Since beginning his career in the early 1980’s, Joseph Shields
has established a reputation as one of the most noteworthy fine
art photographers currently working in the American South.
His images have been selected for important exhibits at cultural
centers throughout the region including the Telfair Museum of
Art in Savannah, Georgia, the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile,
Alabama and the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria,
Louisiana. His work is in the Permanent Collections of the
Huntsville Museum of Art in Huntsville, Alabama and the Lamar
Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College in LaGrange, Georgia.
Shields has also gained recognition internationally, with his
photographs honored in two World Gala Photography
Exhibitions in Madrid, Spain and included in Experimentelle 16, a prestigious fine art
invitational held in Markdorf and Marburg, Germany.
Shields is represented by Getty Images of Seattle, Washington and Arcangel Images of
Malaga, Spain.
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SELECTED EXHIBITION HISTORY
Camera USA 2015: National Photography Exhibition, The von Leibig Art Center, Naples,
FL, July 2015
LaGrange National Biennial XXVIII, The Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College,
LaGrange, GA, February 2014 (Purchase Award)
Open Art, Juried Exhibit, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, Georgia, November 2011
World Photography Gala Awards Exhibition, Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain, April 2011
(First Place, Fine Art)
Experimentelle 2010 Invitational, City Gallery, Markdorf, Germany, July 2010 and Art Hall,
Marburg, Germany, December 2010
World Photography Gala Awards Exhibition, Circle of Fine Arts, Madrid, Spain, June
2010, (Honorable Mention)
Foray, The Garden Gallery at King’s Bridge, Atlanta, GA, November 2008 (solo exhibit)
21st Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts on the River, Bergen Hall Gallery,
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, May 2000
4th Annual Juried Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, November 1998
16th Annual September Juried Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA,
August 1998
New Places, Group Exhibit by the Members of Gallery 209, Jewish Educational Alliance
Gallery, Savannah, GA, January 1998
Southern Exposure, Works by Nine Regional Artists, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah,
GA, November 1997
Coastal Georgia Art & Photography Exhibition, University of Georgia Marine Extension
Service Gallery, Skidaway Island, GA, November 1997 (Best of Show)
Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Armstrong State
College, Savannah, GA, October 1997 (First Place)
Decatur Arts Alliance 9th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, May 1997
Recent Works, Members Show, Light Waves Gallery, Savannah, GA, April 1997
Hilton Head Art League 7th Annual Juried Regional Exhibition, Walter Greer Gallery,
Hilton Head Island, SC, March 1997 (First Place – Photography)
Coastal Georgia Art & Photography Exhibition, University of Georgia Marine Extension
Service Gallery, Skidaway Island, GA, November 1996 (Best of Show)
2nd Annual Juried Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, October 1996
(Merit Award)
The Red Clay Survey, Fifth Biennial Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art,
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, September 1996
15th Annual September Juried Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA,
September 1996
Georgia Arts ’96 Juried Exhibit, Jordan Hall Gallery, Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA,
July 1996
17th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts on The River, Hamilton Hall Gallery,
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, May 1996
Southeastern Triennial Juried Exhibition, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL, April 1996
66th Annual Savannah Art Association Fall Show, November 1995 (Best of Show)
The November Show Juried Exhibit, Hastings Seed Building, Atlanta, GA, November
1995
1st Annual Juried Telfair Artfair, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, October 1995
Thomasville Cultural Center/Arts Guild 2nd Annual Juried Photography Exhibition,
Thomasville, GA, August 1995 (First Place)
Decatur Arts Alliance 7th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, May 1995
(Purchase Award)
16th Annual Juried Visual Fine Arts Competition, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, May
1995
The Hilton Head Art League 6th Juried Regional Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, SC,
March 1995
Tybee Tour of Homes, Dolphin Watch (home of Colonel & Mrs. LuAnn Harris), October
1994 (solo exhibit)
Sea Serpents & Other Sightings, Lighthouse Gallery, Tybee Island, GA, August 1994 (solo
exhibit)
1994 Maritime Festival Exhibit, The University of Georgia Marine Extension Service
Gallery, July 1994 (one of two artists invited to exhibit)
15th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, May 1994 (Best
of Show)
Hilton Head Art League 5th Juried Regional Exhibition, Hilton Head Island, SC, March
1994
Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, Savannah, GA, September 1993
(First Place)
A Unique Body of Work, Group Show, Artists in Residence, The Art Center at City Market
Gallery, Savannah, GA, August 1993
Decatur Arts Alliance 5th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, May 1993
Scenes from Tybrisa, Light Waves Gallery, Savannah, GA November 1992 (solo exhibit)
Photographer’s Forum 12th Annual Spring Photography Contest, June 1992 (Honorable
Mention)
13th Annual Juried Fine Arts Competition, Arts on the River, Savannah, GA, May 1992
20th Juried Photography Exhibition, Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX, April 1992
(a Fotofest exhibit)
Coastal Group Sierra Club Photography Exhibition, Savannah, GA, September, 1991
(Chairman’s Choice Award)
COLLECTIONS
Lamar Dodd Art Center of LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
City of Decatur, GA
City of Tybee Island, GA
Tybee Museum, Tybee Island, GA
PUBLICATIONS
Mono, a Fine Art Photography Monograph by 1x.com, December 2014
F-Stop magazine, issue #58, April 2013 and issue #62, December 2013
Fotoblur magazine, issue #14, Summer 2012
STOCK AGENCY REPRESENTATION
Getty Images, Seattle, WA
Arcangel Images, Malaga, Spain & New York, NY