About
Kristine Potter is an artist whose work explores masculine archetypes, the American landscape, and the cultural tendency to mythologize the past. Her first monograph, Manifest, was published by TBW Books in 2018. She has received numerous national and international awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship (2018), the Grand Prix Image Vevey (2019–2020), and the Hariban Prize (2023). Her second monograph, Dark Waters, was published by Aperture in 2023. Potter's work is included in numerous public and private collections, such as the High Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Georgia Museum of Art, Light Work, the Swiss Camera Museum, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She is an Assistant Professor of Photography at Middle Tennessee State University and is represented by Sasha Wolf Projects in New York and MiCamera in Milan.
Solo Exhibitions
2024, “Dark Waters”, MiCamera, Milan Italy
2024, “Dark Waters”, The Momentary / Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, AR
2023, “Dark Waters”, L'Appartement Espace Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
2022, “Manifest” MiCamera, Milan, Italy
2022, “Dark Waters” Institute of Contemporary Art, Chattanooga, TN
2020, “Dark Waters” Festival Images Vevey, Vevey, Switzerland
2019, “Manifest” The Do Good Collection, Columbus GA
2018, “Manifest” Vanderbilt Space 204 Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017, “The Gray Line XL” Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2014, “Manifest” Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2012, “Camouflage” Hagedorn Foundation Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010, “The Gray Line” Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2007, “The Hunters” Romo Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005, "The Laws of Nature" Gigantic Art Space, New York, NY
2005, "The Laws of Nature" Rocket Projects, Miami, Florida
2002, “Goddess Nomadic” L’Eclat du Verre, Paris, France
2001, “Ascension” Eyedrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Group Exhibitions
2025, “American Photographs”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
2025, “Strange and Familiar Places”, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2024, “Southern Spirit”, Strata Editions, Lingston, MO
2024, “A Long Arc: Photography and The South Since 1845”, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2022, “OUTS” Filter Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022, “But Still, It Turns” MUSÉE DÉPARTEMENTAL ARLES ANTIQUE, Arles, France
2022, “America in Crisis” Saatchi Gallery, London
2021, “Object Lesson” TILT Institute, Philadelphia, PA
2021, “But Still, It Turns” International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2020, “Keeper of the Hearth” Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
2018, “Be Strong and Do Not Betray Your Soul” Light Work Gallery, Syracuse, NY
2018, “Paper Journal” Webber Gallery, London, UK
2018, “Elevate” 21C Hotel, Nashville, TN
2018, “Photography Comes First, Language Follows” Currey Gallery, Nashville, TN
2018, “Intersection of Gazes” Equinom Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2018, "Complimentary Voices" Leu Art Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017, “Post Election” SEPTEMBER Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016, “MTN” Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015, “12x12” Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015, “After 1965” curated by Steven Lam, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2014, “E6” curated by Lynn Boland, The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2012, “Summer Salon” Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2012, “Open::Closed” (Curated by David Howe) 601 Artspace, New York, NY
2010, “Open Season” Curated by Allen Thomas Jr. Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2010, “31Women” Curated by Charlotte Cotton, Affirmation Arts, NY, NY
2009, “Faculty Exhibition” Mass Gallery, Purchase, NY
2006, “Pulse” Rocket Projects, Miami, FL
2005, “Monstrously Tranquil” Chris Ingalls Gallery, Miami, Florida
2004, “Face” Lenox Square Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2004, “Fall” Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2003, “First Years” Yale Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2002, “Eyes on Portraiture” Lenox Square Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2000, “Obscura 10” Lamar Dodd Gallery, Athens, GA
Publications
2023, A Long Arc: Photography and the American South, Aperture
2022, Object Lesson: On the Influence of Richard Benson, Aperture
2021, But Still, It Turns, Mack
2020, Keeper of the Hearth, Schilt
2020, The Photograph as Contemporary Art (World of Art), Thames and Hudson
