Richard Learoyd (born 1966) is a British contemporary artist and photographer.

Early life and work

Richard Learoyd was born in the small mill town of

Nelson, Lancashire Nelson is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 29,135 in 2011. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Burnley and 2.5 miles southwest of Colne. It developed as a mill town during the Indust ...

, England in 1966. At the age of 15, his mother insisted he take a pinhole photography workshop, which he attributes as the start of his interest in photography. In 1990 he graduated from the

Glasgow School of Art The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...

with a degree in Fine Art Photography. While there he studied with American photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper. In 1991 Learoyd was awarded an artist-in-residence at the

Scottish Ballet Scottish Ballet is the national ballet company of Scotland and one of the five leading ballet companies of the United Kingdom, alongside the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Northern Ballet. Founded in 196 ...

. Learoyd taught photography at

Bournemouth and Poole College The Bournemouth and Poole College (BPC) is a well established educational provider which delivers further education, higher education and community based courses in Bournemouth and in Poole on the south coast of England. It is one of the la ...

from 1994 until 1999. In 2000, he moved to London where he worked as a commercial photographer.

Publications

Publications by Learoyd

* ''Richard Learoyd Twenty-Two Photographs: 2005-07.'' London: Self-published, 2008. Essay by Martin Barnes and Chris Bucklow. * ''Richard Learoyd Unique Photograph: 2007-09.'' New York: McKee Gallery, 2009. Interview by Chris Bucklow. * ''Presences.'' San Francisco:

Fraenkel Gallery Fraenkel Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in San Francisco founded by Jeffrey Fraenkel in 1979. Frish Brandt, president of the gallery, joined in 1985. Fraenkel Gallery has presented more than 350 exhibitions, with a focus on photography and ...

, 2011. ASIN B0086RVF6C * ''Portraits and Figures.'' New York: McKee Gallery, 2011. Essay by Mark Alice Durant. * ''Richard Learoyd: Still/Life.'' New York: Mckee Gallery, 2013. ASIN B00I7UWV0M. Essay by Charles Moffet. * ''Day for Night.'' New York: Aperture; San Francisco, Pier 24 Photography, 2015. . Essays by Richard Learoyd, Martin Barnes and Nancy Gryspeerdt *''Richard Learoyd: The Silence of the Camera Obscura''. Madrid: Fundación MAPFRE, 2019. Essays by Phillip Gefter and Sandra Phillips.

Publications with contributions by Learoyd

*''Dress Codes: The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2010. *''About Face.'' San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2012. . Exhibition guide. *''Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present'', London: National Gallery, 2012. *''The Unphotographable.'' San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 2013. *''About Face.'' San Francisco: Pier 24 Photography, 2014. . Exhibition catalog. Edition of 1000 copies. With forewords by Christopher McCall, and

Richard Avedon Richard Avedon (May 15, 1923 – October 1, 2004) was an American fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for '' Harper's Bazaar'', '' Vogue'' and ''Elle'' specializing in capturing movement in still pictures of fashion, theater and da ...

(from ''In The American West''), an introduction by

Philip Gefter Philip Gefter is an American author and photography historian. His books include ''What Becomes A Legend Most,'' the biography of Richard Avedon; and ''Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe'', the biography of Sam Wagstaff, for which he received ...

, and texts by

Sandra S. Phillips Sandra S. "Sandy" Phillips (born 1945) is an American writer, and curator working in the field of photography. She is the Curator Emeritus of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She joined the museum as curator of photography in 1 ...

, and Ulrike Schneider.

Exhibitions

Solo

* 1992: ''Elevations'', Stills Gallery, Scotland * 1993: ''Artificial Horizons'', Street Level Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland * 2007: ''Richard Learoyd'', Union Gallery, London * 2009: ''Unique Photographs'', McKee Gallery, New York * 2011: ''Presence'',

, San Francisco, CA * 2011: ''Portraits and Figures'', McKee Gallery, New York * 2013: ''Still/Life'', McKee Gallery, New York * 2013: ''The Outside World'', Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA * 2015-2016: ''Richard Learoyd: Dark Mirror'',

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and ...

, London, 2015/16 * 2016: ''Day for Night'',

Pace MacGill Pace or paces may refer to: Business * Pace (transit), a bus operator in the suburbs of Chicago, US *Pace Airlines, an American charter airline *Pace Foods, a maker of a popular brand of salsa sold in North America, owned by Campbell Soup Compan ...

, New York * 2016: ''In the Studio'',

J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa. The Getty Center is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and fea ...

, Los Angeles, CA; The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO * 2017: ''Richard Learoyd'', Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA *2019: ''Richard Learoyd: Curious'', Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York *2019: ''Richard Learoyd: The Silence of the Camera Obscura'', Fundación Mapfre, Madrid * 2022: ''Richard Learoyd'', Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group

* 2010: ''Dress Codes The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Centre of Photography'', New York, curated by

Vince Aletti Vince Aletti (born 1945) is a curator, writer, and photography critic. Career Music industry Aletti was a contributing writer for ''Rolling Stone'' from 1970 to 1989. He was the first person to write about disco in an article published by the ...

, Kristen Lubben, Christopher Phillips, and Carol Squiers * 2010: ''Pier 24: The Inaugural Exhibition'',

Pier 24 Photography Pier 24 Photography is a non-profit art museum located on the Port of San Francisco directly under the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. The organization houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which collects, preserves and ex ...

, San Francisco, CA (2010)/ * 2010: ''Object Lesson'',

New York Photo Festival The New York Photo Festival was founded in January 2007 by Frank Evers and Daniel Power in an effort to establish a U.S. photo festival dedicated to the "future of contemporary photography" and to the exposure of new works. It takes place every ...

, NY. Curated by Vince Aletti * 2011: ''The More Things Change'',

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art, and was ...

, CA * 2012: ''Seduced by Art: Photography Past and Present'',

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current Director o ...

, London * 2012-2013: ''About Face'', Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA (2012/13) * 2013: ''The Unphotographable'', Fraenkel Gallery, CA * 2014 ''Negativeless'', Michael Hoppen Gallery, London * 2016-2017: ''Collected'', Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA (2016/17)

Collections

Learoyd's work is held in the following public collections:

References

External links

SFMOMA Artist Video: Richard Learoyd

The Outside World Video: Richard Learoyd
{{DEFAULTSORT:Learoyd, Richard 1966 births Living people Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art British contemporary artists Photographers from Lancashire People from Nelson, Lancashire