There's a certain rawness to photographer Carey Haider's photos, a caught-off-guard quality that captures a defiant, even brazenly seductive confidence in his models. Surely, it's a difficult mood for an artist to render, but Haider, an Oregon native, pulls it off with bad boy swagger, and never fails to give his subjects -- as well as the clothes -- a distinct "of-the-moment" appeal.
Though his images are often edgy (or, at the very least, half-naked) Haider is hardly a shock artist. Rather, he's a bit of a punk rock patriot, describing his aesthetic to us as "grotesque and perverse Americana." Haider elaborated by saying that he is an artist "in love with taxidermy, old chopper Harleys, road trips, rock n' roll ... The style of photography I do reflects the life I live."
And what a life it must be: Haider appears to be plugged into that elusive culture of youth and unkempt style that was embodied by Kate Moss in the '90s and perfected by Lou Doillon today. Appropriately, Haider's creative process is reminiscent of fellow bad boy artists like Hunter S. Thompson and Terry Richardson: "Whatever happens on each set usually depends on who is involved and where we are," Haider told us. "Usually whiskey, stopping at casinos, and motorcycle rides get intertwined into the mix. I like to keep it fun."
-Catherine Blair Pfander for NBC
Clients:
Swatch Watches
Sole Struck
Nike
Blacktooth
Missiko Flattening Iron's
Moment Skis
Le Noir
Ambiguous
ART SHOW RESUME
Solo Exhibitions:
2008
Nobodys Hero, East End, Portland, Oregon 2007
Wasted Days, Blue, Portland, OR
2006
The Blackest Years, Sequential Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
Another Day, Another Way, Nemo Design, Portland, OR
The Process Of Destruction, Vault, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions:
2008
Doomsday: 2012, Hecklewood, Portland, Oregon
Hello, C Bar, Portland, Oregon 2007
Secret Artworks, Cincinnti, Ohio
Street Art Show, Miami International Universitys Main Gallery, Miami, Florida
Contemporary Art, Itami City Galieary,Ogino Itami, Japan
Sticker and Stencil Show, Space Gallery, San Francisco, California
Untitled, Parts + Labor, Hood River, Oregon
Spray,Kolahstudio(Iranian Underground Art Mainstream), Tehran, Iran
Museum of Small Arts Collection Exhibition, Gemarimba Art
Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Rotating Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Children Of The Revolution, Audiocinema, Portland, Oregon
2006
NPSCC Exhibition, Contact Theatre, U.K. Contemporary Art, Itami City Gallery, Japan
Untitled, Confrence Room Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Im-pression 2006, HogeDRUKgebiend Center for Graphic Arts, The Netherlands
Secret Artworks, Artworks, OH
Third International Tarot Card Exhibition, San Demetrio Corone, Italy
Permanent Vacation, Sugar Gallery, Portland,OR
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate, Visual Arts Center, Sioux Falls, SD
The Green Cat Collection, Point Jaune Museum, Switzerland
White Trashed, Heckelwood, Portland, OR
Ete De Amour, The Conference Room Gallery, Portland, OR
2005
Road Rash, Local 35, Portland, OR
We Superlative Conspiracy, The Coobah, Chicago, IL
2004
Gangwar, Berbatis, Portland, OR
Touring Exhibitions
2008
2007
Gimme Shelter: 193c, Brooklyn, NY
Dean Johnson Gallery,Indianapolis, IN
Anno Domini, San Jose, CA
Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Monkeyhouse Toys, Los Angeles, CA
COMPOUND, Portland, OR
Permanent Collections:
Museum of Small Arts Collection, Gemarimba Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Point Jaune Museum, Switzerland
Visual Arts Center Education Collection, Washington Pavillion of Arts and Science, SD
The International Museum of Collage and Assemblage, TX
Publications:
Vice Magazine,
http://www.viceland.com/int/dd.php?id=6 … country=us , (Photo) Contributing Artist
Portland Funbook I and II(print), OR, Contributing Artist
Dirrty Glam,
www.dirtyglam.com, Online Magazine
The Seed Project, Artworld Digest,Issue 2(print), NY, Contributing Artist
FAKE Magazine, Issue 3 England Issue, The Netherlands, Contributing Artist
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