Juan Giraldo
Art & Documentary Photographer / Based in Brooklyn
Juan
Giraldo is a photographer currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York; he received his MFA in May of 2015 from Columbia College’s
photography department. He was born in Manizales, Colombia and raised in
Paterson, New...
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JUAN GIRALDO
973-204-7852 / juan@juancgiraldo.com / www.juancgiraldo.com
EDUCATION
2015 MFA Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 BFA Photography, William Paterson University, New Jersey, Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2017 Blue & Blue, Part of Hispanic Heritage Month at Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
Blue & Blue, Waubonsee Community College Art Department, Aurora, IL
2016 A View from Home, Part of Hispanic Heritage Month at Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
2015 Juan Giraldo: New Photography, President’s Residence Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 What Work Is, American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ
2010 What Work Is, Englewood Library, Englewood, NJ
Group Shows
2020 Interior Life, Filter Photo, Curated by Strange Fire Collective, Chicago, IL
Respiration(s) now (online exhibition), ARC Gallery Curated by Angela Davis Fegan, Chicago, IL
The Ties That Bind/ A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2019 Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
The Universal, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL, Curated by Gregory Harris
Latinx Expreciones II, Morris Arts, Morristown, NJ, Curated by Dr. Ginny Butera & Prof. Will Suarez
New Poetics at Aviary Gallery, Curated by June T. Sanders & Alec Smith, Jamaica Plain, MA
2018 Center Forward 2018, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Can't Take You Anywhere, Resident Arts National Juried Exhibition, Curated by Anna Wehrwein &
Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Columbia, MO
Palm Photo Prize at London’s House of Vans, London, UK
The Feeling is Mutual, Curated by Rebecca Memoli, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Eyes on Main Street Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, Curated by Jerome DePerlinghi, Wilson, NC
The Feeling is Mutual, Curated by Rebecca Memoli, Open Space, Kansas City, MO
Eyes on Main Street Artist in Residence Show, Curated by Jerome DePerlinghi, Wilson, NC
Signal Boost, Curated by Jordan Rockford & Rafael Soldi, Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flesh/Water, Curated by Kelly Ciurej, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
HATCH, Curated by Zora J Murff MEDICI Gallery, Richards Hall University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
2017 PDN’s 30 2017: Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Photoville Brooklyn, NY
Context: Art & Documentary, Curated by Noah Addis, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
Photolucida: Critical Mass Top 50, Curated by David Rosenberg Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Filter Photo: On the Shelf, Curated by Kelli Connell, Filter Photo, and Chicago, IL
Aqui, Curated by Lisa Janes, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
Art Now 2016: New Directions in Contemporary Photography, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
The Fine Art of Photography, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA
2015 Columbia College Chicago MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Alumni Artists Show, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2011 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
Aljira Fine Art, Newark, NJ
Figurative Impulse, Curated by Terry Boddie, Oualie Arts Gallery, Orange, NJ
2010 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
AWARDS
2017 PDN’S 30 New & Emerging Photographers
2016 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
2012 Dwight D. Follett Fellowship Full Tuition Award, Columbia College Chicago
2009 Honorable Mention, En Foco’s, People Places and Things
2007 Honorable Mention, William Paterson University, annual juried student art show
2006 Brozowski Scholarship, for urban students William Paterson University
Fiftieth Reunion Endowed Scholarship, William Paterson University
