Michael Ashkin is an artist working in photography, sculpture, and painting. His work has been shown at the Whitney Biennial, Greater New York, Documenta 11, Vienna Secession, MUDAM in Luxembourg, Artsonje Center in Seoul, and Kolumba in Köln. Ashkin has published five photobooks: Garden State (Workroom G in 2000), Long Branch (A-Jump Books in 2014), Horizont (TIS Books in 2018), were it not for (Fw:Books in 2019), and There will be two of you (Fw:Books in 2023). He has been awarded two Pollock–Krasner Fellowships and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has taught at Cornell University since 2006.
Michael Ashkin
BIOGRAPHY
1955-67 Born and lives in Bernardsville, NJ
1967-73 Lives in Rumson, NJ
1973-77 The University of Pennsylvania, Near Eastern Languages, BA
1977 Bourguiba Institute, Tunis, Tunisia
1977-1980 Columbia University, Middle East Languages and Cultures, MA
1978 Ferdowsi University, Mashad, Iran
1979-1981 Lecturer at Brooklyn College, Arabic Language
1981-1984 Computer coding at Insurance Services Office, NYC
1984-89 Mortgage-backed securities at Salomon Brothers and Dean Witter, NYC
1989-1993 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Painting/Drawing, Post-Bacc, MFA
1994-2006 Lives and works Brooklyn, NY
1999 Marries Leslie Brack
2003 Birth of daughter, Juliet
2003-2006 Lecturer at Pratt Institute, Tyler School of Art, SUNY Purchase, SUNY Albany, ICP
2006 Moves to Ithaca, NY
2006-2023 Professor at Cornell University, Department of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Foyer LA, Los Angeles
2023 Bibliowicz Gallery, Cornell University
2021 Incident Report at Flow Chart Foundation, Hudson, NY
2020 Kaktos Project, Athens, Greece
2018 Bibliowicz Gallery, Cornell Unversity
2016 Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn
2013 Milstein Hall Gallery, Cornell University
2010 Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University
Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
2009 Secession, Vienna, Austria
SculptureCenter, New York
2005 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
2002 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne
Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
2000 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1999 Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
1998 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1997 Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
1996 Feigen, Incorporated, Chicago
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
1994 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago
1992 Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS / PERFORMANCES
2023 The Milton and Sheila Fine Collection, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Open Season IV, Standard Art, Ithaca, NY
Local Visions II, Northern Illinois University Art Museum, DeKalb, Illinois
Good Object/Bad Object, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Farm + Auto, Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Art, Trumansburg, NY
2022 Fistivali Futugrafia Mascarone, Bastilicaccia, Corsica
Cul-de-sac, Cathouse Proper, Brooklyn, NY
FOTO WIEN Photobook Award 2022, Atelier Augarten, Vienna, Austria
2021 Dear Colleagues, The Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY,
All Together Now, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Social Photography IX, Carriage Trade, New York
Reports from Incident Report, Object:Paradise, Prague, Czech Republic
What Ends up in a Book, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
2020 The Best Dutch Book Designs 2019, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Social Photography VIII, Carriage Trade, New York, NY, August 5 – September 20
Photography, Its Material and Mattering, 1GAP Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pretty/Tough, Clemson University, Lee Gallery, Clemson, SC
Bookkeeping, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University
2019 La Fotografia un Cantiere Aperto, Artphilein Library, Lugano, Switzerland
Undercurrents, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
Social Photography VII, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Static Activity, FoyerLA, Los Angeles
Animated Objects and Resistant Bodies, with Camel Collective, CUNY Graduate Center, NY
Cornell Art Faculty Exhibition, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
2018 Social Photography VI, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2017 Land and Time, Momenta Art at Atlas Industries, Newburgh, NY
Bad Neighbors, Neighbors, Ithaca, NY
Social Photography V, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Leaving Home, Cathouse Funeral, Beacon, NY
2016 Recap: thirty years of Momenta Art, Momenta Art, New York, NY
Cathouse Retrospective, Chemistry Creative, Brooklyn, NY
2015 City Lives, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, New York, NY
Archipelago, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
Der Rote Faden, Kolumba, Museum of Archdiocese Cologne, Germany
The City: Works from the Collection, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
From the Ruins, 601 Artspace, New York, NY
William Carlos Willam Blake, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2014 The Photographer’s Playspace, Aperture Gallery, NY, NY
Social Photography IV, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Open Season, Standard Art, Ithaca, NY
Memory Palace, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
20-Year Anniversary Show, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Annie Lewandowski and Tim Feeney, Mills College, Oakland, CA
What Models Can Do, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
Hunt, Cathouse Funeral, Brooklyn, NY
Swatches, Argos, Ithaca, NY
EF2, Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
For the Love of Agnes and Barney, Cathouse Funeral, Brooklyn, NY
Caspar David Frederic Church, Experimental Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Pyramid Scheme, Brooklyn, NY
Beyond Earth Art, Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Shrink It Pink It, Cathouse Funeral, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Social Photography III, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
Open Season, Standard Art, Ithaca, NY
Depot/Centralia/Tiber, Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY
Complimenta (2), Enfield, NY
A More Perfect Day: MUDAM collection, Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
2012 Le fond de l'air effraie’, Bienalle de Belleville 2, Paris
Complimenta (1), Enfield, NY
2011 I’ve Dreamt About, Musée d’Art Moderne, Luxembourg
Here, with Tim Feeney and Annie Lewandowski, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Twin Twin Postcard Edition, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Pitshow, The Commons West, Ithaca, NY
Text/Works, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Focus: Earth and Fire, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
