Alec Soth (b. 1969) is a photographer born and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
He has published over twenty-five books including Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), NIAGARA (2006), Broken Manual (2010), Songbook (2015), I Know How Furiously Your Heart is Beating (2019), and A Pound of Pictures (2022). Soth has had over fifty solo exhibitions including survey shows organized by Jeu de Paume in Paris (2008), the Walker Art Center in Minnesota (2010) and Media Space in London (2015). Soth has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (2013). In 2008, Soth created Little Brown Mushroom, a multi-media enterprise focused on visual storytelling. Soth is represented by Sean Kelly in New York, Weinstein Hammons Gallery in Minneapolis, Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, Loock Galerie in Berlin, and is a member of Magnum Photos.

Publications

2004 - "Sleeping by the Mississippi" Steidl, Germany
2006 - "Niagara" Steidl, Germany
2007 - "Fashion Magazine" Magnum, France
2010 - "From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America" Walker Art Center, USA
2010 - "One Mississippi" Nazraeli Press, USA
2012 - "Looking for Love" Kominek Bücher, Germany
2012 - "Ohio", "Upstate", "Michigan" Little Brown Mushroom, USA
2013 - "Colorada", "Texas", "Three Valleys" Little Brown Mushroom, USA
2014 - "Bogota Funsaver Nazraeli" Press, USA
2015 - "Songbook" Steidl, Germany

