Jonathan Gitelson was born 1975 in Mount Kisco, NY and currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Solo Exhibitions (Selection)

2008

Jonathan Gitelson: Artist's Books, Nelson Hancock Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007

Social Studies, O'Connor Gallery of Art, Dominican University, River Forest, IL

2006

Urbanism, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design Photography Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Dream Job, Community College of Southern Nevada, North Las Vegas, NV
The Car Project, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004

Social Studies, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2010

Flash Forward Festival, Toronto Canada
Art Forum Berlin, Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, Berlin, Germany
The Program, Curated by Charles Dee Mitchell, Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX
Public Installation, Galerie Inkijk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Computer Pictures: The Contemporary Language of Digital Media, U. of Mary Washington,Fredericksburg VA
Hamburg Fotobuchtage, Kehrer Verlag, Hamburg, Germany
Chicago Alderman Project, Chicago Photography Center, Chicago IL
Chicago Alderman Project, Johalla Projects, Chicago IL
London Art Fair, Mauger Modern Art, London, UK

2009

Scope Art Fair, Mauger Modern Art, Miami, FL
Lodz Photo Festival, Lodz, Poland "Highlights from the Photography Collection, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Harvest, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
False Proof, Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA
Photo LA with DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008

Made In Chicago: Photographs from the LaSalle Bank Collection, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Hijacked, Literaturhaus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Working, DNJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Backlight 2008, 8th International Photographic Triennial, Tampere, Finland
The Mirror Stage, Lantis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
It's Not Easy, Exit Art, New York, NY
Hic et Nunc (here and now) A Survey of New Guarde Photography, Co Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
Hijacked, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
Hijacked: Exhibition, Neunplus, Berlin, Germany
NY Photo Festival, Museum of Contemporary Photography Pavillion Brooklyn, NY
Foto Freo Photographic Festival, Art Source Exhibition Space, Fremantle, Australia
Focus Midwest, Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN

2007

Photo Miami, Galerie f5,6 [Munich], Wynwood Art District, Miami FL
Food for Your Eyes, Curated by Nathalie Belayche, Kinokho Studio, Paris FR
Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Concerning Tomorrow, Curated by Jason Lazarus, Chicago, IL
Innmotion Festival, CCCB, Barcelona, Spain
HCP Membership Exhibition, Curated by Anne Wilkes Tucker, HCP, Houston, TX
The Submissions Show, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Artist Project, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
Photocentric, Curated by Lisa Hostetler, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
People, Buildings and Cars, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
Influenc-za, Allrise Gallery, Chicago, IL

2006

Something to Do With Failure, University of Saint Francis, Joliet, IL
Car Culture, Curated by Nathan Mason, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
18th Evanston and Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
New Trends In Chicago Photography, Version Kunsthalle, Chicago, IL
Travel and Leisure, Curated by Monique Meloche and Andrew Rafacz, James Hotel, Chicago, IL
Unlimited ID, Dazibao Centre de Photographies Actuelles, Montreal, Quebec
Unlimited ID, Neutral Ground, Regina, Saskatchewan

2005

Photocentric, Curated by Joan Rothfuss, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
r4WB1t5 micro.Fest, AlterSpace, Chicago, IL
Wish, Curated by Jim O'Donnell, Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Wegway Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
16th National Juried Exhibition, Viridian Artists at Chelsea, New York, NY
Nova Young Arts Fair, Chicago, IL
Persona, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004

Works on Paper, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Visual Arts Scholarship Exhibition, Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
17th Annual Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
FACT/FICTION, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
47th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
MFA thesis exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
Albert P. Weisman Scholarship Exhibition, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Grants / Awards / Fellowships

2010

Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2010 Award Winner US Council in the Hague Cultural Grant City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Netherlands-America Foundation Cultural Grant

2007

City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program

2006

City of Chicago Arts In Transit Public Art Commission, Chicago, IL
Curator's Choice Award: Travel and Leisure, James Hotel, Chicago, IL
Breakout Artist 2006, New City Magazine, Chicago, IL
Honorable Mention, Review Santa Fe Project Competition (Juried by Yossi Milo, Miriam Romais and Anne Wilkes Tucker)