2010 Second World Congress of Free Artists, Aarhus, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Denmark
The Other End of the Line, Chelsea Highline, New York
Ville de Paris – Art Contemporain, FMAC, FIAC, Paris
11. Triennale der Kleinplastik Fellbach, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Malas Calles, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Urban Miracles, Gallery at the Remise Bludenz, Austria
2009 Twin Twin III, Artists’ Edition, Big and Small/Casual Space, Long Island City, NY
Utopics, 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition, Biel, Switzerland
Market Forces, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels, Belgium
Space Available, Ithaca, NY
2008 Market Forces, Carriage Trade, New York
2007 10 Years, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Critical Art, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Grow Your Own, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2006 Weak Foundations, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Firstclass: Landscape,” laMobil, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Our Town, HUT, Hudson, NY
Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2005 We Could Have Invited Everyone, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Out of Place, UBS, New York, NY
Trade, White Columns, New York
Think Small, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
2004 Think Small, Illinois State Museum Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 The Power of Wings, The Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
2000 Watery, Domestic, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL
View Finder, Arnolfini, Bristol, England
Documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
Model World, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CN
2001 Kidsart, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Lateral Thinking, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Picqued Land, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2000 Gallery Patrick Seguin, Paris
From a Distance: Landscape in Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Desert and Transport, Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Museum der Bildenden Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Human/Nature, Caren Golden Gallery, NY
On the Horizon: Landscape at the Millenium, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
Sites Around the City: Art and Environment, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Greater New York, P.S.1, NY
Thirtieth Anniversary Benefit Silent Auction, White Columns, New York
The End, Exit Art, New York
Berardo Collection, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
1999 Construction Zones, California State University at Fullerton
Story, A/C Project Room, New York
Modes of Art, Düsseldorf Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany
Landworks Studio, Inc., Salem, MA
Surroundings: Responses to the American Landscape, San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Contemporary Collectors XIV, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Souvenirs/Documents: 20 Years, PS 122 Gallery, New York
Sliding Scale, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1998 Encyclopedia, 1999, Turner & Runyon, Dallas, TX
Time after Time, Emily Tsingou Gallery, London
Young Amercians 2, The Saatchi Gallery, London
Where: Allegories of Site in Contemporary Art, The Whitney Museum, Stamford, CN
No is Yes, 4 Walls, Brooklyn, NY
1997 New Found Land Scape, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
24 Seven, Galerie Klaus Peter Goebel, Stuttgart, Germany
Elsewhere, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA
Land Marks, The John Weber Gallery, New York
Sculpture, James Graham & Sons, New York
Michael Ashkin, Andreas Gursky, Fischli and Weiss, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Tableaux, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Tableaux, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Auto-portrait, Exit Art/The First World, New York
Across Lines, Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
1997 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Picturing, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Hold it now, hit it, 498 Court, Brooklyn, NY
Road Show '97, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
At the Edge of the Landscape, Galeria Estrany – de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Real World, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
1996 The Lie of the Land, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara
Currents in Contemporary Art, Christie's East, New York
Space, Mind, Place, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Art Exchange Show, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
Site Specifics, The Carriage House Project Space, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
PS 122 Gallery, New York
Wish You Were Here, Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
MTV group show, The Green Room, MTV offices, New York
Group Hanging, Griffin Linton Contemporary Exhibitions, Costa Mesa, CA
Open Skies, SPAS Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Constructions, Michael Klein Gallery, New York
1995 Oooze, The Black & Herron Space, New York
Lookin' Good, Feelin' Good, 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
Pure Hinterland, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York
Chess and Checkers, Exit Art, New York
The National Security State, Steffany Martz Gallery, New York
Mini-Mundus, White Columns, New York
(page 13…), 450 Broadway Gallery, New York
Way Cool, Exit Art/The First World, New York
1994 Investigations into the Physical and Metaphorical Hole, Gallery 2, Chicago
U-Haul, in rental truck, New York
1993 Twelve No Trump, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago
The New Pier Show Sculpture Garden, Cityfront Center, Chicago
1992 Ambient Spaces/Virtual Reality, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago
Gallery 2, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Migration, curated by Gail Forrest, The Dome Room, Chicago
1991 October Group Show, World Tattoo Gallery, Chicago
Fall Group Show, The Dome Room, Chicago
Response to War, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
Spring Group Show, The Dome Room, Chicago
1990 Five Different, 1800 North Clybourne, Chicago
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Published Artist Writings, Books, and Projects
There will be two of you, by Michael Ashkin, Fw:Books, 2023, ISBN-13: 978-90-833459-0-1.
Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What not to Photograph, edited by Jason Fulford, Aperture, 2021, ISBN: 978-1597114998.
Michael Ashkin: were if not for, with essay by Bernard Yenelouis, Kaktos Project, 2020,
ISBN: 978-618-84736-0-7.
Social Text, “Untitled (Proun),” No. 141, Duke University Press, 2019, ISSN: 0164-2472.
were it not for, by Michael Ashkin, Fw:Books, 2019, ISBN-13: 978-94-90119-80-5.
