Alex Harsley

	Born Rock Hill, South Carolina Lives and works in New York City
Education
	Private studies with Lloyd Varden (scientific advisor to photographic industry)
Solo Exhibitions
	2017	Alex Harsley: An Overview, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2014	A Visual History of the Lower East Side/ East Village, June Kelly Gallery, New York Alex Harsley: The Comeback of Mohammed Ali, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	2012	50 Years of Fine Art Images, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2005	Dualities, 4th Street Photo Gallery, New York
	2004	44 Years of New York, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2002	Patchworks, essay by Dawoud Bey, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1997	Chiaroscuro, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1973-97	4th Street Photo Gallery, New York
	1978	Black History Museum, Hempstead, NY
	1974	Parallels of Inspiration, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
	1971	Optional Art One; Optional Art Two; Man, Matter & Art, Image Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
	2007	Celebration: Nine Artists Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts, Winston-Salem, NC; brochure
	2004	A Universe of Art, organized by Corporate Art Directions, Credit Suisse First Boston, NY
	1976	Rhythms of Vision, Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York
	1973	Communications ’73,Union Carbide Gallery, New York Communications ’73, Long Island University, New York
	1972	Symbols in the Mind - A Closer Look, Long Island University, New York
Selected Periodicals & Reviews
	2013	Safran, Yehuda E., “Philip Johnson in MoMA’s Garden,” Potlach: A Journal of the Potlach Lab at Columbia University GSAPP, Issue #3, Spring, pp. 81-83, one photograph
	2012	Kley, Elisabeth, reviews: new york, “Alex Harsley, June Kelly,” ARTnews, September, pp.110-111 Cotter, Holland, “Alex Harsley,” Art in Review, The New York Times, June 15, p. C25 Boyd, Herb, “Alex Harsley’s Photos at June Kelly’s Gallery, The Network Journal, Friday, June 15
	2004	Bey, Dawoud, “Into the Light,” review, art on paper, May/June Aletti, Vince, review, Village Voice, February 4-10
	2002	Tabron, Christopher, "Tiny 'Patchworks' of Art," SoHo Weekly News, April
	1997	Schjeldahl, Peter, "Whitney Biennial," video collaboration with installation artist David Hammons, Village Voice
	1985	Braff, Phyllis, "Pictures Worth a thousand Words," The New York Times, Sunday, April
	1975	Henni, P., "SWN Discoveries," Soho Weekly News
	1971	Coleman, A. D., "Latent Image," Village Voice Coleman, A. D., "Shows We've Seen," Popular Photography
Public Collection
		Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC
Public Commissions
	2000	Health and Hospital Corporation, Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Professional Experience
	2004	Artist-in-Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, New York
	1975-2003	Collaborative work with Dawoud Bey and David Hammons
	1991-1999	Freelance: Schomburg Library for Research in Black Culture
	1991-1992	Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration and Harlem Textiles Works
	1971	Photojournalist, Relevant Magazine, photographing Muhammad Ali at training camp, Deer Lake, PA
	1970-1971	Arverne Photographic Project
	1967-1970	Supervisor, Color Lab (Types C&R)
	1964-1967	Freelance for variety of black publications
	1961-1963	Photographer, U.S. Army
	1959	Photographer, New York County, District Attorney's Office
Film/Video
	1994-2001	Collaboration with choreographer Rod Rogers
	2000	Collaboration with poet John Farris at Tribes Gallery
	1996-2000	Feature video, “The Life and Work of Vincent Smith”
	1999	“Circles,” video collaboration with Candida Alvarez “Passages,” feature piece for The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
	1989-1999	Produced video for Harlem Textiles Works with the late director Kerris Wolsky
	1998	Produced DVD for David Hammons
	1995	“Kick the Bucket,” video collaboration with installation artist David Hammons “The Plastic Man,” video collaboration with installation artist David Hammons
Contributor to the following publications:
	1976	UNICEF Calendar, UNICEF, New York
	1975	Looking Ahead, Harcourt Brace Jovanovic, Inc., New York
	1974	Creative Photography, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY
Achievements
	1973-present	Opened the 4th Street Photo Gallery, as owner and director
	1971	Founded Minority Photographers, Inc, where he organized work and exhibitions of emerging photographers and acted as consultant Published, “Person, Camera & The Image” newsletter (2,000 readership) to which he was a regular contributor with a piece called “To What Purpose a Leaf” Organized special collection of photos taken in China, 1927-31by G.W. Meacham, U.S. merchant sailor
Biography
	2000	Dictionary of International Biography, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England The Complete Book of Photographers, Macmillan
	1988	Willis-Thomas, Debra, An Illustrated Bio-Bibliography of Black Photographers, 1940-1988, Vol. 2, Garland Publishing Company, New York, 1988
Miscellaneous
	1971	Coached and collaborated with cyclist Patrick Gulanau who won national and international races both on track and road. In 2003, Gulanau won the Masters National Track championship
	1960	Trained and collaborated with cyclist Herbert Francis, Olympics in Italy
	1959	Photographed the six-day indoor bicycle races at Madison Square Garden, New York