Gay Block

Bio

EDUCATION

  • 1959-61

    Newcomb College of Tulane University

  • 1971-72

    University of Houston School of Architecture

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • RESCUERS: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust - Gay Block and Malka Drucker Exhibited at the following venues

  • 1990

    Santa Monica College Photography Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

  • 1991

    • Jewish Community Center, Cleveland, OH
    • The Public Library, Cincinnati, OH
    • Lawton Art Gallery, U. of WI at Green Bay, WI

  • 1992

    • Museum of Modern Art, New York
    • Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
    • Michener Fine Art Center, Doyleston, PA
    • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX

  • 1993

    • Mahn Und Gedenkstaate, Dusseldorf, Germany
    • Volkshochschule Dorsten, Recklinghausen, Germany
    • KZ Gedenkstaate Mittelbau-Dora, Nordhausen, Germany
    • Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
    • KZ Gedenkstaate Buchenwald, Germany
    • Melanchthon Akademie, Cologne, Germany
    • Virginia Beach Art Center, VA
    • The Des Moines Art Center, IA
    • The Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, DC
    • Charach-Epstein Museum, West Bloomfield, MI
    • Levis Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, FL
    • Tufts University, Medford, MA
    • Hollywood Arts/Cultural Center, FL

  • 1994

    • Kirkpatrick Center, Oklahoma City, OK
    • Texas A&M University, College Station
    • Judah Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
    • Museum at Stonybrook, CUNY at Stonybrook, NY

  • 1996

    • Grand Rapids Museum, IA
    • West Nebraska Art Center, Scottsbluff, NE
    • Christian Brothers University, Memphis, TN
    • Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL

  • 1997

    • Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis, IN
    • Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT
    • Tandy Center, Fort Worth, TX

  • 2003

    • 2003 Millersville University, Millersville, PA
    • Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
    • University of Bern, (U.S. Embassy sponsorship) Switzerland

  • 1999

    • Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
    • St. Leo College, St. Leo, FL
    • Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

  • 2000

    • Hatikvah Holocaust Education Center, Springfield, MA
    • El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
    • Houston Holocaust Museum Houston, TX

  • 2001

    • Jewish Community Center, Albuquerque, NM
    • William Benton Museum of Art, University of CT
    • Holocaust Memorial Cetner, Maitland, FL
    • Museum of Art, University of CT

  • 2002

    Tandy Center, Ft. Worth, TX

  • 2004

    The History Center, Ft. Wayne, IN

  • 2005

    Untitled Art Space, Oklahoma City, OK

  • 2006

    Misel Museum, Denver, CO

  • 2019

    • Holocaust Memorial Gallery, Jewish Family & Community Services, Jacksonville, FL
    • Levis Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, FL

  • 2020

    Arkansas Tech University, Russellville

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
  • Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
  • The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
  • San Francisco MOMA, CA
  • University of Texas, Humanities Research Center, Austin, TX
  • Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX
  • Fort Worth Art Museum, Ft. Worth, TX
  • The High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA
  • Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, CA
  • Armand Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • Worcester Art Museum, MA
  • Faulconer Art Gallery at Grinnell College, IA
  • Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
  • The Blue Sky Gallery Collection, Portland Art Museum, OR
  • The Robert Heinecken Collection, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Japan
  • The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, LA

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  • 2020

    Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage in the Holocaust, Gay Block and Malka Drucker, Radius Books, Santa Fe. Redesigned edition of 1992 book.

  • 2015

    • Photography at MOMA: 1960 to Now, New York, NY
    • The Albuquerque Journal, “Fearless Portraits,”,4/26/15

  • 2014

    Blue Sky 11/12, Oregon Center for the Arts, Portland

  • 2013

    Autophotography: Self-Portraits by New Mexico Photographers, Axle Press, Santa Fe, NM

  • 2011

    Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, ‘Deeper kind of love,” 12/16-22/11

  • 2009

    Pasatiempo, The New Mexican, “Art in Review: Growing up with Gay Block,” 12/4-10/09

  • 2008

    Photography: New Mexico, by Thomas Barrow, Kristin Barendsen, Stuart Ashman, Fresco Fine Art Publications, Albuquerque, NM

  • 2007

    • Lifting the Veil: New Mexico Women and the Tricultural Myth, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
    • Originals 2007, New Mexico Women Artists, New Mexico Committee of National Museum of Women in the Arts
    • Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe

  • 2006

    • Spot, The Silver Issue, Fall 2006, Houston Center for Photography, TX
    • Texas 100: Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art, TX

  • 2004

    • Art in America, Letters to the Editor, May, pg. 49
    • Art in America, by Arden Reed, March, pg. 136
    • Camerawork, by Aimee LeDuc, Vol. 31 #1, pg. 93
    • Perspectives @ 25: A Quarter Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
    • Dallas Morning News, 3/21/04
    • Spot, Houston Center for Photography, Winter/Spring
    • www.ralph.org, Bertha Alyce: Mother exPosed 2/18/04 – Awarded Top 10 Books of 2003

  • 2003

    • THE Magazine, “The Universe of Gay Block,” October
    • White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America, by Malka Drucker with Portraits by Gay Block. Skylight Paths, Vermont
    • Chicago Tribune Online Edition, 10/29/03
    • Bertha Alyce: Mother exPosed, University of New Mexico Press

  • 2000

    • Lesbian Art in America: A Contemporary History, by Harmony Hammond, Rizzoli, New York
    • Photographers, Writers, and the American Scene, James Enyeart, Arena Editions, Santa Fe, NM

  • 1992

    • Rescuers: Portraits of Moral Courage In The Holocaust, Gay Block and Malka Drucker Holmes & Meier, New York. 4 reprints
    • Publishers Weekly, 2/17/92 And 2/24/92
    • The Forward, 2/21/92, Pp. 1 And 9
    • The New York Times, by Charles Hagen 2/28/92 Living Arts
    • Time Magazine, 3/16/92. Pg. 65
    • The New Criterion, by Jed Perl, April 1992, Pp.52-55
    • MOMA Members Quarterly, Winter 1992, Pp.14-17
    • Passages, Paris, France, Pp.10-13
    • Art News, May 1992, “Knights Of The Spirit”, Pp.114-117
    • Aera, By Hiroko Tsumari, Japan, Pp.50-51
    • The New York Times Book Review, 6/7/92, P.18
    • The Wall Street Journal, 8/18/92, P. A12
    • The Hungry Mind, by Carole Kismaric, Fall 1992, P.48

  • 1990-98

    • Various City And Jewish Newspapers re. Exhibitions of “Rescuers”

  • 1991

    Framework: Portfolio 1991, Southern California, Pg.56

  • 1990

    • Los Angeles Times, November 18, Calendar Section, “Unsung Heroes Exhibition”
    • Artweek, November 29, “Some Perspectives On The Real,” Pg.1
    • Photography, 6th Edition, Phil Davis, Pg.46

  • 1986

    • 50 Texas Artists, Chronicle Books
    • Contemporary Texas: A Photographic Portrait, Texas Monthly Press
    • Art News, May, Pg.117

  • 1985

    Views: The Journal Of Photography Of New England, Vol.6, Number 1, Pg.14

  • 1983

    Ms Magazine, May

  • 1982

    The Houston Chronicle, May 23, “Ordinary People, Compelling Photos” by Patricia Johnson, Zest Magazine, Pg.17

  • 1979

    • Artweek, June 16, “Portrait of A Community”, by S. Kalil
    • Self-Portrayal, Friends Of Photography, Edited by James Alinder
    • Camera Magazine, August