Michelle Sank CV

Representation

ClampArt, Artists’ List,
New York www.clampart.com
Tel: + 1 646.230.0020

Elliott Gallery, Amsterdam
info@elliott.gallery
+31 (0)6 85724797

Collections

Allan Servais, Brussells
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Open Eye Gallery Archive, Liverpool, UK
Woodstock Centre for Photography, Woodstock, New York
Thomas Kellner, Germany
Societe Jersiase, Jersey, Channel Islands
Guernsey Museum, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK
Museum of Youth Culture, UK

Awards/Achievements

2002       
Arts Council England Visual Arts Award
European Award for Women Photographers : Shortlisted

2004       
Arts Council England Visual Arts Award
European Award for Women Photographers : Shortlisted

2006       
Arts Council England Visual Arts Award
European Award for Women Photographers : Shortlisted 2007    
Winner, Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery,UK

2008       
Discoveries, Fotofest, USA

2009       
IPA New York, Shortlisted
Honorable Mention, Lucie Awards
Honorable Mention, Lens Culture Photo Competition

2010       
Nominee: Black & White Spider Awards
Arts Council England Visual Arts Award
Single Image Winner, International Photographic Award, British Journal of Photography

2012       
Honorable Mention, Unicef
Prize Winner Single Image, Lens Culture International Exposure Awards

2013
Gold Award, San Francisco International Photographic Exhibition

2015       
Arts Council England Visual Arts award

2016       
Winner, Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards

2018    
Honorable Mention, IPA Awards

2020    
Winner, Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography 
Honorable Mention, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women  Photographers
Honorable Mention, IPA Awards
Prize Winner, PhotoReview Competition

2021
Winner, Portrait of Humanity, British Journal of Photography

2022
Honorable Mention, IPA Photo Awards
Winner, Centre for Photographic Arts photographic competition, Carmel, USA

2023
Finalist,Taylor Wessing Prize 
Winner, Head on Photo Festival, Australia
Winner, Re Focus Awards
Honorable Mention, IPA Photo Awards
Winner, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women

2024
Winner Portraiture Open Category, Sony World Photography Awards

Residencies/Commissions

2004        
Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Wales

2005       
Belfast Exposed Gallery, Northern Ireland

2006        
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK

2007        
Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Mannheim Photography Festival, Germany

2008       
Wolverhampton City Art Gallery, UK

2009       
Rakyo Photo Centre, San Francisco
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales

2010       
The Photographers Gallery, London

2013
Archisle, Jersey, Channel Islands

2014        
Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, Channel Islands

2015        
Rugby World Cup, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK

2016/17
Multistory, UK

2018/19
Sixteen Project, UK
209 Women, UK

2020     
Wellcome Foundation, Grief Project and “Breathe” Covid Project  

2023
School of Life, Alain de Botton 

Commercial Commissions

The Guardian, The Observer, The Telegraph, Columbia Law Magazine, Lurve fashion magazine, Dust Magazine, New York Times : T- Magazine

Education

Tutor, MA Photography Online, Falmouth University

Publications

2001         
Katalog Photographic and Video Magazine, Denmark - Autumn/Winter Issue
The British Journal of Photography - November Issue

2002         
The Big Issue, London - May Issue
Frankfurter Rundschau, Frankfurt, Germany - August Issue

2003         
The British Journal of Photography - April Issue
The Artist's Newsletter Magazine, England - May Issue
FotoMagazin, Munich, Germany - May Issue
PhotoReview U.S.A - September Issue
50 Easy Magazine, Barcelona, Spain - September Issue
Next Level UK - October Issue

2004         
Hot Shoe Magazine, England
Devon Today
AK47 Online

2005         
British Journal of Photography
PhotoReview U.S.A
TES, UK
Source Magazine

2006         
Gomma Magazine, UK
Fotofile, New York
Photonews, Germany
PhotoServe, PDN Online, New York
GREAT, The Photographers Gallery, London
Modernica, Berlin, Germany
Next Level UK - October Issue

2007         
British Journal of Photography
Camera Austria
Portfolio Magazine
European Photography

2008         
Portfolio Magazine
Photo Review, U.S.A
Arts Council England Magazine

2009         
The Guardian
Incorporating Writing
Esquire - Russia
Portfolio Magazine

2010         
Sante Fe "Family" catalogue
Photo Center NW, Members Annual Publication
Juliet Cameron Photographic Award Publication

2011         
The Guardian Magazine

2012         
Hungry Eye Magazine
Landscape Stories
Masters of Photography

2013         
Huffington Post
Guardian Online
Hunger TV

2015       
Wall Street International Magazine

2016       
PhotoVoice

2017       
Dodho Magazine
Photomonitor

2018       
My.Self, British Journal of Photography
Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography

2019       
My Best Shot, The Guardian
Fotoroom online
Uncertain States 

2020       
FotoNostrum Catalogue 
Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography

2021       
Talking Pictures, Alasdair Foster
Dodho, Magazine
Nicotine Magazine, New York
ED.EM.03 Henry Mullins/Michelle Sank - On the Social Matrix, Jersey, Channel Islands

