FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA.
The Paul Kopeikin Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition by minimalist photographer David Fokos. This exhibition opens Saturday March 19th and runs through April 30th, 2005. A reception with the artist will take place on Saturday, March 19th, 2005 from 6:00 to 8:00pm. The reception is free and open to the public. The gallery is located at 6150 Wilshire Blvd, just west of Fairfax. For information call 323-937-0765.
David Fokos continues to explore the epic beauty of simple, geometric forms and enigmatic scenes through his favorite subjects: water, light, horizon, rocks, and sand. Combining long exposures with mechanical manipulations and dedication, Fokos’ style has by this point become signature. Fokos describes his work as filtering out the "visual noise" of everyday life to reveal the basic forms of our world.
Fokos earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1984 and immediately turned his analytic skills to artistic endeavors: first as a designer of high-end speakers and then as photographer. He finds similarities between the two, saying that finessing the sound of the speakers (making it warmer, darker, brighter, cooler) requires the same level of precision as the making of his negatives and prints. He makes all his image manipulations digitally, including his favored split-toning (sepia and selenium), prior to printing his 36"x36" prints on color paper.
Fokos has chosen to make images that interpret feelings formed over time, just as we build a portrait of people across numerous meetings. His is not the ‘snapshot’ aesthetic, but a studied feeling of his total experience of place. With more recent works tending toward abstraction, the subject becomes less obvious. Constantly reducing and fine-tuning, his silent landscapes create a unique and personal visual poetry.
Born: Baltimore, MD. 1960
Lives in San Diego, California
Education
1979-1984 BS, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2011
Granary Gallery, Martha's Vineyard
2010
Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japa
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Ordover Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2009
Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
Jett Gallery, San Diego, CA
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV
2008
Bartram Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
2007
Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Bartram Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
Kashya Hildebrand Gallery, New York, NY
2005
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003
No.4 Gallery, San Diego, CA
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Kane Marie Fine Arts Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001
Lexington Art Gallery, Lexington, VA
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
1999
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
1998
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Collections
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Harry Ransom Museum, Austin, TX
Washington Convention Center Collection
Banana Republic Collection
Microsoft Collection
Fidelity Investments Collection
Ritz Carlton Hotels Collection
Texaco Corporation Collection
The Capital Group
McGraw-Hill Collection
Arch Capital Collection
Bibliography
Will Parson, David Fokos: Minimalist Contemplations, San Diego Union Tribue (online), December 2010
Laurence Chen, Thinking Like A Photographic Minimalist, Popular Photography Magazine, October 2010
The Scope Magazine (Portugal), Autumn 2009
DFOTO Magazine (Ukraine), April 2008
Photographer Magazine (Ukraine), January 2008
Rosalind Smith, Photographer’s Forum Magazine, May 2006
Joshua Rose, “Sublime Photography From A Master”, American Art Collector, April 2006
Robert L. Pincus, “A Revealing Look”, San Diego Union-Tribune, September 2, 2004
“Basic Elements”, Lenswork Magazine, February/March 2004
Rosiland Smith, "Resonant Images", Shutterbug Magazine, February 2003
Leah Ollman, "Still Waters", Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2001
Shannon Stoney, "Distillations", Spot Magazine, Fall 2000/Winter 2001
Rosiland Smith, "Dave Fokos, Serenity", View Camera Magazine, May/June, 2000
Patricia C. Johnson,"Double Vision", Houston Chronicle, July 15, 2000
"AIPAD Show 2000", Photographer's Forum, Summer, 2000
"SpotlightDavid Fokos", B&W Magazine, August, 2000
Gallery Representation
Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
Emon Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, Switzerland
Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Hamburg Kennedy Photographs, New York, NY
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Ordover Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Ordover Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Richter Gallery, Nashville, TN
Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV
Website
www.davidfokos.net