Zoe Strauss

Mattress Flip, 2001
Archival pigment print mounted to board
22 x 34 inches

acquired 2007

 

www.zoestrauss.com

 

Biography

Zoe Strauss, born 1970, is an installation artist and photographer living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Strauss recently completed “Under I-95,” a 10 year long project that culminated in an installation of photographs under interstate 95 in South Philadelphia. She has exhibited in the 2006 Whitney Biennial, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philadelphia ICA and had two solo shows at Bruce Silverstein Gallery. In 2005, Ms. Strauss was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts and in 2007 she was awarded a USA Gund Fellowship. Her first monograph, America, was published in 2008.

Strauss is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Public Art Project.
Links/Articles:

Philadelphia Weekly. “Photographer Zoe Strauss Took This Photo 10 Years Ago. Here Is the Story of “Mattress Flip.” January 10, 2012.