Viviane Sassen: UMBRA

About the Exhibition

UMBRA is an exhibition consisting of photography and multimedia works by acclaimed fashion photographer Viviane Sassen (Dutch, b. 1972). The work in UMBRA, which means shadow in Latin, emphasizes the play of light and shadow that is characteristic of her work. The artist is also known for her alluring color photographs in which form and content balance on the edge of abstraction. Most recently, Sassen was awarded the Society’s Honorary Fellowship award from The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, UK, (2015), and received the Gold Medal Deutsche Fotobuchpreis for Best Photobook 2016, Stuttgart, Germany (2015). 

This exhibition was made possible by the Mondriaan Fund and supported as part of the Dutch Culture USA program by the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

The 2016-2017 season is sponsored by the Efroymson Family Fund and the Illinois Arts Council Agency.