The Texan photographer Bryan Schutmaat was selected from among some of the most promising talent by the Young Photographers United (YPU). Through a heightened sense of observation Schutmaat deftly conveys a profound portrait of the American highway. In these landscapes, as in his interior shots, Schutmaat rejects all artificial forms of seduction in favour of presenting the echoing void and abandonment. Travelling between snowy plains to deserts, these images juxtaposed cause motel rooms take on an uncanny eerie aspect reminiscent of Wim Wenders and David Lynch films. Schutmaat invites the viewer on to a road trip of his own.
Honorable Mention, Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Competition, 2009 Lieux Communs, l'Epicerie Moderne, Feyzin, France, January - February 2009 Fjord: Meet Waradise, New york, NY, November 2008 Lieux Communs, Doxart Gallery, Lyon, France, October - November 2008 Footprints, Green Spot, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2008 Milchstraße, Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy, July 2008 Cultivate Beauty, The 930 Art Center, Louisville, KY, May 2008 Must Not Sleep/Must Warn Others, Wonderful Union Gallery, Ballard, WA, October - November 2007 Cultivated, Mars Bar, San Francisco, CA, October 2007 Something About You, Salon Mijangos Gallery, San Antonio, TX, September - October 2007 SPIN: Txt Me L8r, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, August 2007 Take Us Anywhere, But Take Us Now, Warehouse Gallery, Washington DC, May 2007 Some Faces, American University Spiritual Center, Washington, DC, September 2006 Annual Juried Exhibition, The Art Alliance Center of Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX, November - December 2005 (Juror’s Choice Award) Juried Exhibition, 2005 Golden Ghost Awards, Commerce Street Artists' Warehouse, Houston, TX, September 2005 First Order Award at Watkins College’s Brownlee Curry Juried Student Art Exhibition, 2004 Annual Juried Exhibition, The Art Alliance Center of Clear Lake, Nassau Bay, TX, November - December 2003
Editions
The Collectors Guide to Emerging Art Photography, Humble Arts Foundation, book, pg 140, March 2009 All Things Ordinary, zine, front cover and pg 3, March 2009
