Bill Armstrong appropriates found images, transforming them into something wholly new—both visually and semantically—by photocopying, cutting, painting, and re-photographing them. To blend the collaged elements together and create seamless images, he sets his camera’s focusing ring to infinity. Vibrant, suggestive, and even cinematic, these worlds exist in memory, dreams, or perhaps parallel universes.

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EDUCATION
1979 BA, History of Art, Magna Cum Laude, Boston University, Boston, MA
1987 MBA, Boston University, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Unspoken, Mandala, and Buddha, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2021 Unspoken, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2020 After: Dreaming in Color, Forma Meravigli, Milan, Italy
Chroma, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK
After: Dreaming in Color & Mandala, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2018 Renaissance, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK
2015 Buddha & Mandala, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
2014 Infinity: Photographs by Bill Armstrong, FORMA Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy
2013 Buddha & Mandala, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Buddha & Mandala, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
ClampArt, New York, NY
2012 Mandala, FotoFest: Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX
2011 Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Renaissance, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Chromozones, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL
2010 Renaissance, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Photographs From the Infinity Series, 1998-Present Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
Bill Armstrong Renaissance, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK
2009 Renaissance, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2008 Photo Mandalas: Bill Armstrong and Milan Fano Blatny Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Renaissance, ClampArt, New York, NY
2007 Renaissance, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Spirit: From Darkness to Light, DeSantos Gallery, Houston, TX
2006 Blue Sphere, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Apparition, Parkerson Gallery, Houston, TX
Photographs From the Infinity Series, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2005 Apparition, ClampArt, New York, NY
Spirit, Gallery Kayafas, Boston, MA
2004 Spirit, ClampArt, New York, NY
2003 Recent Photographs, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
Mandala, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Mandala, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, CO
2001 Photographs From the Infinity Series, An American Space Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Recent Photographs, McCann-Erikson Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Recent Photographs, Roy Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
1997 Accidental Portraits International Center of Photography Education Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Photographs, Uma Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Blur: A Photographic History, Musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland

2021 Traveling Without Moving, Alessia Paladini Gallery, Milan, Italy

Month of Photography, Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO

2020 Northern Light, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland

The Photo Review, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Sguardi, Contrasto Galleria, Milan, Italy

