Sant Khalsa
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Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
**** **** ******: River Run, UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA,
curated by Colin Westerbeck
2010 re:Signs: Sant Khalsa and Thomas McGovern, Art Gallery, Azusa Pacific University,
Azusa, CA, curated by G, James Daichendt
2007 Sant Khalsa: Solve(nt), Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Sant Khalsa: Paving Paradise: Stories from the Santa Ana Watershed,
Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino
2003 Sant Khalsa: Paving Paradise - Views of the Santa Ana River, Michael Brandman
Associates, Arts Council for San Bernardino County
2002 Sant Khalsa: Trees and Seedlings, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Sant Khalsa: Seedlings, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles
2001 Sant Khalsa: The Santa Ana River, Water Resources Institute,
California State University, San Bernardino
Watershed: Sant Khalsa & Geoffrey Fricker, University Art Gallery, CSU Fullerton
Watershed: Sant Khalsa & Geoffrey Fricker, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
1998 Sant Khalsa: Of A Personal Nature, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum,
California State University, San Bernardino
1996 Sant Khalsa: The Sacred Spring, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Water In The West: Sant Khalsa & Wanda Hammerbeck, Contemporary Access,
Riverside, CA
200 Hundred Years of Freedom: A site-specific installation by Sant Khalsa and Charles
Morehead, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Ana, CA,
1993 Land Revisited: Sant Khalsa & Deena Capparelli, The Art Works, Riverside, CA
re:Place: Sant Khalsa & Mallory Cremin, Sasso/Cribb Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1990 Sant Khalsa: Distress Signals, West Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
1987 Sant Khalsa: East Highlands Ranch, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA
1985 Sant Khalsa: Intimate Landscapes, Photography Gallery, Otis-Parsons Art Institute,
Los Angeles
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013 Being Here, AC Projects, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA (forthcoming Feb.)
Ignite! The Art of Sustainability (curated by Exhibiti Envoy and traveling 2012-15),
Arte Americas: Casa de Cultura, Fresno, CA (forthcoming February 2013)
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA (forthcoming August 2013)
2012 The Mentor s Hand, The Gallery at the Creative Center for Photography, Los Angeles
Ignite! The Art of Sustainability (curated by Exhibiti Envoy and traveling 2012-15),
UC Davis Design Museum, Davis, California, June August
Humboldt State University Art Gallery, Arcata
Works on Water, Marin County Foundation Gallery, Novato, CA
Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California, 1945-1982 (Getty Pacific
Standard Time Initiative Exhibition), Palm Springs Art Museum
Beyond Landscape, Marin County Foundation Gallery, Novato, CA
Manifest Destiny, Herberger Institute School of Art Northlight Gallery, Arizona State
University
Signs of San Bernardino, Wild Lemon Project, NOS Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA
2011 Seismic Shift (Getty Pacific Standard Time Initiative Exhibition), UCR California Museum
of Photography, Riverside
The Altered Landscape: Photographs of a Changing Environment, Nevada Museum of
Art, Reno
Water, CA, Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CA
The Weight and the Magnitude, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
Influential Element: Exploring the Impact of Water,
Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
2010 Curiosities of the Curio, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA
What Matters Most?, eco art [space] NYC at Exit Art, New York, NY
Featured Artists by Andi Campognone Projects, Tutti Mangia, Claremont, CA
2009 EcoLOGIC, Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
So. Cal.: Artist-Professors Working in Southern California, Broome Library Gallery,
California State University Channel Islands, Camarillo
Everything Must Go! Climate Theater, San Francisco, CA
2008 Inlandia, Wignall Museum Gallery, Chaffey College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Melting Ice: A Hot Topic, Field Museum, Chicago, IL
Diva, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, CA
The American Lifescape, dba256 Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007 Envisioning Change, Nobel Peace Center, Oslo, Norway
Inland Emperors, dba256 Gallery, Pomona
The Art and Science of Climate Change, La Sierra University Branstaler Gallery,
Riverside, CA
Gaia s Lament: The Earth in Crisis, Santa Ana College Main Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
Melting Ice / Hot Topic, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
2006 The Drop, Exit Art, New York, NY
Long Exposures: Contemporary Photo Essays from the Permanent Collection,
Curated by Tim Wride, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
WaterWorks, Contemporary Quarterly Project Space, www.contemporaryquarterly.com
Earthly Concerns, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco. CA
A Delicate Balance, General Electric (GE) Headquarters Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Earth+Art, Division 9, Riverside, CA
2005 reGeneration: Environmental Art in California Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Keck Center of The National
Academies, Washington, D.C. traveling from the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
2004 Speculative Terrain, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
One Hour Drive, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University,
San Bernardino
Water in the West, FotoFest, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Presentation House Gallery,
North Vancouver, BC, Canada, traveling from the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
