Joseph Shields

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 and the Permanent Collections of cultural centers throughout the region including the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia, the Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama, the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama, the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana and the Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.

Shields has also gained recognition internationally, with his photographs honored 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.

Shields holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Prior to beginning his career as a fine art photographer, he was an Instructor on a Teaching Fellowship at Syracuse University in New York and later worked as an Instructor at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia.

SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY

Art Olympia 2017 International Open Art Juried Exhibition, Living Treasure Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 2017

Hilton Head Biennale National Juried Exhibition 2017, Walter Greer Gallery, Hilton Head, SC, May 2017

Valdosta National 2016, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, January 2016

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 2011, Juried Exhibit, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, November 2011

World Photography Gala Awards, Madrid, Spain, July 2011 (First Place, Fine Art Photography)

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
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