MFA University of Illinois at Chicago
b. 1989
Based in Memphis, Tennessee
*Commisson & Print Inquires: info@houstoncofield.com
Houston Cofield is a PHOTOGRAPHER based in Memphis, Tennessee. His work explores mythology, fiction, and folklore that embody the American South. He has a particular interest in creating his own fictional narratives by drawing on past southern cultural traditions and ideologies.
He self published his first monograph, The Ditch, that looks at the long standing tradition of dirt racing culture in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Kentucky. He is currently working on his second monograph, Death Is A Door, that addresses grief, mourning, and loss in the wake of his father’s murder in the summer of 2019. His work has been exhibited in the Center for Fine Art Photography, The Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Artist's Coalition, and Crosstown Arts in Memphis, Tennessee. COFIELD has held a year-long residency at Chicago Artist's Coalition that culminated in a solo exhibition of work he made in Mississippi that explored his family's history of photography and relationship to the writer William Faulkner.
He does commissioned portraits for magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, 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.
COFIELD IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY.
EXHIBITIONS
RE-PAIR, TENNESSEE TRIENNIAL, THE PARTHENON, NASHVILLE, TENN.
House Party, Binder Projects, Memphis, Tenn.
A Few Good Words for Anybody, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, Ill.
Strangely Familiar, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Ill.
Common Ground, GAMMILL GALLERY, Oxford, Miss.
Homeward Bound, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, Tenn.
Memphis Ten, Jack Robinson Gallery, Memphis, Tenn.
Ground Floor, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Ill.
Preview IV, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, Ill.
Center Forward, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Col.
Beneath The Paving Stones, The Beach, Gallery 400, Chicago, Ill.
Annual Delta Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Ark.
Louisiana Biennial, FJ Taylor visual arts center, Ruston, Lou.
National Compact Exhibition, SHAW CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Baton Rouge, Lou.
Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, Geo.
ViewPoint Gallery, Halifax, Nov.
LENS, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, Ill.
Through The Lens, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Org.
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SELECT CLIENTS
A+E Networks
Amtrak
BARRON’S
Bloomberg Businessweek
CNN
Condé Nast
Die Zeit
Garden & Gun Magazine
Hemisphere Magazine
Men’s Journal
The Bitter Southerner
The National
The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine
The Wall Street Journal
TIME
Travel + Leisure
United Airlines
Valvoline
VICE
Zeit Magazin
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SELECT 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
BOOOOOOOM Magazine, Feature
The Visualist, Feature
F-Stop Magazine, Issue No. 63, Feature & Interview
Oxford American, Eyes on the south, Feature
Dead Porcupine, Feature
Southern Glossary, Feature & Interview
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ARTIST VISITS & TEACHING
Columbia College Chicago, Visiting Artist
Memphis College of Art, Adjunct Professor
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RESIDENCIES