RESIDENCIES
2022 Tusen Takk Foundation
2018 Eyes on Main Street A-I-R Program
2016 The Center for Photography at Woodstock A-I-R Program
Center for Book and Paper Arts - Columbia College Chicago Alumni Residency Program
COLLECTIONS
The University of Iowa, Main Library, Special Collections, Iowa City, IA
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, Cambridge, MA
Michigan State University Library, Special Collections, Latino Studies East Lansing, MI
Stanford University, Green Library, Special Collections Stanford, CA
Archive of Documentary Arts, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Duke University Durham, NC
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Cook County Health & Hospital System), Chicago, IL
En Foco, Bronx, NY
American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
Numerous private collections throughout the United States
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Eyes on Main Street Exhibition Catalogue, Jerome DePerlinghi, Eyes on Main Street
Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, April - July 2018
2017 Eyes on Main Street Exhibition Catalogue, Jerome DePerlinghi, Eyes on Main Street
Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, April - July 2017
Tsomondo, Tdzana, "Juan Giraldo: PDN’s 30 2017 Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to
Watch New and Emerging Photographers to Watch” PDN Volume XL Issue 4 April 1 2017
Tsomondo, Tdzana, "Juan Giraldo, Exposures: American Workers" PDN Volume XXXVII Issue 1 January2017
2015 Columbia College Chicago MFA Thesis Exhibition catalogue, essay Natasha Egan,
Museum of Contemporary Photography May 2015
2013 Nuez, Ramon, "Juan Giraldo Speaks About “What Work Is” And Higher Education"
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Fraction Magazine Issue 167 – 15th Anniversary Issue
2022 BOOOOOOOM, February 25, 2022, Blue & Blue
2021 FOTOFILMIC JRNL, Spring 2021 Issue 8, Guest Edited by Michael Famighetti
Open Theme 2021, F-Stop Magazine
2020 Lightness Of Being, What Will You Remember, Curated by Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
2019 Lenscratch, Juan Giraldo: East 17th Street By Aline Smithson, November 29, 2019
2018 C41 Magazine, Interview with Juan Giraldo, July 4, 2018
Photo – Emphasis, Juan Giraldo, Project Highlight Blue & Blue, May 11, 2018
Incandescent, A Color Film Zine, Issue 13, Pine Island Press, March 16, 2018
Lumina Journal: Volume XVII, “Resistance”, March 2017 Sarah Lawrence College
Signal Boost, Works by Lorenzo Triburgo, Zora J Murff, and Juan C. Giraldo, Strange Fire Collective
Signal Boost, Works by Lorenzo Triburgo, Zora J Murff, and Juan C. Giraldo,
Strange Fire Collective February 24, 2018
Ocotur Juan Giraldo, Embracing the beauty of the mundane, January 9, 2018
HATCH Group Exhibition, January 2018, Juried By Zora J Murff
2017 VASA Project: Wilson Four, December 13, 2017, Roberto Muffoletto
Fraction: Issue 98, 9th Anniversary Issue, May 2017, David Bram
Strange Fire Collective, Juan Giraldo, April 6,2017, Jess T. Dugan
Lumina Journal: Volume XVI, “Borders and Boundaries”, March 2017 Sarah Lawrence College
Medium, Everyday Migration: News Roundup: Honoring immigrant and refugee stories, March 9, 2017
Katja Heinemann,
It's Nice That, Juan Giraldo Captures The Beautiful Mundane In A Chicago Warehouse, February 16, 2017,
Rebecca Fulleylove
Capricious, Juan Giraldo, January 3, 2017, Diana Lozano
2016 Lumina Online: Volume 7
The Detroit News, Abstract, figurative photos at Ann Arbor Art Center, April 7, 2016,
Plymouth Center for the Arts, The Fine Art of Photography Exhibition, April – May 2016 Michael H. Hodges
2015 Poets and Artists 68 (Devotion)
2014 Reframing Photography
Editorial/Freelance Photography Clients
Popular Mechanics
ProPublica
US News & World Report
BOOKS
A View from Home, Self-published artist book edition of 25
TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 – Present William Paterson University, Photography Instructor Photo I, Photo II & Advanced Photo Projects
2018 – Present NJCU, Photo I
2015 Columbia College Chicago Upward Bound Summer Program
Photography Instructor
2012 – 2015 Hyde Park Art Center Photo Intern & Teaching artist,
Columbia College Chicago’s Community Outreach Program
