MFA University of Illinois at Chicago

b. 1989

Based in Memphis, Tennessee

*Commisson & Print Inquires: info@houstoncofield.com

Houston Cofield is an artist and photographer based in Memphis, Tennessee. His work explores mythology, fiction, and folklore that embody the American South. He does commissioned portraits for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine,GQ, Bloomberg Businessweek, Zeit magazin (published in Germany), The National, VICE, Garden & Gun, and Travel + Leisure, among others. His work has been featured in Rocket Science Magazine, Oxford American, Ain't Bad Magazine, Booooooom, Locate Arts, and the University of North Carolina's quarterly publication, Southern Cultures. He received his MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

EXHIBITIONS

Index of a Small Town, Tri-State Arts, Knoxville, Tennessee

Re-Pair, Tennessee Triennial, The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee

House Party, Binder Projects, Memphis, Tennessee

A Few Good Words for Anybody, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, Illinois

Strangely Familiar, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

Common Ground, Gammill Gallery, Oxford, Mississippi

Homeward Bound, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis Ten, Jack Robinson Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee

Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois

Preview IV, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, Illinois

Center Forward, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado

Beneath The Paving Stones, The Beach, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois

Annual Delta Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Louisiana Biennial, FJ Taylor visual arts center, Ruston, Louisiana

National Compact Exhibition, Shaw Center for The Arts, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia

ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

LENS, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Illinois

Through The Lens, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon

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SELECTED CLIENTS

A+E Networks

Amtrak

Barron’s

Bloomberg Businessweek

Capitol Records

CNN

Condé Nast

Garden & Gun Magazine

GQ

Hemisphere Magazine

Herzog & de Meuron

Men’s Journal

NBC Universal

SAVAS

The Atlantic

The Bitter Southerner

The National

The New York Times Magazine

The Wall Street Journal

Travel + Leisure

United Airlines

Valvoline

VICE

Zeit Magazin

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Photographic Museum of Humanity, Feature

LocateArts, Feature & Interview

Communication Arts, Int’l Shortlist for Best Photography of 2018

Ain't Bad Magazine, Feature & Interview

BOOOOOOOM Magazine, Feature

The Visualist, Feature

F-Stop Magazine, Issue No. 63, Feature & Interview

Oxford American, Eyes on the south, Feature

Southern Glossary, Feature & Interview

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ARTIST VISITS & TEACHING

Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist

Memphis College of Art, Adjunct Professor

University of California Los Angeles, Visiting Artist

University of Memphis, Visiting Artist

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RESIDENCIES & REVIEWS

BOLT Artist in Residence,Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, Ill.

Chico Review, Chico springs, Mt