About Craig Blacklock
ARTIST STATEMENT
Fine art landscape photographer specializing in interface of water and land.
EDUCATION
Learned about nature, art and photography from his father, Les Blacklock
Art major at UMD,1972-1974
EMPLOYMENT
Made living as a fine art landscape photographer since 1976.
Own Blacklock Photography Galleries in Moose Lake, MN and co-own Waters of Superior in Duluth’s Canal Park
BOOKS: 18 total, most relevant ones listed below:
“ST. CROIX & NAMEKAGON RIVERS — The Enduring Gift” 2018
“Apostle Islands — From Land and Sea” 2012
“Pictured Rocks — From Land and Sea” 2012
“Slot Canyons of Page Arizona, April 2011
“Minnesota’s North Shore” (with accompanying 3 hour movie), 2007
“A Voice Within — The Lake Superior Nudes”, 2004
“Horizons”, 2002
“The Duluth Portfolio”, 1995
“Gooseberry”, 1994
“The Lake Superior Images”, 1993
“Border Country, The Quetico-Superior Wilderness”, 1988; re-issued in 1999
“Minnesota Wild”, 1983
“Our Minnesota”, 1982, revised edition 1992
EXHIBITIONS: (One or two person shows unless noted otherwise.)
Park Center, Hayward, WI, 2019
White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN 2019
Watershed Gallery, National Eagle Center, Wabasha, MN 2019
Grand Marais Art Colony, Grand Marais, MN, 2019
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN, 2018
Stillwater Public Library, Stillwater, MN, 2018
Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI, 2018
CHARAC Art Center, Cable, WI, 2018
Sherman and Ruth Weiss Library, Hayward, WI, 2018
Mill City Museum (Minnesota Historical Society), Minneapolis, MN 2018
St. Croix National Scenic Riverway Visitor Center, St. Croix Falls, WI 2018
Northern Great Lakes Visitors Center, Ashland, WI, 2015-2016
Gallery 13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2015
Crary Art Gallery, Pennsylvania; Wilderness at 50 One of 11 photographers Celebrating 50 years since Wilderness Act. 2014
Merill Lynch Fine Art Gallery, within Great Lakes Aquarium, 2013
Art Center of St. Peter, Minnesota, 2012
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, Minnesota, 2012
Merrill Lynch Fine Art Gallery, within Great Lakes Aquarium, 2012
Ridgewater College, Willmar, Minnesota, 2008
Gallery 13, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2006 (group show of nudes)
Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2004
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota, 2004
Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, Michigan, 2002
Waters of Superior/Blacklock Photography Galleries, Minnesota 2002 (ongoing)
Johnson Heritage Post Art Gallery, Grand Marais, Minnesota 2001
Sivertson Gallery, Duluth, Minnesota, 2000
Flanders Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota (group exhibition) 1999
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota, 1995
Lee Hall Gallery, Marquette, Michigan, 1994
Pine Tree Gallery, Ironwood, Michigan 1993
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, Minnesota 1993
Art Resources Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1993
Polaroid Corporate Headquarters, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992
Photographic Images Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 1991
Imprimatur Gallery, Minneapolis, (1984?)
MAJOR COMMISSIONS:
Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport, MN
Pine Heath Care, Sandstone, MN
Children’s Hospital, Minneapolis, MN.
Canal Park Lodge, Duluth, MN
AWARDS, HONORS, PRIZES:
2020 Black and White Spider Awards, Honorable Mention: “Wildlife”, “Nature”(2) Plus Nomination of 7 others
2019, Pinnacle Book Achievement Award, Gold “Photography”
2019, 28th Annual Midwest Book Awards winner: “Arts/Photography/Coffee Table”
2019, 28th Annual Midwest Book Awards winner: “Nature”
2019, 28th Annual Midwest Book Awards winner:”Total Book Design”
2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY): Gold “Cover Design – Non-fiction Oversize”
2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY): Gold “Coffee Table Book”
2019 Pub West Design Awards: Gold “Special Edition”
2019 Pub West Design Awards: Silver “Photography”
31st Annual Northeastern Minnesota Book Awards nomination
12th Annual International Color Awards, 7 nominations: Nature, Nudes, Wildlife, 2019
13th Annual Spider Awards, 2 nominations: Nature, Wildlife, 2019
George Morrison Artist Award (from Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, MN), 2018
International Color Awards, 2 honorable mentions and one nomination, 2018
International Color Awards, nomination 2017
Fine Art Photo Awards, nomination, Professional Nudes 2016
International Color Awards, nomination 2016
International Photographer of the Year, 2nd Place, Professional Nudes 2015
Black and White Spider Awards, 5 nominations, 2015
International Photography Awards, several, including 2nd place in Books, Nature, 2012
International Book Awards, Finalist Awards for 2 books, 2012
Midwest Independent Publishers, Best Illustrated book, 2007
Midwest Independent Publishers, Best coffee table/art book, 2005
Independent Publishers, Best Photography Book, 2005 (from 1327 publishers worldwide)
Black and White Single Image contest, Bronze Award, Nudes, 2005
National Freedom Award, Nature/Art, 1999
Midwest Independent Publishers, Best Hardcover Book Award, 1996
Mid-America Publishers Association, Best Photographic Book Award, 1996
Benjamin Franklin Award, 1996
Lake Superior Magazine Achievement Award, 1994
Minnesota Book Award, Illustrated Book 1994
Midwest Book Achievement Awards (3 including best hardcover), 1994
TEACHING/LECTURING:
Presented many photography workshops and lectures around the country since 1982. Programs include Fotofusion; Palm Beach Photographic Workshops; the Split Rock Arts Program and the Complete Scholar, of the University of Minnesota; Madeline Island School of the Arts; Minnesota Center for Photography, Dynamic Nudes on Lake Powell, and Vision Quest. Provided keynote speeches for numerous groups including several large camera club symposiums including Twin City Area Camera Clubs.
VIDEOS:
ST. CROIX & NAMEKAGON RIVERS – The Enduring Gift, 2019 (An edited version has been broadcast on Twin Cities Public Television several times.
Minnesota’s North Shore, 2007 (An edited version has been broadcast over several public television stations, and repeatedly on Twin Cities Public Television.
MAGAZINES:
American Photo, Audubon, Backpacker, Canoe, Newsweek, Fine Art Photo (Germany), Focus, Outdoor Photographer, Lake Superior, National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic Traveler, National Wildlife, Reader’s Digest, Shutterbug, Sierra Club, Smithsonian, and View Camera.