HORIZONT, by Michael Ashkin, TIS books, 2018, ISBN-13: 9781943146147.
Diacritics, “Photographs 2014—2016,” Volume 45, Number 4, 2017, ISSN 0330-7162.
Tammy, “Selections from Long Branch,” Issue 01, edited by Jason Lipeles and Grant Willing, ITI Press, Fall 2017, p. 23-47.
The Photographer’s Playbook, edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, Aperture Books,
ISBN-13: 978-1597112475.
Long Branch, by Michael Ashkin, A-Jump Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0-9905587-0-5.
The Second World Congress of Free Artists. In Three Acts, “were it not for,” edited by Anthony Graves and Camel Collective, Aarhus Kunsthal, 2013, ISBN-13: 978-8792025272.
Space and Desire, “Long Branch,” Monitoring Scenography 03, edited by Thea Brejzek, Wolfgang Greisenegger, Lawrence Wallen, 2011, Zurcher Hochschule der Kunste, ISBN 978-3-906437-35-4.
The Cornell Journal of Architecture, “Resolution (Western Sahara),” No. 8: RE, edited by Caroline O’Donnell, 2011, ISBN-13: 978-0978506148.
(Long Branch), by Michael Ashkin, Workroom G Editions, New York, 2010, ISBN 0-9677411-2-2.
Urban Miracles, “There will be two of you.,” edited by Barbara Holub and Paul Rajakovics, Remise Bludenz, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-3-902679-89-5.
Michael Ashkin, “Here,” edited by Annette Südbeck with essays by Anthony Graves and Elke Krasny, Secession, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-3902592279.
Untitled (Experience of Place), “Untitled (Sayreville, NJ),” edited by Gregor Neuerer, Walther Koenig, 2004, ISBN 3-88375-792-6.
Garden State, by Michael Ashkin, Workroom G Editions, New York, 2000, ISBN 0-9677411-0-6.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Articles and Reviews
2024 Soto, Arturo: Photoeye, Book of the Week, https://blog.photoeye.com/2024/01/book-of-week-selected-by-arturo-soto.html, January 15
2023 Bosch, Janko: “Horizont,” https://zaptronic.nl/journal, January 12
2021 Doupas, Vassilios: The Art Newspaper, “Review 2020: The Best Reports,” January 1
2020 Konstantinidis, Giannis: LIFO Lightbox, “We will remember 10 art exhibitions from 2020,” December 7
Feuerhelm, Brad: Nearest Truth, “Michael Ashkin is an American artist.,” www.nearesttruth.com, November 20
Iamartino, Marissa: https://www.floatmagazine.us/book-library/books/michael-ashkin, “Michael Ashkin: were it not for,” May 6
Konstantinidis, Giannis: LIFO Lightbox, “Michael Ashkin: American Artist Traces the Footprint of Violence in Victoria Square,” February 17
Carbonell, Laura: Punto de Fuga, “Michael Ashkin: Were It Not For, FW:Books, 2019,” February 10
Markouli, Maria: It’s My Blender, mariamarkouli.com,“Cactus Project,” February 8
Doupas, Vassilios: The Art Newspaper (Greek edition), “Michael Ashkin,” #248, p 21
Shinkle, Eugenie: www.1000wordsmag.com, “Michael Ashkin: were it not for,” Issue 32, Jan. 20
Swanson, Wayne: www.photobookjournal.com, “Michael Ashkin – were it not for,” January 15
Mack, Michael: British Journal of Photography, “Best of 2019: Michael Mack,” January 4
2019 Colberg, Jörg: Conscientious Photography Magazine, “Were it not for the Nightmares,” December 30
Feuerhelm, Brad: AmericanSuburbX.com, “2019: A Short Guide to White People & Their Photography Books,” December 27
Mack, Michael: photo-eye.com, “Michael Mack’s Favorite Book from 2019,” December
Bell, Adam: photo-eye.com, “Adam Bell’s Favorite Book from 2019,” December
Feuerhelm, Brad: Photobookstore Magazine,
“Photobooks of 2019: Brad Feuerhelm,” December 6
Meeks, Raymond: Photobookstore Magazine,
“Photobooks of 2019: Raymond Meeks,” December 10
Winship, Vanessa: Photobookstore Magazine,
“Photobooks of 2019: Vanessa Winship,” December 17
Meeks, Raymond: deadbeatclubpress.com, “Books of Note 2019: Raymond Meeks, Dec. 13
Genitempo, Matthew: deadbeatclubpress.com, “Books of Note 2019: Matthew Genitempo,” December 25
Carpenter, Tim: deadbeatclubpress.com, “Books of Note 2019: Tim Carpenter,” December
Feuerhelm, Brad: deadbeatclubpress.com, “Books of Note 2019: Brad Feuerhelm,” Dec. 20
Shinkle, Eugenie: AmericanSuburbX.com, “Space, furrowed with abysses: Michael Ashkin’s Horizont,” February
2016 Shinkle, Eugenie: Harvard Design Magazine, “Animal Eyes and Invisible Hunters,” Spring,
No. 42, pp. 57-62
Shinkle, Eugenie: AmericanSuburbX.com, “Capitalism as a Bearer of the Uncanny: An Interview
