Stuart Klipper (born 1941 in

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) is an American photographer.

Biography

He lived in Stockholm, Sweden, but then moved to his current residence in

Minneapolis Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins ...

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in 1970. He lived in

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as well as the near to it Cobble Hill neighborhood (also in

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) soon after graduating from the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

in 1962, and before he moved to Minneapolis in 1970. Klipper has made six journeys to

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest cont ...

to take photographs. He has also worked in

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Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

, Svalbard,

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...

, and the area of Lapland irradiated by the Chernobyl disaster. Klipper became one of approximately 400 people to have stood at both the

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and the

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on July 15, 2009, when he visited the North Pole. Other major forays have taken Klipper across the deserts of

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and Sinai as well as the tropical rain forests of Costa Rica. Klipper's work has also taken him to Northern Australia,

Patagonia Patagonia () refers to a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile. The region comprises the southern section of the Andes Mountains with lakes, fjords, temperate rainforests, and g ...

Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of the Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of the main island, Isla ...

, Sri Lanka, and

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. He has logged thousands of miles traveling at sea while photographing on all of the Earth's oceans and seas. For over 30 years, Klipper traveled through the 50

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, capturing photographs that crystallize the defining characteristics of American regions. He also photographed major physics and astronomy research installations throughout the

and the

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ruins of the Southwest. Klipper has also photographed the cemeteries of

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and memorials of the Western Front. Klipper's photographs have been exhibited in and collected by major museums from both the

and overseas. These include New York City's

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

, the

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The Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park (Chicago), Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and list of largest art museums, largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visit ...

, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the

Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, to ...

, The

Jewish Museum A Jewish museum is a museum which focuses upon Jews and may refer seek to explore and share the Jewish experience in a given area. List of Jewish museums Notable Jewish museums include: *Albania ** Solomon Museum, Berat *Australia ** Jewish Mu ...

, The Israel Museum,

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, the Bonn Kunsthalle, and the

Moderna Museet Moderna Museet ("the Museum of Modern Art"), Stockholm, Sweden, is a state museum for modern and contemporary art located on the island of Skeppsholmen in central Stockholm, opened in 1958. In 2009, the museum opened a new branch in Malmö i ...

in Stockholm, Sweden. The Guggenheim Foundation, The Bush Foundation, the

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, and the Minnesota State Arts Board have all awarded Klipper multiple grants.

Notable exhibitions

Klipper has exhibited across the United States, as well as the Israel Museum,

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

;

, Stockholm, Sweden; Fotogalleriet,

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, Norway; United States embassy, Santiago, Chile;

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London, UK; Kunsthalle of the German Republic, Bonn, Germany and the

Canterbury Museum, Christchurch The Canterbury Museum is a museum located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, in the city's Cultural Precinct. The museum was established in 1867 with Julius von Haast – whose collection formed its core – as its first directo ...

, New Zealand

Grants, honors, and fellowships

* John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1979, 1989 *Bush Foundation (St. Paul), 1981, 1992 *National Endowment for the Arts, 1976, 1979 *National Endowment for the Humanities, 1981 *McKnight Foundation, St. Paul/Mpls. – three grants *The Minnesota State Arts Board – three grants *The Jerome Foundation, 2003 *The Bogliasco Foundation (N. Y. C. & Genoa, Italy), 2003 *The National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000 * Nominee, McKnight Distinguished Minnesota Artist Award, 2005, 2006, 2007 *Finalist, Bush Enduring Visions Award, 2008 *Nominee, MacArthur Fellowship, 2008 Klipper was recipient of the United States Navy Antarctic Service Medal, 1989

Notable commissions

*The State of Texas, Cray Research Corp., the State of Minnesota, First Banks Systems (Mpls.), the Valspar Corp. (Mpls.), the University of Minnesota.

