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CURRICULUM VITAE
Barbara Nitke (b. 1950, Lynchburg, VA)
Selected One-Person Shows:
2024 American Ecstasy, Storage APT, NYC
2014 American Ecstasy, One Eyed Jacks Gallery, Brighton, England
2012 American Ecstasy, Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 Smooth Hotel, Gansevoort 69, NYC
2004 Illuminata: Are You Curious? Art@Large, NYC
2004 Kiss of Fire, Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, ME
2002 Twenty Years, Art@Large Gallery, NYC
2000 Private Moments, Barrister's Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999 Barbara Nitke: Private Moments, Musselman Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1994 Resurrection, Camera Club of New York, NYC
1991 Barbara Nitke, Photographic Museum of Finland (traveling exhibition)
Selected Group Shows:
2023 Body Mind Spirit, Chashama Pop-Up Gallery, NYC
2023 Family: Blood or Bond, curated by Orestes Gonzalez, Culture Lab LIC, NYC
2023 Breaking Boundaries, curated by Orestes Gonzalez, Culture Lab LIC, NYC
2019 Photography After Stonewall, Soho Photo, NYC
2015 For Love or Money, Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
2015 Irreverent, curated by Jennifer Tyburczy, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, NYC
2014 Alternatives, Galerii Noorus, Tartu, Estonia
2013 Past/Present, Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
2012 Another Country: Photographs from the Rogers Collection, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2012 Alternatives, Gallery BE’19, Helsinki, Finland
2012 Alternatives, Galleria Emil, Tampere, Finland
2012 Lewd, Curated by Greg Garry, Krause Gallery, NYC
2010 The Exquisite Landscape, International Center for Photography, NYC
2009 Cupido 25th Anniversary Show, Oslo, Norway
2008 Chelsea Hotel Through the Eyes of Photographers, Chelsea Hotel, NYC
2006 Bearings: The Female Figure, curated by Allen Frame, PS 122 Gallery, NYC
2005 A Knock at the Door, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC
2004 Body Commodities/Queer Packaging, WORKS/San Jose, CA
2003 Boys of Summer: Photographs of and about Men, ClampArt, NYC
2002 NYC Sex: How New York City Transformed Sex in America,, Curated by Grady Turner, Museum of Sex, NYC
2002 Continuum, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2002 Multi Exposures, Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, ME
2002 Out Like That, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), NYC
2002 Women on Board, Barbara Levy Gallery, Fire Island, NY
2000 Living is Easy, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, NYC
2000 Fire Island 2000, Barbara Levy Gallery, Fire Island, NY
2000 Mettre a Nu: the Body Exposed, Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, ME
1999 Bodywork: the Sacred and Profane, Radiant Light Gallery, Portland, ME
1999 8th Lesbian & Gay Photo Annual, Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation, NYC
1998 Kink: A Woman’s Perspective, Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago
1997 Sacred Tattoo, The Body Archive, New York, NYC
1996 Religious Expressions, Lightzones Gallery, NYC
1996 Tatoo, Staten Island Studio Museum, NYC
1995 Erotic Materials, MBM Gallery, New York, NYC
1995 Two Sisters, Youth and Cultural Center of Oulu, Finland
1994 Two Sisters, Galleria Be’ 19, Helsinki, Finland
Collections:
Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
John Teti Library and Special Collections, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki
Leather Archives and Museum, Chicago
Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art
Museum of Sex, New York
Monographs:
American Ecstasy
Introduction Arthur C. Danto, New York, Pierrot Press, 2012
Kiss of Fire: A Romantic View of Sadomasochism
Introduction A. D. Coleman, Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2003
Selected Books:
Anais Carayon. La Chose. Paris: Prive Publishing, 2016
Kaufman, Frederick. A Short History of the American Stomach. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2008
Steinberg, David. Photo Sex: Fine Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age. Sqn Francisco: Down There Press, 2003
Turner, Grady. NYC Sex: How New York City Transformed Sex in America. London: Scala Publishers, 2002
Maddex, Alison. Sex in the City: An Illustrated History. New York: Universe Publishing, 2002