with Michael Ashkin,” April 28, 2016
2015 Spector, Buzz: December, “Constructions and Industrial Paintings,” 26.2
Sholis, Brian: Frieze, “Books,” October, pp. 59-60
Coates, Jennifer: TimeOut New York, “From the Ruins. . . .,” July 2
McGlynn, Tom: The Brooklyn Rail, “From the Ruins. . . ,” June 3
Wolukau-Wanambwa, Stanley: The Great Leap Sideways,
“Long Branch: A Conversation with Michael Ashkin,” April 10
Haeusslein, Allie: Photo-Eye, “Long Branch,” January 7
Ast, Michael: 10x10Photobooks (instagram), January 2
2014 Risch, Conor: PDN, November, “New Construction,” pp. 99 – 108.
2013 Koh, Daveen: Cornell Daily Sun, March 27, “What Holds Things Together”
Kwon, Mee-yoo: The Korea Times, April 15, “Coolness in Courtesy of Luxembourg”
EDNA: Issue 4, p. 158
2011 Blank, Jessica: blogs.colgate.edu, February 17
Butler, Sharon: twocoatsofpaint.com, “Small Pictures from Jimbo Blachly and Workroom G,”
April 21 (as Workroom G)
Lee, Diana Seo Hyung, Degree Critical: Mapping, “Michael Ashkin: Remembrance in Nine Parts,”
pp. 38 – 45
Lorgé, Marie-Anne, Le Jeudi, “Mudam Reve,” December 18
Miranda, Carolina: c-monster.net, “Photo Diary: Stuff artists are looking at,” April 11
(as Workroom G)
Miranda, Carolina: WNYC Gallerina, "This Week: Must-See Arts in the City /
WNYC's Arts: "Signs on the Road," March 24 (as Workroom G)
Schwartz, Wylie: Station923, "Signs on the Road," March 6
Seele, Heidi: Rhein Neckar Zeitung, “Jonathan Meese lässt seinen ‘Lindwurm der Mact’ von der
Leine,” February 4
ARTCAT.com: "Top Pick," April 18–30 (as Workroom G)
Mannheimer Morgan: “Einmal Kunst und Zwei Texte,” February 3
2010 Cortés, José Miguel G.: EXIT Express, "Visiones urbanas alternativas," March
Khan, Baseera: Art21 Blog, "Remains to be seen," April 9
McAdams, Heather: The Cornell Daily Sun, "Multidimensional," April 27
Rajakovics, Paul: Derive, "Riker’s Heterotopos," with artist’s insert, January
Schwartz, Wylie: The Ithaca Post, "Invisible Cities," June 8
Singer, Alan: The Visual Artworker Blog, "Museum Building," April
Tsui, Karl: Association, “Exhibition at Secession,” Volume 4, Fall
Vogt, Rainer: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, "Wie das Universum Platz im Kopf findet," June 14
Watson, Jared: The Carolinian, "Artist Talk with Michael Ashkin," February 17
Ithaca Post, “Post Picks: 2010 in Review,” December 28
2009 Brody, David: artcritical.com, "Brooklyn DIY: A Story of Williamsburg Art Scene 1987-2007," March
Christoph, Horst: Profil, "Denkraum," November 16
Powhida, William: Brooklyn Rail, “How The New Musuem Committed Suicide with Banality,”
November
Thomas, Austin: drawingontheutopic.blogspot.com, “Michael Smith, Roxy Paine and Sculpture
Center,” May 11
c-m-l.org, "Centralia," September
Tensta Kunsthall Blog, "Vienna Art Week," December
2008 Lambert, Olympia: ArtCal, “Market Forces: Consuming Territories,” May 22
2007 Coulter-Smith, Graham: “Abstraction and Dehumanization,” artintelligence.wordpress.com, June 3
Schwendener, Martha: The New York Times, “Weak Foundations,” January 12
The New Yorker, “Weak Foundations,” January 22
"Grow Your Own," Palais de Tokyo/Magazine 02, p.73-79.
