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Catherine Edelman Gallery opened
in 1987 quickly establishing itself as one of the leading galleries in
the Midwest devoted exclusively to the art of photography. From its inception,
the goal of the gallery was to exhibit prominent contemporary photographers
alongside new & young talent, showcasing a broad range of subject
matter and photographic techniques. Debuting with
the Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin, CEG has shown everything
from street photography (Susan Meiselas, Sebastiao Salgado, James Nachtwey)
to fashion photography (Annie Leibovitz, Herb Ritts, Matthew Rolston)
to traditional landscape images (Michael
Kenna, Lynn Geesaman) to social-conscious work (Richard Misrach,
Jeffrey Wolin, Terry Evans, Allen
Ginsberg) to images created as a springboard for story-telling (Joel-Peter
Witkin, Elizabeth Ernst, Dan Estabrook) etc. |
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 Rena Grynblat, b. 1926, Warsaw, Poland (1992/94) Jeffrey Wolin |
Working closely with magazine editors
and book publishers, Catherine Edelman Gallery co-published Written in
Memory: Portraits of the Holocaust, photographs by Jeffrey Wolin, in association
with Chronicle Books; Pressure, photographs by Joe Ziolkowski, in association
with Pohlmann Press; What Were You Thinking, celebrating the 15 year anniversary
of the gallery, in association with Paper Mirror Press; Iron Beauties,
a monograph on the work of Chicago photographer Michelle Keim, published
by Nazraeli Press. |
Recent shows at the gallery include a major exhibition,
Killer Shots: A Photographic Response to War, curated in 2003 by Catherine
Edelman as a response to the war in Iraq. The show featured 34 photographers
and showcased photographs from numerous conflicts starting with Vietnam
and moving to the present. The exhibit traveled to Indiana University
Art Gallery and San Francisco Camerawork. In 2001, Edelman curated Others
Among Us: Works of the Amish, Hutterites & Mennonites, featuring work
by Kristin Capp, George Tice, Larry Towell & Laura Wilson. The show
debuted in Chicago and traveled to The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Iowa.
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 Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1987) Alex Webb |
 Drive-in theatre, Las Vegas (1987) Richard Misrach |
Other exhibitions include one person shows by Joel-Peter Witkin, Richard Misrach, Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison and Maria Martinez-Cañas. Along with these artists we represent Tom Baril, Terry Evans, Michael Kenna, Deborah Luster, Andrea Modica, Abelardo Morell and numerous other well-known and emerging artists. |
| Catherine Edelman is an active member of the Association
of International Photography Art Dealers and the Chicago Art Dealers Association.
She chairs the ethics committee and serves on the board for both organizations. |
