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EDUCATION
Born: 1954, Newton, New Jersey
1972: Windsor Mountain Prep School, Lenox, Mass
1973-1974: Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona
1974-1975: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Mentors: Jennifer Bartlett, Frank Roth, Don Snyder
APPRENTICESHIPS
1971 - 1973 Clemens Kalischer, Image Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1973 - 1990 Don Snyder
1976 - 1977 William Silano
SELECT AWARDS HONORS & TRIBUTES
Pulitzer Prize Nomination, Feature Photography (1994)
Life Magazine Tribute: 100 Pictures that Changed the World U.S.
Aperture Foundation, The Photographs: 30 years of The New York Times most important photos published in the Sunday Magazine, edited by Kathy Ryan, NY
World Press Photo Foundation: People in the News, Gold Award, Netherlands
SEMANA Magazine, Edición de Aniversario 30th Anniversary 30 Anos Imagines; Colombia
Photo District News PDN/Nikon Self Promotion Award, U.S.
Graphis Inc., Best Environmental Poster of the Year, U.S.
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Photographer’s Fellowship, U.S.
NYFA: New York Foundation for the Arts, Catalogue Grant, NY, U.S.
Bunte Magazine Tribute: Women of the Nineties Who Changed the World, Germany
Lucie Awards, The Abstract Portrait Project Competition, finalist
How Design Annual Merits, Business Collateral, U.S.
The Visual Club, Gold, Photographs Only, NY, U.S.
Art Matters Inc., NYC Fellowship, U.S.
Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Honor, Canada
American Design Century Potlatch, Design Merit, U.S.
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Juror’s Merit Award, TX, U.S.
Magazine Cover: Society of Newspaper Design, Gold Award, U.S.
Newswomen’s Club of New York, Front Page Award, U.S.
Society of Newspaper Design, Judges Special Recognition, Magazine Cover, U.S.
Society of Newspaper Design, Gold Award, Photojournalism Feature, U.S.
Society of Production Designers, Gold Award, U.S.
Art Director’s Club, Silver Award, U.S.
American Photography Top Ten, U.S.
Communication Arts Photography Annual, (2) Editorial Awards, U.S.
Rachel Carson Institute, Rachel Carson Award, Chatham College, PA, U.S.
Nikon Award: Photo District News, U.S.
Design Merit Potlatch Cooperation
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Juror’s Merit Award
Salmagundi Fellowship, U.S.
Y2K books Certificate of excellence, University of California Press, U.S.
Kennedy Center Very Special Arts, Certificate of Recognition
Duke University, NC, nomination for Jonquils Award, U.S.
ABC Person of the Week, Worldwide News with Peter Jennings, U.S.
Prescott College, Javelina Award (Lifetime Achievement 2000)
Salmagundi Fellowship, U.S. (1989)
PEN Writers Grant, U.S. (1978)
SELECT CATALOGUES
2024 “The Solitude of the Origin of the World. Self-Portraits by Female Artists”, exhibition catalogue edited by Giorgio Bonomi, Trebisonda Contemporary Art Center, Italy
2022 “To Self-portrait”, exhibition catalogue, edited by Giorgio Bonomi and Chiara Guidoni, Galleria Indigo, Italy
2011 Heroínas o Víctimas, Matuschka Fotografías 1991–2003; Fotomanias (Malaga Spain)
1995 NYFA (New York Foundation for the Arts), Catalog Award
1994 YWCA of Cincinnati, Certificate of Recognition, Catalogue Award
SOLO SHOWS
2013 Sohn Fine Art, “Body Biography”, Stockbridge, MA
2003
Schloss Corvey, “Matuschka - 30 Years Kulturkreis”, Hoxter, Germany
AOK Galerie, “Matuschka-Retrospective”, Braunschweig, Germany
2002
University of Michagan, “One World: Rethinking Globalization”, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Anthology Film Archives, “One World: Rethinking Globalization”, New York NY
Smithtown Township Arts Council, “Matuschka: Paintings & Photographs”, Smithtown, LI
1998 Hiestand Gallery Miami University, “1/2 man 1/2 woman”, Oxford, Ohio
1997 AGNES Gallery, “Self Centered, A Retropective”, Birmingham, Alabama
1996
Hallisch-Frankischen Museum, “Beauty Out of Damage” (poster), Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Vhs Photogalerie Treffpunkt, “Beauty Out of Damage” (catalogue), Stuttgart, Germany
Houston Women’s Caucus for Art, “Off My Chest”, Houston, TX
1995
The New Art Center, “Matuschka, 1974 - 1994”, Newtonville, MA
Agnes Gallery, “I Am One Woman”, Birmingham Alabama
Frauen Museum, “Beauty Out of Damage” (poster), Wiesbaden, Germany
1994