2005 Budick, Ariella: Newsday, “Exploring Urban Spaces: Mystery and Mean Beauty,” April 15
Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, “Trade,” February 25
Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, “Andrea Zittel, Michael Ashkin,” June 10
Faust, Lilly: TheNewYorkArtWorld.com, Summer
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, “We Could Have Invited Everyone,” July 15
Wagner, James: jameswagner.com, “Michael Ashkin at Andrea Rosen,” June 2
2004 Gržiniċ, Marina: Camera Austria, “Untitled (Experience of Place),” No. 87/2004
2003 Berwick, Carly: The New York Times, "How One Artist Filled In the 'Holes' Known as New Jersey," April 27 Burton, Johanna: Time Out New York, "Michael Ashkin, 'Notes Toward Desolation'," January 9-16, p. 50
Grabner, Michelle: Bridge Online, "Watery, Domestic," Vol. 1 No. 4
Johnson, Ken: The New York Times, "Michael Ashkin: Notes Toward Desolation," January 10
Kerr, Merrily: Art on Paper, "Michael Ashkin: Notes Toward Desolation. Andrea Rosen Gallery,"
April, p. 61
Wilson, Michael: ArtForum, "Michael Ashkin," February, p. 142
The New Yorker, January 20, p.18
2002 Boecker, Susanne: Koelner Stadtanzeiger, "Schleichender Verfall," November 28
Boecker, Susanne: www.galerienkoeln.de, "Otto Schweins: Michael Ashkin," November/December
Büsser, Martin: JungeWelt, "Wo sind die Getränke?", July 17
Charlesworth, J. J.: Contemporary, “Bristol: Arnolfini Gallery,” September, pp. 76-77
Heartney, Eleanor: Art in America, “A 600-Hour Documenta,” September, pp. 86-95
Herbert, Martin: Art Monthly, “View Finder,” September, pp. 39-41
Israel, Nico: Artforum.com, “'Doing’Documenta in a Day,” June
Koegel, Alice: StadtRevue, "Michael Ashkins neue Fotoserien," December
Lafuente, Pablo, ArtReview, “Product of Place,” September
Robinson, Walter: Artnet, “Monster Mash,” July
Sinha, Gayatari: The Hindu, "Diatribe or art?," September 1
2001 McQuaidd, Cate: The Boston Globe, “Art of Absence,” April 5
Restorff, Jörg: Künstzeitung, “Wüst, Leipzig, ‘Desert und Transit,’” January
Rian, Jeff: Purple, “Scenic New Jersey,” Spring (interview)
Ullrich, Annette: Kreuzer, “Das Abenteur Ruft,” January, p. 50
2000 Bischoff, Dan: Sunday Star-Ledger, “Worlds of wonder: Rethinking the modern landscape,”
April 23, section 4, pp. 1–2
Boodro, Mike: Vogue, “Worlds Preserved,” March, p. 352
Coughlin, M.: Art New England, “Institute of Contmporary Art/Boston: from a distance: approaching
landscape,” Vol. 21, 6, p.54
Ganis, William: “Greater New York” catalogue, “Michael Phelan; Clara Williams; Jane Benson; Mike O’shea; Michael Ashkin”
Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, February 25, p. E41
Exley, Roy: Flash Art, “Michael Ashkin,” January–February, pp. 188-119
Hellmich, Sigrun: SZ, “Ästhetische Vollkost,” March 12
Kliner, Dion: “Greater New York” catalogue, “Passing Through Nothing on the Way to Nowhere”
Joe Lagura: Summit Observer, “Landscape exhibit offers intriguing view of the lay of the land,” April 27, p. B5
Lewinson, David: Artweek, “’Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art’ at MCA San Diego,” March
Mahoney, Robert: Time Out New York, February 24 – March 2, p. 72
Mustroph, Tom: Metropol, “Hängematten im Dschungel,” December 2
Millis, Christopher: The Boston Phoenix, “Hitting paydirt,” August 25, 2000, p. 11
Nakamara, Marie-Pierre: Art Actuel, “Etranges petits modes,” March–April, p. 55
O’Connell, Kim A.: Landscape Architecture, “Fungus Among Us,” March, p. 14
Ollman, Leah: Los Angeles Times, “Tiny World Create Grand Illusions,” pp. 69–70
Parcellin, Paul: Retro-Rocket.com, “View from above,” July 26, 2000
Pincus, Robert L.: San Diego Tribune, “Windows on the world waiting for,” January 20
Pincus, Robert L.: San Diego Tribune, “’World’ toys with magic of dioramas,” February 6,
pp. E3–E4
Princenthal, Nancy: Art On Paper, “Artist’s Book Beat,” May–June, pp. 88–89
Richard, Frances: ArtForum, “Michael Ashkin,” May, p. 176
Rönnau, Jens: KünstForum, “Desert & Transit,” October–December, pp.321–324
Sherman, Mary: BostonHerald.com, “Landscapes keep distance from nature at ICA exhibit,” July
July 23, 2000
Siegel, Katy: ArtForum, “Greater New York,” May, pp. 174–175
Temin, Christine: The Boston Globe, “Illlustrating the loss of landscape,” pp. D1, D8
Tarquinio, J. Alex: Forbes Digital Tool, “Art Exposure,” March 11
Zimmer, William, The New York Times, “Getting Back to the Land in Summer Gallery Shows, May 14
Contemporary Visual Arts, “Sites Around the City: Art and Environment,” Issue 27, p. 85
1999 Carr, Genie: Artview, Winston-Salem, “Wonderland” and “Editor’s View,” April 14, p. 2
Exley, Roy: Contemporary Visual Arts, “Michael Ashkin,” Issue 26, p. 61
Funderburk, Amy: Carolina Arts, “Perceptions of Reality: Sliding Scale,” April
Gellatly, Andrew: Frieze, “Michael Ashkin,” November–December
Halle, Howard: TimeOut New York, January 14–21, p. 50