2019, PhotoWork: Forty Photographers on Process and Practice, Aperture
2017, Contact Sheet, Issue 190
2016, Oasis, Roman Nvmerials Vol. 22
2015, Contact Sheet, Issue 182
Podcasts
PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf - Ep. 62
A Small Voice: Conversations With Photographers
Biography
2005 Yale University, MFA Photography
2001 University of Georgia, BA Art History
2001 University of Georgia, BFA Photography
Articles/Interviews
2025, "‘Murder Ballads’ Contemporary”, Art e Dossier
2025, “New Nelson-Atkins exhibition explores regional identity through storytelling”, Art Daily
2024, “Murder Ballads and Southern Photography from Kristine Potter”, Forbes
2024, “In Conversation with Kristine Potter”, Burnaway
2024, “Review: In High Museum Exhibit, Five Photographers Reframe the Truth of Things”, ARTS ATL
2023, “One Fine Show: ‘A Long Arc’ at Atlanta’s High Museum”, Observer
2023, “Stacy Kranitz and Kristine Potter”, Modern Art Notes Podcast
2023, Kristine Potter, Dark Waters, Collector’s Daily
2023, Book of the Week Selection and Review (of Dark Waters),” Photo-Eye Blog
2023, “Dead Girl Walking”, Oprah Daily
2023, “Southern Gothic Time Warp”, Chapter 16
2023, “Kristine Potter Reflects on the Southern Gothic Landscape”, Nashville Scene
2022, “‘Dark Waters’ Illuminates Beneath The Surface At ICA At UTC”, WUTC
2021, “Photographing Life as It’s Seen, Not Staged”, New York Times
2021, “A reminder of what it means to photograph the tumult of everyday life”, 1854 Photography
2021, “But Still, It Turns: Photography from the World”, Juxtapoz Magazine
2021, “And the Clock Waits So Patiently”, The Paris Review
2021, “ICP Presents New Exhibit, ‘But Still, It Turns’”, The Lo-Down: News From the Lower East Side
2021, “Exhibition marks ICP's one-year anniversary at its new Essex Street location”, Art Daily
2021, “But Still, It Turns Photography from the World”, All About Photo
2020, “Festival Images Vevey”, Art Press
2020, “Festival Images Vevey Roundup 2020”, American SuburbX
2020, “The image in the era of the unexpected in the forest”, Gauchehebdo
2020, "We had to do Images Vevey 2020", 24 Heures
2020, La Chronique d’Amnesty International
2020, “They Cultivate the Genre”, Culture Vevey
2020, "Kristine Potter: The Landscape Echoes", Juxtapoz
2019, “To Enter This Place Alone Is to Take a Risk”, New York Times
2019, "Grand Prix Images Vevey Announcement"
2019, “Three Women Photographers Reclaim the American Landscape”, Aperture
2019, “Kristine Potter: photographing Nashville’s country music scene”, Financial Times Magazine
2018, “Reframing the Masculinity and Mythology of the American West”, NPR
2018, “Kristine Potter’s Portraits of Masculinity”, British Journal of Photography
2018, “PHOTOBOOKS OF 2018: RON JUDE”, Photobookstore Magazine
2018, Mary Frey selects “Manifest”, Photo Eye
2018, Guggenheim 2018 Fellows Announcement, ARTFORUM
2018, Interview with Guggenheim Fellows, Humble Arts Foundation
2017, Video on “The Gray Line”, Light Work
2016, Review of MTN, Creators Project, VICE
2015, Essay for Contact Sheet 182, Light Work
2015, “What is She Doing There?”, Light Work
2015, Film Talks Interview #25, Foto Filmic
2014, “The Downside of Art Going Viral”, Hyperallergic
2014, Review of “Manifest”, Droste Effect Magazine
2014, “Uncertain Masculinities”, Humble Arts Foundation
2014, Review of “Manifest”, Searching for the Light
2011, "The Woman and the Machine" Rev. of Re-Framing the Feminine, Art Lurker
2010, "Subtle Bodies / Corpi Sottili" Rev. of The Gray Line, Matilde Solingo
2010, "31 Women in Art Photography" Rev. of 31 Women in Art Photography, EYE to EYE
2010, "31 Women in Art Photography." Rev. of 31 Women in Art Photography, Whitewall Magazine
Awards
2025 The Margie E. West Prize
2023 Hariban Award
2019 Grand Prix Laureate Images Vevey
2018 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography
2016 Shortlisted to the Kassel Book Prize
2016 Nominated to the MACK First Book Award
2014 Light Work Artist in Residence
2010 Forward Thinking Museum Photography Award, Winter 2010
2004 Larry Kramer Initiative Grant
Artist Lectures / Panel Discussions
2025 Reva and David Logan Photobook Symposium
2025 RISD Museum of Art
2024 Georgia State University
2024 Yale University
2023 Rowan University
2023 University of Vermont
2022 Rochester Institute of Technology
2022 SUNY New Paltz
2022 The Georgia Museum of Art
2022 MiCamera Milan
2022 Les Rencontres d’Arles
2022 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
2022 Amherst
2021 International Center of Photography
2021 Museum of Contemporary Photography X The Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago
2020 RISD
2020 The Humid
2019 Yale University
2019 Penumbra Foundation
2019 Mass Art
2019 George Mason University
2018 Vanderbilt University
2017 Light Work