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Contact: bsosin@aol.com


Shooting the streets and sidewalks of Chicago in color, at any time of day and night, through the windows of his car when heavy and clinging rains are falling, Bill Sosin captures the miasma in which we are enveloped at those moments. If we are not too drenched and assaulted by the wind and the chill to notice, such scenes can have a rough yet melting beauty for us, with which Sosin is enthralled.

As is the case with nearly all photographic projects that deploy natural elements to efface the world’s delineation, Sosin’s images run the gamut between those in which his subjects are discernible through the veil that clothes them, and those in which his subjects are entirely dissolved by their coating. He is successful with both strategies and their gradations, because in all cases the diffraction and reflection of light, and the fragmentation of shapes produced by the raindrops create a kaleidoscopic array of colored forms that delights the eye through its endless unfamiliar variations and yet remains at a distance from the viewer, too unruly to be possessed.

In an image on the more figurative side, a wet snow falls on a street being crossed by a charcoal gray figure who has been reduced to a silhouette; he steps forward surrounded by muted green, pink and gray pools and patches bathed in an atmosphere of dirty black snowflakes. At Sosin’s most abstract, the scene beyond his car’s window has been totally occluded by a blue sheet of rain broken by black holes opening to deep night, and starburst flashes of white light, an astral vision. Sosin’s Chicago is harsh and alluring, a place where beauty and sublimity clash and join, and he affirms it. (Michael Weinstein, New City)


For Immediate Release 2019:

I will have 4 images in this group show and will be present for the opening. You are invited!

"Awareness"

November 2 - January 4
Opening Reception: November 2, 6-8pm

dnj Gallery
3015 Ocean Park Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
tel: (310) 315-3551
office@dnjgallery.net 

https://www.dnjgallery.net/upcoming.html


For Immediate Release 2018:

Chicago Art Source / Salon Show of Gallery Artists
Exhibit runs through January, 2019.

1871 N. Clybourn Avenue, 2nd Level, Chicago

Free parking across the street.

For Immediate Release 2017:

Chicago Art Source / Salon Exhibit
A group show / 50 Gallery Artists, Through January, 2017
1871 N. Clybourn Avenue, 2nd Level
Chicago, IL 60614


2015 Listings:

Opening August 25th

CITY RAIN, Photographs by Bill Sosin
South Suburban College

 

Photo Four Gallery

 Art & Design Department, South Suburban College
15800 South State Street, South Holland, IL 60473


Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

 
Gallery is closed on College holidays and weekends. 
Additional information (708)596-2000, ext. 2445

August 25th through October 7th

Closing reception on Wednesday, October 7th at 12 noon

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JUNE : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : unchARTed

Chicago’s historic Motor Row is getting some zoom from 11 artists who are bringing energy and experimentation to this near-south neighborhood.

 

 

Once home to auto showrooms and Chess Recording Studios, this stretch of South Michigan Avenue is being re-invigorated and re-imagined byartists and entrepreneurs

 

 

Motor Row Gallery will be the epicenter of a celebration of art and rebirth called unchARTed. It will feature 11 emerging and established artists, along with live music, food and craft beer from Motor Row Brewery.

 

Opening Reception:

Friday, June 12th, 5pm- 9pm

 

There will be live music performed by the acoustic duo, Pearl Morning, complimentary refreshments and wine, and craft beer from Motor Row Brewery.

  

Opening weekend:

Saturday, June 13th, 11am-6pm

Sunday, June 14th, 12pm – 5pm

 
 

LOCATION: Motor Row Gallery

                    2345 S. Michigan Ave                    
                    Chicago, IL 60616


Motor Row, once the home of the largest auto-mall in the U.S. and major recording studios, including Chess Records, is undergoing an urban Renaissance and quickly becoming one of Chicago’s trendiest neighborhoods. Motor Row Gallery’s non-traditional space is a uniquely apt setting for this creatively rich pop-up show and sale.

 


The unchARTed art exhibit at Motor Row Gallery will showcase 11 artists who leap into unknown territory to share their neo-expressionistic visions in mixed media painting, collage, clay and photography.