Kent, Sarah: TimeOut London, September 29 – October 6, p. 50
Kroner, Magdalena: Rheinische Post, Dusseldorfer Feuilleton, “Spurensuche ohne grosses Risiko,” July 29
Liebs, Holger: Suddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, “Da spuck’ ich drauf!,” September 17
Meister, Helga: Westdeutsche Zeitung, Dusseldorf, “Venus im Schokobrei,” July 31
Merten, Ulrike: Neue Rhein Zeitung, “Die Venus badet in weisser Schokolade,” August 4
Patterson, Tom: Winston-Salem Journal, “Micro to Macro,” February 21, pp. E1–E5
Reindl, Uta M.: Künstforum International, “mode of art,” September–November
Vaillant, Alexis: Les Inrockuptibles, "Lost lost Highway," June 2–8, p.67
Bonner Generalanzeiger, “Im Himmel mit Lady Di,” August 7–8
Flash Art, "'Time After Time' at Tsingou," January February, p. 39
The Independent on Sunday, “Michael Ashkin,” September 26
Le Journal des Arts, May 14 –27
Scene, “Michael Ashkin,” October 1999
1998 Brown, Hero: Independent on Sunday, "Party On," September 13
Dalton, Jennifer: Review, "Shake at PS122 Gallery," June 15
Damianovic, Maia: Tema Celeste, "Michael Ashkin," pp. 65, 109
Farel, Zena: Indiaweekly, "All the Young Guns," September 11–17, p.25
Gayford, Martin: The Spectator, "The art game," September 12, p. 48
Green, David A.: The Village Voice, "On the Road," March 17, p.127
Griffen, Tim: On Paper, May–June
Halle, Howard: Time Out New York, March 19–26, p. 57
Hicks, Robert: The Villager, "Industrial but not alienated from nature," February 25
Hogin, Laurie: New Art Examiner, "Michael Ashkin," July/August, p.56
Johnson, Ken: The New York Times, March 6, p. E42
Johnson, Ken: The New York Times, March 13, p. E36
Kenton, Mary Jean: Sculpture, “Elsewhere: works by Michael Ashkin, Julie Becker, James
Casebere, Miles Coolidge and Thomas Demand,” March, pp. 67-68
Kimmelman, Michael: The New York Times, December 18, p. E40
Kimmelman, Michael: The New York Times, “In Connecticut, Where Caravaggio First Landed, July 17
Kliner, Dion: Flash Art, Summer, "After the Disasteroid," pp. 113–115
Levin, Kim: The Village Voice, March 10
Liebmann, Lisa and Adams, Brooks: New American Art at the Saatchi Gallery, "Nothing Left Undone" (catalogue essay)
Murphy, Anna: Oberserver, "Dinky cars," August 23, pp. 22–23
Pedersen, Victoria: Paper, "Fascinating Fictions," March, p. 132
Perchuk, Andrew: ArtForum, "Michael Ashkin," Summer, p. 129
Rockwell, Steve: dArt International, April, May, June, p. 38
Searle, Adrian: The Guardian, "The infants Liam and Noel on the sofa... Is this what passes for the new American Dream?," September 8, pp. 10–11
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, "Edwin Zwack," May 29
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, "Miles Coolidge," September 18, p. E35
Volk, Gregory: Art in America, "Michael Ashkin at Andrea Rosen," November, p. 129
Zimmer, William: The New York Times, "Landscape, the Site, the Meaning of Place," August 9, p. 12CT
NY Arts, "Mob Rule #11: Guilty Pleasures," April 1998, p. 9
1997 Adams, Brooks: Art in America, "Turtle Derby," June, pp. 37, 39
Arkhipoff, Elisabeth: Nova Magazine, "Michael Ashkin ne s'ennuie jamais assez," July–August,
p. 62
Bellinger, Jesse: Daily Nexus, "Would I Lie to You?," January 16
Boardman, Andrew: New Observations, "Popular Metaphysics," No. 115, Summer, pp. 36–37
Chapman, Frances: WaterfrontWeek, "Whitney Biennial: There's No Place Like Home," May 22, p. 11
Clearwater, Bonnie: Tableaux, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (catalogue essay)
Dailey, Meghan: Bookforum, "Horse's Mouth," Summer
Dalton, Jennifer: Review, "B is for Biennial: Not Bad, but a Little Boring," April 1, p. 13
Doran, Anne: Time Out New York, July 10–17, p. 49
Drucker, Johanna: Sculpture, "Thingness and Objecthood," April, pp. 20–23
Fend, Peter: Artnet, "Architecture at the Whitney Biennial," May 13
Freedman, Matt: Review, "Space Mountain & Other Diversions," April 1, p. 10
Gabriel, Trip: The New York Times, "Trafficking in Toxic Waste and Human Loneliness," April 6, p. 43
Goldberg, RoseLee: Mirabella, "Running the Show," March/April, pp. 30–31
Halle, Howard: Time Out New York, "Showtime at the Whitney," April 3–10, pp. 39–40
Harris, Jane: Review, "The Surreal of the Everyday Fantasy Reigns," April 1, p. 39
Harris, Jane: Review, "Where are the Trains? An Interview with Michael Ashkin," April 1, pp. 41–44
Herron, Annie: Review, "Inside/Outside," April 1, p. 73
Johnson, Ken: The New York Times, August 8
Kimmelman, Michael: The New York Times, "Sculpture," August 8, p. C25
Klein, Michael: Sculpture, "Michael Ashkin: The Other Side of the Tracks," October, pp. 10–11
Knight, Christopher: Los Angeles Times, "Show Time at Biennial: Send in the Big Crowds," March 21, pp. F1, F26
McClure, Lissa: Review, "The Medium and the Message," April 1, p. 67
Miller, Donald: Post-Gazette, "Models create another reality," Oct. 11
