Bush Foundation Fellowships

Paul Shambroom

2002 Bush Artist Fellowship
Minnesota
www.paulshambroomart.com

Career Field: Visual Arts
Secondary Field: Photography

Paul Shambroom is a photographer who explores American power and culture. For over 20 years, he has documented subjects ranging from industrial and office environments to the U.S. nuclear arsenal, small town council meetings, and post-9/11 Homeland Security preparations. His most recent project is Shrines: Public Weapons in America. Paul’s work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Walker Art Center and many others. His photographs were included in the 1997 Whitney Biennial, and he has had solo exhibitions at many institutions including the Walker Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and other galleries in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and London. His work has been published in three monographs: Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power (2008), which accompanied a traveling mid-career survey exhibition; Meetings (2004) and Face to Face with the Bomb: Nuclear Reality After the Cold War (2003). In addition to his Bush Artist Fellowships, Shambroom has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Creative Capital Foundation. He was born in Teaneck, NJ, and lives in Minneapolis.

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  Giving Strength article about Paul Shambroom's work