ARTIST

Marc Yankus

b. 1957

Marc Yankus Resume

Marc Yankus’ fine art and publishing experience span a period of more than forty years. His work has been included in exhibitions at The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York; Exit Art, New York City; The Library of Congress, Washington, DC; and ClampArt, New York City. Yankus’ artwork has graced the covers of books by Salman Rushdie, Philip Roth, and Alan Hollinghurst, among many others. His images have also been used for theatrical posters for such acclaimed Broadway shows as “Jane Eyre”; August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”; and John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize winning play, “Doubt.” Additionally, Yankus’ photographs have appeared both on the covers and inside the pages of numerous publications ranging from The Atlantic Monthly to Photo District News.

Series

New York Unseen
New York Unseen

Marc Yankus’s newest dreamlike portraits of New York City buildings straddle a fine line between documentary and fiction. In this series he captures the city’s architecture in an uncanny moment of stillness, free from the frenzy of people and cars. 

A photograph of the Ansonia building on the Upper West Side of New York
Buildings: The Secret Lives of Buildings

In Marc Yankus’s series “The Secret Lives of Buildings,” the sense of quietude lends elegance to New York City structures, both majestic and humble. Yankus inspires viewers to see historical buildings with a fresh perspective, offering an idealized and even utopian version of the past.

A photograph of a very tall, tiered building in New York City
Buildings: The Space Between

In this series Marc Yankus’s photographs of New York City display a precise, hyper-real quality with a soft palette and texture, giving the images a historical feel.

A blurry photograph of buildings in New York City
Landscapes/Cityscapes

Marc Yankus was initially a painter and collage artist before incorporating his own photographs into his artwork. His photographs create a metaphor for his interest in both the old and new, in addition to figuration and landscape, resulting in a mood that reflects the artist’s personal past and present.

Photographic portrait of a boy running towards the camera, he is wearing a black turtleneck
Portraits

Marc Yankus is an American artist, whose portraits blur the lines between reality and imagination featuring ordinary people, which he transforms into dreamlike and surreal images.

Exhibitions

New York Unseen
New York Unseen

CLAMP is pleased to announce “New York Unseen”—an exhibition of photographs by Marc Yankus. This is the artist’s sixth solo show at the gallery.

The Secret Lives of Buildings
The Secret Lives of Buildings

CLAMP is pleased to announce the opening of “The Secret Lives of Buildings,” Marc Yankus’s fifth solo show at the gallery, and the inaugural exhibition in our new space in Manhattan.

The side of a tall brick building in New York
The Space Between

CLAMP is pleased to announce the opening of “The Space Between,” Marc Yankus’ fourth exhibition of photographs at the gallery.

Marc Yankus
Call It Sleep

CLAMP is pleased to announce the opening of “Call It Sleep,” an exhibition of new works by photographer, Marc Yankus – his third solo show at the gallery.

A very blurry photograph of a street and building in New York City
The Point of Secret

CLAMP is pleased to announce the opening of “The Point of Secret,” Marc Yankus’s second exhibition of photographs at the gallery.

A soft focus photograph of a street in New York City
Time & Again

CLAMP is pleased to announce “Time & Again,” an exhibition of photographs by artist Marc Yankus.

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