EJ Major
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Born: Hong Kong
Lives: London
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2009 MFA Art Practice Goldsmiths University
1999 BA (Hons) First Class Photography Nottingham Trent University
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2011 Shoulder to Shoulder Matt Roberts Gallery, London
2008 Try to Do Things We All Can Understand StreetLevel Gallery, Glasgow
(As part of the Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art)
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2012 I Love You, Tenderpixel Gallery, London
2012 Photsoup, Unit 24 Gallery, Bankside Building, London
2012 Collectible, ZAP, New Cross, London
2012 Unspoken Ceremonies, Parlour Gallery, London
2011 Deptford X Open, Core Gallery, London
2011 Salon Photo Show, Matt Roberts Arts London
2011 Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Brighton
2010 Discoveries, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, USA
2010 Print Now, The London Art Fair, London
2010 Staff Show, MDX University, London
2010 Love Equinox, Passing Clouds, London
2010 Print Now, Bearspace Gallery, London
2009 Salon Summer Show, Salon Contemporary, London
2009 MFA Show, Goldsmiths, London
2009 Group / Grope, Area 10, Peckham London
2009 Helsinki Photography Triennial 2009, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
2009 Format 2009 - Photocinema, International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2008 Click Chicks, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA
2008 ICY, Minnesota Centre for Photography, Minneapolis, USA
2007 Domestic Encounters, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, USA
2007 As serious as your life, Bildmuseet Umea, Sweden
2007 Girl Parade, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
2007 Marie Claire RIP, Quayside Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada
2007 2nd International Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Germany
2007 The Emergence of The Digital Portrait, Clampart Gallery, New York
2007 Photographer’s Network 2007, Thomas Kellner Studio, Siegen, Germany
2007 Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie, Germany
2006 Emerging Photographers Award Show, Lennox Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
2006 Zoo Art Fair with Trolley Gallery, London
2006 Shoreditch Arts Festival, Leonard St, London
2006 Fotobild, Berlin
2006 Love Is… Camera, in association with Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto
2005 New Work, The Foundry London
2005 Printworks, InSight Gallery, Norwich
2005 Selected Open, Llauderdale House Gallery, London
2004 Manchester Academy Open, Manchester
2004 Visible, Cardiff Art Gallery, Wales
2004 Women’s Work Exhibition, ArtLink Exchange, Hull
2001 City Gallery, Leicester
2001 Selected Open, The Society of Scottish Artists, Edinburgh
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2011 Review: http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography+%26+film/art363353
2011 Review: http://1000wordsphotographymagazine.blogspot.com/search/label/Ej Major
2011 Review: http://www.re-title.com/public/newsletters/1_Sept_11_-_Photography_Feature_Newsletter___0.htm2011 Review: http://alanthinks.typepad.com/second_thoughts/
2011 Review: http://www.rovesandroams.com/2011/09/review-ej-majors-shoulder-to-shoulder-at-matt-roberts-arts/
2011 “Q&A EJ Major on Love Is…” - http://blog.flashforwardfestival.com/?p=173
2011 “Who, What, Why - Love Is… Last Tango in Paris” -http://www.anothermag.com/current/view/1264/Love_isLast_Tango_in_Paris
2011 “An Interview with Artists EJ Major” - http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/art/ej-major/2011/07/28/
2008 “EJ Major – Try to Do Things We All Can Understand” – Mitch Miller, P 56-57 Varoom No 7
2008 “Reviews” – Susannah Thompson, Modern Painters P99 June
2008 “Taking a pop at Pop culture” – Jack Mottram, The Herald 04/04/08
2008 “Review” - Alexander Kennedy, The List P94 10-24 April
2007 “Love Is…postcards from the edge” by Simon Bainbridge Magenta Magazine / winter / p20-23
2007 “Reality Crossings” by Christoph Tannert European Photography Number 82 p62-63
2007 "The Other F-word. Third Generation Feminism and its Antecedents." by Rachel Cook ArtLies Summer p14-25
2007 "W(h)ither Feminism? Joy Christensen and E-J Major" by Charissa N. Terranova Glasstire June
2006 "Profile - EJ Major" by Simona Vladikova Fotograf no 7 / vol5 p4-7
2006 "Fokus Auf EJ Major" by Anne LemhoferFrankfurter Rundschau 21/10/06
2006 "Focus - Emerging Artists" Ute Krepler ARTinvestor 01/ p50-51
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2011 Winner of The International Salon Photo Prize (Judges included Simon Baker, Curator of Photography at Tate, Charlotte Cotton, Director of The National Media Museum and Stefanie Braun, Curator at The Photographers Gallery)
2006 Emerging Photographers Award Winner, Toronto
2000 Manchester Academy Preston’s of Bolton Award
2000 City Gallery Leicester Phoenix Arts Prize
2000 Lincolnshire Gallery Overall Winner
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2009 Format 09 – Photocinema, Quad Publishing UK
2009 Aletheia – Positions in Contemporary Photography, Helsinki Press, Finland
2008 GI – Cross Section. CCA Press, SC
2007 Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie Catalogue, DTF Press, DE
2006 Flash Forward, The Magenta Foundation CA
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