2013 – 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia College Chicago
Foundations of Photography II, Digital Imaging I, History of Photography I (fall 2013 & 2014)
973-204-7852 / juan@juancgiraldo.com / www.juancgiraldo.com
EDUCATION
2015 MFA Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 BFA Photography, William Paterson University, New Jersey, Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2017 Blue & Blue, Part of Hispanic Heritage Month at Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
Blue & Blue, Waubonsee Community College Art Department, Aurora, IL
2016 A View from Home, Part of Hispanic Heritage Month at Chicago Public Library, Chicago, IL
2015 Juan Giraldo: New Photography, President’s Residence Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 What Work Is, American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ
2010 What Work Is, Englewood Library, Englewood, NJ
Group Shows
2020 Interior Life, Filter Photo, Curated by Strange Fire Collective, Chicago, IL
Respiration(s) now (online exhibition), ARC Gallery Curated by Angela Davis Fegan, Chicago, IL
The Ties That Bind/ A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2019 Faculty Exhibition, University Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
The Universal, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL, Curated by Gregory Harris
Latinx Expreciones II, Morris Arts, Morristown, NJ, Curated by Dr. Ginny Butera & Prof. Will Suarez
New Poetics at Aviary Gallery, Curated by June T. Sanders & Alec Smith, Jamaica Plain, MA
2018 Center Forward 2018, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Can't Take You Anywhere, Resident Arts National Juried Exhibition, Curated by Anna Wehrwein &
Fidencio Fifield-Perez, Columbia, MO
Palm Photo Prize at London’s House of Vans, London, UK
The Feeling is Mutual, Curated by Rebecca Memoli, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Eyes on Main Street Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, Curated by Jerome DePerlinghi, Wilson, NC
The Feeling is Mutual, Curated by Rebecca Memoli, Open Space, Kansas City, MO
Eyes on Main Street Artist in Residence Show, Curated by Jerome DePerlinghi, Wilson, NC
Signal Boost, Curated by Jordan Rockford & Rafael Soldi, Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Flesh/Water, Curated by Kelly Ciurej, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
HATCH, Curated by Zora J Murff MEDICI Gallery, Richards Hall University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
2017 PDN’s 30 2017: Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Photoville Brooklyn, NY
Context: Art & Documentary, Curated by Noah Addis, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
Photolucida: Critical Mass Top 50, Curated by David Rosenberg Artwork Network Gallery, Denver, CO
2016 Filter Photo: On the Shelf, Curated by Kelli Connell, Filter Photo, and Chicago, IL
Aqui, Curated by Lisa Janes, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL
Art Now 2016: New Directions in Contemporary Photography, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
The Fine Art of Photography, Plymouth Center for the Arts, Plymouth, MA
2015 Columbia College Chicago MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Alumni Artists Show, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
2011 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
Aljira Fine Art, Newark, NJ
Figurative Impulse, Curated by Terry Boddie, Oualie Arts Gallery, Orange, NJ
2010 Paterson Art Walk, Paterson, NJ
AWARDS
2017 PDN’S 30 New & Emerging Photographers
2016 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50
Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
2012 Dwight D. Follett Fellowship Full Tuition Award, Columbia College Chicago
2009 Honorable Mention, En Foco’s, People Places and Things
2007 Honorable Mention, William Paterson University, annual juried student art show
2006 Brozowski Scholarship, for urban students William Paterson University
Fiftieth Reunion Endowed Scholarship, William Paterson University
RESIDENCIES
2022 Tusen Takk Foundation
2018 Eyes on Main Street A-I-R Program
2016 The Center for Photography at Woodstock A-I-R Program
Center for Book and Paper Arts - Columbia College Chicago Alumni Residency Program
