EDUCATION
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, BFA with honors, Photography, 1977
Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Architecture, 1970 -1972
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2010-11 McKnight Fellowship for Photography
COLLECTIONS
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Midwest Photographers Project, Chicago, IL (temporary)
SELECTED EXHIBITS
2022 Highlights From The Photography Collection, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2017 Wonderland Remains, Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City,MO
2014 WAM at 20, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2012 Critics Show, Hopkins Center For The Arts, Hopkins, MN
2012 Road Work – Chuck Avery & Vance Gellert, IFP Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2011 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Photographers, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Thinking Photography: Five Decades at the Kansas City Art Institute The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2009 Solo Exhibition – Landscape of Progress, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2009 An Uncommon Landscape, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN
2008-09 TPS 17 National Competition, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, TX
2008 CoPA 2nd Annual Juried Show, Coalition for Photographic Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2007 MPG Showcase, Minneapolis Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
2007 National Competition, SohoPhoto Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Parallel Worlds, Four person show, PaulaBarr Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Continuum: KCAI Alumni Photography, Cross Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2007, 2005 Photocentric Biennial, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival, Midwestern Views Exhibit, Pingyao, China
2006 Photomidwest, Wisconsin Union Galleries, Madison, WI
2006 Solo Exhibition-Landscape of Progress, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2006, 2002-03 Photo Bravo, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Minnesota Biennial 2D, Minnesota Museum of American Art, St Paul, MN
2005 Members Spotlight, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Community Arts Partnership Exhibition, Metropolitan Council, St. Paul, MN
2004 New Photography Group Exhibit, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2003 International Juried Exhibition, Herbst International Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, CA
1983 Solo Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Main Floor Gallery, St. Louis Park, MN
PUBLICATIONS & NOTICES
Blood in the Streets – Labor Heritage Power Hour podcast, Interview with Chuck Avery about Blood in the Streets project – https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4vben-16a2164?utm_campaign=admin_episode&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=episode_share
Chuck Avery: Blood In The Streets, Dek Unu magazine feature, June 2023
Road Work – Chuck Avery & Vance Gellert, Photobook Press, 2012
See the “Real” America Through Chuck Avery’s lens, Knight Arts Foundation, 2/20/12
The McKnight 8, Minneapolis Startribune, Mary Abbe, June 24, 2011
Photographer Spotlight, Place, Architecture Minnesota magazine, March/April 2009
Group Show, f-stop Magazine, Issue 23, May 2007,
Photocentric 2007, Minnesota Center for Photography, September 2007
Midwestern Views, 2006 Pingyao International Photography Festival
photobravo ’06, Minnesota Center for Photography, November 2006
Minnesota Mavericks, Minneapolis Startribune, Mary Abbe, October 28, 2005
Minnesota Biennial: 2D, Hot Spots magazine, November/December 2005
On Notice, Expiration Notice (expirationnotice.blogspot.com), Volume 2
ArtSpace Talk: Chuck Avery, Myartspace.com>Blog, September 23, 2008
The Moonscape In Our Backyards: Chuck Avery at MCP, Mnartists.org, Alex Starace, February 15, 2006