Salt Lake City Art Center, “Invasive Art”, Salt Lake City, UT
Spectrum Gallery, “Invasive Art” (poster), San Francisco, CA
Women’s Art Gallery, The YWCA, “You Can’t Look Away Anymore” (poster), Charlotte, NC, Curated by Mark Leach of
The Mint Museum of Art
Jean Albano Gallery, “Modified Radical”, Chicago, IL
Laughlin Music Center, The Rachel Carson Institute at Chatham College, “Matuschka: Portraits 1987-1993”, Pittsburgh PA
1993 Martha Mabey Gallery, “Invasive Art”, Richmond, VA
1988 Forty Worth, “The Ruins”, New York, NY
1974 Bofus Gallery, “The Tragedy of a Space Condemned”, Prescott, AZ
1972 Lenox Library, “Locked Space”, Lenox, MA
SELECT INSTALLATIONS
2001 Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery University of the Arts, “One World: Window On Broad”, Philly, PA
1983 Windows at Bergdorf Goodman, “Shoe Scoops”, New York, NY
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS (GROUP)
2017 New York Historical Society Museum, “The History of Tattoos”, New York, NY
2015 B.A.M. (Berkshire Art Museum), “Then and Now”, North Adams, MA
2010 Fratelli Alinari Museum of the History of Photography, “That Unstable Object of Desire”, Florence, Italy
2000 Musee de l’Elysee, “The Century of the Body”, Lausanne, Switzlerland
1999 Culturgest, “The Century of the Body”, Lisbon, Portugal
1998 The Parrish Art Museum, “The Hand Collection - Henry Buel”, Southampton, NY
1997
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, “The Human Body in Photography”, Montreal, Canada
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, “Perserving the Past, Securing the Future 1987-1997”, Washington, D.C.
1996
Cooper-Hewitt National Design, “Mixing Messages” (Catalogue) curated by Ellen Lupton, NY
Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Flemming Museum, “Photographs from the Permanent Collection”, Burlington, Vermont
Glenbow Museum, “1996 Alberta Biennial”, Caligary, Alberta
1994
Cincinnati Art Museum, “Photographs from the Permanent Collection”, Cincinnati, OH
Wexner Center, “Picture Lock: 25 Years of Film/Video Residencies at the Wex”, Colombus, Ohio
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, “Self Possessed” (Catalogue), curated by Lynn Zelevansky, Curatorial Assistant at Museum of Modern Art, Austin, TX,
The Bowers Museum, “Memories, Milestones and Miracles”, Orange County, CA
1991 Photographic Museum of Helsinki, “Three Women”, Helsinki, Finland
POSTER COMMISSIONS
1996 Greenpeace, “Time For Prevention” (Award)
1994 National Lymphedena Network, "Picture Prevention"
1992 WHAM, “Vote For Yourself”
SELECT JURY SHOWS
1996
The Print Club Philadelphia, “Select Photographs”, PA, Philadelphia
The Visual Club, “Which Side Do You Want?”, New York, NY
The Center For Photography at Woodstock, “The Hand”, Kingston, NY
1995
University of Michigan, School of Art, “This Ability”, Ann Arbor, MI
Texas A & M Univeristy, University Art Galleries, “Body Politics”, College Station, TX
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Museum of the City of New York, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
Musée de l’Elysée, Switzerland
Smithsonian Design Museum, Cooper Hewitt, NY
National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC
Photographic Museum of Helsinki, Finland
Hällisch-Fränkischen Museum, Germany
World Press Photo Foundation, Netherlands
Miniature Museum, Netherlands
Fleming Museum of Art, VT
Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, CA
Northwestern University, IL
Henry Buhl Foundation, NYC
Broadway Video Enterprises, Lorne Michaels Collection, NYC
Deutches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden Germany
SELECT GROUP SHOWS
2015 Alexendre Gertsman Contemporary Art, “Manipulations”, New York, NY
2011 Cultural Art Center with Foto Mania, “Heroine or Victim?”, Malaga, Spain
2007 Carrie Haddad Gallery, “Photo Biennial”, Hudson, NY
2006
Woodstock Center of Photography in Collaboration with the Samuel Dorsky Museum of ART Woodstock, “Relationships:
A Ten Year Bond” Selections from CPW’s Permanent Print Collection, New Paltz, NY
2002
The Dennos Museum Center, “Art.Rage.Us”, The Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
Fordham University at Lincoln Center NYC, “What’s Your Problem: Graphic Design with Conscience”, New York, NY
2000
The Pao Gallery Hong Kong Arts Center, “Art Rage Us”, Hong Kong
Herron Gallery, “Art.Rage.Us”, Indianapolis, In.
