Andrew Xenios (born 1945, Long Beach, California) is an American artist, photographer, printmaker, poet and teacher based in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico and Marblehead, Massachusetts. Best known for his photogravure images.

Early life edit

He studied biology and chemistry at Salem State University in Massachusetts where he earned his B.F.A.[1] He went on to earn his M.F.A. in Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).[2] He was a student of photographers Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind.[citation needed] He has worked as a fine art photographer, and teacher since the late 1960's.

Career edit

In 1985 he was a founding member of the photography collective based in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico called "Focal Plane" (spanish: "Plano Focal"), later renamed to "Alternate Image"; which included artist such as; Víctor Rendón, Eduardo Arco, Humberto Suaste, Christian Rasmussen.[3] Between 1985 until 2000 the group hosted an international festival called "April, Month of Photography" (spanish: "Abril, Mes de a Fotographia").[3]

Besides well over 100 exhibitions during his life, his work is owned various collections, including the Fogg Museum at Harvard University;[4] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts;[5] Bibliothèque nationale de France;[6] the Aaron Siskind Collection at the Center for Creative Photography, Arizona.[7][8]

Xenios continues to photograph and teach in his studio and home in Yucatan, Mexico. As of 2017 he says he is working on a book of photographs and poems about the fading customs, traditions, and the visual effects of modernism on Mayan pueblos in the Yucatan Peninsula.

Bibliography edit

There is a series of self-publishing photography and poem books listed here through Lulu.com. Xenios is mentioned by name as a reference character in author, Carol Dine's "Places in the Bone: A Memoir" (2005).[9]

  • Dine, Carol (1992) "Blue Mesa Review, Issues 9-10". Creative Writing Center, Department of English, University of New Mexico.[10]
  • Xenios, Andrew (2005). "Cuba 2003". Lulu.com[11]
  • Xenios, Andrew (2005). "Arizona Abstractz". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2005). "The Living Male Nude (folio I)". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2006). "Tumacacori Abstractz". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2007). "Afghan Faces Volume I". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2007). "Afghan Faces Volume II". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2008). "San Jose de Cholul". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2008). "Little Noah Rueben Xenios". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2008). "Afghanistan Faces ... and a few notes". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2009). "Documenting a Changing Afghanistan". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2009). "Yucatan: henequen, haciendas, viviendas". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2009). "Yucatan!". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2011). "Carnival ! ! ! Yucatan, Mexico". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2011). "The Amatory Tree". Lulu.com
  • Xenios, Andrew (2011). "Eknakan Bullfight". Lulu.com

References edit

  1. ^ Xenios, Andrew. "Alumni US Salem State University". alumnius.net. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Andrew, Xenios. "RISD Portfolios". Rhode Island School of Design Portfolios. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ricardez, Cecilia (2016-04-23). "Impulsores de la fotografía comparten experiencias". Sipse (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-05-31. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Yucatan". www.harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2017-05-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ "Untitled (Tree Trunks)". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 2017-04-03. Retrieved 2017-05-30.
  6. ^ "BnF Catalogue général". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  7. ^ "Center for Creative Photography, Photograph Collection" (PDF). creativephotography.org. 2004. Retrieved 2017-05-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  8. ^ "Andrew Xenios, Center for Creative Photography". www.creativephotography.org. Retrieved 2017-05-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ Dine, Carol (2005-09-22). Places in the Bone: A Memoir. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813541082. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  10. ^ Blue Mesa Review. Creative Writing Center, Department of English, University of New Mexico. 1992. ISBN 9781885290090.
  11. ^ Xenios, Andrew (2005-08-01). Cuba 2003. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781411629967. Retrieved 2017-05-31.

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