 

 

 

 

 

ARTISTS:

 

Amy Van Winkle / www.amyvanwinkle.com

 

Bill Sosin / www.billsosin.com

 

Crystal Neubauer / www.crystalneubauer.com

 

Cynthia Lee / www.cynthiajlee.com

 

Dianne Martia / www.diannemartia.com

 

Eve Ozer / www.eveozer.com

 

Janet Lewandowski / www.janetlewandowski.com

 

James Edward Scherbarth / www.jamesedwardscherbarth.com

 

Nancy Pirri / www.nancy-pirri.com

 

Pam Peterson / www.pampetersonart.com

Turkan Ilkdemirci / www.turkansart.blogspot.com
 

 

NEW IMAGE CATEGORY :  Fire & Water / Fata Morgana.  These new images evolved from my experimentation with video stills (shot from playback) and new abstract photographs. As I was assembling images in both categories, I happened to blend one of each. This gave a unique look to the imagery and seduced my eye into roaming the mix. I am drawn in by the color, the interplay of the imagery and the seemingly endless textures. The overall effect to me is like looking at a fabricated mirage, a digital Fata Morgana.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2014:
See the review of my work at Chicago Art Source gallery by Micheal Weinstein of New City.

http://art.newcity.com/2014/12/08/review-bill-sosinchicago-art-source/


Exhibit: Translucence
November 7th - December 31st
Opening November 7th 6-8 pm

Chicago Art Source
1871 N. Clybourn
Chicago, IL 60614


Winner at the 7th Annual  Photography Masters Cup with:

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement in Silhouette | Heavy Weather
Nominee in Fine Art | Watercolor
The 7th Annual awards received 7,416 entries from 79 countries and
honored 274 title awards and 864 nominees at the Nomination & Winners
Photoshow webcast Saturday, May 3, 2014.

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER BILL SOSIN FROM USA
LOS ANGELES May 5, 2014 - Bill Sosin was presented with the 7th Annual Photography Masters Cup 1st Place in the category of Silhouette at a prestigious Nomination & Winners Photoshow webcast Saturday, May 3, 2014.
The live online gala was attended by photography fans around the globe who logged on to see the climax of the industry's most important event for color photography.
7th Annual Jury members included captains of the industry from Contrasto, Rome; Kahmann Gallery, Amsterdam; Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal; Barbara Frigerio Contemporary Art, Milan; Clair Galerie, Munich; and Ingrid Deuss Gallery, Belgium who honored Color Masters with 274 coveted title awards in 18 categories.
"It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the 7,416 entries we received this year," said Basil O'Brien, the awards Creative Director. "Bill's "Heavy Weather," an exceptional image entered in the Silhouette category, represents contemporary color photography at its finest, and we're pleased to present him with the title of 1st Place."
INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and amateur photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography. www.photomasterscup.com
www.photomasterscup.com/gallery/index.php?gaid=15


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2013:

Transformations: The Ordinary Made Extraordinary
PhotoPlace Gallery Exhibition, Middlebury, VT
December 3rd — December 28th 2013


Fear and Loathing Exhibit
Kate Ware, Curator of Photography
New Mexico Museum of Art
Fall 2013

8th Annual Black & White Spider Awards Nominee

DNJ GALLERY
, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
PROPER SOULS, Photographs by Bill Sosin

Opening Reception: March 2, 2013, 6-8 pm
.
Through April 13, 2013


Hauser Gallery / Chicago
WIND & WATER, Photographs by Bill Sosin
Opening Reception: January 25, 2013, 6-9 pm exhibit runs through March 22, 2013.



Out of Con(text)
...a group show featuring works by Michael Eastman, Richard Gilles, Cynthia Greig, Annie Seaton,
BILL SOSIN, Tom Stone, David Trautrimas and Dylan Vitone


July 23 - September 3, 2011



June 12 - August 21,2011
Splash! liquid energy spattered


http://www.carnegieam.org/upcoming-exhibitions.html

Revolving around the action and experience of water, Splash! encompasses pools, beaches, and other watery bodies presented realistically or abstracted.Art in diverse media are included by artists: John Budicin, D.J. Hall, Carolyn Hesse-Low, Margie Livingston, Joel Meyerowitz, Brad Miller, Bobbie Moline-Kramer, Maria Luisa Morando, Elizabeth Patterson, Roxie Ray, Annie Seaton, Blakeney Sanford, Brooke Shaden, Bill Sosin, Rich Stich, Adam Thorman, Daena Title, Roger Weik, Daniel Wheeler, John Wimberley, Peter Zokosky and others.

Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard, CA
Spash, A group show including three City Rain images by Bill Sosin.
June 11th – August 21st, 2011
Opens June 11th 4–6 pm


Los Angeles Museum of Art has acquired two City Rain prints for its permanent collection, Street Light and Metaphor.

See images from City Rain in the display windows of JS Graphics, 14 N. Sangamon.
December 7th – April 15th


JS Graphics Inc.  Fine Art Prints  14 N. Sangamon, Chicago, IL 60607  312 255-1504  www.jonscottgraphics.com


Bill Sosin Featured in the newly released book: MIGRATION / Lost and Found in America


News: MIGRATION is featured in THE PHOTO REVIEW. and  AMERICAN PHOTO.

The book: MIGRATION contains the work of sixteen US photographers and includes five of the City Rain images. See links below to learn more about the book. Other local Chicago photgraphers Dave Jordano and David Schaliiol are also featured.

