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Bio

Waite’s photographs look for the peculiar or uncanny within the ordinary. Concentrating on subtleties and ambiance to pull out the narrative from those fragments of the everyday. Waite, whose beginnings were as a painter and installation artist, has always used photography as a sketchbook; however, in recent years the photographs have taken a central role in his work. Waite studied fine art at SVA
in New York City and lives and works in the East Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.

 

Exhibitions

  • New Now V, Inliquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | September 2022

  • Investigations in Infrastructure, Subjectively Objective, Detroit, MI | February 2022

  • Everything is Narrative, Subjectively Objective, Detroit, MI | March 2022

  • Observations in the Ordinary, Subjectively Objective, Detroit, MI | February 2020

  •   Feature Shoot Exhibition at Root Galleries, Brooklyn, NY | December 2018

  •    (No) Latency, Refraction Gallery, University of Wisconsin | October 2018

  •    Indian Photography Festival, State Art Gallery, Hyderabad, India | September 2018

  •     Ronald William Waite: Photography. American Mortals, Philadelphia, PA | Summer 2018

  •    Feature Shoot Exhibition at Root Galleries, Brooklyn, NY | December 2017

  • On The Ground, Gravy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | 2017

  • The Philadelphia Photo Society Salon, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA | 2017

  • Exposure 2017, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA | 2017

  •    The Philadelphia Photo Society: 150 Years of Light, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA | 2016

  •    Philadelphia Photo Society, Dick Blick, Philadelphia, PA | 2016

  •     The Portrait Reimagined, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA | 2016

  •   Art for the Cash Poor, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA | 2016

  •    Trenton Ave Arts Festival, Fishtown, Philadelphia, PA | 2016

  •    Ron Waite: Photographs, Soup Kitchen Cafe, Philadelphia, PA | 2013

  •    Open studio exhibition Globe Dye Works, Fall 2011

  •     Ekphrasis: Photos and Text, Philadelphia, PA | Fall 2006

  •    Open studio tour, Philadelphia, PA | fall 2006

  •    Various Performances, 37th Street Theater, New York, NY | 1995-1998

  •     July Program Faculty Exhibition, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT | 1997

  •   Ba-Ha-Roo, Martha Graham Auditorium, Bennington College, Bennington, VT | 1997

  •    Field Project, Bennington College, Bennington, VT | 1997

  •     East Village Cultural Center, New York, NY | 1996

  •     The Race, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY | 1995

  •    Runner up, Brookdale Alumni Show, Brookdale College, Lincroft, NJ| 1993

  •    Juried Competition, Red Bank Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ | 1992

  • Press & PUBLICATIONS

  •    Lens Culture Feature: “Moving Portrait of a City: Under Philadelphia’s El Train” | March 2017

  • Investigations in Infrastructure: Subjectively Objective | late 2021

  • Everything is Narrative: Subjectively Objective Publication | 2022

  • Observations in the Ordinary: Subjectively Objective Publication | 2020

  • Memoirs of a Cancer Researcher by Dr. Jose Russo : World Scientific Publication | 2019