Direct Exposure: Perspectives on the Southern California Landscape, Ontario
International Airport, Los Angeles World Airports Exhibition Program and City of Los
Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Public Art Division
2003 Meander, M%(Percent) Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Riverside In Pictures, UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside
Speculative Terrain, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Norsk museum for fotofraphi
Preus fotomuseum, Norway, traveling from the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
2002 Out of True, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
Depth Charge: Digital Anaglyphs, UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside
The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui,
New Zealand, traveling from the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
2001 Post-Landscape: Between Nature and Culture, Pomona College Museum of Art,
Claremont, CA
Water Works: Photoworks on Water, Power, and the Land, BC Space,
Laguna Beach, CA
The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, traveling from the Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
2000 Made In California: Art, Image, & Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
AfterImage: The Metapathology of Photography As Sculptural Object,
Grey McGear Modern, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Looking for Answers, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA,
Water in the West, First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, Eureka, CA
1999 The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
Construction Zones: Infrastructural Form and Dysfunction, University Art Gallery,
California State University, Fullerton
Cross Currents, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
What will you miss? School of Art and Design Galleries, Georgia State University,
Atlanta
Independent Vision: Women Photographers from the Permanent Collection,
UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside
Plant Life: flora as inspiration, subject, medium or metaphor, Angels Gate Art Gallery,
San Pedro, CA
1998 Pertaining To Water, Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery, San Jacinto, CA
1997 LA Current: The Photographers' Perspective, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Passing the Tradition: California Photography, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St.
Mary's College, Los Angeles
1996 Creating the North American Landscape, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Landscape: The Continuum, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park
1995 PLAN: Photography Los Angeles Now, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Muses. Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Landscapes" Photo Center Gallery, Tisch School of the Art, New York University
Photographic Book Art In The U.S., 1991 1995, Seventeen exhibition venues
1994 Trees, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
A Collective Voice, University Art Gallery, California State University, San Bernardino
1993 Artists Consider the Environment, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown, NY
Arid Waters: Photographs from the Water In The West Project, University Art Gallery,
University of Colorado, Boulder
1992 Smog: A Matter Of Life And Breath, California Museum of Photography, Riverside
The Country Between Us: Contemporary American Landscape Photographs,
Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
Photo Salon, Turner/Krull Gallery, Los Angeles
1991 What Have We Done?, Film In The Cities, Saint Paul, MN
From Dime Store to Museum, UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside
U.S. Photography Biennial, University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman
Boundless Vision: Contemporary Bookworks, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
The Documentary, Bayfront Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Issue: Earth, Brandstater Gallery, Loma Linda University, Riverside, CA
1990 Elements, Artspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Visual Sociology, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
Illuminance, Lubbock Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
1989 Photograph As Document, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA
Visions of the Land, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
1988 Book Works 1988, Exit Gallery, California State University, Fullerton
1987 Photography Invitational, Photography Gallery, Cal Poly University, Pomona
Small Works, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, NM
1986 Evidence of Light, Rancho Santiago College Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1984 Introspectives, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY
Through Women' Eyes, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA
1983 Annual Invitational, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies
California Mystique: Contemporary Women Artists, Julian A. McPhee University Union
Gallery, Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo
All-California Biennial, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Selected Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
Invitational Artist-in-Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, August 2012
Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Insight Award 2012 (Inaugural Recipient)
Nominated and Finalist for the Theo Westenberger Award for Artistic Excellence, 2011,
Autry National Center, Los Angeles
Nominated for the 2009 Aperture West Book Prize, Aperture Foundation, New York
Fine Arts Commission Grant, City of San Bernardino, 2007-09
Community Art Gallery, Sant Khalsa, Project Director
California Documentary Project, California Council for the Humanities, 2003-2006
Paving Paradise: Stories from the Santa Ana Watershed, Sant Khalsa, Project Director.
