Angela Strassheim

Angela Strassheim (born 1969) is an American photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York and Jerusalem.[1] Prior to receiving her MFA from Yale in 2003, Strassheim worked as a certified forensic photographer. In this capacity she produced crime scene, evidence, and surveillance photography in Miami. Later, having moved to New York, she began to photograph autopsies as well.[2]

Early life and education

A native of Bloomfield, Iowa, Strassheim was born into a family of fundamentalist born-again Christians,[3][4] and later during her childhood lived in Minnetonka, Minnesota.[5] A 1995 graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design,[6] from which she received her BFA, she possesses a Forensic & Biomedical Photography Certification from the Metro-Dade County Forensic Imaging Bureau in Miami, and received an MFA from Yale University.[7] She has taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.[5]

Work

Strassheim's style has been described as "CSI meets Billy Graham", and blends references to religion and art history with elements recalling her Midwestern upbringing.[8] Museums and institutions with examples of her work include the Art Institute of Chicago,[9] the Aperture Foundation, the Israel Museum, the Minneapolis Center for Photography, Yale University, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Minnesota Museum of American Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles,[10] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[8] Her work has also appeared in the Whitney Biennial.[5]

Awards

Strassheim has received a number of awards during her career; these include a Women in Photography Lightside Individual Project Grant,[11] a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship, a Photography Fellowship from the McKnight Foundation, a Jerome Foundation Fellowship, and an Artist Initiative Grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.[10]

References
  1. angelastrassheim.com/ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140753/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57335edab09f95fd646a3e1a/t/57434836f699bbfae4fe08d9/1464027195190/Angela_Strassheim_CV.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Whitney Biennial 2006 :: Day for Night". whitney.org. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. Ewing, William (2005). reGeneration: 50 photographers of tomorrow. New York, NY: Aperture Foundation. p. 184. ISBN 1-931788-98-7.
  4. "Marvelli Gallery: Angela Strassheim". www.marvelligallery.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  5. Priesmeyer, Molly. "Suck in Your Gut, Lazarus, and Smile for the Camera - City Pages". City Pages. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  6. "Story Telling by Angela Strassheim". mcad.edu. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  7. "Contact". Angela Strassheim. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  8. "Staging Strange: Angela Strassheim's Photographs". 19 July 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  9. "Untitled (Prayer) | The Art Institute of Chicago". www.artic.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  10. "Angela Strassheim. Story Telling". Wall Street International. 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  11. "Angela Strassheim: 2010 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant Recipient". Women in Photography. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
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