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ASU Northlight Gallery

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ASU Northlight Gallery

Exhibits a broad spectrum of photo-based work by emerging, underrepresented and renowned artists.

Northlight Gallery at the ASU Herberger Institute's School of Art exhibits a broad spectrum of photo-based work by emerging, underrepresented and internationally recognized artists. The gallery serves the university community and the public with exhibitions and gallery talks by national and international artists and is vital to the education of students earning a degree in photography. Northlight

Gallery was founded on the Tempe campus by Professor Jack Stuler and MFA photo students in 1972 at a time when the medium was struggling to be recognized locally as a fine art. Now over 4 decades later, photography and related digital technologies dominate contemporary art as well as our daily lives. Northlight Gallery’s Permanent Collection and the Solari Foundation Collection on long-term loan include the works of internationally renowned artists such as Ansel Adams, Eugene Atget, Thomas Barrow, Manuel Alverez Bravo, Henri Cartier Bresson, Harry Callahan, Linda Connor, Van Deren Coke, Betty Hahn, Eikoh Hosoe, Mary Ellen Mark, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Aaron Siskind, Frederick Sommer, Paul Strand, Andy Warhol and Edward Weston. Northlight Gallery students enrolled in the photo exhibitions class with curator Liz Allen work directly with the collections to curate exhibitions, catalog and preserve artworks, as well as design and install shows. This kind of hands-on experience with master works is inspiring and creates a professional environment in which students apply skills and knowledge as they learn. Northlight Gallery, as part of the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, hosts exhibitions of artworks in which the content, subject matter or themes may challenge the sensibilities, perceptions and beliefs of some individuals. Please exercise discretion when choosing to view the works and preview for children.

09/04/2025

Northlight Gallery curator Liz Allen has curated her last show at the gallery. After 26 years serving the ASU community and hundreds of students teaching the Photographic Exhibitions course, Liz will leave ASU with the Solari Foundation Collection to become its curator and collections manager. The Solari Foundation Collection, which is owned by an ASU alumnus had been on long-term loan to Northlight Gallery since 1991. The gallery had served as a teaching laboratory where students could work directly with renowned works from the collection, including Richard Avedon, Julia Margaret Cameron, Linda Connor, Bill Owens, Andy Warhol, Weegee, Edward Weston and others.

Join Liz in the gallery for the opening reception of her final show, Of Light And Alchemy, on September 5, which also happens to be her birthday. Doors open at 6 PM and the artist talk with Brenda Biondo will start at 6:30 PM.

05/20/2024

Northlight Gallery featured work from the collection about the 12-year project Phoenix Transect that was led by Professor Emeritus Mark Klett. The exhibition included 37 ASU Alumni along with Klett and over 140 photographs that elucidated the transformation of Phoenix from 2007 to 2019. Depicted here is the installation process of one of the major walls in the exhibition, Phoenix Transect. The work in the show is part of the permanent collection.

02/16/2024

Join us in Northlight Gallery for the opening reception of PHOENIX TRANSECT the 14-year field study project led by ASU Professor Emeritus Mark Klett surveying the Phoenix metro area. The exhibition features work by Klett and 37 alumnae.
Doors open at 6 pm, talks begin at 6:30 pm.

12/02/2023

MEANING MAKING MACHINE artists discussing their work at Northlight Gallery.

11/18/2023

MEANING MAKING MACHINES opening reception Friday Nov 17, 6-9 pm.

11/16/2023

Join us in the gallery for the opening reception of MEANING MAKING MACHINES featuring the work of ASU students. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Talks and performances begin at 6:30 pm.

10/06/2023

Join us in the gallery for a Curatorial talk with Roshii Montaño, and Ninabah Reid Winton. They will discuss the artist, chosen for the Seral Bodies exhibition and their conceptual foundation for the show.

09/16/2023

Rapheal Begay presenting their work as a featured artist of Seral Bodies.

09/15/2023

Join us in the gallery for the opening reception of Seral Bodies. Northlight Gallery hosted the ASU LACMA Fellows for a sneak peak of the exhibition co-curated by Roshii Montaño and Ninabah Reid Winton. Rapheal Begay will present of their creative process, Friday, Sept. 15. Doors open at 6, talk begins at 6:30 p.m.

04/22/2023

Celebrating the work of our accomplished graduate student, Elizabeth Z Pineda.

04/21/2023

Join us in the gallery for the opening reception of Sin Nombre en Esta Tierra Sagrada by ASU MFA candidate, Elizabeth Pineda. Doors open at six, gallery talk begins at 6:30 PM.

Address

605 E Grant Street
Phoenix, AZ
85004

Opening Hours

Thursday	12pm - 5pm
Friday	12pm - 5pm
Saturday	12pm - 5pm
	6pm - 7pm

Telephone

+14809656517

Website

http://art.asu.edu/gallery/northlight/

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