SEP (Supplemental Environmental Project) Grant
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region through the CSUSB
Water Resources Institute, Paving Paradise: Stories from the Santa Ana Watershed,
Sant Khalsa, Project Director/Photographer, 2005-06
Artist Fellowship Award for the Visual Arts, California Arts Council, 2002-03
US Environmental Protection Agency, Cooperative Agreement with Water Resources Institute,
California State University, San Bernardino, Support to establish a Santa Ana Watershed
Research Program, 2002-2003, Sant Khalsa, Photographer
Curatorial Award to the team of Kroff-Khalsa (Linda Kroff and Sant Khalsa), to curate the
exhibition, Direct Exposures: Perspectives on the Southern California Landscape for the
Ontario International Airport, Los Angeles World Airports Exhibition Program and City of Los
Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Public Art Division, 2003-04
Betty & Jim Kasson Award, Annual Center Awards, Center for Photographic Art,
Carmel, CA, 2002
Community-University Partnerships (CUP) Fellowship, California State University,
San Bernardino, Development of a Documentary Photography course with a Service-Learning
Component, 2001
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Creation and Presentation Grant, 1998-99,
Watershed project in affiliation with 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA
CSU Faculty Professional Development Grants, 1998, 1996, 1991, 1990, 2003
CSU Faculty Summer Research Fellowships, The Santa Ana River Photographic Project, 1992
and California Waters, 2001
Nominated for the Bernice Abbott Award in Documentary Photography, Springfield Museum of
Art, Ohio, 1999
Home Depot, In-kind support for the site-specific water installation 200 Years of Freedom at the
Orange County Center for the Arts in Santa Ana, CA, 1996
Arrowhead Spring Water (Division of Great Waters of America) In-kind support for the installation
The Sacred Spring at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, CA, 1995
Artist's Fellowship, Arts Foundation of San Bernardino County, 1991
Meritorious Performance and Professional Development Award, California State University, San
Bernardino, 1988-89
Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno
UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside
Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
UCLA Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Logan, Utah
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
CU Art Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder
Rancho Santiago College, Santa Ana, CA
California State University, Fullerton
Contemporary Art Museum, University of Southern Florida, Tampa
Private and Corporate Collections (available on request)
The Water in the West Project, Member
Water in the West is a large-scale photographic collaboration addressing water issues in the
Western United States. The Project was founded in 1989 to create contemporary photographs
and to collect historical images on a wide range of topics related to the use and abuse of water in
the American West. The Project members are: photographers, Laurie Brown, Robert Dawson,
Terry Evans, Geoffrey Fricker, Peter Goin, Wanda Hammerbeck, Sant Khalsa, Mark Klett, Ellen
Land-Weber, Sharon Stewart, Martin Stupich, Greg Conniff and historian/curator Ellen
Manchester. The Water in the West Project archive is part of the permanent collection at the
Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Web Projects
Water, CA - http://watercalifornia.org (live)
WaterWorks: Contemporary Quarterly
http://www.contemporaryquarterly.com/waterworks_archive/ (live)
Gallery Representation
Andi Campognone Projects, 558B W. Second Street, Pomona, CA 91766, 909-***-****
Andrew Smith Gallery, 203 W. San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501, 505-***-****
Bibliography
Books, Exhibition Catalogs, and Related Publications:
Cornell, Daniell, Backyard Oasis: The Swimming Pool in Southern California, 1945-1982
Palm Springs Art Museum and Getty Pacific Standard Times Publication, 2012
Westerbeck, Colin, Seismic Shift, UCR California Museum of Photography
and Getty Pacific Standard Times Publication, 2011
Liquid Assets: Perspectives on Water, Crocker Art Museum, 2011