Morgan, Robert C.: Review, "Whitney Biennial Makes History," April 1, p. 46
Mumford, Steve: Review, "Art and Adolescent Megalomania: Boy Toys and Other Cool Stuff," April 1, pp. 36–37
Nahas, Dominique: Review, "In Focus: The 1997 Whitney Biennial," April 1, p. 6
Pedersen, Victoria: Paper, "Biennial Best," March
Pospiszyl, Tomas: “Paraphrasing the Real: The Miniature Works of Kim Adams, Michael Ashkin and Steven Brower,” Thesis for MA in Curatorial Studies, Bard College, 1997
Rego, Juan Carlos: Arte y Parte, "Bienal Whitney," Summer 1997, p.33
Robinson, Walter: Artnet, "The 1997 Whitney Biennial: A First Look", March 19
Reneau, Oliver: Technikart, July–August, p. 94
Shearing, Graham: Tribune-Review, "Exhibit takes viewers 'Elsewhere'," October 17, pp. D3–D4
Solin, Allison Lee: The Independent, "Impact," January 9
Worth, Alexi: Slate, “1997 Whitney Biennial,” April 3
1996 Arning, Bill: Time Out New York, July 31 – August 7, p. 28
Arning, Bill: Time Out New York, July 10–17, p. 29
Arning, Bill: Time Out New York, May 29 – June 5, p. 26
Borruso, Sarah: HotWired, "Destination Nowhere," June
Bretthauer, Laurie: NY Soho Arts Magazine, "The Politics of Emerging Artists," November, pp. 12–13
Dykstra, Jean: Brooklyn Bridge, "Portable Wasteland," May, pp. 31–32
Henry, Max: Zingmagazine, Autumn/Winter, pp. 163–164
Levin, Kim: The Village Voice, May 21
Levin, Kim: The Village Voice, February 13
Lovelace, Carey: Newsday, "Works With Quirks," June 7
Mendelsohn, John: Artnet, "Michael Ashkin at Bronwyn Keenan," June
Pall, Ellen: The New York Times Magazine, "The Do-It-Yourself Dealers," September 1, p. 35
Penenberg, Adam: World Art, "Tablelands," December, pp. 22–24
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, July 17–23
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, May 15–21
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, March 13–19
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, February 7–13
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, "Space, Mind, Place," July 19, p. C26
Smith, Roberta: The New York Times, "Enter Youth, Quieter and Subtler," May 17, pp. C1, C4
Steinke, Darcey: Spin, "Small World: Inside Michael Ashkin's miniature wastelands," June, p. 38
Van de Walle, Mark: ArtForum, “Michael Ashkin,” October, p. 118
West, Aurora: Columbia, Fall
Wiens, Ann: New City, December 12
Harper's Magazine, (reproduction) September, p. 22
Harper's Magazine, (reproduction) March, p. 27
The New Yorker, February 12
The World (The Poetry Project), No. 52
1995 Cotter, Holland: The New York Times, June 30, p. C21
Glueck, Grace: The New York Observer, "Captivating Zoos of Art; To Be Young, 3-D and Way Cool," May 29
Hess, Elizabeth: The Village Voice, "Never-Never Wasteland," May 23, p. 50
Klawans, Stuart: The Daily News, June 3
Levin, Kim: The Village Voice, October 24–30
Levin, Kim: The Village Voice, May 24–30
Pedersen, Victoria: Paper, June, p. 114
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, "Good Ship, Arty Pop," November 29 – December 6
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, October 11–17
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, September 13–19
Servetar, Stuart: The New York Press, May 31 – June 6
Wallach, Amei: New York Newsday, "Young Artists Exploring by Light of Imagination," May 19
The Print Collector's Newsletter, "Check It Out," November–December, p. 177
1994 Artner, Alan G.: Chicago Tribune, "Ashkin Constructs Bizarre Scenarios," January 20, Section 5 p. 11D
Bulka, Michael: New Art Examiner, "Michael Ashkin: Peter Miller Gallery," April
Camper, Fred: Chicago Reader, "Industrial Dreams," January 28, pp. 26–27
Fitzpatrick, Tony: The Gary Meyer Show: Art-O-Rama (WLUP AM/FM), interview with Ann Wiens, editor of the New Art Examiner, January 27
1993 Duncan, Charles: F Magazine, "Images of Unchecked Power," February, p. 3
1992 Artner, Alan G.: Chicago Tribune, "Michael Ashkin Constructions Do Double Duty," October 29, Section 5, p. 10
McCracken, David: Chicago Tribune, "Ashkin's Cardboard Works Tantalize," May 29, p. 66
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Catalogs, Edited Volumes, etc.
2021 Photo No-Nos: Meditations on What not to Photograph, edited by Jason Fulford, Aperture Books, ISBN: 978-1597114998.
2020 The Best Dutch Book Design 2019, Stichting De Best Verzorgde Boeken, ISBN 978 90 5965 509 4,
The Other End of the Line, by Francis Cape and Paul Kennedy, 2020.
Michael Ashkin: were if not for, with essay by Bernard Yenelouis, Kaktos Project, 2020, ISBN 978-618-84736-0-7.
2019 Social Photography VII, edited by Peter Scott, Carriage Trade.
2014 Was Modelle Können, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, ISBN: 978-3-86442-095-5.
The Photographer’s Playbook, edited by Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, Aperture, ISBN-13: 978-1597112475.
