Richard Learoyd
{{Short description|British artist and photographer}}
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| image = Photograph by Christopher McCall RIchard Learoyd, New York, 2019. Creative Commons.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_place = Nelson, Lancashire, England
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| nationality = British
| field = Fine Art Photography
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| spouse = 1 Wife
| children = 3 Children
| website = {{URL|www.richardlearoyd.com}}
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Richard Learoyd (born 1966) is a British contemporary visual artist artist and photographer.
Early life and work
Richard Learoyd was born in the small mill town of Nelson, Lancashire, England in 1966. At the age of 15, his mother insisted he take a pinhole photography workshop, which he attributes as the start of his interest in photography.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if0-1AzuvqE|title=Richard Learoyd and Frish Brandt - Photo London Talks 2016|date=21 June 2016|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=10 October 2017}} In 1990 he graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a degree in Fine Art Photography. While there he studied with American photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper.{{cite web|url=http://wsimag.com/art/3208-richard-learoyd-still-slash-life|title=Richard Learoyd. Still/Life|date=17 May 2013|website=Wsimag.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}} In 1991 Learoyd was awarded an artist-in-residence at the Scottish Ballet.[http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/1991_annualreport.pdf ]{{dead link|date=October 2017}} Learoyd taught photography at Bournemouth and Poole College from 1994 until 1999.{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1322235/kitty-with-mirror-photograph-richard-learoyd/|title=Kitty with Mirror - Learoyd, Richard - V&A Search the Collections|website=Collections.vam.ac.uk|accessdate=10 October 2017}} In 2000, he moved to London where he worked as a commercial photographer.
Publications
=Publications by Learoyd=
- Richard Learoyd Twenty-Two Photographs: 2005-07. London: Self-published, 2008. Essay by Martin Barnes and Chris Bucklow.
- Richard Learoyd Unique Photograph: 2007-09. New York: McKee Gallery, 2009. Interview by Chris Bucklow.
- Presences. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2011. ASIN B0086RVF6C
- Portraits and Figures. New York: McKee Gallery, 2011. Essay by Mark Alice Durant.
- Richard Learoyd: Still/Life. New York: Mckee Gallery, 2013. ASIN B00I7UWV0M. Essay by Charles Moffet.
- Day for Night. New York: Aperture; San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.gupmagazine.com/articles/day-for-night|title=Day For Night|website=Gupmagazine.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://time.com/4040536/camera-obscura-portraits/|title=See the Eerie Life-Sized Portraits Created in a Camera Obscura|first=Lucia De|last=Stefani|website=Time|access-date=10 October 2017}} {{ISBN|978-1-59711-329-8}}. Essays by Richard Learoyd, Martin Barnes and Nancy Gryspeerdt
- Richard Learoyd: The Silence of the Camera Obscura. Madrid: Fundación MAPFRE, 2019. Essays by Phillip Gefter and Sandra Phillips.
=Publications with contributions by Learoyd=
- Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video. Göttingen: Steidl, 2010. {{ISBN|978-3865219503}}
- About Face. San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-9839917-1-7}}. Exhibition guide.
- Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present, London: National Gallery, 2012. {{ISBN|978-1857095456}}
- The Unphotographable. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2013. {{ISBN|978-1881337331}}
- About Face. San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-9839917-2-4}}. Exhibition catalog. Edition of 1000 copies. With forewords by Christopher McCall, and Richard Avedon (from In The American West), an introduction by Philip Gefter, and texts by Sandra S. Phillips, and Ulrike Schneider.
