Tanyth Berkeley (born 1969) is an artist and photographer based in Brooklyn, NY.
Berkeley was born in Hollywood, CA. She is best known for her portraits. [1] Her subjects have included transgender women, [2] buskers, [3] people with albinism, and people she met on the subway in New York City. [4] Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's "New Photography" exhibition in 2007 as well as at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art and two solo exhibitions at Bellwether Gallery, New York.
Berkeley received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in 2004.
2009
Grace, Danziger Project, New York
2007
New Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Muse, The Fugitive & The Frequency, Bellwether, New York
L’Autre, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia
2005
Beyond the Portrait, Piazza Oberdan, Milan
Greater New York, MOMA/PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
White Out, Denver Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
2004
Flicker, Socrates Sculpture Garden, Long Island City
2002
A Special Place, Arena Gallery, Brooklyn
2001
Young Guns II, Art Director's Club, New York
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