2022
It’s Nice That

Books

2006      
Becoming : Monograph

2007      
The Water’s Edge : Monograph

2011      
The Submerged (Schilt Publishing) : Monograph

2012      
Identities Now: Contemporary Portrait Photography
Adolescence, Landscape Stories

2014   
‘Suture’, Gomma

2016   
Oltre L’Immagine

2018      
North, Fashion and Identity
My.Self (Multistory)

2019      
209 Women

2020      
Portrait of Britain, British Journal of Photography

2021
Portrait of Humanity, British Journal of Photography

2024
School of Life, Alain de Botton  
Burnt House Lane, Dewi Lewis Publishing

Solo Exhibitions

2001       
Image Gallery, Bedford, UK

2002       
Phoenix Gallery, Exeter, Devon, UK

2003       
The Guildhall, Gloucester, UK
Lauderdale House, London, UK
Trace gallery, Dorset, UK

2004       
Kakenhallen Gallery, Mariehamn, Finland
Photogallery Peri, Turku, Helsinki
Houston Centre of Photography, Houston, Texas      

2005       
Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Azcapotzalko Centro Museum, Mexico

 2006       
SSRobin Gallery, London
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City

2007       
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Reality Crossings, Mannheim, Germany

2008       
Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh, Ireland
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
O-Born Contemporary, Toronto

2009       
Offenes House, Darmstad
Light House, Wolverhampton, UK
Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK
Rayko Photo Centre, San Francisco

2011    
HotShoe Gallery, London

2013       
Liberty Wharf, Jersey, Channel Islands

2014       
Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, Channel Islands

2015       
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK

2016       
Elliot Halls Gallery, Amsterdam

2019    
The Exchange Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, UK

2021    
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, UK

2022  
Head on Photo Festival, Australia

2023  
Tulipe Mobile, Regnéville-sur-Mer, France
Koop Projects, Brighton

Group Exhibitions

2001       
National Portrait Gallery, London. John Kobal Portrait
The Workstation, Sheffield, England. '5'
The Site Gallery, Sheffield, England. Immediate 2

2002       
National Portrait Gallery, London, John Kobal Portrait Competition
The Castle Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. Month of Photography             
Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, London. Art, Age + Gender.
Gloucester City Galleries. Eyepoppers
Lauderdale House, Highgate London Winner Annual Photographic exhibition
Bury Museum & Art Gallery, Bury, Manchester, UK. A Wealth in Common  
Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, UK. Blood Will Out
The Stilwerk, Berlin, Germany. Fotobild Berlin,
L.A. Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany. 'Two of Us'

2003       
Photoespana, Madrid, Spain 
Northwest Centre for Photography, Seattle, U.S.A 
Center for Contemporary Art, USA 
The Gables Gallery, Norwich, UK. Michelle Sank & Gina Glover
Usher Gallery, Lincoln, UK. Art, Age & Gender

2004       
Benham Gallery, Seattle, U.S.A
Hirschl Gallery, London. Trace Edition
The Corn Exchange, Newbury, UK. Art, Age & Gender
Tom Blau Gallery, London
Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, UK
Monks Withycombe Gallery, Devon,UK
Volkswagen Fotogallery, Fringe Club, Hong Kong
Lee-Ka Sing Gallery, Toronto
Northwest Centre for Photography, Seattle, U.S.A
On the Wall, London
Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia

2005       
Huis Marseilles, Amsterdam, Made in Britain: Contemporary British   Photographers
Centre of Photography, Woodstock, New York
Gallery 401, Philadelphia University of the Arts, U.S.A

2006       
ART-Galerie, Siegen, Germany
Hobart City Carnegie Gallery, Hobart, Australia
Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell, Australia

2007       
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Brussells
Ronmandos Gallery, Amsterdam
FIAC, Paris
Paris Photo, Paris

2008       
National Portrait Gallery, London
Ffotogallery, Turner House Penarth, Wales
Discoveries Show, Fotofest, Houston, U.S.A
Photo Review, Philadelphia University of the Arts, U.S.A

2009       
Museum of Photography, Bradford, UK
Cultural Centre Marchin, Belgium
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
Salon 09, London
PhotoPlace Gallery, USA
Piclet online
Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City

2010       
Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Denmark
Altonaer Museum fuer Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Hamburg
Fotofest Auction, USA
Schneider Gallery, Chicago
International Gala Awards, USA
Photo Centre NW, Seattle
AOP Gallery, London
Worldwide Photography Gala Awards

2011       
Aberystywth Arts Centre,Wales
Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK – Nothing in the world but Youth

2012       
Rhubarb-Rhubarb, Diemar Noble Gallery, London
Lenscratch Online
United Photo Industries HQ, New York
International Photo Festival, Liege, Brussell
World in London, Olympic Portaits, Photographers Gallery, London           
Elliot Halls Gallery, Unseen Photographic Fair, Amsterdam

2013       
Ronmandos Gallery in collaboration with Elliot Halls Gallery, Amsterdam

2014       
‘A Fine Beginning, Cardiff’, Wales
NIU Art Gallery, Illinois, USA

2015       
‘Dear Sylvia’, Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney, Australia

2016/17
Dolhuys, Haarlem, Netherlands

2017/18
North, Fashioning Identity, Somerset House, London

2019         
Women on the Waterfront, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
North, Fashioning Identity, The Civic, Barnsley
‘Sixteen’, Format Festival, Derby, Home, Manchester, Salford University,         
Grain, Birmingham, UK

2020         
‘Sixteen’, Photofusion, RK Burt Gallery, London City Bridge, UK
FotoNostrum, Barcelona

2021         
‘PhotoReview’, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, USA
Facing Britain’, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany
Generations: Portraits of Holocaust Survivors, Imperial War Museum, London
PhotoReview, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, USA 
'Facing Britain', Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany

2022  
Centre for Photographic Arts, Carmel, USA

2023  
Koop Projects, Photo London
Kalk Bay Modern, Cape Town
RPS International Portrait Awards, Bristol

2023/24
Taylor Wessing Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London

2024
'UK Women, British Photography between Social Criticism and Identity', Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, Germany