b. 1982, based in Syracuse, NY
Contact: mike@michaelwhicks.com | 732-673-9484
Instagram: michael.w.hicks
Residencies
2021 - Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
2019-2020 - Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
2018 - Saltonstall Arts Colony, Ithaca, NY
2017 - Berlin Semester Residency Program, Berlin, Germany
Selected Exhibitions
2022 - 09 Fragments, Facts & Fictions: The Cinematic Photograph, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, NV
2022 - A4 Sounds, Dublin, IE
2020 -05 Distinction, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2020 -03 When The Company Calls, Pratt Munson-Williams-Proctor Gallery, Utica, NY
2018 - 05 Home, juried by Tina Barney & Thea Traff, SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
2018 - 03 Hiding in Plain Sight, ArtHelix, Brooklyn, NY
2018 - 02 Portfolio 18, curated by Sam Barzilay, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA
2018 - 02 Black and White Now, curated by Mark Steinmetz, South by Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA
2017 - 05 Draft 14, Gallery r, Rochester, NY
2017 - 04 Waiting for the Floor to Dry, Haubrok Foundation, Berlin, Germany
2017 - 03 Axis, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany
2016 - 12 Dry Sweat, Random Access, Syracuse, NY
2016 - 11 The Trouble With Flesh, curated by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Lightwork, Syracuse, NY
2015 - 8 Sitka, City Hall, Sitka, AK
2014 - 8 Faith, Leica Gallery, Washington, DC
2013 - 12 MSPF, Trendy Studio, Miami, FL
2013 - 11 FotoNOMA, 51 N St. NE, Washington, DC
2013 - 05 There From Here , Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
2012 - 11 SubMERGE, 700 H St. NE, Washington, DC
2012 - 11 Soul of the City, Josephine Butler, Washington, DC
Publications & Press
2020 - Der Greif, Artist Feature
2020 - The Glittering Eye, Kris Graves Projects
2019 - Yogurt Magazine, Feature
2019 - Lenscratch, feature and interview with Brennan Booker
2019 - FotoRoom, Something More Than Night feature
2018 - Oranbeg Press, As of Late
2018 - ArtsAtl, Review of Portfolio 18 by Jerry Cullum
2018 - Atlanta Photography Group, Interview with Spencer Sloan
2017 - Humble Arts Foundation, Year in Reverse, online exhibition curated by Jon Feinstein
2017 - Der Greif, Guest Room - Fake News, curated by Stefano Stoll & Raphaël Biollay
2017 - Draft Magazine, Draft 14
2017 - Oranbeg Press, NET 2.6, What Does Natural Look Like?
2014 - Huffington Post, "Sometimes, Street Photography is About Having Faith", Oct. 14 2014
Awards & Honors
2023- CNY Individual Artist Commision for Emerald Lounge
2020 - PCNW Distinction, Honorable Mention
2018 - High Museum Purchase Award
2018 - Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Shortlist
2018 - Hopper Prize Finalist
2017/18 - Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Syracuse University
2018 - Creative Opportunity Grant, Syracuse University
Selected Collections
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Guggenheim Museum Library, New York, NY
High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Syracuse University Special Collections, Syracuse, NY
Artist Talks
2020 - A Photobook: International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2020 - Maine College of Art (MECA), Portland, ME
2019 - Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY
2017 - Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Education
Rutgers College, BA in Political Science, 2004
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Documentary Photography & Multimedia, 2013
Syracuse University, MFA in Art Photography, 2018