Melissa Shook

Summary

Melissa Shook (April 18, 1939 – August 27, 2020) was an American documentary photographer, artist and educator. Her work has been shown in group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and held in the collection there[1] and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York[2] and Moderna Museet in Stockholm,[3]

Melissa Shook
Born(1939-04-18)April 18, 1939
New York, New York
DiedAugust 27, 2020(2020-08-27) (aged 81)
Chelsea, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Known forPhotography
Websitemelissashook.com

Life and work edit

Shook was born in New York, New York on April 18, 1939. She studied at Bard College and the Art Students League of New York.[4] Shook taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Creative Photo Lab in 1974, and at the University of Massachusetts Boston from 1975 to 2005.[5] Her subjects included her daughter; a series of daily self-portraits; a shelter for homeless men and women; and a wheelchair basketball team.[6] She died in Chelsea, Massachusetts on August 27, 2020.[4]

Publications edit

  • Streets are for Nobody: Homeless Women Speak. Boston: Boston Center for the Arts, 1991. With Jane Peterson.
  • My Suffolk Downs. Pressed Wafer, 2012. ISBN 978-0975323762. Poetry and photography.
  • He Says, She Says, I Say, and Nobody Tells the Truth, Whatever That Is, on the Backside of Suffolk Downs: a narrative by Melissa Shook. WordTech, 2014. ISBN 978-1625490797.

Group exhibitions edit

  • Recent Acquisitions, 1974–1976, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1976[7]
  • Pictures by Women: a History of Modern Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2010/11[1][8]

Collections edit

Shook's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Melissa Shook". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. ^ a b "[Statue with Clasped Hands]". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  3. ^ a b "Moderna Museet Collection". Moderna Museet. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  4. ^ a b "Melissa Shook Obituary (1939 - 2020) Boston Globe". Legacy. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Melissa Shook, 1939–2020 – Art New England". 14 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  6. ^ a b "Melissa Shook". collection.lightwork.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  7. ^ Kramer, Hilton (4 July 1976). "Art View". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  8. ^ Cotter, Holland (27 May 2010). "A Gathering of Women With Cameras". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  9. ^ "Finding aid for the Melissa Shook Collection, n.d. AG 224" (PDF). ccp.arizona.edu. Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona. June 2016.
  10. ^ "Melissa Shook". International Center of Photography. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  11. ^ "Melissa Shook – Artists/Makers – The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  12. ^ "[Girl in Clogs with Plants]". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-04-25.