1997
Exit ART, “Public Notice”, New York, NY
Houston Center for Photography Houston, “Body Politics”, Houston, TX
1994
Center for Photography at Woodstock, “Invasive Art”, Kingston, NY
World Press Photo Exhibition, “Winners of the 1994 Photo Competition” (catalogue), Amsterdam, NL and traveling exhibition world wide.
1993
The Rotunda in association with The Nat’l Museum of Women in the Arts, “Only For Women”, Washington, DC. and tours Belgium through 1996
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, “Select Photos”, Santa Monica, CA
1982 RK Parker Gallery, New York, NY
HUMANITARIAN AWARDS
1996
Kennedy Center, Certificate of Recognition
1995
Wellness Community, Boston, Gilda Radner Award
California State Senator, Certificate of Recognition
1994
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Humanitarian Award
City of Cincinnati, Mayoral Proclamation
Duke University, Jonquils Award
1993
Borough of Manhattan President, Citation
SELECT COVERS
2025
The Solitary Body IV by Giorgio Bonomi
2004
Portsmith Herald, NH, U.S.
1998
News Austria, Austria
UC Press, “Bad Girls and Sick Boys”, U.S.
1997
The Ottawa Citizen, “Beyond Surviving, the Art of Thriving”, Canada
The Kingston Whig Standard “Triumph Over Tragedy”, Canada
1996
News Austria, Austria
EMMA MAGAZIN, Germany
1995
Gauntlet Magazine, NY, U.S.
The Guardian, ENGLAND
1994
Maclean’s Magazine, Canada
El Mundo Magazine, Spain
Outtakes, NY, U.S.
Wochenpost, Germany
Max Magazin, “Bilder des Jahres 1993”, Germany
1993
The New York Times Sunday Magazine, “You Can’t Look Away Anymore”, U.S.
DIE ZEIT, Germany
Foto Magazine, Netherlands
DAZ Magazin, Switzerland
1990
P/F (Professional Photography), NL
SELECT PUBLICATIONS
2025
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC., “Feminist Film Philosophy Reader”, England
Rubbettino, “The Solitude of the Origin of the World. Self-Portraits of Artists”, curated by Giorgio Bonomi, Italy
2022 The Artful Mind Artzine, The Artful Mind, U.S.
2019
Affirm Press, “I’m Perfect” by Dr. Lee Kofman, Australia
35 mm LCC, 35MM Volume II., U.S.
2018
The New York Times, “A Cover Photo Legacy, 25 Years Later”, U.S.
Life Books (Life Inc.) Special Edition: “100 Photographs That Changed the World”, U.S.
2017
Rubbettino, Giorgio Bonomi, “The Solitary Body. The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography”, vol. II, Italy
2011 PowerHouse Books, “Age of Silver: Encounters with Great Photographers”, U.S.
2010 Fratelli Alinari, “That Unstable Object of Desire: Images of the female breast by masters of photography.”, Italy
2009
Hard Press Editions, “Bagit! Matuschka’s book of abstract prints and postcards”, U.S.
Oxford University Press, “Staring: The Way We Look. New York.” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, U.S.
2006
Pearson Custom Publishing, “Rhetorical Visions: Writing and Reading in a visual Culture”, U.S.