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essays by Patricia Nelson Limerick, Dave Hickey, and Thomas W. Southall
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Lectures, Symposia, and Workshops
Sant Khalsa A River Runs Through Me, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, Nov. 2, 2012
Sant Khalsa Artist-in-Residence Talk, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA, August 23, 2012
Sant Khalsa Signs of San Bernardino Exhibition Gallery Talk, Wild Lemon Project,
NOS Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA, May 19, 2012
Sant Khalsa Visiting Artist, Art Department, Pomona College, April 17, 2012
Sant Khalsa Visiting Artist, Art Department, San Francisco State University, April 11-12, 2012
Manifest Destiny, Artist lecture and Discussion with Sant Khalsa, Mark Klett, and curator,
Liz Allen, Arizona State University, Tempe, February 15, 2012
Sant Khalsa River Run Exhibition Gallery Talk,
UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, June 2, 2011
Sant Khalsa River Run Exhibition Gallery Talk with curator, Colin Westerbeck,
UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, May 7, 2011
NASAD (National Association of Schools of Art and Design) Round Table (Moderator),
October 15, 2010
Photography: New Directions, Panel with Sant Khalsa, Scott Ward, Claudia Bohn-Spector, and
Marissa Roth, Pasadena Artwalk 2010, Pasadena Society of Artists, October 9, 2010
Sant Khalsa Featured Artist, Joshua Tree Photo Excursion 2010, Sponsored by the UCR
California Museum of Photography, Palm Springs, CA, April 16, 2010
Water and Photography, Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, UCR California
Museum of Photography, Riverside, Panel with Sant Khalsa, Colin Westerbeck, and Henry
Vaux, April 7, 2010
Sant Khalsa Of A Personal Nature (workshop), Society for Photographic Education
Western Regional Conference, Oakhurst, CA, December 5, 2009
Sant Khalsa Visiting Artist, Grand Valley State University, November 3, 2009
Sant Khalsa Artist Talk, Cypress College, February 19, 2009
Sant Khalsa Visiting Artist, Idyllwild Arts Academy, December 5, 2008
Sant Khalsa Visiting Artist, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, October 6 7, 2008
Sant Khalsa Inlandia exhibition: Gallery Talk, Wignall Museum Gallery, Chaffey College,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA, February 25, 2008
D.J. Waldie and Sant Khalsa: Selecting Memories -Working thoughts of a memoirist and a
Photographer, Santa Monica College, CA, October 20, 2007 (Sponsored by Getty Museum)
State of the Arts in the I.E., Panel, Riverside Art Museum, May 22, 2007
Advocacy and the Arts, Panel, Palm Springs Photo Festival, Palm Springs Art Museum,
May 10, 2007
Sant Khalsa Visiting Artist, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, February 23, 2007
24 Hour Convenience, Panel, Riverside Art Museum, December 7, 2006
Long Exposures - Sant Khalsa and Andrew Freeman, Gallery Talk,
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 28, 2006
The Conflicting Terrains of Contemporary Landscape Photography, Panel Moderator with Mark
Ruwedel, Robbert Flick, David Knaus, and Jonathan Spaulding, Society for Photographic
Education Western Regional Conference, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, Nov. 11, 2006
Paving Paradise, Gallery Talk, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, CSU San Bernardino,
April 22, 2006
Sant Khalsa with B.H. Fairchild: The Death of the Heart, Society for Photographic Education
National Conference, Chicago, March 24, 2006
Navigating the Art World, Panel, Riverside Art Museum, CA October 13, 2005
Sant Khalsa: Of A Personal Nature, Lecture and Webcast, UCR LIFE Society,
Riverside, CA, Oct 11, 2005
Sant Khalsa: Featured Speaker, Society for Photographic Education Western Regional
Conference, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, November 12, 2004
Environment Artist Panel, Sant Khalsa, Allan Sekula, and Newton and Helen Harrison, Armory
Center for the Arts, Pasadena, October 23, 2004
Sant Khalsa: Human Desire - A Never-Ending Thirst, Presentation, Western History Association,
Las Vegas, NV, October 16, 2004
Art & Environmental Panel, Sant Khalsa, Jerry Burchfield, Fritz Haeg, Patricia Watts, Mark
Chamberlain, and Claude Willey, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA Sept.19, 2004
