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Michael Dweck Biographie
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1957 |
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Born Brooklyn, New York, to David and Sydelle Dweck.
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1960 |
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Family moves to Bellmore, New York, a town on Long Island.
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1975 |
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Graduates from John F. Kennedy High School, Bellmore, New York. Studies Architecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, then switched to the Communication/Fine Arts Department in 1976.
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1979 |
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B.F.A., Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
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1982 |
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Opens Michael Dweck & Co., a communications think tank.
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1985 |
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Studies with Marshall Blonsky at The New School for Social Research, New York.
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1992 |
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Opens Dweck & Campbell, later renamed Dweck! (1999), an advertising and creative content company.
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1998 |
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Awarded Gold Lion at the Cannes International Festival for Arctic Ground Squirrel, Cannes, France.
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1999 |
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Selected best TV Commercial of The Year, Adweek and Communication Arts magazine. Awarded Agency of the Year by the American Association of Advertising Agencies.
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2000 |
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Received the AICP Award for Advertising Excellence. Work added to the permanent film collection of the Department of Film, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Selected to Adweek’s Creative All-Stars.
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2001 |
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Interviewed in Comedy in Advertising, a documentary on the subject of humor in advertising.
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2002 |
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Closed his company and leaves advertising to concentrate on photography full time.
Photographs The End: Montauk, N.Y., for his first exhibition and book.
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2003 |
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First one-man exhibition at Sotheby's, New York: The End: Montauk, N.Y. It was the first ever solo show for a living artist held at the auction house.
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2004 |
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The End: Montauk, N.Y., is published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., and sells out first printing in two weeks.
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2005 |
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Begins photographing his Three project, a series of triptychs composed of images of manmade and natural forms and the human body.
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2006 |
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Begins extensive photographing for his Mermaids project.
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2008 |
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Mermaids and Mermaids Collector's Edition is published by Ditch Plains Press, a collection of photographs exploring the theme of the female nude submerged in water.
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2009 |
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Begins extensive photographing for his Habana Libre project.
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2011 |
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Habana Libre and Habana Libre Collector's Edition is published by Damiani editore, a contemporary exploration playing on the theme of privilege in a classless society, beauty and art in one of the last communist capitals, Habana.
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Lives and works in New York and Montauk.
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2012
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"Habana Libre," Fototeca de Cuba Museum. Havana, Cuba (solo)
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2011 - 2012
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"Michael Dweck: The End and Habana Libre," Staley Wise Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2011 - 2012
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"Habana Libre," Blitz Gallery. Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2011
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"Michael Dweck: Island Life," Izzy Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (solo)
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2011
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"Habana Libre," MODERNISM, San Francisco, California (solo)
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2010 - 2011
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"Michael Dweck: Giant Pin-Up Polaroids," Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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"The Big Picture," Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, New York
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2010
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"American Mermaid," Acte 2 Galerie, Paris, France, in collaboration with Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery (solo)
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2010
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"Michael Dweck: Paradise Lost," MODERNISM, San Francisco, California (solo)
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2009
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"Mermaids," Gallery Orchard, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
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2008
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"Michael Dweck: Mermaids, The End, and Flowers," Keszler Gallery, Southampton, New York (solo)
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2008
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"Mermaids," Delphine Pastor Gallery, Monaco in collaboration with Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Monaco (solo)
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2008
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"Mermaids," Blitz, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2008
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"Michael Dweck," Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Knokke, Belgium (solo)
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2008
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"Mermaids," Staley Wise Gallery, New York (solo)
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2008
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"Mermaids," Robert Morat | Galerie, Hamburg (solo)
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2006
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"The End: Montauk, N.Y.," Blitz, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2006
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"The End: Montauk, N.Y.," Gallery Orchard, Nagoya Tokyo (solo)
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2005
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Theory, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2005
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"Three," Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2003
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"The End: Montauk, NY," Sotheby's, New York (solo)
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| Littérature |
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2011
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"Michael Dweck: Habana Libre," Damiani editore. Bologna, Italy.
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2008
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"Mermaids," Ditch Plains Press. New York, New York.
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2005
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"Three," Limited edition black and white exhibition catalogue. Aoyama. Tokyo, Japan.
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2004
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"The End: Montauk, NY," Harry N. Abrams. New York, New York.
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