Background
Josephson, Kenneth Bradley was born on July 1, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ernest Gustav and Hilda Christine (Wick) Josephson.
Josephson, Kenneth Bradley was born on July 1, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Ernest Gustav and Hilda Christine (Wick) Josephson.
He completed his elementary education in Detroit. In 1957 he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology, located in New New York There he studied under Minor White.
In 1953 after being sent in Germany by the United States Army he was trained in photolithography and aerial reconnaissance photography. In 1960 he earned a master"s degree from the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology. While studying there he was influenced by Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan.
After earning his master"s degree in 1960 Kenneth Josephson worked at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1960 to 1997, when he retired.
In 1963 he co-founded with thirty other notable photographers the Society for Photographic Education. In 1972 he was awarded with the Guggenheim Fellowship grant by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
In 1975 and in 1979 he was awarded with the National Education Association grant by the National Endowment for the Arts agency. Many of his collections are found in museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, the National Museum of American Art and the Bibliothèque National in Paris.
Matthew, 1965
Polapan, 1973.
(Book by Josephson, Kenneth)
(Book by Josephson, Kenneth)
(Book by Josephson, Kenneth)
One-man shows include Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York, 1971, University Iowa Museum Art, Iowa City, 1974, 291 Galery, Milan, 1974, Cameraworks Gallery, Los Angeles, 1976, Reicher Gallery Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1977, Fotoforum, Kassel, Germany, 1978, Photographer's Gallery, London, 1979, Delpire Galerie, Paris, 1981, Young Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 1981, Swen Parson Gallery Northern Illinois University, 1983, Vision Gallery, Boston, 1983, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1983, Friends of Photography, Carmel, Calif, 1984, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 1991, 99, La Serre Gallery, Beaux-Arts de Saint Etienne, France, 1996, Art Institute Chicago, 1999, Whitney Museum Art, New York, 2001, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, 2001-2002, Priebe Art Gallery, University Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 2001, Kenneth Josephson Center Photography, Lectoure, France, 2003, 2007, La Filature, Mulhouse, France, 2004, Cal Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, 2004, Rona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 2004, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, 2008, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, 2008, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, 2009, Gitterman Gallery, New York City, 2010. Exhibited in group shows at Florida State Museum, Gainesville, 1965, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, 1968, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1967, Eastman House, Rochester and National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1967, Museum Contemporary Crafts, New York City, 1971, Corcoran Gallery, 1972, Art Institute Chicago, 1973, 90, 93, 02, 04, 06, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1973, Madison Art Center, 1973, Museum Art, Indianapolis, 1973, Incontri International d'Arte Precheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, 1973-1974, Atkins Art Gallery, 1974, Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1977, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1977, 96, Leslie Tonkonow Art Works and Projects, New York City, 1998, Carol Ehlers Gallery, Chicago, 1999, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Photography, 2005, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, 2006, La Filature, 2006, Museum Modern Art, New York City, 2006, Whitney Museum Art, New York City, 2006, The Art Institute Chicago, 2006, 2008, Museum Art Rhode Island School Design, 1978, Museum Modern Art, New York City, 1978, 2006, Light Gallery, New York City, 1980, Photokina, Koln, Germany, 1980, Seibu Museum Art, Tokyo, 1982, Barbican Art Gallery, London, 1985, Los Angeles County Museum Art, National Museum Modern Art, 1989, State of Illinois Art Gallery, 1989, University Hawaii Art Gallery, 1990, Rockford College Art Gallery, 1990, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, 1991, Davenport Museum Art, 1992, Seagram Building Gallery, 1992, Renaissance Society, Chicago, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, 1993, Chicago Cultural Center, 1994, University Arizona, 1994, Museum Modern Art, 1995, Laurence Miller Gallery, 1995, Ehlers Caudill Gallery, Chicago, 1996, Gallery 312, Chicago, 1996, Museum Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, 1996, VIII Fotobienal Vigo (Spain), 1998, Whitney Museum American Art, New York, 2002, 04, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 2002, Philadelphia Museum Art, 2002, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, 2002, Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2002, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, 2002, Book Light Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, 2004, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2004, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, 2005, Museum Fine Arts, Houston, 2006, Norton Simon Museum, 2006, Museum Modern Art, New York, 2006, Los Angeles Filature, Mulhouse, France, 2006, Art Institute Chicago, 2007, 2008, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, 2007, Decordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, 2008, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, 2007, Bibliotheque National France, Paris, 2008, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 2009, Bank of America Collection, Cultural Center, Chicago, 2009, Risidual Reality Haas Fine Art Center, University Wisconsin, Eau Claire, others. Permanent collections include Museum Modern Art, New York City, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Addison Gallery American Art, Art Institute Chicago, Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris, Center for Creative Photography, University Arizona, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, Hallmark Collections, Kansas City, Missouri, Minneapolis Institute Arts, Museum Fine Arts, Boston, Grunwald Center Graphic Arts, University of California at Los Angeles, National Museum Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, National Museum Modern Art, Kyoto, Los Angeles County Museum Art, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, Cartier International Foundation, Paris, United States Trust Company, Art Institute of Chicago, Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Deloitte and Louche, Chicago, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Seagram Collection, High Museum Art, Library.
Congress, International Center Photography, New York, Cleveland Museum Art, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Photography, Whitney Museum American Art, New York, Spencer Museum Art, University Kansas, Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Photography, Centrede Photographie, France, Nelson-Atkins Museum Art, La Galerie De Los Angeles Filature, Mulhouse, France, 2006, De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln., Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, 2008, Chicago Cultural Center, 2008, Reality Revised Photography Moderna Museet Collection, Sweden, 2009, Residual Reality Foster Gallery, University Wisconsin, Eau Claire, 2009, Tom Gitt Erman Gallery, New York City, 2010, Vernacular Art institute Chicago, 2010.
Served with United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Society for Photographic Education (founding member) M C.
Married Carol A. Compeau, February 1954 (deceased April 1958). Married Sherill A. Petro, October 28, 1960 (divorced 1973). Children: Matthew W. (deceased), Bradley J., Anissa C.
Married Sally D. Garen, January 30, 1973 (divorced 1978). Married Katherine R. Bateman, June 7, 1991 (divorced 1998).