Roe Ethridge

Stef with Life Saver Earrings, 2012

Sagaponack

Pic N Clip, 2017

Great Jones Alley

Born in 1969 in Miami, Florida, Roe Ethridge lives and works in New York.

Drawing upon the descriptive power of photography and the ease with which it can be accessed, duplicated, and recombined, Ethridge at once subverts the photographs’ original roles and renews their possibilities. His gallery installations and book projects mix fine art photographs and commercial images, including outtakes from his illustrational magazine work. Images that feel familiar begin to take on an eerie sense of mystery when juxtaposed in the artist’s seemingly random arrays. Technically adept as a commercial photographer, Etheridge is also thoughtful about photography’s role and meaning in the modern world.

Solo exhibitions include

• Le Consortium, Dijon, France in 2012

• Garage, Moscow, 2011

• Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 2009

Group exhibitions, include

• Biennale des Lyon, 2013

• the de Young Museum, San Francisco, 2012

• Museum of Modern Art/P.S. 1, New York, 2010

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2008

• Whitney Biennialj, 2008

• MoMA’s 25th Anniversary New Photography exhibit, 2010