Bio
b. France, 1958
EDUCATION
MA in Russian Studies, Sorbonne, Paris France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Lise Sarfati, Oh Man, CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Torino, Italy
2014
Lise Sarfati, Post-Factum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Lise Sarfati, On Hollywood, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Lise Sarfati, She, Brancolini Grimaldi, London, UK
Lise Sarfati, On Hollywood, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Lise Sarfati, She, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Lise Sarfati: La Vie Nouvelle – The New Life, Magnum Gallery, Paris, France
2009
Austin – Texas, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
Lise Sarfati – Austin, Texas, Brancolini Grimaldi Galleria Roma, Italy
2008
Rough, Cold and Close: A Russian Poem, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Lise Sarfati – Recent Works, Le loft Sévigné, Paris, France
Lise Sarfati – Austin, Texas - Fashion Magazine, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Lise Sarfati, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
The New Life, Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Dudelange, Luxembourg
The New Life, Center of Contemporary Art “Vinzavod” for the Seventh International Month of Photography “Photobiennale,” Moscow, Russia
2007
The New Life, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The New Life, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2006
The New Life, Lise Sarfati, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
La Vie Nouvelle: Lise Sarfati, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
The New Life, University of California Riverside Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
Lise Sarfati Retrospective, Nicolaj Center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Lise Sarfati: The New Life, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Lise Sarfati, American Series, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
La Vie Nouvelle, Museo San Telmo, San Sebastian, Spain
2004
Lise Sarfati Retrospective: Russian Series, The New Life, Domus Artium Centro del Arte, Salamanca, Spain
2002
Lise Sarfati, Post Factum, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
Lise Sarfati, Russian Series, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
1997
Lise Sarfati, Musée Nicéphore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
1996
Lise Sarfati, Prix Niepce, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016
The Female Gaze, Photo Vogue Festival 2016, Milan, Italy
The expert eye, Contemporary photography, Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
2014
Ri-conoscere Michelangelo Galleria dell’Accademia, Firenze, Italy
2013
About Face: Contemporary Portraiture, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2012
The New Life: Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Disquieting Images: Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
She: In Her Teens and Twenties, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, CA
Les Jeunes Deauvillaises, Club 2010, commission work of the city of Deauville, France
Never Just Looking, Forum für Fotografie, Koln, Germany
Never Just Looking, Magnum Gallery, Paris, France
2009
Weird Beauty, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Picturing Modernity, SF Moma, San Francisco, CA
Staff Picks, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art, CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
MAGNUM Photos 60 Years, Stedelijk Museum Post CS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Réfléchir le monde, La Centrale Electrique, European Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
2007
June Bride, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Easy Rider, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
On the Wall: Aperture Magazine ’05–’06, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY
Euro Visions, Les nouveux européens par douze photographes de Magnum, Musées royaux des beaux arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
The World of Today in 20 Photography Books, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
Women of Many Faces, Isabelle Huppert, Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands; Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin, Italy
2006
Euro Visions, The New EU Member States Through the Eyes of 10 Magnum Photographers, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
Isabelle Huppert, Women of Many Faces, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; Gallery C/O Berlin, Germany; Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain; Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Zamec, Warsaw, Poland
2005
Euro Visions, Les nouveaux européens par dix photographes de Magnum, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Magna Brava, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004
Lise Sarfati, Domus Artium, Centro del Arte, Salamanca, Spain
2003
Regard Rebelle : Une Exposition de 35 Photographes, Galerie du Centre Iris, Paris, France
2001
Oublier l’exposition, Fondation Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FILM
1995
