Born in 1979 in Dayton, OH
Lives and works in Sant Diego, CA and Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Verso, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
2013
A Matter of Structure and Utility, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2012
Materiality, Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Medium, Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN
Modifications, South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Openings, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France
2011
Going to pieces, Kusseneers Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Making oneself, making oneself, Kavi Gupta, Berlin, Germany
Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
2010
Everything After, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
Something After, Galerie Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium
Altered States: Curtis Mann, Kansas City Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas
2009
12X12 New Artists/New Work , Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
New Work : Curtis Mann – The Solo Project, Kusseneers Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
2008
Modifications - The Solo Project , Kusseneers Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
Modifications, Kusseneers Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2005
Artifacts, Remnants, O Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Fruit de la Passion, la collection du Centre Pompidou, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
2013
The camera's blind spot, MAN - Museo d'arte di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy
Black Rabbit, White Hole, Samuel Freeman, Los Angeles, CA
Unique, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Fruits of Passion,Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, Korea
Limits of Photography, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
After Image, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
2011
Art Platform Los Angeles, Kavi Gupta Gallery
Volta Art Fair, Kavi Gupta Gallery
Eraser, Magnan Metz Gallery, New York, NY
Microwave, eight, Josée Bienvenu, New York, NY
Weber State University, Orgen, Utah
After the Gold Rush: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2010
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
American ReConstruction: An exhibition of new photography, Curated by Mike Hoeh, Winkleman Gallery, New York
2009
MP3 II: Midwest Photographers Project, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Bad Moon, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Altered States, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Almost Reality, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
Pulse Art Fair, Kusseneers Gallery, New York
Visual Morphology, Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Troposhpere, Hampshire House, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Aperture Books/Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
The Ubiquitous Image, curated by Lesley Martin, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn, NY
Strange Habit, curated by Luke Batten, I Space, Chicago, IL
Are We There Yet , curated by Dawoud Bey, GASP Gallery, Boston, MA
Are We There Yet, curated by Dawoud Bey, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Raw Space, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Weisman Exhibition, Hokin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
It's All Relative, South Union Arts, Chicago, IL
2007
Synched, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
SPA, 10 Artists/10 Curators, Silverstein Photography, New York, NY
Concerning Tomorrow, curated by Jason Lazarus, Harold Arts Gallery, Chicago, IL
Weisman Exhibition, Hokin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
New Art 2007, curated by Adam Brooks, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL
2006
Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York
New Trends in Photography, curated by Brian Ulrich & Greg Stimac, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL
2005
Honors Exhibition, Scholars Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Horvath Exhibition, Rike Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
AWARDS
2009
Leopold Godwosky, Jr. Award, PRC at Boston University
2008
Getz Merit Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago
Albert P. Weisman Project Grant, Columbia College Chicago
Flash Forward Emerging Artist Selection, Magenta Foundation
Foam Talent Selection, FOAM Magazine, Amsterdam
2007
Albert P. Weisman Project Grant, Columbia College Chicago
Santa Fe Award for Photography Nominee, Center Santa Fe
2006
Graduate Opportunity Award, Columbia College Chicago
Albert P. Weisman Project Grant, Columbia College Chicago
Stuart and Iris Baum Project Completion Grant, Columbia College Chicago
National Crystal Apple Award , Society of Photographic Education
2005
Visual Arts Award, University of Dayton
Follett Fellowship, Full Tuition Award, Columbia College Chicago
Getz Merit Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago
BOOK PUBLICATIONS
2009
Mann, Curtis. MP3 vII, essay by Rod Slemmons, Aperture Books, New York
2008
Carson, Andrea. Flash Forward Emerging Photographers from the United States, England and Canada. Illustrations pp. 53. Magenta Publishing for the Arts, Ontario, Canada
EDUCATION
2002
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2008
Master of Fine Arts, Columbia College of Chicago, Chicago, IL