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Cig Harvey (born 1973 in Devon, UK) is a fine art photographer known for her surreal images of nature and family. Her work has been compared to René Magritte and has been described as revealing “the mysticism in the mundane.”  Harvey’s work has been exhibited internationally and is included in several collections including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the George Eastman Museum, and the Farnsworth Art Museum.

Harvey lives and works in Rockport, Maine.

Early Life
Cig Harvey grew up in the county of Devon in South West England. She became interested in photography at early age because of the photo portfolios that The Independent published in their Sunday editions. At age thirteen, Harvey began working in a darkroom, which furthered her interest in photography. She received her MFA from Rockport College and in 2005 was selected as one of Photo District News’s 30 emerging photographers to watch.

Career
Harvey began her career as an assistant professor at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University where she worked for ten years. Her first solo museum show was held at the Stenersen Museum in Oslo in 2012 in conjunction with the release of her first monograph, You Look At Me Like An Emergency (Schilt Publishing, 2012). The book was selected by Photo District News as one of the best books of 2012, and was widely reviewed by international publications including The Independent and The Boston Globe.

Her second monograph, Gardening at Night, was released in 2015 (again by Schilt Publishing). Gardening at Night received critical acclaim from Vogue and The New York Times, among others. In an interview with The Telegraph about the book, Harvey cited magical realism as a source of inspiration and said “I am very interested in finding magic in the real world and photography reminds me that this world is amazing.”

Harvey’s recent work has expanded her focus on familial relationships to her own experience with motherhood and the birth of her daughter. She was featured in The New York Times in an article titled “Why Can’t Great Artists Be Mothers?” rejecting the stereotype that motherhood and artistic dedication are at odds.

In addition to her fine art work, Harvey also does select editorial and commercial work including projects for O Magazine, New York Magazine, T Magazine, Harper's Bazaar Japan, Bloomingdale's, Kate Spade, and Ralph Lauren.

Solo Exhibitions

 * 2016 Gardening at Night, Photo-Eye gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
 * 2015 Gardening at Night, Robert Mann Gallery, New York
 * 2015 Gardening at Night, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
 * 2015 Gardening at Night, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
 * 2015 Gardening at Night, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, Maine
 * 2013 You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
 * 2013 You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Firecat Studios, Chicago
 * 2012 You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
 * 2012 You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
 * 2012 You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
 * 2012 You Look At Me Like An Emergency, Robin Rice Gallery, New York
 * 2011 Cig Harvey, Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, Maine
 * 2011 Cig Harvey, Tilt Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
 * 2010 Cig Harvey – Photographs, The Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
 * 2010 The Hope Chest, JAGR Projects, Philadelphia
 * 2010 The Hope Chest, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
 * 2007 Cig Harvey – Photographs, Robin Rice Gallery, New York
 * 2006 The Self Portrait, Updated, Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
 * 2005 Cig Harvey – Photographs, Robin Rice Gallery, New York
 * 2005 The Impossible Tasks, Watermark Gallery, Houston
 * 2005 Eyes Like Disappointed Lemons & The Impossible Tasks, Pikto Gallery, Toronto
 * 2002 Tread Softly, The Maine Center for Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
 * 2001 Tread Softly, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut
 * 2000 Artists Up Front Street, Masterworks Gallery, Bermuda

Group Exhibitions

 * 2016 The Gender Show, Fundación Canal, Madrid, Spain
 * 2015 Picturing Maine, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine
 * 2015 Pairings: Selections from the Bruce Brown Collection, University Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine
 * 2015 Highways & Byways, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Portland Public Library, Maine
 * 2014 The Gender Show, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
 * 2005 Figuratively Speaking: Cig Harvey and Tom Sale, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Collections

 * Bowdoin College, Special Collections, Brunswick, Maine
 * Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine
 * Fidelity Corporation, Special Collections
 * Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
 * International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
 * Masterworks Foundation, Hamilton, Bermuda
 * University of Washington, Special Collections, Seattle, Washington

Books

 * Harvey, Cig (2015). Gardening at Night. Schilt Publishing. ISBN 9789053308448
 * Harvey, Cig (2012). You Look At Me Like An Emergency. Schilt Publishing. ISBN 9053307710

External Links:

 * Cig Harvey’s Website
 * Robert Mann Gallery
 * Robert Klein Gallery
 * Kopeikin Gallery