Dustin Aksland (b.1981, Modesto, CA) is a photographer living and working in New York City. His work has been exhibited in Brussels, Copenhagen, New York, Washington D.C, Chicago and San Francisco. His photographs have been included in numerous books and publications. In 2008 he was nominated for the prestigious SFMOMA SECA Award.
EDUCATION
Academy of Art University, SF. B.F.A Photography 2006
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Sounds of the Soil, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2011
Under the Western Freeway, Meat Market Gallery, Washington D.C 2008
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Fourteen, Free Gold Watch Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010
States of Mind, Copenhagen, Denmark 2008
States of Mind, Brussels, Belgium 2008
Meet Waradise : Fjord, Meet Waradise, New York, NY 2008
2008 Benefit Auction, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2008 SCOPE Hamptons, East Hampton, NY 2008
Crooked Smiles, Steady Voices and a Trunk Full of Cash, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2008
Never Heard Of Yah, Deeda, Sacramento, CA 2008
2007 Benefit Auction, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA 2007
12th Annual Faculty and Alumni Auction, 79 Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007
SOS, Oxen Rose, San Francisco, CA 2007
Improvisation 07, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007
Photo San Francisco, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 2006
Exhibit 5, One Six Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006
The Warehouse, San Francisco, CA 2005
Help Now, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA 2005
Social Club, San Francisco, CA 2004
PUBLICATIONS
All Gone 2011, La MJC, Paris 2011
All Gone 2010, La MJC, Paris 2010
Tell Mum Everything Is Ok, FP & CF, Paris 2010
States of Mind : Young American Photography, TH Inside, Milan 2009
Taxis Pleins, Taxis Vides, JSBJ, Paris 2009
The Collector’s Guide To Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, New York 2009
Under The Western Freeway, San Francisco, Self-Published 2008
Backyard Shakedown, Upper Playground, San Francisco 2007
REVIEWS
Terranova, Amber, “Itinerant Musicians”, PDN Online, August 2011
Pullen, Crary, “Sounds of the Soil” Time Light Box, August 2011
McManus, Austin, “Sounds of the Soil” Juxtapoz, July 2011
Kim, So Eun, “Four Days In Dubai” Vogue (Korea) April 2010
Eckstein, Dan, “Forecast for Today” Guernica, Online December 2009
Richmond, Amrit, “Four Days in Dubai” Good, Online November 2009
Bisson, Steve, “Forcast for Today” Urban Nautica, Online July 2009
Jordan, Jennifer, “Backyard Shakedown” Camerawork, Vol.36 No.1 2009
Dawson, Jessica, “Color- Washed Imagery” The Washington Post, April 25, 2008
HONORS / AWARDS
SFMOMA SECA Award (Nominee) 2008
King of the Road, Tokion Magazine 2007
PDN Photo Annual 2006
PDN World In Focus Competition, First Place, Young Explorer’s category 2006
ARTIST LECTURES
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Jan. 2007
CLIENT LIST
Azure, Details, Dwell, Esquire, Fast Company, Financial Times Magazine, Good, HP, Innovative Leisure Records, May Fourteenth Optics, Monocle, More, Nya Rum, Out, SID, Swindle, Travel + Leisure, Vogue (Korea), VSA Partners, Wall Street Journal, Warner Brothers Records, Wired