Jill Greenberg
Since the age of 10, Jill Greenberg has staged photographs and created characters using the mediums of drawing, painting, sculpture, film and photography. She is known worldwide for her uniquely human animal portraits, which intentionally anthropomorphize her subjects, as well as her infamous series, "End Times" which struck a nerve in its exploration of religious, political, and environmental themes exploiting the raw emotion of toddlers in distress. Her newest work marks a return to the postmodern feminist theory that inspired her senior thesis, "The Female Object" as an art student at RISD in the 80's: "The disciplinary project of femininity" and the predetermined failure of all women who attempt to "succeed" at it. As a working photographer she travails to straddle the line between assignment work and her own personal work. On one notable occasion, a conflict arose when she was assigned to photograph the Republican candidate for presidency in the summer 2008, at the height of his popularity; after delivering the assignment exactly as requested, she chose to speak out in the form of agit-prop outtakes on her own website, which she was legally allowed and morally compelled to do. The violent backlash from her political art has informed this return to the question of what is tolerated by women in our culture.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition: Glass Ceiling, April 28 – June 2, 2012
Selected Press
December 2012: Cover of American Photo Magazine, 2012 Images Of The Year Issue
September 28, 2012: Cover feature and Interview, Blink, Issue #17
May 18, 2012: Contact Photography Exhibition Feature, National Post
Spring 2011: Creative Brief: Jill Greenberg, Shanna Green for Brief Magazine
June 23, 2011: Jill Greenberg, www.kathleenclarkexposed.com
June 17, 2011: Jill Greenberg's "Glass Ceiling", Whitewall Magazine
March 16, 2010: Interview with Photographer Jill Greenberg, Daniel Boud for www.boudist.com
*NOTE* Many works are available in multiple sizes. Please inquire for further information.