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022 - L’Appartement – Espace Images Vevey (Vevey, Switzerland)
2022 - Stiftung Reinbeckhallen (Berlin, Germany)
2022 - Museum of Modern Art, Hayama (Hayama, Japan)
2022 - Bayerische Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung (Munich, Germany)
2022 - Contemporary Image Museum of Chengdu (Chengdu, China)
2022 - Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2022 - Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2022 - Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY)
2021 - Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Beijing, China)
2021 - Helmond Museum (Helmond, Netherlands)
2021 - Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (Xiamen, China)
2021 - Nemeth Art Center (Park Rapids, MN)
2021 - Cortona On The Move (Cortona, Italy)
2021 - Guernsey Museum (Guernsey)
2021 - Kiehle Gallery (St. Cloud, MN)
2021 - OCAT Xi'an (Xi'an, China)
2020 - Arendt House (Luxembourg)
2020 - FOAM (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2020 - Shanghai Xiang Cheng Center of Photography (Shanghai, China)
2020 - Kunst Haus Wien (Vienna, Austria)
2019 - Magnum Gallery (Paris, France)
2019 - Photo Israel (Tel-Aviv, Israel)
2019 - Minnesota Marine Art Museum (Winona, MN)
2019 - Loock Galerie (Berlin, Germany)
2019 - NRW Forum (Dusseldorf, Germany)
2019 - Fraenkel Gallery (San Fransisco, CA)
2019 - Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY)
2019 - Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2018 - Pizzuti Collection (Columbus, OH)
2017 - FraenkelLab (San Francisco, CA)
2017 - Beetles + Huxley (London, England)
2017 - Loock Galerie (Berlin, Germany)
2017 - Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
2017 - FotoMuseum (Antwerp, Belgium)
2016 - Douglas Hyde Gallery (Dublin, Ireland)
2016 - Scotiabank CONTACT (Toronto, Canada)
2016 - The Finnish Museum (Helsinki, Finland)
2016 - Arsenal Toronto (Toronto, Canada)
2016 - National Media Museum (Bradford, UK)
2015 - SCAD Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia)
2015 - Fotogalleriet (Oslo, Norway)
2015 - Denver Art Museum (Denver, Colorado)
2015 - Loock Galerie (Berlin, Germany)
2015 - Media Space (London, UK)
2015 - Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2015 - Fraenkel Gallery (San Fransisco, CA)
2015 - Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, New York)
2014 - Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison, WI)
2014 - Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2012 - Sean Kelly Gallery (New York, NY)
2011 - Rome International Photography Festival (Rome, Italy)
2010 - Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
2010 - Triennale di Milano (Milan, Italy)
2009 - I M ART (Seoul, Korea)
2009 - Williams College Museum of Art (Williamstown, MA)
2009 - Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY)
2009 - Stephen Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2008 - Haunch of Venison (Zurich, Switzerland)
2008 - Fotomuseum Winterthur (Winterthur, Switzerland)
2008 - Stephen Daiter Gallery (Chicago, IL)
2008 - BBK (Bilbao, Spain)
2008 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN)
2008 - Jeu de Paume (Paris, France)
2007 - Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2007 - Host Gallery (London, UK)
2006 - California Museum of Photography, UC-Riverside (Riverside, CA)
2006 - Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2006 - Wohnmaschine (Berlin, Germany)
2006 - Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY)
2006 - Des Moines Art Center (Des Moines, IA)
2005 - Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN)
2004 - Open Eye (Liverpool, UK)
2004 - Wohnmaschine (Berlin, Germany)
2004 - Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2004 - Stephen Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2004 - Yossi Milo Gallery (New York, NY)
2003 - Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL)
2003 - Weitman Gallery of Photography (Washington University, St. Louis, MO)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 - High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA)
2023 - Bowdoin College Museum of Art (Brunswick, ME)
2023 - Weinstein Hammons Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
2023 - Saatchi Gallery (London, England)
2022 - Stiftung Reinbeckhallen (Berlin, Germany)
2022 - Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, ME)
2022 - Musei San Domenico - Fondazione Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì (Forlì, Italy)
2022 - Yancey Richardson Gallery (New York, NY)
2022 - Filter Space (Chicago, IL)
2022 - Sheldon Art Museum, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
2022 - Everson Museum of Art (Syracuse, NY)
2021 - Museum Villa Rot (Burgrieden, Germany)
2021 - High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA)
2021 - Plac Solny (Warsaw, Poland)
2021 - Kommunale Galerie (Berlin, Germany)
2021 - Albertina Museum (Vienna, Austria)
2021 - Muceum (Marseille, France)
2021 - Monash Gallery of Art (Melbourne, Australia)
2021 - Willy-Brandt-Haus (Berlin, Germany)
2020 - Aspect Ratio Projects (Chicago, IL)
2020 - Photo Israel (Tel Aviv, Israel)
2020 - Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki (Auckland, New Zealand)
2020 - National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC)
2020 - Fraenkel Galery (San Francisco, CA)
2020 - Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN)
2020 - Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN)
2019 - Pier 24 (San Francisco, CA)
2019 - The National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne, Australia)
2019 - The National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest, Romania)
2019 - Museum of Contemporary Photography (Chicago, IL)
2019 - Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN)
2018 - Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
2018 - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, South Korea)
2018 - Montclair Art Museum (Montclair, NJ)
2018 - J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 - Barbican Centre (London, United Kingdom)
2017 - Hunter College (New York, NY)
2017 - Fotomuseum Winterthur (Winterthur, Switzerland)
2017 - Pier 24 (San Francisco, CA)
2016 - The McNay (San Antonio, TX)
2016 - Fraenkel Gallery (San Fransisco, CA)
2016 - Dubai Photo Exhibition (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
2015 - Pingyao International Photography Festival (Pingyao, China)
2015 - Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
2014 - Plains Art Museum (Fargo, ND)
2014 - Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2014 - Dorsky Gallery (Long Island City, NY)
2014 - NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
2014 - Müchner Stadlmuseum (Munich, Germany)
2014 - The College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
2014 - BredaPhoto International Photo Festival (Breda, The Netherlands)
2014 - Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (Detroit, MI)
2014 - DOK:14 (Fredrikstad, Norway)
2014 - Museum de Fundatie (Zwolle, The Netherlands)
2014 - Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art (Clinton, NY)
2014 - Marco Museum of Contemporary Art (Monterrey, Mexico)
2014 - Sprengel Museum (Hannover, Germany)
2011 - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art (San Francisco, CA)
2011 - Photomonth in Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
2011 - Brighton Photo Biennial 2010 (Brighton, England)
2010 - The Soap Factory (Minneapolis, MN)
2010 - The Center for Photography at Woodstock (Woodstock, NY)
2008 - National Portrait Gallery (Washington, DC)
2008 - Museu Collecao Berardo (Lisbon, Spain)
2007 - Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY)
2007 - Jen Bekman (New York, NY)
2007 - Cinémathéque Francaise (Paris, France)
2007 - Yossi Milo Gallery (New York, NY)
2007 - Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, England)
2007 - Koldo Mitxelena (San Sebastian, Spain)
2006 - Palais des Beaux Arts (Brussels, Belgium)
2006 - Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (Madison, WI)
2006 - The Photographers’ Gallery (London, England)
2006 - Haus der Kunst (Munich, Germany)
2006 - Columbia University’s Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery (New York, NY)
2006 - George Eastman House (Rochester, NY)
2005 - Timezone 8 Editions (Beijing, China)
2005 - T.H. InSide (Milan, Italy)
2005 - MassMoCA (North Adams, MA)
2005 - Gagosian Gallery (New York, NY)
2005 - Cohan and Leslie (New York, NY)
2005 - Wirtz Gallery (San Francisco, CA)
2005 - Jackson Fine Art (Atlanta, GA)
2005 - North Carolina Art Museum (Raleigh, NC)
2004 - Pace / MacGill (New York, NY)
2004 - Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo (São Paulo, Brazil) 26th Bienal de São Paulo,
2004 - ArtChicago 2004 Artist Booth (Chicago, IL)
2004 - Whitney Musuem of American Art (New York, NY) Whitney Biennial
2003 - Alice Austen Museum (Staten Island, NY)

Awards

1999 - McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship, Minneapolis, USA
2001 - Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) / Jerome Foundation Fellowships for Emerging Artists, USA
2001 - Minnesota State Arts Board, USA
2003 - Santa Fe Prize for Photography, USA
2004 - McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship, Minneapolis, USA
2005 - CEPA Artist Residency, CEPA (Contemporary Photography & Visual Arts Center), Buffalo, USA
2006 - Golden Light Book Award, USA
2008 - Bush Fellowship, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, USA
2008 - PhotoVision Award, Germany
2011 - Infinity Award from International Center of Photography, Publication category, for From Here to There: Alec Soth’s America, USA
2013 - John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, USA

Collections

Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY / Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY / Carleton College, Northfield, MN / Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. / Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA / Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA / General Mills Corporate Art Collection, Golden Valley, MN / Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel / LaSalle Bank, New York, NY / LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA / Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI / Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY / Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL / Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN / Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN / Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL / Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL / Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX / North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND / Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA / Progressive Corporate Art Collection, Cleveland, OH / Regis Corporate Art Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Robbins Kaplan Miller Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA / Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE / Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN / Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN / Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Books from Alec SOTH