Water in the West, Panel, FotoFest H2O 04, Williams Towers, Houston, CA, March, 2004
Photographing Water in the West, Panel, 15th Annual California Studies Conference California
Stories: Origins, New Starts, Coming of Age, University of California, Davis, April 25, 2003
Confluence: Women, Water, & Art, Panel, Sanitary Fill Company Education Center,
San Francisco, CA, May 10, 2003
Water as Conduit Between Human Beings and the Natural World, Social Transformation
Symposium, da Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA April 28, 2002
Sant Khalsa: Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, Tempe, October 4, 2001
Post-Landscape: Between Nature and Culture, Panel, Pomona College, Claremont, CA,
October 1, 2001
Sant Khalsa: Of A Personal Nature, American Photography Institute, New York University,
June 12, 2001
California Water and Waterways: Artists Intervention In Preservation,
Symposium at University of California, Irvine, December 2 & 3, 2000
Mirror of the Invisible: Contemporary Artists Reflecting on Rumi and Islamic Mysticism, Panel,
California State University, San Bernardino, October 26, 2000
Sant Khalsa: Visiting Artist, California State University, Fullerton, Sept 27, 2000
Point of View: Sant Khalsa on Carleton Watkins, The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA,
May 12, 2000
Water in the West, Symposium, First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, Eureka, CA,
April 30, 2000
Construction Zones: Infrastructural Form and Dysfunction - Gallery Talk, University Art Gallery,
California State University, Fullerton, November 13, 1999
Watershed - Gallery Talk, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA, October 8, 1999
Independent Visions, Panel and Webcast, UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside,
March 20, 1999
Water In The West, Panel, Society for Photographic Education National Conference,
Tucson, AZ, March 12, 1999
Women in Photography Lecture Series, Sierra Club, Los Angeles, May 11, 1998
Sant Khalsa: Of A Personal Nature - Gallery Talk, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum,
California State University, San Bernardino, April 22, 1998
Pertaining To Water - Gallery Talk, Mt. San Jacinto College Art Gallery, San Jacinto, CA,
January 24, 1998
Sant Khalsa: Visiting Artist, California State University, Los Angeles, February 10, 1997
Sant Khalsa: The Sacred Spring, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX, Nov. 16, 1996
Sant Khalsa, Imagemaker, Society for Photographic Education National Conference, L.A.,
March 22, 1996
Water In The West, Symposium, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, March 21, 1996
Sant Khalsa: Visiting Artist, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, January 1996
Landscape: The Continuum - Gallery Talk, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, January 1996
Muses - Gallery Talk, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, December 1995
Sant Khalsa: Visiting Artist, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, July 1995
Sant Khalsa - Landscape Photo Works, Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, CA,
October 16, 1993
Sant Khalsa: Seeing Eye to I - Exploring Inner & Outer Landscapes, Week-long Workshop,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, July 25 - 31, 1993
Sant Khalsa: Contemporary Issues in Photography, Redlands Art Association, Redlands, CA,
Feb. 23, 1993
Land Revisited, Gallery Talk, The Art Works, Riverside, CA, January 17, 1993
Land Without Water, Panelist, Society for Photographic Education Western Regional
Conference, Buellton, CA, November 2, 1991,
Sant Khalsa: Visiting Artist, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, February 28, 1991
Sant Khalsa, Imagemaker, Society for Photographic Education Western Regional Conference,
Monterey, CA, November 2-4, 1990
Expectations and Innovations: Trends in Photographic Education, Panel Organizer/
Presenter/Moderator, Input/Output: Society for Photographic Education 1989, Western
Regional Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, October 27-29, 1989
Education
California State University, Fullerton, MFA, 1990; MA, 1983
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, BFA, 1973
High School of Music and Art, New York, NY, 1967-70
Academic Appointment