“Touch and the Cheirotic Apprehension of Prehistoric Figurines,” by Doug Bailey in Sculpture and Touch, edited by Peter Dent, Ashgate Publishing Limited, ISBN 978-1-4094-1231-1.
Social Photography III, edited by Peter Scott, Carriage Trade.
2013 The Second World Congress of Free Artists. In Three Acts, by Anthony Graves and Camel
Depot/Centralia/Tiber, Workroom G Productions, DVD, with music by Annie Lewandowski and Tim Feeney, essay by Jonathan Skinner, with a grant from Cornell Council of the Arts.
A More Perfect Day: Collection of Mudam Luxembourg, Artsonje Center, Samuso: Space for Contemporary Art, Co., Ltd., Seoul, ISBN: 978-89-93535-21.
2012 What I Know About Penises, by Shelly Silver, onestar press.
2010 Larger Than Life, Stranger Than Fiction, by Ulrike Groos, Snoeck, ISBN-13: 978-3940953537.
Unearthed: A Comparative Study of Jomon Dogu and Neolithic Figurines, by Douglass Bailey, Collective, Aarhus Kunsthal, ISBN-13: 978-8792025272. Andrew Cochrane, Jean Zambelli, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, ISBN-13: 978-0954592127.
Malas Calles, by José Miguel G. Cortés, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern,
ISBN-13: 978-84-482-5398-1.
Spooky Booky, edited by Maggie Prendergast and Jackie Zdrojeski, Garlic Press.
2009 Michael Ashkin, edited by Annette Südbeck with essays by Anthony Graves and Elke Krasny, Secession, ISBN-13: 978-3902592279.
2008 Dictionnaire international de la sculpture moderne et contemporaine, by Alain Monvoisin, Editions du Regard, ISBN-13: 978-2841052110.
2007 Artworks: The Progressive Collection, by Dan Cameron, Toby Devan Lewis, Peter B. Lewis, Mark Schwartz, D.A.P., ISBN-13: 978-1933045726.
Sculpture Today, by Judith Collins, Phaidon Press Inc., ISBN-13: 978-0714843148.
From Yodeling to Quantum Physics: v.1, Palais de Tokyo, ISBN-13: 978-2915639865.
2005 No.1: First Works of 362 Artists, Edited by Francesca Richer and Matthew Rosenzweig, DAP, ISBN-13: 978-1933045092.
2004 De Amerikan die ik nooit geweest ben (The American I never was), (film), by Chris Keulmans and Rob Smits, Submarine, www.submarinechannel.com.
Prehistoric Figurines Corporeality and Representation in the Neolithic, by Douglass Bailey, Routledge, 2005, ISBN-13: 978-0415331524.
2002 Documenta 11 Platform 5: Ausstellung. Katalog. (3 catalogs) Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2002, ISBN-13: 978-3775790857, 377509888, 377579087-x.
Lateral Thinking: Art in the 1990s, by Toby Kamps, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, ISBN: 0-934418-60-8, 0-934418-61-6.
2001 Purple #7: New Jersey, Association Belle Haleine, 2001, ISBN-13: 978-2912684226.
2000 Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art, by Hugh Davies, Toby Kamps and Ralph Rugoff, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, 2000, ISBN-13: 978-0934418546.
Sites Around the City: Art and Environment, By Heather Sealy Lineberry, Arizona State University
Art Museum, 2000, ISBN: 0-9679547-1-1.
Desert und Transit, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Museum der bildenden Kunste Leipzig, 2000, ISBN: 3-923701-87-x.
Greater New York: New Art in New York Now, P.S. 1, 2000, ASIN: B001NY9GQ6.
1998 Young Americans 2: New American Art at the Saatchi Gallery, By Brooke Adams and Lisa Leibmann, Saatchi Gallery, 1998, ISBN-13: 978-0952745372.
1997 1997 Biennial Exhibition (Whitney Biennial), by Lisa Phillips, Harry N Abrams, 1997, ISBN-13: 978-0810968257.
Tableaux, by Bonnie Clearwater, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, 1997, ISBN-13: 978-1888708035.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2021 Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
The Hambidge Center residency
2019 The Walter Teimann Prize, Shortlist
2017 The Hambidge Center residency and scholarship
Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
2016 MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship
2015 Yaddo Residency Fellowship
2014 MacDowell Colony Residency, Marion O. Naumberg Fellowship
Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
2013 Yaddo Residency Fellowship
2012 MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship
Millay Colony Residency Fellowship (The Bay and Paul Foundations Fellow)
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Grant
Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
2011 MacDowell Colony Residency Fellowship
Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
2009 Cornell Council for the Arts Grant
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
2008 Eastern State Penitentiary Proposal Development Grant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 Lannan Foundation Residency Fellowship, Marfa, Texas
1999 New York Foundation for the Arts, Lily Auchincloss Foundation Fellow, Sculpture
1998 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. Grant
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
Whitney Museum of Art, New York, New York
San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California
Kolumba Art Museum, Cologne, Germany
Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
Arp Museum, Remagen, Germany
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
FMAC – Ville de Paris, Paris, France
MUDAM Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, New York
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Progessive Art Collection, Cleveland, Ohio
Mallin Collection, Buckhorn, Pound Ridge, New York
Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, New York
Tishman Speyer Properties, New York
Galerie OstLicht, Vienna, Austria