Publicaciones seleccionadas

  • The Vegetables Series. International Center of Photography, 1985.
  • Kinder in Europa. Nicolai, 1988 ISBN 9783875842227.
  • The Vegetable Series, International Center of Photography, New York, 1985
  • Image of the Not-Seen: Search for Understanding. The Rothko Chapel Art Series, 2005. ISBN 0945472048.
  • Michael Somoroff: Illumination I, Rothko Chapel, Rothko Chapel Books, 2008. ISBN 9780979091605.
  • Absence of Subject. Walter König, 2011. ISBN 978-0983615606.
  • A Moment. Master Photographers, Portraits by Michael Somoroff. Damiani, 2012. ISBN 9788862082112.
  • Two Crowns of The Egg. Michael Somoroff, Donald KuspitGiannina Braschi, Damiani, 2014. ISBN 9788862083539.
  • The Eyes magazine special publication, Michael Somoroff, Absence of Subject, PhotoPlastik, 2014

Exposiciones seleccionadas

  • 1978: Rizzoli International, Michael Somoroff, New York City
  • 1980The Vegetable Series, The International Center for Photography, New York City
  • 1980: Photokina, Sixty years of Photography, Cologne, Germany
  • 1985: The Vegetable Series, Olympus Galerie, Hamburg, Germany 
  • 1985: Photokina, Modern Color Photography, curated by Manfred Heiting, Köln, Germany
  • 1985: The Vegetable Series, Olympus Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1986: Frankfurt Kunstverein, Men Seeing Men, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 1986: SOMOROFF: Moving Nudes, Perrain Gallerie, Paris, France
  • 1994: AICP Exhibition (Association of Independant Commercials Producers) Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI, USA.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
  • Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • State Museum of Technique and Design, Warsaw. Museum of Design and the ARCHA Theatre, Prague.
  • State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland.
  • Mucsarnok Palace of Art, Budapest.
  • 1996: AICP Exhibiton (Association of Independant Commercials Producers)
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
  • The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA. Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI, USA.
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI, USA.
  • State Museum of Technique and Design, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Museum of Design and the ARCHA Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic. State Gallery of Art, Sopot, Poland.
  • Mucsarnok Palace of Art, Budapest.
  • 2003: “Consciousness and Process, The Digital in Sculpture, Photography, Animation.” Michael Rees & Michael Somoroff, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT, USA.
  • Digital Consciousness, Michael Somoroff, Michael Rees” during Art Cologne Dieter Zeibig, K99, Köln, Germany
  • The Physics of Spirituality”, Westwood Gallery, Soho, New York City, USA.
  • 2005: Touch and Temperament, Steve Sacks/Bitforms Gallery, ARCO, Madrid
  • 2005: Integrating the Digital Consciousness, Art Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Deborah Colton Gallery, in collaboration with Steven Sacks.
  • 2005: Michael Rees, Michael Somoroff, Yael Kanarek & Manfred Mohr: Consciousness and Process, The Digital in Sculpture, Photography, Animation Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas
  • ·2006: IlluminationRothko Chapel, Houston, Texas, 2006; Illumination, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 2007; BravinLee Programs, Chelsea, New York City, NY, 2007; Illumination, OMI International Art Center, Sculpture park, Ghent, NY, 2008-2012
  • 2007: Vitamin W, The Wonder Factor, Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Collective Work, Abu Dhabi, Emirates Palace
  • 2008: The Red SeaKunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany
  • 2008: Genesis, Video Animation during Easter Mass, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Köln, Germany
  • 2008-2015: Illumination 1, OMI International Art Center, Sculpture park, Ghent, NY
  • 2008: Absence of the Subject, Fotofest Houston, Offsite, Houston, Texas, 2008; 2011: Absense of Subject, Piazza San Marco, on the occasion of the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
  • 2012: Tefillah 1, Art Basel, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Basel, Switzerland
  • 2012: Absence of Subject, Villa Brandolini F4 Un’Idea di Fotografia, Solighetto-Treviso, Italy,
  • 2012: Absence of Subject, Gallerie Image, Aarhus, Denmark
  • 2012: Tefillah I, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany
  • 2013: Absence of Subject, Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy
  • 2013: Absence of Subject, Centro de Arte la Regenta, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
  • 2013: Absence of Subject, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, Spain, 
  • 2013: Absence of Subject, Sala Municipal de Exposiciones de las Francesas, Valladolid, Spain
  • 2013: Master Photographers, Galerie Julian Sander, Bonn, Germany, 
  • 2013; Master Photographers, Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Treviso, Italy,
  • 2014: Portraits and Nudes, Paris Photo, Feroz Gallery, Paris, France
  • 2014: Absence of Subject, Museo Nacional des Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • 2014: Absence of Subject, Encuentros Abiertos in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • 2014: Absence of Subject, Sirius Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
  • 2014: Absence of Subject, Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
  • 2014: Retrospective, MIA Art Fair, Milan, Italy
  • 2014: Paris Photo Los Angeles, mixed collection, Julian sander Gallerie
  • 2015: Absence of Subject, Villa Vauban, Luxembourg City Museum
  • 2015: Absence of Subject, Ruth Leuchter gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 2015: Master Photographers, ​Sol Mednick Gallery at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia
  • 2015: Installation Video: Inauguration of the Wyss Zürich Translational Center ETH Zürich and University of Zürich
  • 2021: Absence of Subject, UnSeen, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Premios

  • 1987 Premio Kodak al mejor libro de fotografía del año, Kinder of Europe 
  • 1994 Medalla de Oro de la Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP), Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
  • 1996 Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) Gold Metal, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
  • 1984-1985 Varios leones de Oro y Bronce, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 
  • 2012: Premio American Photo a los mejores libros de fotografía del año, A Moment. Master Photographers: Portraits by Michael Somoroff 
  • Clio, Andy Awards,  CA Awards, Mobius Awards, Canadian Besse Award, New York Art Directors Club, Society of Publication Designers Award

Honores

  • Artista residente oficial en el Wyss Translation Center de la Universidad de Zúrich y consultor de comunicación en colaboración con la ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology).
  • Director Ejecutivo de la New Light Foundation, Jerusalén, Israel
  • Miembro de la Junta Directiva de Nueva York, The Sculptor’s Guild of America
  • Miembro honorario del Comité Ejecutivo, Sculpture Center, Queens, Nueva York
  • Miembro honorario del jurado del Director’s Guild of America Film Festival
  • Miembro del Director’s Guild of America

Becas

  • 1979: Eastman Kodak Co. – The Philharmonic Project
  • 1979: Nikon Corporation, – The Philharmonic Project
  • 1980: Spring Mills Corporation Installation

Colaboraciones editoriales

  • Abschied von der Realität, por Joachim Koch, Rowohlt Verlag 1988
  • 2006: You Should See Yourself, Jewish Identity in Post Modern American Culture por Vincent Brook, Rutgers University Press, 2006
  • Art Kane por Jonathan Kane, Holly Anderson, Michael Somoroff, Peter Doggett
  • Maripol Polaroids, por Maripol, por Michael Somoroff

Ferias de arte

Arco, Art Basil, Mia, The Armory, Paris Photo, Photokina, Photofest Houston, UnSeen Amsterdam 

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