At the age of thirteen Francesca Woodman took her first self-portrait.
From then, up until her untimely death in 1981, aged just 22 she
produced an extraordinary body of work (some 800 photographs) acclaimed
for its singularity of style and range of innovative techniques.
Woodman studied at Rhode Island School of Design, from 1975 - 1979,
receiving a grant to spend a year in Rome to continue her studies.
Whilst there she produced an extensive body of work and had her first
solo exhibition at a bookshop and gallery specializing in Surrealism
and Futurism.
Since 1986, her work has been exhibited widely and has been the subject of extensive critical study in the United States and Europe. Woodman is often situated alongside her contemporaries of the late 1970's such as Ana Mendieta and Hannah Wilke, yet her work also foreshadows artists such as Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, Nan Goldin and Karen Finley in their subsequent dialogues with the self and reinterpretations of the female body.
Born in 1958 in Denver, Colorado, Francesca Woodman lived and worked in New York up until her death in 1981. Since 1986, her work has been exhibited widely, significant solo presentations of Woodman’s work include an exhibition curated by the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris in 1998 touring to venues including Kunsthall, Rotterdam; The Photographers Gallery, London and Douglas Hyde Gallery, Ireland. Woodman’s work has featured in many international group exhibitions and is represented in collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Whitney Museum of American Art; MoMA; Detroit Institute of Arts. In 2011, Woodman will have a retrospective dedicated to her work at SF MoMA, San Francisco, travelling to Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2012. Her work has also been exhibited at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2008), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2007) and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2006).
Since 1986, her work has been exhibited widely and has been the subject of extensive critical study in the United States and Europe. Woodman is often situated alongside her contemporaries of the late 1970's such as Ana Mendieta and Hannah Wilke, yet her work also foreshadows artists such as Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas, Nan Goldin and Karen Finley in their subsequent dialogues with the self and reinterpretations of the female body.
Born in 1958 in Denver, Colorado, Francesca Woodman lived and worked in New York up until her death in 1981. Since 1986, her work has been exhibited widely, significant solo presentations of Woodman’s work include an exhibition curated by the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris in 1998 touring to venues including Kunsthall, Rotterdam; The Photographers Gallery, London and Douglas Hyde Gallery, Ireland. Woodman’s work has featured in many international group exhibitions and is represented in collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Whitney Museum of American Art; MoMA; Detroit Institute of Arts. In 2011, Woodman will have a retrospective dedicated to her work at SF MoMA, San Francisco, travelling to Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York in 2012. Her work has also been exhibited at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (2008), Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2007) and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2006).
Exhibitions
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Francesca Woodman
17 Nov 2010 - 22 Jan 2011 -
Francesca Woodman
19 June - 28 July 2007 -
Francesca Woodman
28 June - 28 July 2000
