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Since beginning his career in the early 1980’s, Joseph Shields

has established a reputation as one of the most noteworthy fine

art photographers currently working in the American South.

His images have been selected for important exhibits at cultural

centers throughout the region including the Telfair Museum of

Art in Savannah, Georgia, the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile,

Alabama and the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria,

Louisiana. His work is in the Permanent Collections of the

Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama and the Lamar

Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.

Shields has also gained recognition internationally, with his

photographs honored in two World Gala Photography

Exhibitions in Madrid, Spain and included in Experimentelle 16, a prestigious fine art

invitational held in Markdorf and Marburg, Germany.

Shields is represented by Getty Images of Seattle, Washington and Arcangel Images of

Malaga, Spain.

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SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY

Camera USA 2015: National Photography Exhibition, The von Leibig Art Center, Naples,

FL, July 2015

LaGrange National Biennial XXVIII, The Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College,

LaGrange, GA, February 2014 (Purchase Award)

Open Art, Juried Exhibit, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, Georgia, November 2011

World Photography Gala Awards Exhibition, Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain, April 2011

(First Place, Fine Art)

Experimentelle 2010 Invitational, City Gallery, Markdorf, Germany, July 2010 and Art Hall,

Marburg, Germany, December 2010

World Photography Gala Awards Exhibition, Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain, June

2010, (Honorable Mention)

Foray, The Garden Gallery at King’s Bridge, Atlanta, GA, November 2008 (solo exhibit)

21st Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts on the River, Bergen Hall Gallery,

Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, May 2000

4th Annual Juried Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, November 1998

16th Annual September Juried Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA,

August 1998

New Places, Group Exhibit by the Members of Gallery 209, Jewish Educational Alliance

Gallery, Savannah, GA, January 1998

Southern Exposure, Works by Nine Regional Artists, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah,

GA, November 1997

Coastal Georgia Art & Photography Exhibition, University of Georgia Marine Extension

Service Gallery, Skidaway Island, GA, November 1997 (Best of Show)

Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Armstrong State

College, Savannah, GA, October 1997 (First Place)

Decatur Arts Alliance 9th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, May 1997

Recent Works, Members Show, Light Waves Gallery, Savannah, GA, April 1997

Hilton Head Art League 7th Annual Juried Regional Exhibition, Walter Greer Gallery,

Hilton Head Island, SC, March 1997 (First Place – Photography)

Coastal Georgia Art & Photography Exhibition, University of Georgia Marine Extension

Service Gallery, Skidaway Island, GA, November 1996 (Best of Show)

2nd Annual Juried Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, October 1996

(Merit Award)

The Red Clay Survey, Fifth Biennial Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art,

Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, September 1996

15th Annual September Juried Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA,

September 1996

Georgia Arts ’96 Juried Exhibit, Jordan Hall Gallery, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA,

July 1996

17th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts on The River, Hamilton Hall Gallery,

Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, May 1996

Southeastern Triennial Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, April 1996

66th Annual Savannah Art Association Fall Show, November 1995 (Best of Show)

The November Show Juried Exhibit, Hastings Seed Building, Atlanta, GA, November

1995

1st Annual Juried Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, October 1995

Thomasville Cultural Center/Arts Guild 2nd Annual Juried Photography Exhibition,

Thomasville, GA, August 1995 (First Place)

Decatur Arts Alliance 7th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, May 1995

(Purchase Award)

16th Annual Juried Visual Fine Arts Competition, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, May

1995

The Hilton Head Art League 6th Juried Regional Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, SC,

March 1995

Tybee Tour of Homes, Dolphin Watch (home of Colonel & Mrs. LuAnn Harris), October

1994 (solo exhibit)

Sea Serpents & Other Sightings, Lighthouse Gallery, Tybee Island, GA, August 1994 (solo

exhibit)

1994 Maritime Festival Exhibit, The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service

Gallery, July 1994 (one of two artists invited to exhibit)

15th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, May 1994 (Best

of Show)

Hilton Head Art League 5th Juried Regional Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, SC, March

1994

Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, Savannah, GA, September 1993

(First Place)

A Unique Body of Work, Group Show, Artists in Residence, The Art Center at City Market

Gallery, Savannah, GA, August 1993

Decatur Arts Alliance 5th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, May 1993

Scenes from Tybrisa, Light Waves Gallery, Savannah, GA November 1992 (solo exhibit)

Photographer’s Forum 12th Annual Spring Photography Contest, June 1992 (Honorable

Mention)

13th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, May 1992

20th Juried Photography Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX, April 1992

(a Fotofest exhibit)

Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, Savannah, GA, September, 1991

(Chairman’s Choice Award)

COLLECTIONS

Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

City of Decatur, GA

City of Tybee Island, GA

Tybee Museum, Tybee Island, GA

PUBLICATIONS

Mono, a Fine Art Photography Monograph by 1x.com, December 2014

F-Stop magazine, issue #58, April 2013 and issue #62, December 2013

Fotoblur magazine, issue #14, Summer 2012

STOCK AGENCY REPRESENTATION

Getty Images, Seattle, WA

Arcangel Images, Malaga, Spain & New York, NY

 
 

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