Phyllis Galembo

{{short description|American photographer (born 1952)}}

Phyllis Galembo (born 1952){{cite web|access-date=2023-09-24|title=Phyllis Galembo, American, born 1952|website=Birmingham Museum of Art|url=https://www.artsbma.org/artist/phyllis-galembo-american-born-1952/}} is an American photographer living in New York City.

She has published seven monographs, including, Pale Pink (1983), Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti (1998), Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia (1993), Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade (2002), Maske (2016), Mexico: Masks, Rituals (2019), and Sodo (2021).

Galembo received a Senior Fulbright Research Award in 1993–94; was a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in 1996, 2010 and 2016; and was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2014.

Education

Galembo earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1977.{{Cite web|url=https://union.wisc.edu/events-and-activities/art-exhibits-and-galleries/permanent-collection/|title=Permanent Collection » Wisconsin Union|website=union.wisc.edu}}

Publications

  • Pale pink (1983)
  • Aso-ebi, Cloth of the Family (1997), sponsored by New York Council for the Arts
  • Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia (1993, 1998){{Cite web|title=Religion Book Review: Divine Inspiration: From Benin to Bahia by Phyllis Galembo, Author, Phyllis Galembo, Photographer, Joseph Nevdomsky, Designed by University of New Mexico Press $35 (169p) ISBN 978-0-8263-1378-2|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8263-1378-2|access-date=2021-01-23|website=PublishersWeekly.com|date=March 1993|language=en}}
  • Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade (2002){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2002-02-09|title=Nonfiction Book Review: DRESSED FOR THRILLS: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes & Masquerade by Phyllis Galembo|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8109-3291-3|access-date=2021-01-23|website=www.publishersweekly.com}}
  • Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti (2005)
  • Maske (2010,{{Cite journal|last=Bisschoff|first=Jürgen|date=November 2010|title=Mummenschanz|url=http://www.galembo.com/press/Geo-Maske.pdf|journal=Geo|volume=|pages=|via=}}{{Cite journal|last=Smyth|first=Diane|date=October 2010|title=The mask|url=http://www.galembo.com/press/Galembo_BJP_Maske01.jpg|journal=British Journal of Photography|volume=|pages=16|via=}}{{Cite news|date=2016-03-16|title=Phyllis Galembo: Peering behind the mask|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/photography/what-to-see/phyllis-galembo-peering-behind-the-mask/|access-date=2021-01-23|issn=0307-1235}} 2016){{Cite news|last=Dickerman|first=Kenneth|title=Wild, wacky and sometimes serious: The surreal outfits of African masquerading|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/05/02/wild-wacky-and-sometimes-serious-the-surreal-outfits-of-african-masquerading/|access-date=2021-01-23|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite web|last=AnOther|date=2016-03-17|title=The Astonishing Artistry and Aesthetics of African Masking|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/8486/the-astonishing-artistry-and-aesthetics-of-african-masking|access-date=2021-01-23|website=AnOther|language=en}}
  • Phyllis Galembo: Mexico, Masks and Rituals (2019){{Cite web|last=Nnadi|first=Chioma|title=Phyllis Galembo's New Book Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside the World of Mexican Ritual Dress|url=https://www.vogue.com/vogueworld/article/phyllis-galembo-mask-rituals-mexico-photography-book|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Vogue|date=7 June 2019|language=en-us}}
  • Sodo, Datz (2021)

Awards

  • 1993–94: Senior Fulbright Research Award, Fulbright Associationhttps://libraries.uark.edu/specialcollections/fulbrightdirectories/1993%20-%201994.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}
  • 1996, 2010, 2016: New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyfa.org/nyfa-announces-recipients-and-finalists-for-2016-147104577308|title=NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2016 Artists' Fellowship Program|date=July 8, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyfa.org/about/names-you-know/|title=Names You Know|website=NYFA}}
  • 2014: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation{{Cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/phyllis-galembo/|title=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Phyllis Galembo}}

