Paul Shambroom
author · photographer
Paul Shambroom is an American photographer and artist who explores themes of power, culture, and history in the United States. He graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1978 and has since documented a wide range of subjects, including industrial environments, nuclear weapons, and small-town council meetings. His work often utilizes large-format panoramic photography to create staged tableaux that resemble epic history paintings. Shambroom's photographs are held in the permanent collections of major institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. He is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota.[1,2]
Themes
- American power
- nuclear weapons
- local government
- industrial environments
Books
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Meetingsauthor · photographer
Works by Paul Shambroom
- Meetings 2004 · Chris Boot, Ltd. · book · English ISBN 0954281381 Includes photographs and text of town council meetings across the United States.
- Face to Face with the Bomb: Nuclear Reality After the Cold War 2003 · Johns Hopkins University Press · book
- Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power 2008 · Weisman Art Museum · book First volume to bring together selections from all five of his most important series.
- Past Time: Troubled Visions of the Good Old Days 2020 · Fall Line Press · book
Exhibitions
- 2015 Paul Shambroom: Lost Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul solo
- 2014 Paul Shambroom: Strategic Petroleum Reserve Perleman Gallery, Carleton College, Northfields, MN solo
- 2013 Meetings Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY solo
- 2012 Paul Shambroom: Power and Place Heuser Art Gallery, Bradley University, Peoria, IL solo
- 2008 Picturing Power: the Photographs of Paul Shambroom Weisman Art Museum- Univ. of Minnesota; Columbus Museum of Art, OH; Atlanta Contemporary Art Center; University Art Museum- California State University, Long Beach, CA group
Awards
- 2003 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship Guggenheim Foundation
- 2001 Creative Capital Foundation Grant Creative Capital Foundation
- 2010 Bush Foundation Enduring Vision Award Bush Foundation