Angela Strassheim
{{Short description|American photographer}}
Angela Strassheim (born 1969) is an American photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York and Jerusalem.{{Cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57335edab09f95fd646a3e1a/t/57434836f699bbfae4fe08d9/1464027195190/Angela_Strassheim_CV.pdf|title=Angela Strassheim|last=|first=|date=|website=angelastrassheim.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140753/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57335edab09f95fd646a3e1a/t/57434836f699bbfae4fe08d9/1464027195190/Angela_Strassheim_CV.pdf|archive-date=June 12, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018|url-status=dead}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://whitney.org/www/2006biennial/artists.php?artist=Strassheim_Angela|title=Whitney Biennial 2006 :: Day for Night|website=whitney.org|access-date=2018-04-06}}
Early life and education
A native of Bloomfield, Iowa, Strassheim was born into a family of fundamentalist born-again Christians,{{Cite book|title=reGeneration: 50 photographers of tomorrow|last=Ewing|first=William|publisher=Aperture Foundation|year=2005|isbn=1-931788-98-7|location=New York, NY|pages=184}}{{cite web |title=Marvelli Gallery: Angela Strassheim |url=http://www.marvelligallery.com/LBCatalogueEssay.html |url-status=usurped |website=www.marvelligallery.com |accessdate=16 May 2018 |archive-date=9 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009073605/http://www.marvelligallery.com/LBCatalogueEssay.html }} and later during her childhood lived in Minnetonka, Minnesota.{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/arts/suck-in-your-gut-lazarus-and-smile-for-the-camera-6689535|title=Suck in Your Gut, Lazarus, and Smile for the Camera - City Pages|first=Molly|last=Priesmeyer|website=City Pages|accessdate=16 May 2018}} A 1995 graduate of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design,{{cite web|url=https://mcad.edu/academic-news/story-telling-angela-strassheim|title=Story Telling by Angela Strassheim|website=mcad.edu|accessdate=16 May 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.angelastrassheim.com/contact/|title=Contact|website=Angela Strassheim|accessdate=16 May 2018}} She has taught at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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.{{cite web|url=https://blog.nmwa.org/2016/07/19/staging-strange-angela-strassheims-photographs/|title=Staging Strange: Angela Strassheim's Photographs|date=19 July 2016|publisher=|accessdate=16 May 2018}} Museums and institutions with examples of her work include the Art Institute of Chicago,{{Cite web|url=http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/189748|title=Untitled (Prayer) {{!}} The Art Institute of Chicago|website=www.artic.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-06}} 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,{{Cite news|url=https://wsimag.com/art/4927-angela-strassheim-story-telling|title=Angela Strassheim. Story Telling|date=2013-08-29|work=Wall Street International|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}} and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her work has also appeared in the Whitney Biennial.
Awards
Strassheim has received a number of awards during her career; these include a Women in Photography Lightside Individual Project Grant,{{Cite news|url=https://www.wipnyc.org/past/angela-strassheim|title=Angela Strassheim: 2010 WIP-LTI/Lightside Individual Project Grant Recipient|work=Women in Photography|access-date=2018-04-06|language=en-US}} 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.
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