COLLECTIONS
The University of Iowa, Main Library, Special Collections, Iowa City, IA
Harvard University, Fine Arts Library, Special Collections, Cambridge, MA
Michigan State University Library, Special Collections, Latino Studies East Lansing, MI
Stanford University, Green Library, Special Collections Stanford, CA
Archive of Documentary Arts, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Duke University Durham, NC
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Cook County Health & Hospital System), Chicago, IL
En Foco, Bronx, NY
American Labor Museum, Haledon, NJ
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA
Numerous private collections throughout the United States
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Eyes on Main Street Exhibition Catalogue, Jerome DePerlinghi, Eyes on Main Street
Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, April - July 2018
2017 Eyes on Main Street Exhibition Catalogue, Jerome DePerlinghi, Eyes on Main Street
Wilson Outdoor Photo Festival, April - July 2017
Tsomondo, Tdzana, "Juan Giraldo: PDN’s 30 2017 Our Choice of New and Emerging Photographers to
Watch New and Emerging Photographers to Watch” PDN Volume XL Issue 4 April 1 2017
Tsomondo, Tdzana, "Juan Giraldo, Exposures: American Workers" PDN Volume XXXVII Issue 1 January2017
2015 Columbia College Chicago MFA Thesis Exhibition catalogue, essay Natasha Egan,
Museum of Contemporary Photography May 2015
2013 Nuez, Ramon, "Juan Giraldo Speaks About “What Work Is” And Higher Education"
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Fraction Magazine Issue 167 – 15th Anniversary Issue
2022 BOOOOOOOM, February 25, 2022, Blue & Blue
2021 FOTOFILMIC JRNL, Spring 2021 Issue 8, Guest Edited by Michael Famighetti
Open Theme 2021, F-Stop Magazine
2020 Lightness Of Being, What Will You Remember, Curated by Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy
2019 Lenscratch, Juan Giraldo: East 17th Street By Aline Smithson, November 29, 2019
2018 C41 Magazine, Interview with Juan Giraldo, July 4, 2018
Photo – Emphasis, Juan Giraldo, Project Highlight Blue & Blue, May 11, 2018
Incandescent, A Color Film Zine, Issue 13, Pine Island Press, March 16, 2018
Lumina Journal: Volume XVII, “Resistance”, March 2017 Sarah Lawrence College
Signal Boost, Works by Lorenzo Triburgo, Zora J Murff, and Juan C. Giraldo, Strange Fire Collective
Signal Boost, Works by Lorenzo Triburgo, Zora J Murff, and Juan C. Giraldo,
Strange Fire Collective February 24, 2018
Ocotur Juan Giraldo, Embracing the beauty of the mundane, January 9, 2018
HATCH Group Exhibition, January 2018, Juried By Zora J Murff
2017 VASA Project: Wilson Four, December 13, 2017, Roberto Muffoletto
Fraction: Issue 98, 9th Anniversary Issue, May 2017, David Bram
Strange Fire Collective, Juan Giraldo, April 6,2017, Jess T. Dugan
Lumina Journal: Volume XVI, “Borders and Boundaries”, March 2017 Sarah Lawrence College
Medium, Everyday Migration: News Roundup: Honoring immigrant and refugee stories, March 9, 2017
Katja Heinemann,
It's Nice That, Juan Giraldo Captures The Beautiful Mundane In A Chicago Warehouse, February 16, 2017,
Rebecca Fulleylove
Capricious, Juan Giraldo, January 3, 2017, Diana Lozano
2016 Lumina Online: Volume 7
The Detroit News, Abstract, figurative photos at Ann Arbor Art Center, April 7, 2016,
Plymouth Center for the Arts, The Fine Art of Photography Exhibition, April – May 2016 Michael H. Hodges
2015 Poets and Artists 68 (Devotion)
2014 Reframing Photography
Editorial/Freelance Photography Clients
Popular Mechanics
ProPublica
US News & World Report
BOOKS
A View from Home, Self-published artist book edition of 25
TEACHING AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 – Present William Paterson University, Photography Instructor Photo I, Photo II & Advanced Photo Projects
2018 – Present NJCU, Photo I
2015 Columbia College Chicago Upward Bound Summer Program
Photography Instructor
2012 – 2015 Hyde Park Art Center Photo Intern & Teaching artist,
Columbia College Chicago’s Community Outreach Program
2013 – 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Columbia College Chicago
Foundations of Photography II, Digital Imaging I, History of Photography I (fall 2013 & 2014)