Solo Shows
2016 Playing and Reality, Fotofurum Cologne, Germany
2011 Shoulder to Shoulder, Matt Roberts Gallery, London
2008 Try to Do Things We All Can Understand, StreetLevel Gallery, Glasgow (Part of G.I.)
Selected Group
2018 Necessary Conditions, Clore Gallery, Tate St Ives
2017 Reading Room, Rokeby Gallery, London
The Ear, Transition Gallery, London
Sommaire, FRAC Poitou-Charente, France
2016 Liberties, The Exchange Gallery, Penzance
Telling Tales, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
Feminine Masculine: Photo 50 at The London Art Fair, London
2015 Liberties, launch of A Womans Place, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
Ed Ruscha Books and Co, Gagosian Gallery, Paris
2014 ABCEUM, Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton University Gallery
2013 Creekside Open 2013 Selected by Paul Noble, A.P.T Gallery, London
A House of Many Windows, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
Ed Ruscha Books and Co, Gagosian Gallery, NY
2012 Shoulder to Shoulder, Deptford X Festival, London
I Love You, Tenderpixel Gallery, London
C/O Berlin Book Days, Postfuhramt Berlin, Germany
Photosoup, Unit 21 Gallery, London
Unspoken Ceremonies, Parlour Gallery, London
2011 Deptford X Open, Core Gallery, London
Salon Photo Show, Matt Roberts Arts London
2010 Discoveries, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, USA
Print Now, Bearspace Gallery, London
2009 Salon Summer Show, Salon Contemporary, London
Group / Grope, Area 10, Peckham London
Helsinki Photography Triennial 2009, Helsinki City Art Museum, Finland
Format 2009 – Photocinema, International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
2008 Click Chicks, Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, USA
ICY, Minnesota Centre for Photography, Minneapolis, USA
2007 Girl Parade, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
Domestic Encounters, PDNB Gallery, Dallas, USA
As serious as your life, Bildmuseet Umea, Sweden
Marie Claire RIP, Quayside Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada
2nd International Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg, Germany
The Emergence of The Digital Portrait, Clampart Gallery, New York
Photographer’s Network 2007, Thomas Kellner Studio, Siegen, Germany
Darmstadter Tage der Fotografie, Germany
Awards
2015 Marie Claire RIP and Jezebel selected by Kaleid Editions
2012 Selected artist for C/O Berlin Book Days
2011 Winner of The International Salon Photo Prize
2006 Emerging Photographers Award Winner, Toronto
Books
2015 Rabbit, self-published artists book edition of 100
2014 Archive, as part of ABCEUM
2013 Marie Claire RIP and Jezebel, published by L’Heure Dit, Paris.
2012 APED, self-published book as part of ABCED box-set.
2011 love is… Ltd Edition artists book. Self-published.
from a distance, self-published artists book.
Selected Bookfairs
As a member of ABC Artists Book Co-operative I have shown at the following fairs:
Dusseldorf Photo Book Salon, New York Art Bookfair, Whitechapel Art Bookfair, Offprint Paris, Copeland Art Bookfair.
Selected Bibliography
2016 Essay: Playing and Reality in the work of EJ Major / Photomonitor
2014 Essay: Duncan Wooldridge/ love is… 1,000 Words
2013 Essay: Catherine Somzé / Meet Marie Claire:Photomonitor
Eassay: Catherine Somzé / Jezebel:Photomonitor
2012 Anna McNay / love is…: Photomonitor
2011 Review: Culture 24
Review: 1,000 Words Magazine
Review: Re-title
Review: Alan Thinks
Review: Roves and Roams
“Q&A EJ Major on Love Is…” – Flash Forward
“Who, What, Why – Love Is… Last Tango in Paris” –Another Magazine
“An Interview with Artist EJ Major” – Amelias Magazine
2008 “EJ Major – Try to Do Things We All Can Understand”Mitch Miller Varoom No 7
“Reviews” – Susannah Thompson, Modern Painters P99 June
“Taking a pop at Pop culture” – Jack Mottram, The Herald 04/04/08
“Review” – Alexander Kennedy, The List P94 10-24 April
2007 “Love Is…postcards from the edge” by Simon Bainbridge Magenta Magazine
“Reality Crossings” by Christoph Tannert European Photography Number 82
“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
“Fokus Auf EJ Major” by Anne LemhoferFrankfurter Rundschau 21/10/06
“Focus – Emerging Artists” Ute Krepler ARTinvestor 01/ p50-51
TV
2009 Interview – Finnish News in Helsinki about the Marie Claire RIP piece in the show Aletheia. https://youtu.be/0feeILbZmGo
2007 Interview – Swedish Cultural News. Related show – As Serious as Your Life.
Academic Qualifications
2009 MFA Art Practice Goldsmiths University
1999 BA (Hons) First Class Photography Nottingham Trent University
Additional BA courses in Anthropology and Psychology and MA courses in Film Studies.