The Edge Effect, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

Twenty-One, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK

Photographs, Aperture, New York, NY

2019 The Qualities of Light, Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ

2018 The Heckscher Collects: Recent Acquisitions, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Looking for America, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
In Piena Luce: Nove fotografi interpretano I Musei Vaticani, Curated by Alessandra Mauro and Micol Forti, Palazzo
Reale, Milan, Italy
No Longer Supported, Sarah Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
The National: Best Contemporary Photography 2018, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2017 After: Dreaming in Color, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, Shanxi Province, China
SEA(E)SCAPES. Visioni Di Mare, Contrasto Galleria, Milan, Italy
#friendswithboats, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
alternative realities (facts), two.seven, Studio Thomas Kellner, Siegen, Germany
New Mandalas, ClampArt, Project Room, New York, NY
2016 Learning To See Color, Vicki Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Three’s A Charm, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2015 Making Contact, The Halide Project, Philadelphia, PA
Aperture: Photographs, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Reinventing the Helm: Self-Styled Nautical Activists Pirate the Canon of Maritime Art, Sara Nightingale
Gallery, Watermill, NY
Heaven and Earth, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
2014 Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
The Collectors Eye: The Maloney Collection, Fotofest, Houston, TX
Gallery Artists Exhibition, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK
The Noir Effect, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Performance: Contemporary Photography from Douglas Nielsen Collection, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
Faculty Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Winter Group Exhibition, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
2013 Fear & Loathing, Photo-Eye, Santa Fe, NM
Faculty Exhibition: Stories in the Social Landscape, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
The Edge of Vision, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, LA
The Christopher Hyland Collection, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
2012 In Focus: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
The Art of Photography, curated by Julian Cox,San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
Equivalents, Curated by W.M. Hunt, Photo Center NW, Seattle WA
By Way of These Eyes: The Christopher Hyland Collection, American Museum in Britain, Bath, UK
The Edge of Vision, Clay Center for the Arts, Charleston, WV
Works on Paper, HackelBury Fine Art, London, UK
The Edge of Vision, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
2011 The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
New Yorker Fiction/Real Photography, A Tribute to Elisabeth Biondi,Stephen Kasher Gallery, New York, NY
Full Circle, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
Altered States, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
The Edge of Vision, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
Photo 50, Curated by Joanna Pitman, London Art Fair, London, UK
2010 It’s All A Blur, Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ
Recent Acquisitions, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
The Edge of Vision, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
2009 The Scene and the Dream of Photographs, Forma Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy
Photography Now, Hackelbury Fine Art, London, UK
Edge of Vision, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
The Christopher Hyland Collection, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Contact Sheet, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Pairs, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV
2008 Faculty Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2007 Apparition, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA (two person exhibition)
Faculty Exhibtion: About This, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Faccia a Faccia, Il nuovo ritratto contemporaneo, Forma Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy
Oog-Eye: Photographs from Collection Dancing Bear, Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006 Faculty Exhibition, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Figure in the Landscape, Houston Community College Central Fine Art Gallery, Houston, TX
On the Edge, Curated by Stephen Perloff, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
No Eyes: the Dancing Bear Collection of W. M. Hunt, Musee De l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
2005 Photo National, Curated by Kate WareLancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
Sans regardes, or no eyes: looking at collection Dancing Bear, Recontres D’Arles, Arles, France
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Luminous Forms: Abstractions in Color Photography, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2004 About Face, Curated by William Ewing, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Fresh Works, Curated by Kevin Miller, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
I want to take you higher, McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Colorscapes, Curated by Jennifer Gyr, Cooper Classics Collection
Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
78th Annual Competition, Curated by Darsie Alexander The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Je t’envisage, Curated by William Ewing, Musee De l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
Grand Opening Exhibition, Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO
2003 Concerning the Spiritual in Photography, Curated by Leslie Brown, Photographic Resource Center at Boston
University, Boston, MA
Culturgest, Curated by William Ewing, Lisbon, Portugal
Fear of Flying, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
Photographs by Seven Contemporary Artists, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Photography 2003, Curated by Therese Mulligan,Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Sara Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY
2002 The House of Light, Curated by Bernard Yenelouis, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Gallery Artists Exhibition, American Space Gallery, New York, NY
New Art '02, Curated by Lelia Amalfitano, Kingston Gallery, Boston MA
Houston Center for Photography, Curated by Anne Tucker, Houston, TX
Faculty Exhibition, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2001 Here is New York, New York, NY
Contemporary Photography for the New Millenium, Curated by Anthony Montoya
Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
Deceit of the Intellect, Benham Studio Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Material Revelations: Variations on Collage, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Brazil Mostra De Portfolios 2000, Casa da Fotografia Fuji, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gallery Artists Show, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, CO

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2022 David Roth, Square Cylinder, “Best of 2021” December
David Roth, Square Cylinder, "Bill Armstrong @ Dolby Chadwick", March

2021 Michelle Goldberg, New York Times, “The Problem of Political Despair,” Nov. 22
Luca Romano, Il Giornale.it, “Il Viaggio Senza Sportarsi,” July

2020 Stephen Perloff, The Photo Review, “Quarantine,” December
Buddhadharma, “The Promise and Peril of Spiritual Authority,” November
Emanuela Constantini, Fotografare Edizione Especiale, “I Maestri del Colore, Universi Paralleli, January

2019 Tim Anderson, Shadow and Light Magazine, Cover and Featured Artist Portfolio, November
Collier Brown, OD Review, “Falling Through History with Bill Armstrong”, September
Natalia Price-Cabrera, No Filter, “What Do You See”
Kala Herh, Musee Magazine, Interview, September
Suzanne Nicholas, International Center of Photography, Catalog Cover, Fall

