Tanyth Berkeley

Tanyth Berkeley (born 1969) is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY

Berkeley was born in Hollywood, CA. She is best known for her portraits. [ [http://moma.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.php?id=5140 MOMA.org] ] Her subjects have included transgendered women, [ [http://www.dailyserving.com/photography/ DailyServing.com] ] buskers [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405E2DB1438F937A25752C0A9639C8B63 The New York Times online] ] and people she met on the subway in New York. [ [http://www.re-title.com/artists/Tanyth-Berkeley.asp Re-Title.com] ] She has been included in the Museum of Modern Art, New York's prestigious "New Photography" series of exhibitions (2007 exhibition) as well as exhibitions at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and two solo gallery exhibitions at Bellwether, New York. Her work has drawn comparisons to Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, Eugène Atget and Lisette Model. [Amoreen Armetta, [http://www.timeout.com/newyork/article/9347/tanyth-berkeley Time Out New York online] ]

Berkeley received her MFA from Columbia University in 2004.

elected Exhibitions

2007

"New Photography", Museum of Modern Art, New York

"The Muse, The Fugitive & The Frequency", Bellwether, New York

"L’Autre", Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia

2005

"Beyond the Portrait", Piazza Oberdan, Milan

"Greater New York", MOMA/PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

"White Out", Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver

2004

"Flicker", Socrates Sculpture Garden, Long Island City

2002

"A Special Place", Arena Gallery, Brooklyn

2001

"Young Guns II", Art Director's Club, New York

References

External links

*Interview with [http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/orchidaceae/ TheMorningNews.org]
*Images, texts and biography from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/tanyth_berkeley.htm Saatchi Gallery]
*Further information from [http://www.bellwethergallery.com/artistsindex_01.cfm?fid=83 Bellwether Gallery]
*Tanyth Berkely on [http://www.artfacts.net/index.php/pageType/artistInfo/artist/27387 ArtFacts.net]