Exhibitions

=Solo exhibitions=

  • 1993: Divine Inspiration: From Benin To Bahia, Photographs By Phyllis Galembo, International Center of Photography. Work illustrating the religious traditions of Nigeria and the spiritual practices of Brazil introduced from Africa via the slave trade.{{Cite web|date=2016-02-23|title=Divine Inspiration: From Benin To Bahia, Photographs By Phyllis Galembo|url=https://www.icp.org/exhibitions/divine-inspiration-from-benin-to-bahia-photographs-by-phyllis-galembo|access-date=2021-01-23|website=International Center of Photography|language=en}}
  • 1998: Kings, Chiefs, and Women of Power: Images from Nigeria, American Museum of Natural History{{Cite web|url=https://data.library.amnh.org/archives-authorities/results/?q=galembo|title=American Museum of Natural History Research Library: Search Results}}
  • 2005: Sepia International{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Roberta|date=2005-07-15|title=Art in Review; Phyllis Galembo (Published 2005)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/15/arts/art-in-review-phyllis-galembo.html|access-date=2021-01-23|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite journal|last=Reid|first=Calvin|date=December 2005|title=EXHIBITION REVIEWS, PHYLLIS GALEMBO|url=http://www.galembo.com/press/sepia-reviews.htm|journal=Art in America|volume=|pages=|via=}}
  • 2007: West African Masquerade: Photographs by Phyllis Galembo, Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, curated by Ian Berry{{Cite web|url=https://tang.skidmore.edu/exhibitions/125-west-african-masquerade-br-photographs-by-phyllis-galembo|title=West African Masquerade: Photographs by Phyllis Galembo|work=The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art}}
  • Phyllis Galembo: Maske was exhibited at Steven Kasher Gallery in N.Y.C. in 2011{{Cite web|title=Phyllis Galembo - Artists - Steven Kasher Gallery|url=http://www.stevenkasher.com/artists/phyllis-galembo|access-date=2021-09-21|website=www.stevenkasher.com|language=en}}

=Group exhibitions or during festivals=

  • 2013: The Encyclopedic Palace at the 55th Venice Biennale, curated by Massimiliano Gioni{{Cite news|date=2013-06-06|title=Africa triumphs at the Venice Biennale|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22791617|access-date=2021-01-23}}
  • 2020 Galembo's work was exhibited at the Boca Raton Museum of Art {{Cite web|url=https://bocamuseum.org/art/phyllis-galembo-maske|title=Phyllis Galembo: Maske | Boca Raton Museum of Art}} in a show entitled Phyllis Galembo: Maske.

Collections

Galembo's works is held in the following permanent collections:

  • Mead Art Museum at Amherst College{{Cite web|title=Collections Database|url=https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=all&f=&s=Galembo&record=1|access-date=2021-01-23|website=museums.fivecolleges.edu}}
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Midnight Princess|url=https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/40586/midnight-princess?ctx=59928bf87d85094f5e7a20f162c12d4fe2567748&idx=0|access-date=|website=Museum of Fine Arts, Houston}}
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Priest of Oluorogbo, Ife, Nigeria|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/320943|access-date=2021-01-23|website=www.metmuseum.org}}
  • Wisconsin Union Art Collection

See also

References

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General references

  • {{Cite journal|last=Nnadi|first=Chioma|date=March 2010|title=Phyllis Galembo captures the magic in the masquerade|url=http://www.galembo.com/press/Fader_Tearsheets.pdf|journal=Fader|volume=|pages=|via=}}
  • {{Cite web|last=Voon|first=Claire|date=2016-04-22|title=A Photographic Survey of Africa's Enduring Masquerade Traditions|url=https://hyperallergic.com/289233/a-photographic-survey-of-africas-enduring-masquerade-traditions/|access-date=2021-01-23|website=Hyperallergic|language=en-US}}
  • {{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/04/african-masks/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809145341/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/04/african-masks/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |title=Tangible Spirits |work=National Geographic |date=April 2012 }}

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