Salon #40 – Ann Shelton and Matt Eich

22 April 2019: 10×10 hosted a salon with Ann Shelton and Matt Eich at the home of Russet Lederman and Jeff Gutterman.

Ann Shelton (MFA, UBC, Canada) was born in New Zealand and is one of New Zealand’s leading photographic artists. Ann’s mid-career survey, Dark Matter, curated by Zara Stanhope, exhibited at Auckland Art Gallery in 2016, and at Christchurch Art Gallery in 2017. She is Associate Professor in Photography at Whiti o Rehua School of Art, Massey University. Ann’s most recent work engages with plant narratives and histories, in particular their intersection with human knowledge systems. Her latest New York exhibition, “jane says”, begins April 18th, with an opening reception from 6-8 pm at Denny Dimin Gallery at 39 Lispenard Street (New York).

Matt Eich is a photographic essayist working on long-form projects related to memory, family, community, and the American condition – with support from an Aaron Siskind Individual Photographer’s Fellowship, a VMFA Professional Visual Arts Fellowship, and two Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography. He’s published three monographs, with two more forthcoming this year and in 2020. Matt was a 2013 artist-in-residence at Light Work – and is invited to a Robert Rauschenberg Residency in 2019. He has taught photography at Syracuse University, The George Washington University, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

The presenters sold and signed their books.

A big thank you to Russet and Jeff for hosting us.

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