Bio
Photographer Mike Sinclair’s subjects have included state and county fairs, parades, Fourth of July celebrations, parks, amateur musicals, artist’s studios, and the architecture of his hometown Kansas City. His 2016 book, “The Nelson”, looked at Kansas City’s new relationship with its most prestigious institution. He is currently working on a new project, with designer Tim Hossler, that looks at two historically significant Kansas City streets: the newly named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Ward Parkway. His photographs are in several public and private collections including The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Charlotte Street Award. Sinclair is Professor of the Practice of Photography at The University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 The Nelson - Photographs by Mike Sinclair, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2015 Roses, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2012 Public Assembly, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Public Domain, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2009 City Beautiful, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2006 Photographs, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017-18 Every Street, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2015 You People, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2013 OPEN, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2012 Looking at the Land, 21st-Century American Views, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2012 The Frontier, Paragraph, Kansas City, MO
2011 Dawn Till Dusk, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2011 America Now and Here, Leedy-Voulkos, Kansas City, MO
2011 Be Good or Be Gone, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2010 Untitled, Trace Gallery, Cornwall, United Kingdom
2010 Kansas City Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2010 Place, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS
2009 2009, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2009 Mixtape, Jen Bekman Gallery New York, NY
2009 Hey Hot Shots, Jen Bekman Gallery New York, NY
2009 The Poetics of Space, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
2009 Postcards From The Heartland, Art Production Fund, New York, NY
2008 on Liberty, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2008 Beyond the Backyard, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
2008 Kansas City Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2008 Where are you supposed to be? Book Release and Exhibition, La Esquina, Kansas City, MO
2006 The Metropolis View, Metropolis Magazine 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Art Directors' Club, New York, NY
2005 What's the Matter With Kansas?, Rare Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Moving In Moving Out, Flex Storage, Topeka, KS
2004 Contemporary Photography from the Hometown of Edgar Snow, Beida University, Beijing, China
2004 Kansas City Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2004 Forwarding Address, Society For Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
2002 Beyond Bounds, Shine, Gallery of Art JCCC, Overland Park, KS
2002 Current Works, Society For Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
2002 Rare Visions, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2002 Side by Side, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2001 Kansas City Flatfiles, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2001 Pierogi Flatfiles, Pierogi 2000 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Summer Show, Dolphin, Kansas City, MO
2000 Photo Forum 2000, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
2000 Charlotte Street Fund, H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
1999 Selected Photographs: The Permanent Collection at JCCC, Gallery of Art JCCC, Overland Park, KS
1999 Alumni On View 1951-99, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1998 Members Show, Society of Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Selected Press
2012 Time Magazine, Keeping the Dream Alive, July, 2, 2012
2012 TimeLightBox, Public Assembly: The Photography of Mike Sinclair, interview and slide show by Paul Moakley, June 21, 2012
2012 Huffingtonpost.com Haiku Reviews, Peter Frank 4/27/2012
2009 Heartland, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2008 Mike Sinclair Six Photographs, New Letters, vol. 75 no.1, Kansas City, MO
2008 The Life and Times of a City, The Kansas City Star
2008 Water, Metropolis Magazine
2007 Kansas City Snapshot, Conversation with Hesse McGraw, Review Magazine
2005 Mike Sinclair, Downtown, Urban Planning and Architecture Annual 2005, Review Magazine
2005 Mega-Life in The Midwest, Dots & Quotes
2005 The Other Kansas, Metropolis Magazine
2004 Consuming Nature, Review Magazine