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| 1969 | born in Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| BA from Sarah Lawrence College | |
| lives and works in Minneapolis, MN | |
 www.alecsoth.com |
| 2010 | Williams College Museum of Art, NIAGARA, Williamstown, MA, USA |
| Arthur Roger Gallery, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, New Orleans, LA, USA | |
| Triennale di Milano, MISSISSIPPI NIAGARA, Mailand, Italien | |
| Massachussetts College of Art and Design, DOG DAYS, BOGOTÀ, Boston, MA, USA | |
| 2009 | High Museum of Art, BACK LINE OF WOODS, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| IM Art, DOG DAYS, BOGOTÀ, Seoul, Korea | |
| Stephen Wirtz Gallery, LAST DAYS OF W, New York, NY, USA | |
| Gagosian Gallery, LAST DAYS OF W, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2008 | Haunch of Venison, LAST DAYS OF W, Zürich, Schweiz |
| Fotomuseum Winterthur, L´ESPACE ENTRE NOUS, Winterthur, Schweiz | |
| Stephen Daiter Gallery, DOG DAYS, BOGOTÀ, Chicago, IL, USA | |
| BBK, L´ESPACE ENTRE NOUS, Bilbao, Spanien | |
| Minneapolis Institute of Arts, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Minneapolis, USA | |
| Jeu de Paume, THE SPACE BETWEEN US, Paris, Frankreich | |
| Ffoto Gallery, NIAGARA, Wales, UK | |
| 2007 | Weinstein Gallery, DOG DAYS, BOGOTÀ, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Power House, TUNNELS AND BIRDS, Memphis, TN, USA | |
| Jeu de Paume, FASHION MAGAZINE, Paris, Frankreich | |
| Host Gallery, NIAGARA, London, England | |
| 2006 | California Museum of Photography, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, UC-Riverside, CA, USA |
| Weinstein Gallery, NIAGARA, Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| Wohnmaschine, DOG DAYS, BOGOTÀ, Berlin | |
| C/O Berlin, FASHION MAGAZINE PARIS/MINNESOTA, C/O Berlin, Berlin | |
| Gagosian Gallery, NIAGARA, New York, NY, USA | |
| Des Moines Art Center, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Des Moines, IA, USA | |
| Olson Gallery, Bethel University, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, St. Paul, MN, USA | |
| 2005 | Minneapolis Institute of Arts, PORTRAITS, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Focal Point Gallery, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Southend on Sea, Essex, UK | |
| 2004 | Open Eye, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Liverpool, UK |
| Wohnmaschine, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Berlin | |
| Weinstein Gallery, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| Yossi Milo Gallery, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, New York, NY, USA | |
| 2003 | Museum of Contemporary Photography, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Chicago, IL, USA |
| Weitman Gallery of Photography, SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA | |
| 2001 | Central Lakes College Gallery, PORTRAITS (FROM HERE TO THERE), St. Cloud, MN, USA |
| 1998 | Minnesota Center for Photography, Two-person exhibition of portraits with Joel Sternfeld, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| 1995 | Icebox Gallery, Photographs from the AT THE BAR series, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| 1993 | Minneapolis Photographer's Gallery, Two-person exhibition of photographs from the series THE MIDDLE NIGHT, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| 2003 | Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL |
| Weitman Gallery of Photography, Washington University, St. Louis, MO | |
| 2001 | PORTRAITS (FROM HERE TO THERE), Central Lakes College Gallery, St. Cloud, MN |
| 1998 | two-person show with Joel Sternfeld, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN |
| 1996 | AT THE BAR, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
| 1993 | THE MIDDLE NIGHT, Minneapolis Photographer´s Gallery, Minneapolis, MN |
| 2010 | Robert Lehman Art Center at Brooks School, ON THE ROAD. A LEGACY OF WALKER EVANS, North Andover, MA, USA |
| Plains Art Museum, INDIVIDUAL TO ICON, Fargo, ND, USA | |
| 2009 | College of Visual Arts and Design, THE MINNESOTA EYE, Saint Paul, MN, USA |
| The Center for Photography at Woodstock, A RIVER RUNS THROUGH ME, Woodstock, NY, USA | |
| 2008 | National Portrait Gallery, PORTRAITURE NOW: FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY, Washington, DC, USA |
| Van Abbemuseum, HEART LAND, Niederlande | |
| Arthur Roger Gallery, 30th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, New Orleans, LA, USA | |
| Museu Collecao Berardo, UTOPIA, Lissabon, Spanien | |
| 6. Biennale for Photographie, Liège | |
| 2007 | Museum of Photographic Arts, PICTURING EDEN, San Diego, CA, USA |
| Weinstein Gallery, SUMMER EXHIBITION, Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| Gagosian Gallery, SUMMER SHOW, New York, NY, USA | |
| Cinémathèque Française, L’IMAGE D’APRÈS, Paris, France * | |
| Tate Liverpool, Creative UNIVERSE: LIVERPOOL AND THE AVANT-GARDE, Liverpool, UK * | |
| Columbia College, ON DEATH AND DYING: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Chicago, IL, USA | |
| Koldo Mitxelena, DOCUMENTS: MEMORY OF THE FUTURE, San Sebastian, Spanien | |
| Benton Museum, LANDSCAPE: FACT AND FICTION, Storrs, CT, USA | |
| 2006 | Dorsky Gallery, THE OFFICE: IN AND OUT OF THE BOX, Long Island City, NY, USA |
| Des Moines Art Center Downtown, GROUP DYNAMIC: PORTFOLIOS, SERIES AND SETS, Des Moines, Iowa, USA | |
| Pingyao International Photography Festival, PINGYAO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, Pingyao, China | |
| Minnesota Center for Photography, DOWNRIVER, Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| Prague Contemporary Arts Festival, Prag, Tschechische Republik | |
| Palais des Beaux Arts, CLICK DOUBLECLICK, Brüssel, Belgien * | |
| Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, BETWEEN THE LAKES, Madison, WI, USA | |
| Weinstein Gallery, LESS IS MORE, MORE OR LESS, Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| Haus der Kunst, CLICK DOUBLECLICK, München | |
| c/o Berlin, DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY PRICE, Berlin, Germany * | |
| Neue Börse, DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY PRICE, Frankfurt/Main, Germany * | |
| The Photographer's Gallery, DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHIE PREIS 2006, London, UK | |
| Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery Columbia University, MIDDLE GROUND: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, New York, USA | |
| The Richard Nelson Gallery, UC-Davis, THE RAMER COLLECTION AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS, Davis, CA, USA | |
| George Eastman House, PICTURING EDEN, Rochester, NY, USA | |
| 2005 | Timezone 8 Editions, AMERICAN LANDSCAPES, Beijing, China |
| T.H. Inside, BEYOND THE PORTRAIT, Mailand, Italien | |
| University of Minnesota Regis Center for Art, McKNIGHT FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, Minneapolis, MN, USA | |
| MassMoCa, REGARDING THE RURAL, Boston, MA, USA | |
| Gagosian Gallery, ROGER BALLEN, VERA LÜTTER, AND ALEC SOTH, New York, NY, USA | |
| Cohan and Leslie Gallery, MINETS A POLIS, New York, NY, USA | |
| Steven Wirtz Gallery, NINE PORTRAITS, San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| Jackson Fine Art, EPILOGUE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | |
| North Carolina Museum of Art, CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE ALLEN J. THOMAS JR. COLLECTION, Raleigh, NC, USA | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, SELECTIONS FROM THE 26th BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO, Santiago, Chile | |
| 2004 | Pace/MacGill, PICTURING THE SOUTH feat. William Christenberry, Williiam Eggleston, Walker Evans and Alec Soth, New York, NY, USA |
| Daiter Contemporary, GROUP SHOW, Chicago, IL, USA | |
| Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, 26th BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO, São Paulo, Brasilien, | |
| Stephen Wirtz Gallery, SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION, San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| Jen Bekman, BEST MIDWESTERN: PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE HEARTLAND, New York, NY, USA | |
| Ariel Meyerowitz, WILD FLOWERS, New York, NY, USA | |
| Ambrosino Gallery, CAKEWALK, Miami, Florida, USA | |
| Gagosian Gallery, PHOTO LONDON GALLERY BOOTH, London, UK | |
| Art Chicago Artist Booth, Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Chicago, IL, USA | |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, WHITNEY BIENNIAL, New York, NY, USA | |
| Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran, Iran | |
| 2003 | John Stinson Fine Arts, PICTURING BILL - PORTRAITS OF WILLIAM EGGLESTON, New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Alice Austen Museum, SUMMER LIFE, Staten Island, NY, USA | |
| Gallery T, DOG DAYS, Minneapolis, USA | |
| Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, USA | |
| 2002 | Minneapolis College of Art and Design Gallery, JEROME FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION: Photographs from the series SLEEPING BY THE MISSISSIPPI, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Carleton College Art Gallery, CAMPUS AS PLACE, PHOTOGRAPHING CARLETON, Northfield, MN, USA | |
| 2000 | Katherine Nash Gallery, PORTRAITS (FROM HERE TO THERE) as part of the McKnight Fellows Exhibition, University of Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| *Catalogue / Katalog | |
Albright-Knox Gallery of Art, Buffalo, NY
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
Dorsey Whitney, Minneapolis, MN
General Mills Corporate Art Collection, Golden Valley, MN
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
LaSalle Bank, New York, NY
LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, FL
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Progressive Art Collection, Cleveland, OH
Regis Corporate Art Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Robbins Kaplan Miller Ciresi, Minneapolis, MN
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA
Sheldon Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
| 2008 | Bush Artist Fellowship |
| PhotoVision Award | |
| 2006 | Golden Light Book Award |
| Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, finalist | |
| 2005 | CEPA Artist Residency |
| 2004 | McKnight Photography Fellowship |
| 2003 | Santa Fe Prize for Photography |
| 2001 | Minnesota State Arts Board |
| MCAD / Jerome Fellowship | |
| Jerome Travel and Study Grant | |
| 1999 | McKnight Photography Fellowship |