Damion Berger (born London, 1978) is a conceptual photographer and new media artist living and working in New York City.
Starting his photographic career as an assistant to the famed fashion photographer Helmut Newton, Berger went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in 2001. Creating a unique body of work that operates between abstraction and conceptualism, Berger's work is conceptually driven and process based - making the viewer question the possibilities of photography and its relationship to time and movement. His work has been collected by institutions such as the Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA; The Max Mara Collection, New York, USA; and the Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, USA.
Berger's work has been exhibited internationally in multiple solo and group exhibitions. A list of some recent exhibitions include:
June 2016, SPF16: NYC Pools and Beaches in Contemporary Photograph, Arsenal Gallery, New York CityApril 2016, Fire & Water, Galleria Il Castello, Milan, ItalySeptember 2015, Vignettes, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, ArizonaMarch 2015, 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, ArizonaDecember 2014 - March 2015, Modern Alchemy: Experimentation in Photography, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, [New YorkJune 2014, Hello Midtown!, Lisa Sette Gallery, Phoenix, ArizonaDecember 2013, Lisa Sette Gallery at Art Miami 2013, Art Miami, Miami, FloridaJune 2013, Pools of Light, Oxenberg Fine Arts, Miami, FloridaMarch 2013, AIPAD Photography Fair - Solo Presentation, Lisa Sette Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New YorkMarch 2013, Fotofest 2012's Discoveries of the Meeting Place, University Art Museum, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, ColoradoJanuary 2013, Dark Blue The Water as Protagonist, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WisconsinDecember 2012, Art Miami, Lisa Sette Gallery, Miami, FloridaMarch 2012, 10 Discoveries - selected by John Rohrbach, Amon Carter Museum, Fotofest 2012, Houston, TexasFebruary 2010, New Visions, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, ColoradoOctober 2009, The Curve: Center's Award Recipients, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WashingtonJune 2009, Hot Fun in The Summertime, Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY2009, Damion Berger, Donald Baechler and Jan Van Naeltjwick, Art & Rapy Contemporary, Monaco, France2009, PX3, Prix de la Photographie Exhibition, Espace Dupon, Paris, FranceJanuary 2009, Flash Forward '08, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec, Canada2009, Flash Forward '08, Griffin Photography Museum, Boston, MassachusettsDecember 2008, Flash Forward '08, Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NYOctober 2008, Flash Forward '08, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada2007, H20, To b. Art Gallery, Saint Barthélemy, French West IndiesSelected publications include:
2014, Flash Forward Tenth - 10 Years of Flashforward, Magenta Foundation, Canada2012, Pools: Reflections - Kelly Klein, Hardcover, 240 pages, Rizzoli, New York2011, In The Deep End - Damion Berger, Hardcover, 38 Titrone Plates, Schilt, Amsterdam, NetherlandsSelected press includes:
In Huntington, an Exhibition of Pioneering Photography Through the Ages, New York Times, Jane L. Levere, February 13, 2015Introducing: Damion Berger “In The Deep End”, Aserica Magazine, Lu JiaYing, December 7, 2014Experiments in photography push the envelope and reference the classics at Heckscher, LI Pulse, Drew Moss, November 21, 2014Hello Midtown! Lisa Sette Debuts It's New Midtown Phoenix Location, Artsy, June 2014Art in review: AIPAD Photography Show, New York Times, Ken Johnson, April 4, 2013AIPAD Photography Show: Top Ten, Art in America, Tracy Zwick, April 5, 2013Contemporary Photographers Stand Out at NY’s AIPAD Fair, Blouin ARTINFO, Lori Fredrickson, April 5, 2013AIPAD 2013 at the Armory, AI-PI Design Arts Daily, Peggy Roalf, April 4, 2013Intriguing Art with Social Commentary at Art Miami, Artsy, December 2013Damion Berger, Jill Greenberg, Erwin Olaf, Stephen Wilkes…, FotoMAGAZIN ‘Portfolio Issue’, No.2, 2012Damion Berger: In The Deep End, LENSCRATCH, October 8, 2012Winners of the 5th Annual Spider Awards, The Photo PaperEsteemed image makers name their favourites, American Photo, Jack Crager, May 2010Backstory: Damion Berger goes below the surface, Popular Photography, Lori Fredrickson, February 2010Ventiquatro Magazine, Il Sole 24, September 4, 2009Bomblog: Damion Berger, Bomb Magazine, Alec Quig, July 27, 2009Q & A with Damion Berger, Photo District News, Amber Terranova, June 18, 2009In The Deep End, NPR The Picture Show, Claire O’Neill, June 11, 2009Interview with Photographer Damion Berger, Alec Quig, June 2009The Wail of the 1%, New York Magazine, April 27, 2009The Getaway Plan, New York Magazine, March 29, 2009Tomorrow’s People, British Journal of Photography, May 28, 2008Review: In The Deep End at the Eden Rock, St Barths, Mic Magazine, August 2007Special Art: L’Art coup de Coeur, Cote Magazine, June 2007Interview: ‘In The Deep End’ a la galerie Art & Rapy, Cote Magazine, May 2006Spotlight: Damion Berger, B&W Magazine, Issue 31, June 2004R.S.V.P: An Invitation into Damion Berger’s World, PDN Photo District News, Jacqueline TobinRien ne va plus, is Damion Berger a master in the making?, Hotshoe, Melissa De Witt
