
Brian Merriam
Photography
b. 1982
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Featured in Vogue, Dwell, Juxtapoz, Domino, Artforum, and The New Yorker, photographer Brian Merriam travels to the most remote parts of the world to capture rarely seen landscapes and celestial phenomena, including the Himalayas, the Aurora Borealis, lush Hawaiian jungles and total solar eclipses.
EXHIBITIONS
2023, Temporal, Tappan, Los Angeles,CA
2023, Apeiron, Tappan, Los Angeles,CA
2015, AWASH, Soho House, Los Angeles, CA
2013, Here and Gone, The Impossible Project Gallery, New York, NY
2013, Being Alone Is All The Hills Can Do, The Gallery Next to The Burgundy Room, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014, You Can Count on Me, 205A Gallery, New York, NY
2014, Anti Matter, 7 Dunham Gallery, New York, NY
2012, The Wild and The Innocent, Clic Gallery, New York, NY
2012, SMALL International Group Show, 19 Karen, Gold Coast, Australia
PUBLICATIONS
2015, Merriam, Brian “I’m Nowhere” ALOVETOKEN Press
2015, Merriam, Brian “Been Gone” Self Published/Handmade Edition of
2014, Merriam, Brian “In The Mist” ALOVETOKEN Press
2014, Merriam, Brian “The Last Best Place” ALOVETOKEN Press
2014, Merriam, Brian “The Picture From Space Shows Your Teeth” BOTY Publishing
2013, Merriam, Brian “The Streets Are Cheating” BOTY Publishing
EDUCATION
BFA, Video Art 2004 – Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
In the Journal

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