2018 Alessandra Mauro and Micol Forti, “In Piena Luce: Nove fotografi interpretano I Musei Vaticani” Contrasto
Luis Juárez, Revista Balam, April
Antonia Hrastar, Arte Magazin, “Frauenmangel”, June
Julie Grahame, aCurator, “Bill Armstrong: Mandalas”, May
Katy Cowan, Creative Boom, “Soft photographs of silhouettes of people that look like fine art paintings”, May
Aline Smithson, Lenscratch, “Bill Armstrong: Partial Appearances”, April
Andrea Blanch, Musée Magazine, Weekend Portfolio: Bill Armstrong, “Partial Appearances”, March
Michael Rippy, Video Interview, YIELD Magazine, Snite Museum of Art, January
2017 Celine Fresquet, Photographie Des Origines aux Approches Actuelles, p. 28
Suzanne Nicholas, Fall Program Guide, International Center of Photography, p. 4
Bobby Doherty, Issue Five Spring 2017, American Chordata
Suzanne Nicholas, Spring Program Guide, International Center of Photography, p. 4
2016 Jim Casper, “Film Noir,” lensculture, www.lensculture.com
Hermon Joyner & Kathleen Monaghan, “Focus on Photography,” p. 99
Cory Tallman, “Bill Armstrong, Illusions in Color,” Man of Metropolis, Spring/Summer Issue, pp. 92-93
Suzanne Nicholas, Spring Program Guide, International Center of Photography, p 5
Elizabeth Martin, “The Modern Life Concept House,” Elle Décor, April, pp.171-173
2015 Suzanne Nicholas, Fall Program Guide, International Center of Photography, p. 11
Bill Armstrong, “Interview with Ellen Carey,” Dear Dave, p. 61, Spring Edition
Geoff Smith, “Intoxicating Spirituality,” Arts + Culture TX, , March 25
Catherine Anspon, “Mandalas, Buddhas, Stars and Saturday Night Specials,” Papercity Mag, March 18
Zachary Slobig, “Renaissance Sex Positions Reimagined as Dreamy Erotica,” WIRED, February 15
Holly Stuart Hughes, “Light On Noir,” PDN Photo of the Day, February 9
KCRW Radio Blog, Hollywood of Exiles and Émigrés, January
“Dark Legacy,” Hadassah Magazine, p. 47, January
2014 3D Magazine, San Francisco Design Center, Cover, November
Jason Fulford, Greg Halpern, The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas, Aperture.
Suzanne Nicholas, “Summer Program Guide,” International Center of Photography, Cover
2013 Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums, Restoration Projects Wishbook 2013, p.87
Floriane Herrero, Photographie Contemporaine, Editions Palette, Cover, p. 54
Jackie Higgins, Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus, Prestel, p. 208
John Rohrbach & Silvie Penichon, Color!, Amon Carter Museum & University of Texas Press, pp.230-231
Thea Traff, “The Edge of Vision, Revisited,” The New Yorker, Photo Booth, September 18
Melissa Goldstein, “Scenes From a Story: Film Noir & Photography,” New Yorker, Photo Booth, June
Brian Sholis, "Interview with Bill Armstrong," Aperture Blog, March 18
Loring Knoblauch, “Bill Armstrong Film Noir”, DLK Collection March 6
John D'Agostino, "The Disordered Eye: Bill Armstrong," The Treachery of Images, March 2013
Amanda Carr, "Bill Armstrong's Film Noir at ClampArt New York," The Women’s Room, Feb. 26, 2013,
Kellman, Asher,“The Rich Film Noir Photography Of Bill Armstrong," Open Photography Forum
Darren Ching, “Bill Armstrong: Film Noir,” PDN, Photo of the Day, February 20, 2013
Emily Macaux, “A Sense of Noir: Bill Armstrong at ClampArt,” Daily Serving, February 14, 2013
2012 Frank DiGiacomo, New York Daily News: Gatecrasher, “Pope Benedict...,” March 21, 2012, p. 22
Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, Light and Lens, 2nd Ed., 2012, p. 210
International Center of Photography School: Program Guide, Spring 2012, p. 8
2011 Andre Van der Wende, Artscope, “Bill Armstrong Photography,” December 2011, pp. 28-29
W.M. Hunt, The Unseen Eye: Photographs from the Unconcsious, Aperature,2011, pp. 142-143, 1640-165
Robert Hirsch, Exploring Color Photography, Focal Press, 5th Ed., 2011, p. 133
2010 George Saunders, “Escape from Spiderhead,” The New Yorker, December 20 & 27, 2010, p.110
Sam Stander, “The San Francisco Bay Guardian Picks,” The San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 1, 2010, p. 20
2009 Suzanne Nicholas, Program Guide, Fall 2009, School of the International Center of Photography, p.5
Lyle Rexer, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, Aperture, Cover, pp 212-213
Cate McQuaid, “A Radiant Renaissance,” The Boston Globe, March 11 Arts & Performance p. 4
Robert Hirsch, Photographic Possibilities, Focal Press, p. 36
2008 Lisa Phillips, “Focus on Light and Thrift,” New York Times, Escapes, Nov. 21
Edith Newhall, “Something to Meditate on: Mandalas in Photographs,” Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 5
Robert Wasserman, “Photo Mandalas,” Art Matters, October.
David Smith. “Photo Mandalas,”Antiques & The Arts Weekly, August, 15
Robert Schaefer, “Spirit with a Sleight of Hand,” Double Exposure, April
Bill Armstrong, “An Accidental Photographer,” Camera Arts, January-February, pp. 82-87
W.M. Hunt, “A Shadow in the Sun” Exhibition Catalogue, ClampArt, pp. 3-5
2007 Jerome Groopman, “Silent Minds” The New Yorker, October 15, p.39
Mary Voelz Chandler, “Neri’s Figures Impress,” Rocky Mountain News, May 18, Spotlight
