Dave Heath | American, 1931 - 2016
Dave Heath was born in Philadelphia in 1931 and emigrated to Toronto in 1970. His interested in photography was sparked by Ralph Crane's essay, Bad Boy's Story, in Life magazine, May 1947, and John Whiting's book, Photography is a Language. Committed to photography as an art form for 60 year, he has worked in the established tradition of Stieglitz, Minor White, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Nathan Lyons of Sequence and the book as the two most compelling forms in photography in which to express one's view of life.
His work is included in various collections including the National Galleries of Canada and the Untied States, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, and private collections in North America and Europe. As well, his work has been published in may periodicals and represented in anthologies and histories such as Mirrors and Windows by John Szarkowski, Photography in America by Richard Doty, Magicians of Light, by James Borcoman, and An American Century by Keith Davis. The genesis and development of his much acclaimed book, A Dialogue with Solitude, and of his photographs while serving as a combat infantryman in Korea were explored by Michael Torosian in his books Extempore and Korea, published by Lumiere Press in 1988 and 2004.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Dave Heath, Hereford Photography Festival, Hereford, England
2001 Dave Heath, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
2000 Dave Heath: 1940s to 1960s, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
1999 Dave Heath: Vintage Photographs, Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1997 A Dialogue With Solitude, Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York
1994 A Dialogue With Solitude, The Minneapolis Art Institute
1989 Lesley Walker: A Collaborative Portrayal, Ryerson Bond Street Gallery, Toronto
1988 Dave Heath, Work from the 50s and 60s, Photofind Gallery, New York
Le Plaisir de Voir; La Passion du Regard: Photographs 1963-67, 1983-88, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, NY
A Dialogue With Solitude, The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
A Dialogue With Solitude, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 Dew World, or, Dancing with Frenzy before God, Ryerson Bond Street Gallery, Toronto
1983 Dew World, or Dancing with Frenzy before God, Red Eye Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
1981 Songs of Innocence III, Harbourfront, Toronto
Songs of Innocence IV, A Dialogue With Solitude, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1979 Songs of Innocence II, Walter J. Phillips Gallery, Banff
1968 Dave Heath, Phoenix College Library, Phoenix
Dave Heath, Focus Gallery, San Francisco
1965 Work in Progress, Westbank Gallery, Minneapolis
Neither Peace Nor War, Edgecliff Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati
1964 Dave Heath: Recent Photographs, Heliography Gallery, New York
A Dialogue With Solitude, Judson Memorial Church, New York
A Dialogue With Solitude, The Village Camera Club, New York
1963 A Dialogue With Solitude, Art Institute of Chicago
A Dialogue With Solitude, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1961 Dave Heath, Image Gallery, New York
1958 Neither Peace Nor War, 7 Arts Coffee Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 Wonderland, Noorderlicht, The Netherlands
1994 The Family, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
1993 Magicians of Light, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1990 Street Engagments, Social Landscape Photography of the 60s, George Eastman House, Rochester
1989 The Snapshot/Family Album, Artscourt, Ottawa
1978 Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976 The UCLA Collection of Contemporary American Photographs, Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles
1974 Ryerson: A Community of Photographers, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Photography in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1970 Contemporary Photography: A Sensitive View, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1968 Permanent Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Contemporary Photographs, Dickson Art Center, University of California at Los Angeles
1967 Contemporary Photography Since 1950, George Eastman House, Rochester
Photography in the Twentieth Century, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1966 American Photography: The Sixties, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Contemporary Photographers II, George Eastman House, Rochester
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows in Photography, Philadelphia College of Art
1965 Photography in America 1850 - 1965, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection, New York World's Fair
Third Annual Exhibition of the Heliographers' Association, Lever House, New York
1964 Lever House II: 100 Photographs at Lever House by the Association of Heliographers, Lever House, New York
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1963 A Bid for Space IV, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Photography 63: An International Exhibition, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1962 3 Photographers, Judson Hall Gallery, Judson Memorial Church, New York
1959 New York Public Library, Hudson Park Branch, New York
Dave Heath was born in Philadelphia in 1931 and emigrated to Toronto in 1970. His interested in photography was sparked by Ralph Crane's essay, Bad Boy's Story, in Life magazine, May 1947, and John Whiting's book, Photography is a Language. Committed to photography as an art form for 60 year, he has worked in the established tradition of Stieglitz, Minor White, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Nathan Lyons of Sequence and the book as the two most compelling forms in photography in which to express one's view of life.
