b. France, 1958
EDUCATION
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- MA in Russian Studies, Sorbonne, Paris France
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
- Lise Sarfati, On Hollywood, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
- Lise Sarfati, She, Brancolini Grimaldi, London, UK
- Lise Sarfati, On Hollywood, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Lise Sarfati, She, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011
- Lise Sarfati: La Vie Nouvelle – The New Life, Magnum Gallery, Paris, France
2009
- Austin – Texas, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, Sweden
- Lise Sarfati – Austin, Texas, Brancolini Grimaldi Galleria Roma, Italy
2008
- Rough, Cold and Close: A Russian Poem, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
- Lise Sarfati – Recent Works, Le loft Sévigné, Paris, France
- Lise Sarfati – Austin, Texas - Fashion Magazine, Maison Rouge, Paris, France
- Lise Sarfati, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
- The New Life, Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Dudelange, Luxembourg
- The New Life, Center of Contemporary Art “Vinzavod” for the Seventh International Month of Photography “Photobiennale,” Moscow, Russia
2007
- The New Life, Foam_Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- The New Life, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland
2006
- The New Life, Lise Sarfati, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- La Vie Nouvelle: Lise Sarfati, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
- The New Life, University of California Riverside Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
- Lise Sarfati Retrospective, Nicolaj Center of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
- Lise Sarfati: The New Life, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
- Lise Sarfati, American Series, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
- La Vie Nouvelle, Museo San Telmo, San Sebastian, Spain
2004
- Lise Sarfati Retrospective: Russian Series, The New Life, Domus Artium Centro del Arte, Salamanca, Spain
2002
- Lise Sarfati, Post Factum, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France
- Lise Sarfati, Russian Series, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
1997
- Lise Sarfati, Musée Nicéphore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
1996
- Lise Sarfati, Prix Niepce, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
- Disquieting Images, Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
- She: In Her Teens and Twenties, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- Selected Works, Magnum Gallery, Paris, France
2009
- Weird Beauty, International Center of Photography (ICP), New York, NY
- Picturing Modernity, SF Moma, San Francisco, CA
- Staff Picks, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008
- The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art, CCS Bard Galleries and Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- MAGNUM Photos 60 Years, Stedelijk Museum Post CS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Réfléchir le monde, La Centrale Electrique, European Center for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
2007
- June Bride, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
- Easy Rider, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
- On the Wall: Aperture Magazine ’05–’06, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY
- Euro Visions, Les nouveux européens par douze photographes de Magnum, Musées royaux des beaux arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
- The World of Today in 20 Photography Books, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain
- Women of Many Faces, Isabelle Huppert, Fotomuseum Den Haag, The Netherlands; Museo Nazionale del Cinema, Turin, Italy
2006
- Euro Visions, The New EU Member States Through the Eyes of 10 Magnum Photographers, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
- Isabelle Huppert, Women of Many Faces, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY; Gallery C/O Berlin, Germany; Botanic Garden, Madrid, Spain; Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Zamec, Warsaw, Poland
2005
- Euro Visions, Les nouveaux européens par dix photographes de Magnum, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Magna Brava, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2004
- Lise Sarfati, Domus Artium, Centro del Arte, Salamanca, Spain