The Artful Mind, Feature/essay, U.S.
The Artful Mind Artzine, The Artful Mind, U.S.
P/F Amsterdam: HermanHoeneveld, “Over fotografen”, Netherlands
Glamour Magazine, “People in the News: Matuschka’s Transformation”, Germany
2005
Oxford University Press, “Woman’s Realities Women’s Choices: An Introduction to Women’s Studies” (3rd Edition), England
2004
Tattoos for Women, “Matuschka’s Skin Art Transformation”, U.S.
Oxford University Press: International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education “Case Re-examined”, England
2003 Westfalien Blatt, “Kurzinterview: Matuschka Werke im Schloss Corvey”, Germany
2002
German Vogue, Germany
The Ann Arbor News, “Photographer looks within to dramatize her world view” by John Carlos Cantu, U.S.
2001
American Literary History (Oxford Fall 2001) “Woman as Ruin” Tacey A. Rosolowski, England
Arena Editions, “Beauty’s Nothing”, Nadav Kander, England
Dazed & Confused, Interview by Rachel Newsome/photos by Nick Knight, England
1999
Indiana Univ. Press, “Figuring Age: Women, Bodies, Generations” Nancy Miller, U.S.
Der Spiegel, Personalien, Germany
1998
Aperture, “Master Breasts”, U.S.
Chronicle Books, “Art. Rage Us.”, U.S.
University of California Press, “Bad Girls and Sick Boys”, Linda Kauffman, U.S.
Addison, Wesley & Longman, “Confronting Sexism & Violence Against Women” Karen Stout & Beverly McPhail, U.S.
1997
The Kingston Whig Standard, “Portriat of an Activist”, Canada
Bunte, “Matuschka Interview”, Germany
1996 Stern, Zeitgeschehen: “Der Mut Zum Ich Muss Erst Wieder Kommen”, Germany
1995
HQ Magazine, “Beauty and the Breast” by Fiona Brook, Australia
The Boston Globe, “Names and Faces” by Susan Bickelhaupt and Ellen O’Brien, U.S.
The Boston Tab “Body of Work” by M.Darsie Alexander, U.S.
The Boston Herald “Beauty in the Body” by Joanne Silver, U.S.
Art New England, Newton Graphic “Matuschka focuses on the ‘body politics’” review by Meredith Fife Day, U.S.
The Birmingham News “Art Happenings” by James R. Nelson, England
1994
Simon & Schuster, Mehuron, Kate and Gary Percesepe.: “Free Spirits: Feminist Philosophers on Culture”, U.S.
San Francisco Focus, “Photography: The Art of Survival”, U.S.
Chicago Tribune “No Time for this” Section2, (Greenpeace poster), U.S
Chicago Tribune “Highlights: Exhibit of Photos Displays an Advocates Body of Work” by Margaret Carroll, U.S.
The Guardian, “Beauty Out of Damage”, England
Options Magazine, “Look & Learn”, England
Thames & Hudson, William Ewing: “The Body: Master Photographs of the Human Form”, England
Der Spiegel, “Gewusel am Tator”, Germany
Marie Claire, “Ich bin schoen”, Germany
Focus Magazine, Germany
Stern, “Versteckt euch nicht”, Germany
Sonntags Zeitung, “Prominente brechen Tabus — und die Welt holt auf”, Germany
Vogue, “Ouverture”, Germany
Bunte, “Women of the Nineties Who Changed the World”, Germany
Sette Magazine, Italy
1993
The Edmonton Journal, “This Self-Portrait of Matuschka” by Liane Faulder, Canada
Chicago Tribune “Picture Unleashed a Building Storm” by Mary Schmich, U.S.
Glamour Magazine, “Why I Did It”, Germany
BILD, “Mit diesem Foto will ich Frauen Mut machen”, Germany
Stern, “Das War 1993 Leute”, Germany
Der Spiegel, “Peronalien”, Germany
Die Zeit, “Das bin ich” by Claudia Steinberg, Germany
Marie Claire, “Schock” by Friederike Albat, Germany
Die Woche, Germany
Panorama Magazine, “Per non girare lo sguardo”, Italy
1991
Kamera Magazine, “Three Women”, Finland
French Foto, “Nouvelle Tendances”, France
