateshead (GB)
31 Oct 2014 – 11 Jan 2015

with Cristina De Middel, Aleksandra Mir, Trevor Paglen, Simon Starling, Wolfgang Tillmans
Proof: The Intersection of Science, Art and Photography

L. Parker Stephenson, New York (US)
26 Feb 2014 – 17 May 2014

with Berenice Abbott, Karl Blossfeldt, Raphael Dallaporta, Harold E. Edgerton, Arthur Wesley Dow
Aftershocks

The Western Landscape Today

UCR ARTS , Riverside (US)
1 Oct 2011 – 31 Dec 2011

with Joe Deal, John Divola, Brad Moore, Mark Ruwedel
Developed and Undeveloped: Photographic Landscapes

de Young - Fine Art Museum, San Francisco (US)
9 Oct 2010 – 27 Mar 2011

with Robert Adams, Mathew B. Brady, Edward Burtynsky, SHI Guorui, Carleton E. Watkins
Marks of Honour - A Striking Library

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
18 Jun 2010 – 18 Sep 2010

with Harvey Benge, Chris Coekin, Peter Granser, Pieter Hugo, Jens Liebchen, Koji Onaka, Mark Power, Matthew Sleeth, Alec Soth, Raimond Wouda
State of Mind: A California Invitational

Museum Photographic Arts, San Diego (US)
6 Feb 2010 – 6 Jun 2010

with Susan Anderson, Uta Barth, Stephen Berkman, Ken Gonzales-Day, Todd Hido, Mona Kuhn, Susan Rankaitis
First Light: Photography & Astronomy

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
7 Mar 2010 – 30 May 2010

with Thomas Ruff
Le paradis, ou presque : Los Angeles [1865-2008]

Musée Nicéphore, Chalon-sur-Saone (FR)
24 Oct 2009 – 31 Jan 2010

with Thomas Michael Alleman, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Jo Ann Callis, Paul Caponigro, Herb Carleton, Gusmano Cesaretti, William Claxton, Imogen Cunningham, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, John Divola …
Marks of Honour - A Striking Library

Kaune Contemporary, Köln (DE)
17 Jul 2009 – 22 Aug 2009

with Harvey Benge, Chris Coekin, Peter Granser, Pieter Hugo, Tiina Itkonen, Jens Liebchen, Koji Onaka, Mark Power, Matthew Sleeth, Alec Soth, Jules Spinatsch, Raimond Wouda
Marks of Honour 08 (MoH) - A striking library is a homage to the photo book per se

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
29 May 2009 – 5 Jul 2009

with Harvey Benge, Chris Coekin, Peter Granser, Pieter Hugo, Tiina Itkonen, Jens Liebchen, Mark Power, Matthew Sleeth, Alec Soth, Jules Spinatsch, Raimond Wouda
Controverses. Photographies à histoires

Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (FR)
3 Mar 2009 – 30 May 2009

with Annelies Strba, Marc Garanger, Man Ray , Oliviero Toscani
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE : LOS ANGELES (1865-2008)

Le paradis, ou presque - Los Angeles (1865-2008)

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
31 Jan 2009 – 19 Apr 2009

with Ansel Adams, Harry Adams, Laura Aguilar, Clem Albers, Thomas Michael Alleman, Richard Avedon, James Baker, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Adam Bartos, Haven G. Bishop, Kaucyila Brooke …
The Enduring Landscape

Etherton Gallery, Tucson (US)
18 Nov 2008 – 17 Jan 2009

with Mark Klett, Byron Wolfe, John Yang
CONTROVERSIES

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
5 Apr 2008 – 1 Jun 2008

with Annelies Strba, Abbas, Ladislav Bielik, Guy Bourdin, Robert Capa, Lewis Carroll, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jewgeni Chaldej, Larry Clark, Luc Delahaye, Robert Doisneau, Horst Faas …
New Code

Studio la Citta, Verona (IT)
20 May 2006 – 1 Jul 2006

with Brian Alfred, Eelco Brand, Tracey Snelling, Mikhael Subotzky, Pablo Zuleta Zahr
To the Human Future - Flight from the Dark Side

Art Tower Mito (ATM) , Mito (JP)
25 Feb 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Magdalena Abakanowicz, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, James Nachtwey, Shirin Neshat, W. Eugene Smith, Bill Viola
Les Grands Spectacles

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
18 Jun 2005 – 3 Oct 2005

with Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Daniele Buetti, Phil Collins, Luc Delahaye, El Lissitzky, Andreas Gefeller, Nan Goldin …
kurzdavordanach

Die Photographische Sammlung, Köln (DE)
22 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Tom Burr, John Cohen, Meg Cranston, Stan Douglas, Charlotte Dumas, Harold E. Edgerton, Peter Garfield, Jean-Luc Godard, Philippe Halsman, Richard Hawkins, Jochem Hendricks …
Wirklich wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien

Ruhr Museum, Essen (DE)
6 Jun 2004 – 26 Sep 2004

with Eddie Adams, Oliver Boberg, Joachim Brohm, Corinne Day, Carl de Keyzer, Jonathan de Villiers, Pierre Faure, Jeanne Faust, Joan Fontcuberta, Judy Gelles, Jim Goldberg, Nan Goldin …
<a href="http://www.fotografiafestival.it" target="_blank">FotoGrafia. Festival Internazionale di Roma</a>

FotoGrafia. Festival di Roma, Roma (IT)
1 Apr 2004 – 7 Jun 2004

with Olivo Barbieri, Doris Bloom, Alexandra Boulat, Braco Dimitrijevic, Pieter Hugo, Dino Ignani, Ingar Krauss, Giuseppe Loy, Gerd Ludwig, Sally Mann, Don McCullin, Brian McKee …
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Stills South, Sydney (AU)
2 Mar 2004 – 20 Mar 2004

with Narelle Autio, Christine Cornish, Steven Lojewski, Glenn Sloggett

Events

FOTOBOKFESTIVAL OSLO

FOTOBOKFESTIVAL OSLO, Oslo (NO)
10 Sep 2020 – 20 Sep 2020

with Ignacio Acosta, Sammy Baloji, Mandy Barker, Erik Berglin, Paul Cupido, Jon Gorospe, Yoshinori Mizutani, George Osodi, Oliver Ressler, Zied Ben Romdhane, Corinne Vionnet
Paris Photo 2019 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2019 – 10 Nov 2019

with Jun Ahn, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Valerie Belin, Peter Bialobrzeski, Delphine Blast, Martin Bogren, Edward Burtynsky, Sophie Calle, Philippe Chancel, Stéphane Couturier, Antoine d'Agata, Denis Dailleux …
The PhotoBookMuseum – PhotokinaWeek

/ Photoszene-FestivalWeek

The PhotoBookMuseum, Köln (DE)
16 Sep 2014 – 21 Sep 2014

with Morten Andersen, Harvey Benge, Koos Breukel, Ricardo Cases, Chargesheimer, Chris Coekin, Andrea Diefenbach, Carolyn Drake, Julian Germain, Stephen Gill, Peter Granser, David Alan Harvey …
Photography now 2.04

Photography now, Berlin (DE)
1 Apr 2004 – 30 Jun 2004

with Karl Blossfeldt, Germaine Krull, Raïssa Venables
Photographs

Bonhams New York, New York (US)

with Slim Aarons, Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Ruth Bernhard, Julie Blackmon, Margaret Bourke-White, Rene Burri, Harry Callahan, Julia Margaret Cameron …