2003
- Regard Rebelle : Une Exposition de 35 Photographes, Galerie du Centre Iris, Paris, France
2001
- Oublier l’exposition, Fondation Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FILM
1995
- C’est moi, C’est Roger. Dir. Roger Ikhlef. Lise Sarfati, Dir. of photography. Art 7 Films, 1995.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1996
- Prix Niepce, Paris, France
- Infinity Award for photojournalism, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
- Villa Médicis Hors les Murs
1995
- FIACRE Ministère de la Culture, Paris, France
1994
- Prime à la qualité, Centre National du Cinema, Paris, France
COLLECTIONS
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- Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
- Bouwfonds Kunststichting, The Netherlands
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
- Caisse des Depots et Consignations, Paris, France
- Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain
- Fondation ABN AMRO pour la Photographie, Paris, France
- Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- Fundación Enrique Ordóñez, Spain
- The Lhoist Group, Limelette, Belgium
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, LA
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Musée National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France
- Musée Nicéphore Niepce Chalon-sur-Saône, France
- Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
- Coburn, Daniel W. “She [Review].” Fraction Magazine July 2012
- “Viewfinder: Lise Sarfati.” W Magazine June 2012
- “Lise Sarfati talks to Elizabeth Avedon.” Le Journal de la Photographie 26 April 2012
- “Interview of Lise Sarfati by François Adragna.” American Suburb X April 2012
- Sarfati, Lise. “Exposures: ‘On Hollywood.’” The New York Times 24 March 2012
- “Exhibition: Lise Sarfati, On Hollywood.” Le Journal de la Photographie 28 February 2012
- “Lise Sarfati at Rose Gallery.” The Huffington Post 22 February 2012
- Wrigley, Tish. “Who, What, Why | Lise Sarfati: She.” AnOther 8 February 2012
- O’Hagan, Sean. “Lise Sarfati [Review].” The Guardian 3 February 2012
- “Lise Sarfati Q&A.” The Telegraph 1 February 2012
2011
- Wender, Jessie. “Lise Sarfati’s ‘She’: Portraits of Four Women.” The New Yorker 31 October 2011
- “Interview: Lise Sarfati – The New Life.” American Suburb X March 2011
2010
- Sarfati, Lise. Immaculate Steidl Mack 2010
- Nilsson, Jenny Maria. “Mode & Moral.” Fotografisk Tidskrift #4 2010
- “Lise Sarfati Book Signing.” Le Journal de la Photographie 15 December 2012
- Meda, Maria Grazia. “Lise Sarfati.” Vogue Italia 16 December 2010
2009
- Phillips, Sandra S. “Lise Sarfati, She.” Aperture Magazine #149 Spring 2009
2008
- “Lise Sarfati: Austin, Texas. Fashion Magazine Magnum, 2008.
- Pearse, Emma. “Girls on Film.” Manhattan September/October 2008
2007
- American Photography 23 November 2007.
- “Lise Sarfati ~ La Vie Nouvelle.” Foam Magazine Spring 2007.
- “L’Apprentissage du Monde….” IMAGES Magazine #22 May - June 2007.
- Pantall, Colin. “Lise Sarfati: Mother and Daughter.” Gomma Spring and Summer 2007.
2006
- Bo, Li. “Gallery: The Foreland of Photography Market.” Chinese Photography July 2006.
- Robertson, Rebecca. “Lise Sarfati [Review].” Art News March 2006: 138-9.
- Grafik, Clare. “Pausing to Hold and Breathe.” NextLevel #10 2006.
2005
- Sarfati, Lise. The New Life: La Vie Nouvelle. Santa Fe: Twin Palms, 2005.
- Euro Visions. Centre Georges Pompidou Exhibitions Catalogue. Steidl, London 2005.
- Cardella, Avis. “Growing Pains.” Photo-Eye Fall 2005: cover, 6-7.
- Cotton, Charlotte. “Lise Sarfati: Recent Work.” Aperture Fall 2005: cover, 52-65.
- Oudiz, Barbara. “Interview with Lise Sarfati.” Eyemazing Fall 2005.
- Johnson, Ken. The New York Times 13-19 November.
- Aletti, Vince. The Village Voice 9-15 November 2005.
- Golden, Michael. “Young and Restless.” PDN November 2005.
- The New York Sun 2 November 2005.
- Modern Painters October 2005.
- The New Yorker 31 October 2005.
- Hinde, Laura. “Lise Sarfati: The American Series.” Hotshoe June/July 2005: 70-71.
- Salter, Kim. “That Awkward Age.” The Sunday Telegraph Magazine 29 May 2005.
- Medvedkova, Olga. NextLevel Edition 1 Volume 4 2005.
2004
- Sarfati, Lise. Lise Sarfati. Spain: Edition Universidad Salamanca, 2004.
2001
- Sarfati, Lise. Manger Eat. New Zealand: Corromandel, 2001.
2000
- Sarfati, Lise. Acta Est. London: Phaidon, 2000.
1999
- Sarfati, Lise, et. al. Magna Brava: Magnum’s Women Photographers. Prestel: London, 1999.