C’est moi, C’est Roger. Dir. Roger Ikhlef. Lise Sarfati, Dir. of photography. Art 7 Films, 1995.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1996
Prix Niepce, Paris, France
Infinity Award for photojournalism, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Villa Médicis Hors les Murs
1995
FIACRE Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France
1994
Prime à la qualité, Centre National du Cinema, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Bouwfonds Kunststichting, The Netherlands
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris, France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Collection Michael Wilson, London, UK
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain
Fondation ABN AMRO pour la Photographie, Paris, France
Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Fundación Enrique Ordóñez, Spain
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, TX
The Lhoist Group, Limelette, Belgium
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, LA
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
Musée National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Musée Nicéphore Niepce Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Pier 24, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017
Sarfati, Lise. Oh Man Steidl, Göttingen, Germany 2017
“Readings.” Harper’s<c/ite> September 2017
2016
Horgan, Richard. “Photographer Helps Time Magazine Frame Teenage Depression.” ADWEEK 27 October 2016
Genova, Alexandra. “Behind TIME’s Teen Anxiety Cover With Lise Sarfati.” TIME 27 October 2016
“Seven Seminal Images by Lise Sarfati.” Hunger TV 20 June 2016
Sarfati, Lise. “Oh Man.” STEIDL February 2016
2012
Dykstra, Jean. “Lise Sarfati: On Hollywood. Yossi Milo Gallery” Photograph Mag Online 9 October 2012
“Critic’s picks, Lise Sarfati.” Time Out, New York 13-19 September 2012
Siegel, Miranda. “Lise Sarfati.” New York Magazine 10 September 2012
“Short List: Lise Sarfati.” The New Yorker 10 September 2012
Shaheen, Suzanne. “Lise Sarfati on the Margins of Hollywood.” The New Yorker, Photo Booth 7 September 2012
Boemio, Camilla. “Lise Sarfati, She.” Landscape Stories August 2012
Coburn, Daniel W. “She [Review].” Fraction Magazine July 2012
“Viewfinder: Lise Sarfati.” W Magazine June 2012
“Lise Sarfati talks to Elizabeth Avedon.” Le Journal de la Photographie 26 April 2012
“Interview of Lise Sarfati by François Adragna.” American Suburb X April 2012
Sarfati, Lise. “Exposures: ‘On Hollywood.’” The New York Times 24 March 2012
Lunn, Christophe. “Exhibition: Lise Sarfati, On Hollywood.” Le Journal de la Photographie 28 February 2012
Celii, Alana. “Lise Sarfati.” Time: LightBox 27 February 2012
“Lise Sarfati at Rose Gallery.” The Huffington Post 22 February 2012
Wrigley, Tish. “Who, What, Why | Lise Sarfati: She.” AnOther 8 February 2012
O’Hagan, Sean. “Lise Sarfati [Review].” The Guardian 3 February 2012
“Lise Sarfati Q&A.” The Telegraph 1 February 2012
Jobey, Liz. “Lise Sarfati: Women on the Verge.” FT Magazine 27 January 2012
2011
Wender, Jessie. “Lise Sarfati’s ‘She’: Portraits of Four Women.” The New Yorker 31 October 2011
“Interview: Lise Sarfati – The New Life.” American Suburb X March 2011
2010
Sarfati, Lise. Immaculate Steidl Mack 2010
Nilsson, Jenny Maria. “Mode & Moral.” Fotografisk Tidskrift #4 2010
“Lise Sarfati Book Signing.” Le Journal de la Photographie 15 December 2012
Meda, Maria Grazia. “Lise Sarfati.” Vogue Italia 16 December 2010
2009
Phillips, Sandra S. “Lise Sarfati, She.” Aperture Magazine #149 Spring 2009
2008
“Lise Sarfati: Austin, Texas. Fashion Magazine Magnum, 2008.
Pearse, Emma. “Girls on Film.” Manhattan September/October 2008
2007
American Photography 23 November 2007.
“Lise Sarfati ~ La Vie Nouvelle.” Foam Magazine Spring 2007.
“L’Apprentissage du Monde….” IMAGES Magazine #22 May - June 2007.
Pantall, Colin. “Lise Sarfati: Mother and Daughter.” Gomma Spring and Summer 2007.
2006
Bo, Li. “Gallery: The Foreland of Photography Market.” Chinese Photography July 2006.
Robertson, Rebecca. “Lise Sarfati [Review].” Art News March 2006: 138-9.
Grafik, Clare. “Pausing to Hold and Breathe.” NextLevel #10 2006.
2005
Sarfati, Lise. The New Life: La Vie Nouvelle. Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 2005.
Euro Visions. Centre Georges Pompidou Exhibitions Catalogue. Steidl, London 2005.
Cardella, Avis. “Growing Pains.” Photo-Eye Fall 2005: cover, 6-7.
Cotton, Charlotte. “Lise Sarfati: Recent Work.” Aperture Fall 2005: cover, 52-65.
Oudiz, Barbara. “Interview with Lise Sarfati.” Eyemazing Fall 2005.
Johnson, Ken. The New York Times 13-19 November.
Aletti, Vince. The Village Voice 9-15 November 2005.
Golden, Michael. “Young and Restless.” PDN November 2005.
The New York Sun 2 November 2005.
Modern Painters October 2005.
The New Yorker 31 October 2005.
Hinde, Laura. “Lise Sarfati: The American Series.” Hotshoe June/July 2005: 70-71.
Salter, Kim. “That Awkward Age.” The Sunday Telegraph Magazine 29 May 2005.
Medvedkova, Olga. NextLevel Edition 1 Volume 4 2005.
2004
Sarfati, Lise. Lise Sarfati. Spain: Edition Universidad Salamanca, 2004.
2001
Sarfati, Lise. Manger Eat. New Zealand: Corromandel, 2001.
2000
Sarfati, Lise. Acta Est. London: Phaidon, 2000.
1999
Sarfati, Lise, et. al. Magna Brava: Magnum’s Women Photographers. Prestel: London, 1999.