Alex Nyerges is an internationally-award-winning photographer, curator, author, and photo historian who has exhibited across the United States, Australia, and Europe. His work is in collections in New York, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Ohio, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Beach, Tampa, Richmond, Budapest, Paris, Australia, and elsewhere. His work has been exhibited in Atlanta, Budapest, Canberra, Houston, Richmond, Vienna, and Washington, D.C., among other places.
A native of Rochester, New York, the home of George Eastman and the Eastman Kodak Company, he grew up with a family tradition in photography and music. He has been creating photographs in 35 mm, medium and large formats for more than forty years and digitally since 2002.
Seeking out the elements of beauty that surround us, so often unseen and neglected in the built and natural worlds, his work uses sunlight and its shadows to create works that are both modern and timeless. Enjoy.
ALEX NYERGES
Photographer
726 South Pine Street
Richmond, Virginia 23220
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2025 Branch Museum of Design, 'Mad Hatter Art and Design Auction' Richmond, Virginia
2025 Collector's Night: Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2024 RVA4CERF, Benefit exhibition and auction to support Artists in Crisis from Hurricane Helene, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia
2024 LighthouseRVA Benefit exhibition and auction, Richmond, Virginia
2024 Unbound 13! International Competition, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2024 "Message in a Bottle: Picturing Maritime Culture in Hampton Roads", Curated loan exhibition, Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
2024 Summer Feature, Reynolds Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Richmond, Virginia
2024 Collector's Night: Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2023 Collector's Night: Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2022 Art For All, Fine art benefit exhibition and auction, Richmond, Virginia
2022 Reynolds Gallery, Group exhibition, Pop-up Gallery @Commune, Norfolk, Virginia
2022 Art Space, 7th Annual "A Feast for your Eyes" Fine Art Auction benefit, Richmond, Virginia
2022 Summer Show, Reynolds Gallery, Group exhibition, Richmond.
2022 Florida Museum of Photographic Art, Tampa, Florida, International Photography Competition, Honorable Mention.
2022 Collector's Night: Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2022 Art For Alz, Alzheimer's Benefit Auction, Richmond.
2022 SCAN Progressive Dinner Auction Benefit, Richmond.
2021 Fleeting Light, Reynolds Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Richmond.
2021 Pandemonium: Postcards from the Edge, Group Exhibition, Chroma Projects Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, October 2021, Sarah Sargent and Deborah McLeod, co-curators.
2021 Bistro du Midi, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts. Additional commission for permanent installation, Melissa Twomey, curator, VisionArt Consulting, Washington, D.C.
2019-21 Art In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., Work selected for Ambassador James Gilmore, the United States Embassy to OSCE, Vienna, Austria, Imitiaz Hafiz, Curator, United States Department of State.
2019-21 Art In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C., Work selected for Ambassador Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., the United States Embassy in Canberra, Australia, Welmoed Laanstra, Curator, United States Department of State.
2020 Gallery Finale, Group Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia.
2020 Collector's Night: Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2020 Forever Young, Group Exhibition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida
2019 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Member's Exhibition, Tampa, Florida.
2019 Summer Splash, Group Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curated by BJ Kocen, Gallery Director.
2019 Cosmos Club, Permanent Exhibition Installation, Washington D.C.
2019 Collectors Night: Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia
2018 Bistro du Midi, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts. Commission for permanent installation, Melissa Twomey, curator, VisionArt Consulting, Washington, D.C.
2018-19 Cosmos Club, Hall Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Washington, D.C.
2018 Forever Young, Group Exhibition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida
2018 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery Annual Art Auction, Richmond, Virginia
2018 Collectors Night: The Dark Room, Annual Art Auction, Visual Arts Center, Richmond, Virginia.
2018 CURRENT Art Fair, presented by glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2018 Click IV, Group Photography Exhibit, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curated by Scott Elmquist and BJ Kocen, Gallery Director
2017 Chasing the Light II, Solo Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Curated by B.J. Kocen, Gallery Director
2017 CURRENT Art Fair, presented by glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2017 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Member's Exhibition, Tampa, Florida
2017 Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery Annual Art Auction, Richmond, Virginia
2017 Forever Young, Group Exhibition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, Florida
2016-17 1708 Gallery at Linden Row, Group Photography Exhibition, Aimee Oliver, Curator, Richmond, Virginia
2016 CURRENT Art Fair, presented by glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2016 International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention
2016 Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Member's Exhibition, Tampa, Florida
2016 Beyond the Boulevard, Historic Richmond, Honorary Chair, Richmond, Virginia
2016 Artists Support ChildSavers Benefit Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2015 Chiaroscuro, Group Show, Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2015 Cosmotographer's Competition, Group Exhibition, Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Alan Fern, Director, National Portrait Gallery (retired), Juror
2015 Photographer's Forum 35th Annual Spring Photography Competition, Finalist, Received Award of Excellence. Published in "Best of Photography 2015" catalogue.
2015 Artists Support ChildSavers Benefit Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2015 Trees, Group Exhibition, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015 Chasing the Light, Solo Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2015 24th Annual National Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Louisville Center for the Arts, Louisville, Colorado
2015 Celebrating Southern California, Group Exhibition, Location 1980 Gallery, Costa Mesa, California
2015 Inside The Darkroom, Four-person Exhibition, Walton Gallery, Petersburg, Virginia
2014 Miami Photo Salon, Kaplan Hall/Wolfson Auditorium, Miami, Florida
2014 Artists Support ChildSavers Benefit Exhibition, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2014 Contrast, Group Exhibition, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2014 Click: From the Mountains to the Sea, glave-kocen gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2012 Thirtieth Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Juror
2012 Unbound, International Juried Photography Exhibition, Candela Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Gordon Stettinius, Juror
2012 National Juried Printmaking and Photography Exhibition, Art Space, Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Richard Waller, Juror.
2012 Soul of Italy, Juried Art Exhibition, Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.
2012 MetroMontage Juried Exhibition, Marietta-Cobb Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2012 International Juried Photography Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Ignatius Widiapradja, Juror.
2009 Think Small 5 Exhibition, Art Space, Richmond, Virginia
MUSEUM, PRIVATE AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Los Angeles, Redondo Beach, California, San Francisco, Solana Beach, California, El Segundo, California, New York, New York, Dayton, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Naples, Florida, Charlottesville, Virginia, Arlington, Virginia, McLean, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Bethesda, Maryland, New Bremen, Ohio, St. Petersburg, Fla., Canandaigua, New York, Richmond, Virginia, Glen Allen, Virginia, Clearwater Beach, Florida, Lake Worth, Florida, Vienna, Budapest, Sydney, Canberra, Middleburg, Virginia.