Krell, Alan. The Devil’s Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire. London: Reaktion Books, 2002
Selected Publications:
Brenner, Julia: “New York City Art Space, Storage APT, Opens with Barbara Nitke Photography Exhibition ‘American Ecstasy’, Forbes Magazine, February 2024
Pursley, Angela: “Barbara Nitke: American Ecstasy”, Hunger TV, May 2015
Dolding, Sian: “American Ecstasy: Passion vs. Practicality in NY Photographer Barbara Nitke’s X-Rated Porn Memoir” Dazed and Confused, December 2013
Denis, Daphnee: “An X-Rated Trip Down Memory Lane”, Slate Behold, May 2013
Martin, Nathan C: “The Porn Romantic: An Interview with Barbara Nitke”, Press Street, November, 2012
Mirabelli, Gene: “American Ecstasy”, Critical Pages, October 2012
Sciortino, Karley: “American Ecstasy – A Chat about Porn with Barbara Nitke”, Vice Magazine, February 2012
Carlson, Jen: “Want a Closer Look at the 1980’s Porn Industry in NYC?”, Gothamist, February 2012
Kaufman, Frederick: “Debbie Does Salad: The Food Network at the Frontiers of Pornography”, Harper’s Magazine, October 2005
Kennedy, Randy: “An Online Artist Challenges Obscenity Law”, New York Times, July 2005
Ratner, Lizzie: “The Sweetheart of S. and M.”, New York Observer, November 2004
Ford, Dave: “Photographer Shoots to Expose the Romanic Side of SM”, San Francisco Chronicle, September 2004
Keyes, Bob: “Exploring Myths of a Sexual Subculture”, Portland Press Herald, February 2004
Strausbaugh, John: “Publishing: What’s Obscene in Podunk”, New York Press, August 2002
Schabner, Dean: “Love of Obscenity” S/M Photographer Challenges Internet Decency Standards”, ABCNews.com, July 2002
Bowman, David: “Ashcroft in Bondage: An Interview with SM photographer Barbara Nitke about her Lawsuit Against the Attorney General, her Art, and the Thousand-Yard-Stare” Salon,com, July 2002
Steinberg, David: “Standing Up to Be Counted: Barbara Nitke Challenges John Ashcroft on SM and Internet Obscenity” Spectator Magazine, January 2002
Trebay, Guy: “Slap Happy: Two Photographers Document the SM Life”, Village Voice, November 1998
Selected Public Appearances:
2017 “Panel: The Kinsey Institute and Changing Cultural Contexts:
60 Years After US v. 31 Photographs” Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
2015 “Irreverent Artist and Curator Panel” Leslie Lohman speaker series, NY
2014 “Lost Lectures” The Knockdown Centre, NY
2012 American Ecstasy Slide Show, Press Street, New Orleans, LA
2009 The Judith Regan Show, Sirius Satellite Radio, NY
2006 Slide show and talk, Columbia University, NY
2006 “New Forms, New Venues: Sexual Fine Art Outside the Porn Paradigm”
Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Criminal Art” slide show and panel discussion, Museum of Sex, NY
2005 “A Knock at the Door” panel discussion, LMCC at Cooper Union, NYC
2005 “Criminal Art” slide show and talk, The Eulenspeigel Society, NYC
2005 “Art and Activism” slide show and talk, Gay Male SM Activists, NYC
2004 Human Sexuality Educational Show, Columbia University Television
2003 “Kiss of Fire” slide show, Museum of Sex, New York, NY
2003 Panel discussion/slide show, Gershwin Hotel, NY
2003 “Naked New York” with Bob Berkowitz, Metro TV, New York
2002 Kidd Chris Show, 93.7 KXOA, Sacramento, CA
2001 "Lovers, Masters and Slaves" New School for Social Research, NYC
2000 "Sexual Freedom Through the Arts Panel" Matrix, Philladelphia, PA
2000 "Sexual Journey" New School for Social Research, NYC
2000 "Lovers and Other Strangers" slide show and talk, Sexuality Series at the Gay and Lesbian Center, NYC
1998 “Lovers” Slide Show, The Camera Club of New York
1998 Barnes & Noble, NYC panel discussion for “Erotic New York”
1998 Tower Books, NYC, panel discussion for “Erotic New York”
1997 “A Woman’s Gaze” New School for Social Research
1996 “Lovers and Other Strangers” Rutger’s University
1996 “A Woman’s Gaze” New School for Social Research
1996 “Mondo Manhattan” Polish National Television
1995 “Real Personal” CNBC Television Networks, New York
1994 “New York and Company” WNYC Radio, New York
1994 “Good Morning, Finland” Finland National Television
Career Related Experience:
1992-present Instructor at School of Visual Arts, New York
2008 Master Class at International Center for Photography
2002-2006 President, The Camera Club of New York
1998-2000 Vice President, The Camera Club of New York