Award
Deana Lawson
2020 Hugo Boss Prize
Deana Lawson has been awarded the 2020 Hugo Boss Prize. She is the first photographer to receive the biennial accolade, which was established in 1996 to recognize significant achievement in contemporary art. Regardless of age, gender, nationality, or medium, the prize honors the work of remarkable artists whose practices are among the most innovative and influential of our time. Lawson, who was selected from a short list of six finalists, will have her work presented in a solo exhibition at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in spring 2021.
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Deana Lawson, Barrington and Father, 2021 © Deana Lawson
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Deana Lawson
Gagosian is pleased to announce the representation of Deana Lawson in New York, Europe, and Asia. To inaugurate the relationship, the gallery will exhibit her photographs in a joint presentation with Sally Mann at Paris Photo, from November 11 to 13, 2022. A major survey of Lawson’s work is on view at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, through February 19, 2023.
A leading photo-based artist of her generation, Lawson is renowned for images that explore how communities and individuals hold space within shifting terrains of social, capital, and ecological orders. Lawson projects her own contemporary Black experience onto an expanded view of human history and cosmologies. Her gaze is both local and global, focusing on Brooklyn, the Americas, and countries connected to the African diaspora.
Photo: © Deana Lawson
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Deana Lawson
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2022
Deana Lawson was named the 2022 winner of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize at a special ceremony at the Photographers’ Gallery in London on May 12, 2022. The prize is awarded annually to a living artist of any nationality who has made the most significant contribution, either through an exhibition or publication, to the medium of photography in Europe. Lawson received the nomination for her 2020 exhibition Centropy at Kunsthalle Basel.
Installation view, Deana Lawson: Centropy, Kunsthalle Basel, June 9–October 11, 2020. Artwork © Deana Lawson. Photo: Philipp Hanger, courtesy Kunsthalle Basel
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Deana Lawson
2018 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship
Deana Lawson is a recipient of the 2018 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship in Art. Since 2017, the Gordon Parks Foundation has awarded two annual fellowships to artists working in a variety of fields and mediums. These fellowships support the development of new or ongoing projects that explore themes of representation and social justice. In 1942, Gordon Parks received the Julius Rosenwald Fellowship to support his career as a photographer—an opportunity that helped to set the course for his sixty-year career. Today, the Gordon Parks Foundation is dedicated to providing the same vital support to the generations of artists who follow in his footsteps.
Photo: © Deana Lawson
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