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EDUCATION
MFA, SUNY New Paltz, Intermedia Design, 2005.
BFA, University of Minnesota, Photography and Sculpture, 1984.
BOOKS
Using History, photographs by Greta Pratt, essays by Rennard Strickland and Karal Ann Marling, Steidl Publishers, Gottingen, Germany, 2005
In Search of the Corn Queen, photographs by Greta Pratt, essay by Karal Ann Marling, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1994.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Bernard Toale Gallery, Spring, 2007, Boston, MA
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Nineteen Lincolns, Winter 2007, Atlanta, GA
MoCP, Using History, Fall, 2006, Chicago, IL
Gallery 13, 2006, Minneapolis, MN.
O.K. Harris Works of Art, 2000, New York, NY.
Arista Gallery, 1999, New York, NY.
Saint Thomas University, 1996, Minneapolis, MN.
Minneapolis Photographers Gallery, 1994, Minneapolis, MN.
Camera Club of New York, 1993, New York, NY.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Smithsonian American Art Museum, permanent exhibit, Washington DC.
University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY 2007
MASS, MoCA, Ahistoric Occassion, 2006 (catalog), North Adams, MA.
Candace Perich Gallery, 2005, “8X10”, Katonah, NY
Samuel L. Dorsky Museum, 2005, New Palz, NY.
Madison Art Center, “ExtraOrdinary”, 2001 (catalog), Madison, WI.
Kresge Foundation Gallery, Ramapo College, 2001, Mahwah, NJ.
Grand Central Station, M.I.L.K., 2001 New York, NY.
Christie’s Inc, “Room to Grow”, 2000, New York, NY.
Katonah Museum of Art, 1999, Katonah, NY.
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, “Future-Present”, 1999, Ridgefield, CT.
American Farm Trust, “Celebrating the American Farm”, 1998, Washington, DC.
John Jay Homestead, “American Farm”, 1998, Katonah, NY.
Saba Gallery, “50 Women Photographers”, 1996, New York, NY.
Meadowbrook Farm Museum, 1991, Richmond, VA.
Visa Pour L’Image, 1990, Perpignon, France.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Saint Thomas University, Minneapolis, MN
Atrium Gallery, Guerrieri University Center, Salisbury, MD
Meadowbrook Farm Museum, Richmond, VA
Readers Digest Collection, Pleasantville, NY
American Farmland Trust, Washington, DC.
AWARDS, HONORS
New Jersey State Arts Council Grant, 2007
American Photography 16, 2000.
Moments of Intimacy Laughter and Kinship, M.I.L.K., 2000.
American Photography 14, 1998.
Pulitzer Prize Nominee, United Press International, 1987.
National Headliners Award, 1987.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, Assistant Professor, Photography, 2007
SUNY Rockland Community College, Ramapo, NY, Adjunct, History of Photography, 2006
SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, Adjunct Instructor of Computer Graphics, 2005
Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Photography, 1999-2001.
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, Instructor Photography, 1996-1998.
OTHER EMPLOYMENT
Self-Employed, Photographer-Artist, 1984-present, Photo’s appearing in publications worldwide.
Reuters News Service, New York, NY, 1986-1993, NYC Photo Bureau Chief/Photographer.
REVIEWS AND OTHER WRITINGS
The New York Times, “At Mass MoCA, a carnival of Lost Souls and Masquerades”, Glueck, August 4, 2006
North Adams Transcript, “Shooting Lincoln again”, Mitchell, John E., July 13, 2006
Washington Post.com, “Ten Lords-a-leaping...Nine Abraham Lincolns”, July 5, 2006
The Boston Globe, “Blast from the past”, McQuaid, Kate, June 9, 2006
Reuters, “Photographer Snaps America’s Past in Today’s Scenes”, Speigleman, Arthur, June 27, 2006
Life Magazine, “Only In America” May 28, 2006
Minneapolis Star and Tribune, “On the road, with camera -- and irony” April 13, 2006
Minnesota Public Radio, “Is it right to call a Lincoln Impersonator ‘Honest Abe’ ?” March 22, 2006
London Times, “Using History”, April, 2006
Photo Eye, “Book Citation, Using History”, March, 2006
Minneapolis Star and Tribune “Spotlight Using History”, Abbe, Mary, March 17, 2006
The Rake, “Desert Island Duffel Greta Pratt”, March, 2006
Popular Photography, "Showcase, Greta Pratt" Feb. 2006
Minnesota,”Using History” Jan, 2006
After Image, “Specters of the Ordinary”, Grabner, Michelle, March, 2002.
Photo District News, “In Search of Innocence”, Weaver, Jennifer, May 1, 2001, pgs. 191-192.
SPOT, Houston Center for Photography, “Agriculture Fair”, Younger, Daniel P., summer, 1995.
Library Journal, Feb.1, Bryant, Eric, 1995.
The Orlando Sentinel, “Photo Books put America in Focus”, Nov. 5, 1995.
Tecumah Review, “American Scene”, Spring, 1995.
Booklist, Garner, Gretchen, April, 1995.
City Pages, “Night and Day, Greta Pratt”, Caniglia, Oct. 5, 1994.
Minneapolis Star and Tribune, “Spotlight, Photographs by Greta Pratt” Abbe, Mary, Oct. 7, 1994.
Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, “Fairs of the Heartland”, Frail, Tom, Aug. 22, 1993, pgs 21-26.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
The New Yorker, “Pastoralia”, Saunders, George, April 3, 2000, pg. 69.
Mother Jones, “History Matters”, Sept. 1999, Klinkenborg, Verlyn, pgs. 59-63.
The New York Times Magazine, “Splice Einstein and Sammy Glick”, Belkin, Lisa, Aug. 23, 1998, pgs. 26-31.
Spin, “The Blackout Game”, Wilkinson, Alec, Aug. 1998 pgs. 124-128.
The New Yorker, “Golem”, March 24, 1997, pg. 14.
The New York Times Magazine, “The Beauty of Beast Barracks”, Winerip, Michael, Oct. 12, 1997, cover and pgs. 46-53.
The New York Times Magazine, “The Queen of the Green”, Blais, Madeline, March 26, 1995, pgs. 58-63.
The New York Times Magazine, “Hail Columbia”, May 8, 1994, pg.12.
The New York Times Magazine, “Can Man”, June 12, 1994, pg. 22.
The New York Times Magazine, “Young Americans in Prague”, Dec. 12, 1993, pgs. 70-73.
American Art, “Fairs: A Fixed Point On The Turning Wheel Of Time”, spring 1993.
The New York Times, “Under Spacious Skies, the Timeless Ritual of State Fairs”, May 5, 1990.
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