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Verene is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Chris Verene Christopher Phillip Verene (born 29 October 1969) is an American fine arts and documentary photographer, performance artist, and musician. He is a professor of photography at the College of Staten Island, CUNY. Verene was awarded a Guggenhei ... (born 1969), American photographer, performance artist, and musician * Donald Phillip Verene (born 1937), American philosopher and writer {{Surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chris Verene
Christopher Phillip Verene (born 29 October 1969) is an American fine arts and documentary photographer, performance artist, and musician. He is a professor of photography at the College of Staten Island, CUNY. Verene was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2021. Biography Verene was born in DeKalb, Illinois, and is the son of philosopher Donald Verene. He spent his teens and twenties in Atlanta, Georgia and studied art and photography at Georgia State University after completing his undergraduate degree at Emory University. Verene moved to Brooklyn in 1999. In 2000, he was included in the Whitney Biennial with his 1998 series ''Camera Club'' and the performance installation piece ''The Self-Esteem Salon''. That same year, his monograph about his father's hometown of Galesburg, Illinois, and about his mother's family in Georgia and Florida, ''Chris Verene'', was published by Twin Palms Press. ''The New York Times'' reviewed his self-titled book in 2000: "Chris Verene is this ye ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |