ARTIST

b. 1952

Bill Armstrong Resume

Bill Armstrong is a New York based fine art photographer who has been shooting in color for over thirty years. His “Mandala” series was featured in a two-person exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2008, and he had a mid-career retrospective at the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach in 2010. Armstrong’s work is in many museum collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Bibliothèque National de France. He has presented work in numerous museum exhibitions including the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Hayward Gallery, London; Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne; Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan; and FOAM, Amsterdam. One of Armstrong’s images was chosen for the cover of Lyle Rexer’s Aperture book “The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography.” His work appears in “Face: The New Photographic Portrait” by William Ewing and “Exploring Color Photography” by Robert Hirsch, among other books. He has also been published in numerous periodicals including “The New Yorker,” “The New York Times,” “Harper’s,” “House and Garden,” and “Eyemazing.”

Series

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Falling Through History

Bill Armstrong’s “Falling Through History” is a groundbreaking series of photographs exploring the universal and historical human experience of falling.

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Partial Appearances

Bill Armstrong’s “Partial Appearances” is a series exploring identity, self, and the complexities of contemporary life through layered photography.

A black and white photograph of the great pyramids with a checkerboard multicolored overland on the central structure.
After: Dreaming in Color

Bill Armstrong’s “After: Dreaming in Color” reimagines iconic 19th-century photographs with vibrant color interventions. This dreamlike series challenges the traditional history of photography, offering a playful and thought-provoking exploration of color, history, and the photographic medium.

A blurry image of a woman in a red dress and a man in a purple suit.
Unspoken

Bill Armstrong’s “Unspoken” delves into the complexities of human relationships through ethereal, out-of-focus photography. This series, part of his Infinity series, uses layered imagery and color to create enigmatic tableaux that evoke feelings of isolation, connection, and ambiguity.

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Unfixed

Bill Armstrong’s “Unfixed” series challenges the boundaries of photography through long-exposure, in-camera manipulation. By capturing blurred and fragmented images of Italian architecture, Armstrong creates a visual meditation on time, history, and the elusive nature of memory.

A blurry image of a female figure in a yellow dress against a blue, black, and red background.
Film Noir

Bill Armstrong’s “Film Noir” series reimagines classic film noir themes with a contemporary twist. Using his signature blurred and layered technique, Armstrong creates enigmatic, color-saturated images that evoke the isolation and uncertainty of the modern world.

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Renaissance Portraits

Bill Armstrong’s “Renaissance Portraits” blurs iconic paintings to create dreamlike, timeless archetypes, exploring the passage of time, the nature of perception, and the viewer’s relationship to the idealized figures.

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Renaissance

Bill Armstrong’s series reimagines Renaissance master drawings through a complex layering process, extracting figures from their original context and infusing them with new meaning and color, creating a contemporary reinterpretation of historical art.

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Mandalas

Bill Armstrong’s “Mandalas” merges collage and photography to create ethereal images that explore the intangible concept of the spirit.
By blurring and layering found imagery, he evokes a sense of mystery and transcendence, drawing inspiration from diverse cultural beliefs and spiritual practices.

Blue Spheres
Blue Spheres

Bill Armstrong’s Blue Spheres series are ethereal, abstract photographs that explore the concept of spirit and the intangible. Created using his signature blurring technique, the blue spheres evoke a sense of mystery and transcendence.

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Apparition

Bill Armstrong’s Apparition series presents haunting, ethereal photographs that evoke the presence of spectral figures. These haunting images invite contemplation on the nature of existence and the potential for otherworldly encounters.

A chartreuse skull against a pink background.
Masks & Skulls

Bill Armstrong’s Masks and Skulls series is a compelling exploration of identity, mortality, and the human psyche. Through his signature technique of blurring and layering, Armstrong transforms found imagery into haunting and enigmatic compositions.

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Figures

Bill Armstrong’s Figures series is part of his larger Infinity collection. These images feature indistinct human forms within amorphous spaces. The figures often appear isolated or disconnected, suggesting themes of loneliness and alienation.

Exhibitions

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Film Noir

ClampArt is pleased to announce Bill Armstrong’s fourth exhibition at the gallery. The “Film Noir” series re-imagines the classic film noir genre with a contemporary twist.

Renaissance
Renaissance

ClampArt is pleased to announce “Renaissance,” Bill Armstrong’s third exhibition at the gallery. “Renaissance” is a series of new work from the artist’s ongoing project the “Infinity” series.

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Apparition

ClampArt is pleased to announce Apparition, an exhibition of new photographs by artist, Bill Armstrong, from the ongoing Infinity series.

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Spirit

ClampArt is pleased to announce “Spirit,” an exhibition of recent photographs by artist, Bill Armstrong. The exhibition will include “Blue Spheres,” “Masks and Skulls,” “Mandalas,” and “Buddhas,” all from Armstrong’s ongoing “Infinity” series.

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