About the Artist

Brad Temkin (American, 1956- ) was born in Chicago. Temkin’s photographs have been widely exhibited throughout the United States and abroad, and are in several permanent collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Milwaukee Art Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, among others. Temkin’s images have appeared in such publications as Aperture, Black & White Magazine, Grateful Dead: An Illustrated Trip, and Strength From Unity: Expressions On Cancer. A monograph of Temkin’s work was published in 2005 entitled: “Private Places: Photographs of Chicago Gardens”, with an introduction by Rod Slemmons.

Brad Temkin teaches photography at Columbia College Chicago, and teaches workshops in Ireland every year. He currently resides in Skokie, Illinois with his wife and daughter.

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