Solo exhibitions

*Disparate Geographies, Schmidt Dean Gallery in Philadelphia, 1998. *Sixteen polar photographs, Arktis -Antarktis, the Kunsthalle des Deutschesrepublic, Bonn, Germany. 1998 *Cardinal Points, at the University of Iowa Museum of Art. (Photographs from polar regions: Antarctica and Greenland, the tropical rain forests, the desert regions of Israel and the Sinai, the agricultural Great Plains)-- an exhibition catalogue was published. 1998 *At Sea Near the Poles, at the Spencer Gallery, Wickford, R.I. 1999 *Antarctica 99/00, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC, 2000 *Selected Antarctic Work, Berler Gallery, Washington D.C., 2001 (Also shown in Denver and Christchurch, N.Z. *Selected American photographs, The Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Va., 2001 *Photographs from the Arctic and Antarctica, Smith-Dean Gallery, Phila., PA, 2001 *Wyoming, Univ. of Wyoming Museum Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 2001/02 *In the Australian Outback, Gallery 360, Minneapolis, 2002 *The United States, Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, NY, 2002 *Rock art, bush fire, termite mounds and other aspects of the outback of the Top End of Australia, Gallery 360, Mpls.,2002 *Portraits about Pakistan, 1987, Icebox Gallery, Mpls., 2002 *Antarctic 1: Views Along Antarctica's First Highway, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Los Angeles, 2002 *The Louisiana Purchase, Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis & Olson-Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, 2003 *Selected photographs, Medtronics Corp. corporate headquarters, Minneapolis, 2006 *Antarctica, Electrolift Artworks, Minneapolis, Minn. 2006 (+ other venues) *20 Years of photographing Louisiana, The Ogden Museum, New Orleans, 2008 *Antarctic Photographs, City Museum of Charleston, S.C., 2009 *Local Places – Remote Terrains, Olson Larsen Gallery, Des Moines, Iowa, 2009 *The Dead Sea Region, Israel, The Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, 2010

Group exhibitions

*Photography of New York City, Minneapolis Institute of Art. 1998 *Sea Change, The Center for Creative Photography, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. (An eponymous book was published in conjunction with the exhibition and is in national distribution), 1998/99 *American farms and farming, Candace Perish Gallery, Katonah, NY. (Traveled to Washington D. C.), 1998/99 *Views from the Edge of the World, Marlborough Gallery, NYC. 1999 *Claiming Title: Australian Aboriginal Artists and the Land, St, Olaf & Carleton Colleges, Northfield, Minn., 1999 *The Infinite and the Intimate; Waterscapes of Stuart Klipper and Frank Gohlke, Dorsky Gallery, N.Y.C. 1999 *An Eclectic Focus: Photographs from the Vernon Collection ( + catalogue), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1999 *Aqua, Gallerie Thierry Marlat, Paris, France 1999 *Restructuring the Prairie, Grinnell College, 1999 *The Mural as Muse, Deutsches Bank Gallery, NYC, 2000 *earth sky, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, 2000 *Western Panoramas, Huntington Museum, Sta. Barbara, CA, 2001 *I Love New York (W. T. C benefit), NYC, 2001 *Melodrama, inaugural show, ARTIUM, Vitoria, Spain, 2002 *Contemporary Desert Photography, Palm Springs Art Museum, 2005 *Antarctic Visions & Voices, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 2005 *Downriver: New Orleans before the flood, Minnesota Center for Photography, 2006 *Midwestern View: Contemporary Photography in Minnesota, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China, 2007 *Visions of Music, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, La., 2007 *Four Antarctic Photographers, Museum of Art, Univ. of Wyo., 2007 *Photographs from the Ends of the Earth, Milwaukee Art Museum, 2007 *Antarctica on Thin Ice, The United Nations, NYC, 2007 *Remembering Dakota, The North Dakota Museum of Art, 2008 *Animals –Them and Us, The North Dakota Museum of Art, 2009 *NSF Antarctic Artists, Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Md., 2009 *New Orleans photographs, Mill City Museum, Minneapolis, 2009 *The Minnesota Eye, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, 2009

External links

Official Website

Sources

*Van Riper, Frank

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