Harvey Wang

Harvey Wang has published six books of photography including "Harvey Wang’s New York" (1990), "From Darkroom to Daylight" (2015) and with co-author David Isay, "Flophouse: Life on the Bowery" (2000) and "Holding On: Dreamers, Visionaries, Eccentrics and Other American Heroes" (1995). He has exhibited widely at museums, including the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the New-York Historical Society, and the Museum of the City of New York. In addition to his portrait photography, he has exhibited work from his life in New York City, particularly in the East Village in the 1970s and 1980s. Harvey Wang’s New York was named one of the “Ten Best Books about New York City” by The Guardian newspaper.

Studied visual arts with John Cohen at SUNY Purchase. Graduated in 1977. Was named "Distinguished Alumni" in 2006.

Lower East Side Tenement Museum, "Out Harvey Wang’s Window," 11/11-2/12

The New-York Historical Society, "Flophouse: Life on the Bowery," 7/01-11/01

National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., "Still Working After All These Years." Solo, 8/95

New York City Transit Museum, NYC. "Token Trips: New York Destinations." 1/93-6/93

Museum of the City of New York, NYC. "Harvey Wang’s New York." 1/92-3/92

New York Public Library, NYC. "Where Have You Gone, Vince DiMaggio?" 4/83

Catherine Gallery at the Basement Workshop, Chinatown, NYC. "Most of the Girls Like to Dance, But Only Some of the Boys Like To," 3/82-4/82

Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY. "At the Crossroads," 1/77


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Green Kill Gallery, Kingston, NY, Fatherhood, 9/19

Howl Gallery, NYC, "A McPhoto Family: Photography from the Village Voice," 10/18

Museum of Modern Art, NYC, "Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in The East Village, 1978-1983," 10/17-4/18

New York Public Library, "Lunch Hour," 6/12-1/13

Brooklyn Museum, "Keith Haring: 1978–1982," 3/12–7/12

Center for Jewish History, "New York Places/Jewish Space...