MIGRATION: Voted one of the "top ten photo books of the year" by American Photo.

MIGRATION gets glowing review in COLOR Magazine, Novato, CA.


www.amazon.com/Migration-Found-America-Donald-McCrea/dp/1932907823

www.themigrationproject.org

Migration Blogs:
http://mwernertruth.blogspot.com/
https://www.junkudo.co.jp/y_detail.jsp?ID=8193290782



ArtScene, The Monthly Digest to Southern California, A review:


"...photographers turn their faces away from the garish light of day to evoke the magic mystery of the night. BILL SOSIN employs depth of field like a jazz musician whose mastery of basics allows his music to soar. He focuses on rain drops pelting his car's windshield, layering these beautifully articulated, sparkling gems over backgrounds of colorful soft focus splashes of light emanating from movie marquees, traffic signals, and other unidentifiable sources..." DNJ Gallery LA, CA   ArtScene—Diane Calder


The 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup nomination of Transit by Bill Sosin will be published in the premiere issue of The Photo Paper magazine.


art ltd, May 2010 review, DNJ Gallery, LA

"...upon first glance it seems Bill Sosin takes a laissez-faire approach to his
abstractions. With further scrutiny, however, one can see the careful
construction of color and shape glazed over beautifully muddled
stories. Sosin walks a thin line between letting the light be his guide
and exerting control over his photographic space, and this push and
pull is an enjoyable thing to experience." —Rebecca Leib



COLOR For Collectors of Fine Photography Magazine, Publishers of B&W Magazine, CA
Eight CITY RAIN images selected as one out of ten Excellence Awards in issue #4 published mid-August 2008. pp 76-81. 
COLOR Magazine pdf

Links
http://forthmagazine.com/events/around-town/2010/03/night-lights-at-dnj-gallery/
http://siongchin.com/blog/?p=1590
http://www.modernphoto.pl/index_new.php#/wyszukiwarka/
http://www.flakphoto.com/archives/6333_1646490288/229243
http://exposurecompensation.com/2007/11/09/city-rainy-by-bill-sosin/
http://photocritiques.blogspot.com/2008/05/bill-sosin.html
http://www.thecolorawards.com/gallery/photographers.php
http://www.prak-sis.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:bill-sosin&catid=16:salon-artist
http://www.artofphotographyshow.com/2007photos.html
http://www.eriklunsford.com/blog/2007/10/09/city-rain/
http://www.visionati.com/blogs/2/posts/196-bill-sosin-city-rain-and-beyond

http://www.worldphotographicarts.com/photoshow/colorawards/3rd_gala/presentation/nominations.php?x=p&cid=32
http://www.donaldmccrea.com/Text_page.cfm?pID=3715

http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2010/3/13/night-lights
http://simonekussatz.blogspot.com/2010_03_16_archive.html
 http://walkaboutblog.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/rain-light-bill-sosin/



International Lucie Awards 2009 Offical Selections: Tera One and Newt Gingrich images.
NYC / Los Angeles, CA.


PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP HONORS PHOTOGRAPHER Bill Sosin from the US

LONDON - Professional photographer Bill Sosin of the United States was presented with the 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee Award in the category of fine art at a prestigious live online Winners and Nomination Ceremony presented by International Color Awards to recognize excellence in color photography.

Thousands of images were received from ninety-two countries. The nominated photographers were selected by a who's who Judging Panel from the international photography community, including Christie's (New York), National Geographic (Washington) and Fox Broadcasting Company (Los Angeles). The Panel reviewed the images online over an eight week period and bill Sosin's "Transit," an exceptional image entered in the fine art category, received a high percentage of votes overall.

"The Masters Cup celebrates photographers who operate at the highest levels of their craft," said the awards Creative Director, Basil O'Brien. "Bill Sosin's work represents color photography at its finest and we're pleased to present him with the title of Nominee."

You can view the 3rd Annual Winners Gallery online at www.photomasterscup.com.

INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS, PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERS CUP is the leading international award honoring excellence in color photography. This celebrated event shines a spotlight on the best professional and non-professional photographers worldwide and honors the finest images with the highest achievements in color photography.



GALLERIES

DNJ Gallery
154 N. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.931.1311

office@dnjgallery.net

Lee Weitzman Gallery
233 West Huron Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312 243-3009

  
Clic Gallery

clicgallery.com
424 Broome Street, NYC
212 219-9308

23 Newtown Lane, East Hampton, NY
631 329-8545


Rue de la République - Gustavia, 97133 St. Barthélemy


ph. 0590-29-70-17


Chicago Art Source
chicagoartsource.com
1871 N. Clybourn, Chicago, IL 60614
773 248-3100

Ysla Battrell Fine Art
405 Linden Avenue, Wilmette, IL

Carol Battrell
cbattrell@aol.com
847 256-1400


COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Harris Bank, Chicago, IL

EXHIBITS


DNJ Gallery
March 13, 2010—May 1, 2010
Night Lights

154½ N. La Brea Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323.931.1311
office@dnjgallery.net

May 17, 2009, Opening
The Grammar of Landscape, Eleven Photographic Visions of Illinois,

Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Rend Lake, IL. Exhibit travels for two years throughout the state of Illinois.

