与此同时，在Chuck Close的生活中
完整生平1990–1992
A member of the National Academy of Design
In 1990 he is elected an Associate Academician of the National Academy of Design, and in 1992 he becomes a full Academician.
1992
Mentors teenagers in the Art Works project
He is one of ten artists who volunteer to mentor economically deprived teens in a summer-long photography program, Art Works: Teenagers and Artists Collaborate on the Polaroid 20 x 24 Camera, produced by Janeil Engelstad, The Education Project and Polaroid.
1993–1995
The Venice Biennale and the Carnegie International
He takes part in the Venice Biennale (1993, 1995 and 2003) and the Carnegie International (1995), among almost 800 group exhibitions in all.
1995
Meets Grant Romer: the road to the daguerreotype
Curator Colin Westerbeck uses a grant from the Lannan Foundation to bring Close together with Grant Romer, director of conservation at the George Eastman House; from then on Close explores difficult photographic processes such as the daguerreotype, in collaboration with Jerry Spagnoli, and sophisticated modular, cell-based forms such as tapestry.
