Biography

Paul Clemence is an award winning photographer and artist exploring the cross sections of design, art and architecture. He exhibits in the international fine arts circuit, from classic B & W prints to cutting edge large scale photographic urban installation, participating in events such as Fuori Salone in Milan, ArtBasel/DesignMiami and the Venice Architecture Biennale. A published author, his volumeMies van der Rohe's FARNSWORTH HOUSE remains to this day the most complete photo documentation of that iconic modern residential design, and a selection of these photos is part of the Mies van der Rohe Archives housed by MoMa, New York. He is widely published in arts, architecture and lifestyle magazines like Metropolis,ArchDaily, Architizer, Casa Vogue Brasil and others. Archi-Photo, aka Architecture Photography, his Facebook photo blog quickly became a photography and architecture community, with over 800,000 followers worldwide. An architect by training, Clemence is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Links about Paul Clemence

• At ElleDecor Italia
• At Creative Cafe / The Decorating Diva
• At Casa Vogue Brazil
• At Global Lighting blog
• At ArchDaily.com
• At Design Sublime
• At Architects and Artisans

Selected Collections

• Mies van der Rohe Archives, housed by Museum of Modern Art, NY
• Farnworth House Study Center, Plano, IL
• Marriott Hotels, Miami, FL
• Riha Design Group, Cleveland , OH
• Vasari Project , Miami, FL
• Young Arts Park, Hollywood, FL
• Universidade de Belas Artes, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Miami Art Museum, Miami, Florida

Selected Private Collection

• Martin and Cricket Taplin, Miami Beach, FL
• Mr. David Caruso, Miami Beach, FL
• Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Werneck, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Francie Bishop Good, Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Mrs.Karina Rasmussem, Miami, FL

Solo Exhibitions

• Building Abstraction , NOW Showroom, Miami, FL Apr.2004
• Mies, NOW Showroom, Miami, FL Dec.2004; School of Architecture at FIU, May 2005
• Farnsworth House, Luminaire, Chicago, IL, Nov.2006
• Construkts, Chelsea Galeria, Wynwood, Miami, FL, May 2008
• SKIN , ArtsPark at Young Circle, Hollywood, FL, May 2009
• Green Provocateur, Urban Intervention, Milan , Italy, April, 2011
• My-Ami, Relative Space, New York, NY, November 20122
• Building Pictures, Venice, Italy, June 2014

Group Exhibitions

• Solitary States, Chelsea Galeria, Wynwood, , Miami, FL, June 2008
• Paulo Werneck, Muralista Brasileiro, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct.2008
• Rubens Meets the Contemporary Artist, KunstMeile, Siegen, Germany, September 2010
• Inventory /Soul Does Matter, DesignMiami. Miami, December 2011
• Boffo Showhouse, New York, NY, May 2012
• Future Present, Solo show, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2012
• City Fragment at Inventory 03, DesignMiami, Miami, December 2012
• Its About Time!, Miami International Airport, Miami, November 2013
• Time:04, DesignMiami/ArtBasel, December 2013
• Here/After: Structures in Time, Istituto Europeo di Design, Venice, 2014
• Baroque Modernity: The Work of Ruy Ohtake, Tomie Ohtake Institute, Sao Paulo, 2015

Awards

• 1st place, 1992, American Institute of Architects/ National Photography Competition
• 2nd place, 1993, American Institute of Architects/ National Photography Competition

Books

• South Beach Architectural Photographs, author, Schiffer Books, Aug.2004
• Mies van der Rohes FARNSWORTH HOUSE, author, Schiffer Books, Oct. 20
• Miami Contemporary Artists, co-author Julie Davidow, Schiffer Books, Nov.2007
• Here/After: Structures in Time, co-author Robert Landon, Dec.2013