Michael Paglia, “Cold Pastoral,” Westword, May 31, Arts and Entertainment
2006 William Ewing, FACE: The New Photographic Portrait, Thames and Hudson, pp. 212-213
Claire Stacey Shabsis, “Apparition,” Eyemazing, April, pp. 112-119
A.D. Coleman, “Going to the Many,” AG, April, pp. 30-41
A.D. Coleman, “Going to the Many,” Lemon, February, pp. 85-92
Lewis H. Lapham, “Findings,” Harpers, January, p. 96
David Schimke, “Calm in the Chaos,” Utne Reader, January/February, pp. 47, 51
2005 A.D. Coleman, “Going to the Many,” Exhibition Catalogue, ClampArt
Bill Armstrong, “Color Harmony in Photography,” Photo Techniques, November/December, pp. 24-27
2005 B. Allan Wallace, “What is true happiness?” Tricycle, Fall, pp. 71, 77, 84
Caroline Cunningham, “(american scene) photography RING MASTER,” House & Garden, March, p. 93
Cate McQuaid, “Bypassing reason for feeling, soft-focus photos return,” The Boston Globe, Jan. 14, p. E22
Christopher Millis, “Photographs by Bill Armstrong,” The Boston Phoenix, January 7, Arts p. 23
Charles Giuliano, Maverick Arts Magazine, Issue Number 165, January 10
2004 Christine Temin, “These photographers don’t shoot for reality,” The Boston Globe, Dec. 5
Robert Hirsch, Exploring Color Photography, McGraw-Hill, p. 263
James Murphy, “Fresh work IV,” Exhibition catalogue, Southeast Museum of Photography, pp. 2-3, 4-5
William Ewing, “About Face,” Exhibition Catalogue, Hayward Gallery, London, p. 51
Neil Kendricks, “Nerve Cell,” The San Diego Union-Tribune, April 29, Visual Arts Section
Leslie Brown, “Concerning the Spiritual in Photography,” In the Loupe, January-February, p. 4-8
2003 Stephen Perloff, The Photo Review, 2003, p. 43
William Ewing, “De Caras! O retrato esta morto! Viva la cara,” Culturgest, Lisbon, p. 4
Eric Ernst, “Reverence for Body and Spirit,” The Southampton Press, August 7, p. B13
Joan Baum, “In the Gallery,” Southampton Independent, August 13, p. B9
Mairi Beautyman, “Update,” Interior Design, July, p. 40 Chronogram, June, Cover
2002 Alice George, “Here is New York,” A Democracy of Photographs, Scalo, p.397
Ben Widdecomb, “Private Eye: in collector John Bennette's world, image is everything.” Art & Auction, November, p.94-107
Cate McQuaid, “Gallery Review,” The Boston Globe, July 12, p. 17
2001 Rose Marie Nakamura, “L'homme qui murmure a l'oreille de l'infini,” Art Actuel, May-June, pp. 68-71
Helena Tovar, “Viaje al Infinito,” Foto Reflex, Ano 6, No. 27, pp. 25-32
Vince Aletti, “Photo Choices,” The Village Voice, February 20
2000 Meghan Bragdon, “Material Revelations: Variations on Collage,” Exhibition Catalogue, The Fuller Museum of Art
1997 Anton Perich, “Interview,” Night Magazine, July, 1997
Vince Aletti, “Photo Choices,” The Village Voice, June 17, 1997

HONORS + AWARDS
2009 Honorable Mention, Fine Art Photography, International Photography Awards
Aperture Print Program: Edge of Vision Limited Edition Portfolio  
2008 Acquisition Award, Young Friends of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Winter Gala
Nominated for New York Photography Festival Award
 2004 Honorable Mention, Fine Art, Lucie International Photography Awards  
2003 Purchase Prize, Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY  
2002 Best in Show, “New Art '02,” Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA, Juried by Lelia Amalfitano

TEACHING POSITIONS
2001-Present Photography Instructor, Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2003-Present Adjunct Professor of Photography, School Of Visual Arts, New York, NY

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
American Museum in Britain, Bath, UK
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA  
Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France  
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY  
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA  
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
 Center For Crerative Photography, Tucson, AZ  
Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy  
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
 Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA  
Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA  
Hecksher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY  
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA  
Musee De l’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland  
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX  
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA  
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY  
New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT  
Norton Museum, Palm Beach, FL  
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA  
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR  
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA  
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA  
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL  
U.S. Department of State: Consulate Mumbai, India  
W. M. Hunt/Dancing Bear, New York, NY  
Woodstock Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY  
Vatican Museum, The Vatican  
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY