Photo by Zeke Bogusky
Trent Davis Bailey (b. 1985) is a photographer born and based in Colorado. He has been recognized for his long-term projects emphasizing the interrelationship of images and memory. Bailey’s work has been shown widely in the US and abroad, and it is held in the permanent collections of the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP). He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2024 Working Assumptions Project Grant, a 2019 Film Photo Award, and the 2015 Snider Prize from the MoCP. His first monograph, The North Fork, was published by Trespasser in the fall of 2023. He was an artist-in-residence at Brooklyn Darkroom in 2023 and at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in 2016. His photographs have been regularly published in periodicals such as The Atlantic, ProPublica, The New York Times Magazine, T Magazine, and SSAW. Bailey received his MFA from the California College of the Arts and his BFA and BA from the University of Colorado Boulder.
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The North Fork, Personal Geographies: Trent Davis Bailey | Brian Adams, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, July 31, 2023 — February 11, 2024
The North Fork, Encontros da Imagem Photography Festival, Monastery of São Martinho de Tibães, Braga, Portugal, September 11 — October 31, 2020
The North Fork, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California, September 8 — November 26, 2016
Dean’s Award Exhibition, Old Main, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, May 10, 2010 — May 8, 2011
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2024 Trespasser, Kominek Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2024 On the Shelf, Filter Photo, Filter Space, Chicago, Illinois
2024 Divergent Landscapes, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California2023 Ate, Gatewood Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
2023 Developing Story, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2023 On View, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California2022 Visage: Face with a View, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2020 The Future of Now, Emmanuel Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
2020 Rocky Mountain Biennial, Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
2020 Portraits Without People, Axis Gallery, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, California2018 Human Impact on Landscape and Living Spaces, Fine Art Galerie and Kunstverein, Traismauer, Austria
2018 Unexpected Affinities, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California
2018 Thinly Veiled, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina2017 Grow-Conserve, Somerset House, London, United Kingdom
2017 PHOTOFAIRS, Robert Koch Gallery, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, San Francisco, California2016 Paris Photo, Robert Koch Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2016 Alma Mater, CCA Hubble Street Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2016 The Photography Show at AIPAD, Robert Koch Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York
2016 EXPO Chicago, Robert Koch Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois2015 Paris Photo, Robert Koch Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
2015 EXPO Chicago, Robert Koch Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
2015 Wheaton Biennial, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts
2015 More Than One Way, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, California
2015 MFA Now, Root Division, San Francisco, California2014 Reimagining Progress, David Brower Center, Berkeley, California
2014 Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, California
2014 LOOKbetween, LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia2013 The Human Impact: New Directions in Landscape Photography, Book & Job Gallery, San Francisco, California
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Denver Art Museum
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago -
2024 Grant Recipient, Working Assumptions Project Grant, Working Assumptions, Berkeley, California
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Brooklyn Darkroom, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Contemplative Practice Fellowship, Hemera Foundation, in partnership with Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center, Tusas Mountains, New Mexico
2017 Contemplative Practice Fellowship, Hemera Foundation, in partnership with Spirit Rock, Woodacre, California
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Elsewhere, Paonia, Colorado
2014 Grant Recipient and Mentee, The Atlantic Philanthropies Grant, Magnum Foundation, New York, New York
2014 Grant Recipient, Student Travel Grant, California College of the Arts -
2023 Lucie Photo Book Prize, Finalist
2020 Discovery Awards, Encontros Da Imagem, Finalist
2019 Film Photo Award, New Project Award
2016 J.P. Morgan Curator’s Highlights, Paris Photo
2015 Snider Prize, Museum of Contemporary Photography
2014 First Prize, John P. Thornborrow Memorial Trust, Piedmont Center for the Arts
2010 Dean’s Award, University of Colorado Boulder -
Slup, Karolina, “Book Bliss: On melancholy, madness, and dreams,”
Contemporary Lynx, February 14, 2024Karas, Makenna, “Review: Trent Davis Bailey & Brian Adams: Personal Geographies,”
Musée Magazine, December 12, 2023Goldstein, Stephen Ross, “Review: The North Fork,”
Arcanite Pictures, December 7, 2023Spring, Elin and Revy, Suzanne, "Our Favorite Photobooks of 2023,"
What Will You Remember?, November 28, 2023Bailey, Spencer, ”Trent Davis Bailey on Finding Family and Community Through Photography,”
Time Sensitive, The Slowdown, September 27, 2023Meyers, William, “‘Personal Geographies: Trent Davis Bailey | Brian Adams’ Review: Connecting With a Camera,”
The Wall Street Journal, New York, New York, September 6, 2023Chrastina, Hyde, “Denver Art Museum’s New Photography Exhibit, Personal Geographies, Invites Us to Slow Down,"
Westword, Denver, Colorado, July 26, 2023“What a Motherless Son Knows About Fatherhood,”
The New York Times, Opinion Section, New York, New York, June 16, 2023“A refuge in the North Fork,”
High Country News, June Issue, 2023Mason, David, “Holding Space in the High Desert,”
HAMAM, Dedication Issue, 2020Moses, Linda, ”Interview: Trent Davis Bailey,”
Film Photo Award, February 21, 2020Kolesnichenko, Darya, "Flash Fiction: Green House,"
Musée Magazine, January 17, 2020Schneider, Anna, "'The North Fork' by Photographer Trent Davis Bailey,"
Booooooom, September 18, 2019Walker, David, "Squeezing Water Out of Dust,"
Photo District News, May Issue, 2018, pp. 8-11McKenna, Klea and Bailey, Trent Davis, “The Heaviness of Memory: Unpacking Personal Archives,”
spot Magazine, Houston Center for Photography, Spring Issue, 2017, pp. 26-35Stone, Bryony, "Photographer Trent Davis Bailey documents rural American community The North Fork,"
It's Nice That, February 17, 2017Hunt, W.M., "San Francisco Treat by the Unseen Eye,"
L'oeil de la Photographie, February 6, 2017Ferri, Graziano, "Americana — Trent Davis Bailey Rediscovers the Valley in Colorado He Used to Visit as a Child,"
FotoRoom, December 7, 2016Kail, Ellyn, "The Beauty and Timelessness of Rural Colorado,"
VICE, November 22, 2016Duffy, Tyson, "The Photographic Alphabet: N is for The North Fork,"
Musée Magazine, November 9, 2016Kraft, Coralie, “Feature: The North Fork - Photographs by Trent Davis Bailey,”
LensCulture, November 7, 2016Fu, Joanna, "经历之后, 看见故乡,"
CITY ZINE China, November Issue, pp. 113-119Gallagher, Tim, "Journey of Discovery,"
Sioux City Journal, Sioux City, Iowa, July 13, 2016, pp. A1, A5Boshernitsan, Rimma, "On Brotherhood & Creativity,"
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Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
California College of the Arts, Oakland, California
Corcoran School of Arts and Design at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
FotoFilmic, Bowen Island, Vancouver, British Colombia
Photobook Austin, Austin Community College, Highland Campus, Austin, Texas
Root Division, San Francisco, California
Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
University of Colorado, College of Arts and Media, Denver, Colorado
Visual Supply Company Headquarters (VSCO HQ), Oakland, California -
2020 — 2023 Adjunct Lecturer, Undergraduate Photography, University of Colorado Denver, College of Arts and Media
2016 — 2017 Adjunct Lecturer, Undergraduate Photography, California College of the Arts
2014 Teaching Assistant for Abner Nolan, Undergraduate Photography, California College of the Arts
2010 — 2013 Teaching Assistant for Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, Brooklyn, New York -
2015 Master of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Photography, University of Colorado Boulder
2009 Bachelor of Arts, Art History, University of Colorado Boulder