February 13 – March 24, 2009.
En Route: Visions of the American Landscape
The University of St Francis, Moser Performing Art Center  Gallery, Joliet, IL
Bill Sosin & Christine DiThomas
January 24th - February 25th

artHaus 2009
Dogtown Station, 700 Main Street, Venice, CA
Opening Night Sat, Jan 24th 5 pm
Opening Weekend, Sat-Sun., 12-4 pm
Valet Parking

November 10th – December 31st, 2008.
Out of Focus
A group show at Chicago Art Source, 1871 N. Clybourn, Chicago, 773 248-3100

Review: Out of Focus / Chicago Art Source Gallery

RECOMMENDED

Pictorialist photography takes a sharp turn from its traditional dreamy, pastoral, laid-back soft-focus sensibility and goes urban and aggro, while retaining its trademark blur, in the images of the shooters in this group show. Whether Bill Sosin decides to title one of his glaring color abstractions “Blue Man” or “Emerald Pool,” it will have the same effect as his aptly named “Stop Lights,” in which we see blinding circles of light on dark backgrounds through a watery mist, bringing us back to the experience of navigating a car through blazing city lights at night in a thick rain when we are arguably DWI.  (Michael Weinstein, New City, 11.21.08)



October 28, 2008.
The Grammar of Landscape, Eleven Photographic Visions of Illinois, Illinois State Museum Lockport Gallery, Norton Building, 201 W. 10th Street, Lockport, IL. Exhibit runs through March 27, 2009 then will travel for two years throughout the state of Illinois.

Septemper 2008 Harris Bank executive offices permanent collection. Local Knowledge and In the Loop.

August 28th, 2008, 6-8pm.
Unseen Chicago Exhibit and Silent Auction, W Hotel, 172 W. Adams, Guest Room 1, Plateau Level
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June 20th–August 11th, 2008.
Ysla Battrell Gallery, 405 Linden Avenue,  Wilmette, IL 60091
Carol Battrell, 847 256-1400.

April 25–28, 2008. 
Artropolis, The Artist Project., Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Booth # 8-4078.

 

September 17, 2007.
The Grammar of Landscape, State of Illinois Museum Chicago Gallery at the Thompson Center, 200 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL. Exhibit runs through January 28, 2008 then will travel for two years throughout the state of Illinois. Currently showing at the
Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center.

 

 

 

April 14th–May 28th, 2007. The Art of Photography Show at the San Diego Lyceum Theatre Gallery.
Selected as one of 103 finalists (chosen from 9,867 submissions)  curated by Tim Wride, LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.

Publications:

The 3rd Annual Photography Masters Cup nomination of Transit by Bill Sosin will be published in the premiere issue of The Photo Paper magazine.

COLOR for Collectors of Fine Photography Issue #4 August, 2008, Novato, CA

 

City Rain The book, is available as special order contact bsosin@aol.com or blurb.com.

Communication Arts 2007 Photography Annual  - Full spread layout with five images as seen in the City Rain portfolio.

Art of Photography Review, Rangefinder Magazine, December 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

Notes on the rain series.

 

A while back I ran across some negatives I shot from my car in the old film days. I was intrigued by them and began photographing from inside my car again. Driving around the city in a downpour I had glazed over momentarily at a stop light as the droplets of rain gathered on the windshield and the chromium vapor of the streetlamps blurred behind them. I let the cinema window of the car become obscured with the pebbles of water and then photographed them with my 4 mega pixel point-and-shoot. I started to repeat the process whenever circumstances allowed, ultimately taking more serious shots with a larger 12.3 mega pixel digital camera.

What started haphazardly became an obsession and I have now captured hundreds of these images. Generally the texture of the precipitation is kept in focus, and the shape, weight and direction of the droplets can change according to wind flow and the severity of the rainfall.  Activity in the city streets is set in shallow focus behind this. Neon fluorescence and radiant red light from car brake lights are common themes, but more abstract and suggestive patterns are created by silhouetted pedestrians hastening along with pendulous umbrellas; vehicles such as towtrucks or sixteen wheelers, made more ominous in the dreamscape of their out of focus state; or lonely objects in storefront windows, rendered redundant by the inclement weather. The pure refractions of light are controlled by the lens choice, focus and exposure, blurred into kaleidoscopes or minimized to retain narrative detail. I search for different colorations, shooting at various times of day when the hue of the sky can contribute to the tableau.