M. Sharkey

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M. Sharkey is an award winning portrait photographer and filmmaker living in NYC. A graduate in literature and music from Bennington College, he moved to New York City in 1995 where he began his study of photography and filmmaking at Tisch/NYU and the School of Visual Arts. In 2000 and 2001 he traveled to Dubai, United Arab Emirates where he curated a series of exhibitions on the work of New York and Arab photographers. Mr. Sharkey is pursuing a number of projects including a series documenting gay youth in America titled Queer Kids. Some of Michael’s clients include: Blueprint, Interview, The Guardian/Observer, Logo, MTV, Newsweek, New York Magazine, T: NY Times Style Mag., and TIME.

Ad/Creative Agencies + TV

Avrett, Free & Ginsberg (Bacardi)

Mirror Ball/Co-Lab (Mt. Dew)

The Discovery Channel

Deitch Projects

Almost Gold Records

SONY/BMG

Secretly Canadian

MTV

Logo

Editorial Clients

The Advocate

Best Life
Blender
Blond
Blueprint
Bust
Details

Elle (British)
Flaunt
GQ
Interview
Mass Appeal
Men’s Health
Newsweek
New York Magazine
The Observer (London)
Out
People
Radar
Revolver
S Magazine
Soma
Spin
Spoon
T: NY Times Style Magazine
The Telegraph Magazine (London)
Trace
Upstreet
Vibe
View (Stern)
Women’s Health
XXL
Exhibitions & Awards

2012
Queer Kids: Gallerie de la Main de Fer, Perpignan, France
In conjunction with Visa pour l’Image

Testimony: Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art, NYC

Permanence: curated by Paul Moakley, Staten Island LGBT Community Center, NYC

Lewd: curated by Greg Garry, Krause Gallery, NYC

2011
PridePhoto Award & Exhibition: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Queering Sex: curated by Kathryn Garciaand Sarvia Jasso, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA

View on Art Now: Den FrieUdstillingsbygning/Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

Crazy Lady: curated by Jane Harris, Schroeder Romero & Shredder, NYC

2010
QueerVoice: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania
Video Screening

2009
You Can’t Rape The Willing: Second Floor, curated by Kathryn Garcia and Sarvia Jasso, Brooklyn, NY

American Photography Annual 24: chosen

2005
American Photography Annual 20: chosen

Bibliography

2012
12 Questions, January 4
Interview with M. Sharkey

2011
The Huffington Post, Gay Voices, November 16
QUEER KIDS

The Oral Fix, Episode #027, December 11
Interview with M. Sharkey

The Guardian UK: The Observer Magazine, July 9
Young (gay) Americans In Pictures

TIME LightBox, June 26
Coming Out In America: Michael Sharkey’s Queer Kids

2010
aCurator.com, April 26
Queer Kids: A Project by M. Sharkey