Austin Irving

Austin Irving (born 1984) is an American contemporary artist and photographer.

Austin Irving
Born1984 (age 36–37)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTisch School of the Arts
Known forPhotography

Life

Irving was born in New York City in 1984. She is the daughter of film director David Irving and landscape designer Susan Irving. Her paternal grandparents are theater director Jules Irving and the actor Priscilla Pointer. She is the niece of the actor Amy Irving. In 2006, Irving graduated from the Tisch School Of The Arts at NYU with a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging.[1] In 2017, she was the artist-in-residence at the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, India.[2] In 2019, she will be the artist-in-residence at the Varda Artist Residency in Sausalito, California.

Career

Irving works in the medium of large scale analog photography. Her photographs explore liminality and metageography,[3][4] anthropocentrism, and the tension between natural and manmade environments.[5][6][7] From 2007 onward, she worked on a photo series entitled NOT AN EXIT, which showcased real-world optical illusions created from narrow angles in functional hallways and doorways.[8][9] These photographs have been called Escher-esque, a reference to M. C. Escher.[10] Her photo series SHOW CAVES received significant media and academic interest[11][12][13] for its interrogation of the ethics and impact of ecotourism, specifically the concept of government and commercially operated show caves. As a result, Irving was asked to sit on a panel for a public forum on rural economies at Virginia Tech's annual conference for Appalachian Studies Association, where the socio-economic impact of commodifying rural arts, culture, environment, and heritage to create a tourist industry in rural Appalachia was debated.[14]

In 2017, Irving's photographs from her NOT AN EXIT series were included in the exhibition Reimagining A Safe Space at NYU. The exhibition explored the notion of safe spaces, especially examples of and challenges to the concept. This series showcased real-world optical illusions created from narrow angles in functional hallways and doorways. Within the exhibition, the series was credited with providing context for the contested topic of safe spaces.[15]

In 2019, two works from NOT AN EXIT were also included in the third Every Woman Biennial in New York City curated by C. Finley, an answer to the Whitney Biennial which showcases diversity among contemporary female and queer artists.[16][17]

Irving has stated that her photographic practice is motivated by the wish to find relief from the "extreme internal discomfort" of living with body dysmorphic disorder.[18]

Irving's images are made with a 4x5 view camera and are presented as large scale photographic prints.

Awards and nominations

In 2015 her photo series SHOW CAVES was a finalist in both the Architecture and Landscape categories for the Felix Schoeller Photo Award in Osnabrück, Germany.[19][20] In 2016, she was a nominee for the United States Artists Fellowship. In 2019, her project NOT AN EXIT was awarded a gold medal at the Prix de la Photographie Paris in the Fine Arts/Architecture category.[21] while her project PLANTS IN EXILE was awarded gold in the Nature/Trees category.[22] In 2019, an image from PLANTS IN EXILE was awarded third place in an international photography competition held by the New York Center for Photographic Arts.[14]

Projects

• NOT AN EXIT, 2007 - ongoing. A series of seemingly impenetrable hallways and doorways presented the size of doors.

• SHOW CAVES, 2009 - ongoing. A series of long exposure images that explore the anthropocentric tendencies of modern tourism seen in domestic and international show caves.

• CORNERED, 2016 - 2018. A series of optical illusions found in the corners of rooms.

• PLANTS IN EXILE, 2014 - ongoing. A series of long exposure images at night that investigate the overlap of urban planning and plant life.

• WINDOWS, 2006 - 2019. A series of long exposure images during the day of occluded windows.

• NIGHT LIGHTS, 2015 - 2017. A series of long exposure images ranging from 1 to 8 hours documenting ambient light pollution in Hong Kong, LA, New York and India.

References
  1. "Austin Irving". AINT—BAD. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  2. "Austin Irving CORNERED | Wilding Cran Gallery | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  3. Taco, L. a (2013-01-25). "Austin Irving "Caves" ~ Opens Jan 26th". L.A. TACO. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. Ollman, Leah. "Austin Irving photographs spaces with no exit". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. "Austin Irving". AINT—BAD. 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  6. "Austin Irving". Yatzer. 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  7. Teicher, Jordan (2014-10-27). "Descend Into the Surreal World of Tourist-Friendly Caves". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  8. "Austin Irving: Not an Exit". Frontrunner Magazine. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  9. Leonardo, Kathy (2017-02-05). "photo l.a. and MOPLA Unite January 12 - 15, 2017". HuffPost. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  10. Teicher, Jordan G. (2015-05-12). "Get Lost in These Escher-Esque Doorways". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  11. "Austin Irving Explores The Show Caves". IGNANT. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  12. Sara Panagiotopoulou (2017-01-01). "Light in the Dark: Show Caves by Photographer, Austin Irving". Yatzer. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  13. "Austin Irving explores the anthropocentric tendencies of modern tourism in Show Caves". It’s Nice That. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  14. Taylor, Betsy; Chaney, Ryan; Cox, Ricky; Feierabend, Margaret; Irving, Austin; Powell, Douglas Reichert (2017-07-13). "Representations of Place and Time in Heritage Tourism". ASA Annual Conference.
  15. "Re-imagining A Safe Space". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  16. Ryzik, Melena (2019-05-16). "An Art Show for Hundreds of Women. And That's Just the Artists". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  17. "DPI Alums Austin Irving and Margeaux Walter in Every Woman Biennial". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  18. Staff, VoyageLA. "Check out Austin Irving's Artwork - Voyage LA Magazine | LA City Guide". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  19. "Felix Schoeller Photo Award 2015 | Winners & Nominees". felix-schoeller-photoaward.com. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  20. "Austin Irving CORNERED | Wilding Cran Gallery | Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  21. "Single Winner". PX3 Photography Awards. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  22. "Single Winner". PX3 Photography Awards. Retrieved 2019-07-03.

"Austin Irving Documents The Strange Underground World Of Caves" Beautiful Decay, June 16, 2016

"Portrait of Catherine Opie" TimeOut New York, January 14, 2016

"Austin Irving: "Not An Exit at Wilding Cran Gallery" Art LTD, Molly Enholm, July 6, 2015

"Interview with Austin Irving" Frontrunner Magazine, June 2015

"Austin Irving: The Optical Illusions That Might Lurk Around Every Corner" The Plus, June 2015

"Austin Irving at Wilding Cran" Artillery, Annabel Osberg, June 25, 2015

"Austin Irving Finds Entrancing Labyrinths" Art I Like LA, May 29, 2015

"Austin Irving" Ain't Bad Magazine, October 13, 2014

"Show Caves by Austin Irving" The Morning News, Feb 26, 2013

"Austin Irving's Show Caves Flaunt It" The Stranger, Jen Graves, February 18, 2014

"Austin Irving: Subterranean Architecture" ArtLog, Feb 6, 2013

“Show Caves by Austin Irving" Purple, Feb 1, 2013

"Into The Caves" LA I'm Yours, January 31, 2013

"Austin Irving" Fine Line Magazine, Jun 22, 2012

"Austin Irving’s Photographs of Portals" Beautiful Decay, March 6, 2012

"NYU's Austin Irving" ArtInfo, May 15, 2007

"Austin Irving" Artsy

"Austin Irving" ND Magazine

"Wallpaper By Austin Irving"WeTransfer

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