California State University, San Bernardino, Department of Art, 1988 - present
Promoted to Full Professor, 1997
Art Department Chair, 2003 - 2012
Art Graduate Program Coordinator, 1997 2003
Photography Program Coordinator, 1988 2003
Previous Teaching Experience
University of California, Riverside, Lecturer in Photography, Spring 1987 & Spring 1988
California State University, Los Angeles, Lecturer in Art/Photography
January 1987 - June 1988
Chaffey College, Alta Loma, CA, Instructor of Photography, Adjunct Art Faculty,
Fall 1984 - June 1988
California Polytechnic University, Pomona, Lecturer in Photography, Fall 1987
California State University, San Bernardino, Lecturer in Photography, Spring 1986 & Winter 1988
Professional and Community Service
Juror, Alligator Juniper National Photo Contest, Prescott College, Arizona, December 2012
Arts Connections: San Bernardino County Arts Council
Member, Founding Board of Directors, 2012-present
Member, Steering Committee (appointed by County Board of Supervisors), 2010-2012
Co-Chair, Program and Services Task Force, 2010-12
EngAge Speaker, Arts and Education for Seniors in San Bernardino, The Magnolia at Highland
Senior Apartment, San Bernardino, CA
Inlandia Institute, Board of Directors, 2009-2012
Artist Selection Committee, sbX Omni Trans Public Art Project, April 2009
Art Consultant to Mayor s Office, City of San Bernardino, 2006 2010
Workshop Leader, Dream Job (Visual Arts), Independent Living Program (ILP) Education
Conference, Crafton Hills College, June 4, 2011
Arts & Culture: It's Importance to Quality of Life, Panel, Quality of Life Summit, CSU San
Bernardino, March 31, 2011
Juror, Sixth Biennial Juried Exhibition, Ontario Museum of History and Art, April 29, 2011
Society for Photographic Education (SPE)
National Conference Review Panel, 2008
Mentor, 2002 - 2004
Steering Committee Member, 2000 - 2002, 1991 - 1993
Student Scholarship Committee Member, 1999 - 2000, 1991 - 1992 (Chair)
Board of Directors, March 1989 - 1993
National Conference Committee Member, March 1989 - 1993
Secretary and Executive Committee Member, March 1990 - March 1991
National Conference Committee Chair, March 1989 - March 1990 (Santa Fe, Mar. 1990)
West Regional Conference Registrar, Los Angeles, 1985
National Conference Registrar, Riverside, CA, 1984
Juror, 2008 National Orange Show All California Juried Art Exhibition, May 22 26, 2008
Consultant, City of San Bernardino Identity/Branding Committee, 2007-08
Panelist, UCLA Focus Group on the Inland Empire Arts, Riverside Arts Council, Sept. 27, 2007
Chair, San Bernardino Operation Phoenix Dare to Dream Art Scholarship Committee, 2007-08
Juror, San Bernardino Unified School District Senior Art Scholarships, May 9, 2008
Juror, Water Awareness Poster Contest, Cucamonga County Water District, March 14, 2001
Juror, Rainforest Caf 2nd Annual Artwork Contest, Ontario, CA, April 19, 2000
Grant Panelist and Panel Chair, Photography Organizational Project Grants,
Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, October 15, 1999
Kodak Educational Advisory Council, Eastman Kodak Company, Professional Photography
Division, Rochester, NY, 1992 - 1994
UCR California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside,
Community Focus Advisory Committee Member, 1990 - 1992
Board Member, 1984-1988 (President, 1986-88; Treasurer, 1985-86)
Site Visitor, California Arts Council Organizational Support Program, Visual Arts Panel, 1992 -93
Peer Review Panelist, Visual Arts Fellowship Program, Arts Foundation of San Bernardino
County, CA, May 20, 1992
Advisor, Photography Program, San Bernardino Valley College, San Bernardino, CA, 1995 -98
Juror, 1993 Upland Main Street Film Festival National Independent Film Competition
Juror of National Exhibition, Photograph As: Urban Scape/Rural Scape
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA, Jan 16 - Feb 23, 1992
Norman F. Feldheym Public Library Galleries, San Bernardino, CA,
Art Advisory Committee, 1986 - 1992 (Chair, 1986 - 1990)
Juror, New Photography Exhibition by photography students in junior high and high school,
Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, CA, September 7-30, 1990
Chair, Visual Arts Panel, California State Summer School (for the Arts for exceptional high school
art students), April 1989 & April 1990