Exhibitions
=Solo=
- 1992: Elevations, Stills Gallery, Scotland{{cite web |url=https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LearoydCV.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011021626/https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LearoydCV.pdf |archivedate=2017-10-11 }}
- 1993: Artificial Horizons, Street Level Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
- 2007: Richard Learoyd, Union Gallery, London{{cite web|url=http://www.union-gallery.com/content.php?page_id=2736|title=Union|website=Union-gallery.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2009: Unique Photographs, McKee Gallery, New York{{cite web|url=http://mckeegallery.com/press/2009/richard-learoyd-unique-photographs-september-24-october-31-2009/|title=Richard Learoyd: Unique Photographs, September 24 – October 31, 2009 - McKee Gallery|website=Mckeegallery.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2011: Presence, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA{{cite news|url=https://time.com/3776629/uncomfortably-close-richard-learoyds-presences/|title=Uncomfortably Close: Richard Learoyd's, Presences|first=Caroline|last=Smith|website=Time|access-date=10 October 2017}}
- 2011: Portraits and Figures, McKee Gallery, New York{{cite web|url=http://mckeegallery.com/press/2011/richard-learoyd-portraits-figures-press-release/|title=Richard Learoyd: Portraits and Figures - McKee Gallery|website=Mckeegallery.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2013: Still/Life, McKee Gallery, New York
- 2013: The Outside World, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Learoyd-s-black-white-images-emit-contemporary-4843391.php|title=Learoyd's black, white images emit contemporary vibe|website=Sfgate.com|date=25 September 2013|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2015-2016: Richard Learoyd: Dark Mirror, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2015/16{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/23/richard-learoyd-dark-mirror-camera-obscura-photography-vanda-museum-artworks|title=Shots in the dark: Richard Learoyd and his supersized camera obscura|first=Sean|last=O'Hagan|date=23 October 2015|website=Theguardian.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2016: Day for Night, Pace MacGill, New York{{cite web|url=http://artforum.com/uploads/guide.003/id21819/press_release.pdf|title=Richard Learoyd : 32 East 57th Street, 2nd Floor|date=April 2016|website=Artforum.com|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2016: In the Studio, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO{{Cite web|url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/richard-learoyd-curious-bb/|title = Richard Learoyd : Curious|date = May 2019}}
- 2017: Richard Learoyd, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2019: Richard Learoyd: Curious, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York{{Cite web|url=https://www.pacemacgill.com/show_installation.php?item=185|title=Pace/MacGill Gallery {{!}} Exhibitions {{!}} Installation views of the current exhibition|website=www.pacemacgill.com|access-date=2019-07-13}}
- 2019: Richard Learoyd: The Silence of the Camera Obscura, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid{{Cite web|url=https://www.fundacionmapfre.org/fundacion/en/exhibitions/casa-garriga-nogues/richard-learoyd.jsp|title=Richard Learoyd. The Silence of the Camera Obscura - Fundación Mapfre|website=Fundación Mapfre|language=en|access-date=2019-07-13}}
- 2022: Richard Learoyd, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA{{cite web|access-date=2022-11-01|title=Richard Learoyd|url=https://fraenkelgallery.com/exhibitions/richard-learoyd-2022|website=Fraenkel Gallery}}
=Group=
- 2010: Dress Codes The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Centre of Photography, New York, curated by Vince Aletti, Kristen Lubben, Christopher Phillips, and Carol Squiers{{cite web |url=https://www.icp.org/files/exhibition/credits/sites/default/files/exhibition_pdfs/triennial09_press.PDF |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607101856/https://www.icp.org/files/exhibition/credits/sites/default/files/exhibition_pdfs/triennial09_press.PDF |archivedate=2016-06-07 }}
- 2010: Pier 24: The Inaugural Exhibition, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA (2010){{cite web|url=http://pier24.org/exhibition/pier-24-the-inaugural-exhibition|title=Pier 24: The Inaugural Exhibition - Pier 24|website=Pier24.org|accessdate=10 October 2017}}/{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Vast-photo-collection-shown-in-S-F-warehouse-3189236.php|title=Vast photo collection shown in S.F. warehouse|website=Sfgate.com|date=9 May 2010|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2010: Object Lesson, New York Photo Festival, NY. Curated by Vince Aletti{{cite web|url=http://untitled-magazine.com/new-york-photo-festival-2010/|title=NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL 2010 BY XXXX MAGAZINE|website=Untitled-magazine.com|date=4 September 2010|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2011: The More Things Change, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA{{cite web|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/press/release/sfmoma-presents-the-more-things-change/|title=SFMOMA PRESENTS THE MORE THINGS CHANGE|website=Sfmona.org|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2012: Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present, National Gallery, London{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/press-and-media/press-releases/seduced-by-art-photography-past-and-present |title=Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present | Press release: May 2012 | National Gallery, London |publisher=Nationalgallery.