2005

Curator's Choice Award, Viridian Artists Inc 16th National Juried Exhibition, New York, NY
DIY Book Festival, Los Angeles, CA City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program

2004

International Digital Art Award, Melbourne, Australia
Chicago Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Grant Jurors Award
San Diego Art Institute 47th Annual International Exhibition Puffin Foundation Grant College Art Association Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowship Albert P. Weisman Memorial Fellowship, Columbia College Chicago

Public Art Commissions

City of Chicago Arts In Transit Public Art Commission (permanent installation, Armitage Brown Line Station), Chicago, IL [2006 – 2008]
Chicago Area Billboard Project (public exhibition of 60 billboards throughout metro area), Chicago, IL [2003]

Publications

2011

Magenta Foundation Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers 2010
Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels, Fifth Edition, Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier's Focal Press

2009

Exit Magazine, Madrid, Spain

2008

Neon Magazine, Hamburg, Germany [November Issue]
Hijacked Foto Book, by Mark McPherson, T&G Publishing, Sydney Australia

2007

A FIeld Guide to the North American Family, by Garth Risk Hallberg, Mark Batty Publisher
Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Edited by Robert Hirsch, Elsevier's Focal Press
Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
Intersection Magazine, London, UK

2006

Musicians at Work Forum, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
Dazibou Centre de Photographies Actuelles
Silver Eye Member's Gallery On-Line, Juried by Leslie A. Martin,

2005

Bridge Magazine, Issue 14

2004

Triangulate Magazine
Ten by Ten Magazine
Work Magazine
Buffalo Magazine Studies, self-published anthology of 5 artists books, Edition of 500

Collections

Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany
Chattanooga African-American Museum, Chattanooga, TN
Columbia College Chicago Special Collections, Chicago, IL
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, Chicago, IL
LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Rhode Island School of Design Library, Providence, RI UCLA Arts Library Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
University of Alberta Special Collections, Alberta, Canada
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Yale University Special Collections Library, New Haven, CT

Bibliography/Articles/Reviews

WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, Hello Beautiful, June 20, 2008
New City, To El and Back, by Andy Seifert, June 17, 2008
Bruiser Review, Interview With Jonathan Gitelson, by Simon Smith, January 2008
Camera Austria, Forum, by Karen Irvine, March 2007
Intersection Magazine, Stuck On You, by Avis Cardella, Winter 2007
New City, Breakout Artists 2006, by Michael Workman, April 27, 2006
Chicago Reader, Keepin' It Random, by Fred Camper, April 14, 2006
UR Chicago, Photographs, The Car Project, by Suzanne Wu, April 13, 2006
Chicago Tribune, Artist Turns Pet Peeve into Clever Act of Defiance, by Alan G. Artner, March 31, 2006
New City, Eye Exam, by Michael Workman, March 21, 2006
New City Tip of the Week, by Michael Weinstein, March 21, 2006
Gapers Block, Fight Flyers with Fire, by Andrew Huff, August 29, 2005
The Chicago Reader, The Litter Sweater, by Susannah J. Felts, August 26, 2005
Ten By Ten Magazine, Survey Art, by Jason Lazarus, January, 2005
Chicago Sun-Times, Gallery Glance, by Margaret Hawkins, Oct 1, 2004
Art Letter, by Paul Klein, Sept 18, 2004
New City, Tip of the Week, by Michael Weinstein, Sept 16, 2004
Panel House, Two Comparative Reviews & Some Talk of Conceptualism, by Eric Wenzel, 2004
Umbrella Magazine, August, 2004
Evanston Review, The Vicinity of Creativity, by Robert Loerzel, June 10, 2004
New Haven Register, Enigmatic Imagery, June 10, 2004
Chicago Social, The Buzz: Art, by Virginia Gerst, June 2004
College Art Association News, September 2003
Chicago Reader, Art People: Billboards Against Buying, May 9, 2003, Section 1, p.34