His work is included in various collections including the National Galleries of Canada and the Untied States, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, and private collections in North America and Europe. As well, his work has been published in may periodicals and represented in anthologies and histories such as Mirrors and Windows by John Szarkowski, Photography in America by Richard Doty, Magicians of Light, by James Borcoman, and An American Century by Keith Davis. The genesis and development of his much acclaimed book, A Dialogue with Solitude, and of his photographs while serving as a combat infantryman in Korea were explored by Michael Torosian in his books Extempore and Korea, published by Lumiere Press in 1988 and 2004.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Dave Heath, Hereford Photography Festival, Hereford, England
2001 Dave Heath, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
2000 Dave Heath: 1940s to 1960s, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
1999 Dave Heath: Vintage Photographs, Barry Singer Gallery, Petaluma, CA
1997 A Dialogue With Solitude, Simon Lowinsky Gallery, New York
1994 A Dialogue With Solitude, The Minneapolis Art Institute
1989 Lesley Walker: A Collaborative Portrayal, Ryerson Bond Street Gallery, Toronto
1988 Dave Heath, Work from the 50s and 60s, Photofind Gallery, New York
Le Plaisir de Voir; La Passion du Regard: Photographs 1963-67, 1983-88, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, NY
A Dialogue With Solitude, The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago
A Dialogue With Solitude, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
1985 Dew World, or, Dancing with Frenzy before God, Ryerson Bond Street Gallery, Toronto
1983 Dew World, or Dancing with Frenzy before God, Red Eye Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
1981 Songs of Innocence III, Harbourfront, Toronto
Songs of Innocence IV, A Dialogue With Solitude, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1979 Songs of Innocence II, Walter J. Phillips Gallery, Banff
1968 Dave Heath, Phoenix College Library, Phoenix
Dave Heath, Focus Gallery, San Francisco
1965 Work in Progress, Westbank Gallery, Minneapolis
Neither Peace Nor War, Edgecliff Academy of Fine Arts, Cincinnati
1964 Dave Heath: Recent Photographs, Heliography Gallery, New York
A Dialogue With Solitude, Judson Memorial Church, New York
A Dialogue With Solitude, The Village Camera Club, New York
1963 A Dialogue With Solitude, Art Institute of Chicago
A Dialogue With Solitude, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1961 Dave Heath, Image Gallery, New York
1958 Neither Peace Nor War, 7 Arts Coffee Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1999 Wonderland, Noorderlicht, The Netherlands
1994 The Family, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
1993 Magicians of Light, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1990 Street Engagments, Social Landscape Photography of the 60s, George Eastman House, Rochester
1989 The Snapshot/Family Album, Artscourt, Ottawa
1978 Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1976 The UCLA Collection of Contemporary American Photographs, Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles
1974 Ryerson: A Community of Photographers, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Photography in America, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1970 Contemporary Photography: A Sensitive View, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1968 Permanent Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Contemporary Photographs, Dickson Art Center, University of California at Los Angeles
1967 Contemporary Photography Since 1950, George Eastman House, Rochester
Photography in the Twentieth Century, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
1966 American Photography: The Sixties, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Contemporary Photographers II, George Eastman House, Rochester
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellows in Photography, Philadelphia College of Art
1965 Photography in America 1850 - 1965, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
Photographs from the George Eastman House Collection, New York World's Fair
Third Annual Exhibition of the Heliographers' Association, Lever House, New York
1964 Lever House II: 100 Photographs at Lever House by the Association of Heliographers, Lever House, New York
Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
1963 A Bid for Space IV, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Photography 63: An International Exhibition, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
1962 3 Photographers, Judson Hall Gallery, Judson Memorial Church, New York
1959 New York Public Library, Hudson Park Branch, New York