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2017-10-10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/9640926/Seduced-by-Art-Photography-Past-and-Present-National-Gallery-review-Photography-that-puts-art-in-the-frame.html|title=Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present, National Gallery, review: Photography that puts art in the frame|first=Richard|last=Dorment|date=29 October 2012|website=Telegraph.co.uk|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2012-2013: About Face, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA (2012/13){{cite web|url=http://pier24.org/exhibition/about-face/|title=About Face - Pier 24|website=Pier24.org|accessdate=10 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://sfaq.us/2013/02/about-face-at-pier-24-photography/|title=About Face at Pier 24 Photography|website=Sfaq.us|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2013: The Unphotographable, Fraenkel Gallery, CA{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Unphotographable-at-Fraenkel-Gallery-4162466.php|title='Unphotographable' at Fraenkel Gallery|website=Sfgate.com|date=2 January 2013|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- 2014 Negativeless, Michael Hoppen Gallery, London{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b31de032-401e-11e4-936b-00144feabdc0.html|title='Negativeless' photography at the Michael Hoppen Gallery|website=Financial Times|date=26 September 2014|last1=Hodgson|first1=Francis}}
- 2016-2017: Collected, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA (2016/17){{cite web|url=http://pier24.org/exhibitions/|title=Exhibitions - Pier 24|website=Pier24.org|accessdate=10 October 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Photography-show-a-snapshot-of-collectors-7962197.php|title=Photography show a snapshot of collectors' selves|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|first=Charles|last=Desmarais|date=June 3, 2016|accessdate=June 8, 2016}}
Collections
Learoyd's work is held in the following public collections:
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- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
- J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA{{Cite web|url=http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/32908/richard-learoyd-english-born-1966/|title=Richard Learoyd (English, born 1966) (Getty Museum)}}
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/294352|title=Richard Learoyd - Agnes in Black - The Met|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- Museum of Modern Art, New York{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/206485|title=Richard Learoyd - Yosef, 2008 - MOMA|website=Museum of Modern Art, i.e. MOMA|accessdate=23 June 2018}}
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada{{cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=48067|title=Search the Collection - National Gallery of Canada|website=www.gallery.ca|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO{{Cite web |url=https://nelson-atkins.org/events/richard-learoyd-in-the-studio/ |title=Richard Learoyd: In the Studio | Nelson Atkins |access-date=3 August 2019 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803162901/https://nelson-atkins.org/events/richard-learoyd-in-the-studio/ |url-status=dead }}
- Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA{{cite web|url=http://pier24.org/collection/|title=Collection - Pier 24|website=Pier24.org|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA{{cite web|url=https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/richard-learoyd-takes-us-inside-his-giant-homemade-camera/ |title=Richard Learoyd takes us inside his giant homemade camera · SFMOMA |publisher=Sfmoma.org |date= |accessdate=2017-10-10}}
- Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, United Kingdom{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
- Tate Gallery, London{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/learoyd-phie-on-table-with-stockings-p13508|title='Phie on Table with Stockings', Richard Learoyd, 2011|website=Tate.org.uk|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT{{cite web|url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/167160|title=Nancy Nude in White Chair|website=Artgallery.yale.edu|accessdate=10 October 2017}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.sfmoma.org/watch/richard-learoyd-takes-us-inside-his-giant-homemade-camera/ SFMOMA Artist Video: Richard Learoyd]
- [https://vimeo.com/74971426/ The Outside World Video: Richard Learoyd]
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Category:British contemporary artists