BIOGRAPHY
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| BARBARA KASTEN | |
| 1936 | Born in Chicago,IL |
| Lives and works in Chicago, IL | |
| Education | |
| 1970 | MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| 1960 | Professor Emeritus, Columbia College, Chicago, IL |
| 1959 | BFA, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2012 | Behind the curtain, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Constructs, Abrasions, Melons, Cucumbers, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Tektonika, Kunsteverein Nürnberg, Nürnberg, D | |
| 2011 | Experimental Work from 1970, Pacific Standard Time, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA |
| Ineluctable, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Remix – Barbara Kasten w/Lucky Dragons, Applied Arts, Chicago, IL | |
| A matter of perspective, Kadel Willborn Gallery, Karlsruhe, D | |
| 2010 | Abstracting…Light, Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, F |
| Shadow=Light, Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2009 | Through a Glass Darkly, Video Installation, SubCity, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL |
| 2007 | Barbara Karsten: Constructs, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| 2006 | Construcuts, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2004 | Tampa Gallery of Photography, Tampa, FL |
| Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2002 | Art Museum, University of Memphis, TN |
| 2001 | Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2000 | Smallworks Gallery, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1999 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 1998 | Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1997 | Small Works Gallery, Las Vegas, NV |
| 1996 | Gallery Luisotti, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA |
| Frederick Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA | |
| Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | |
| 1995 | Barbara Kasten 1982-1994,Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, LT |
| Parchman Stremmel, San Antonio, TX | |
| 1993 | Place Sazaby-Gallery RAM, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1992 | Fong and Spratt Gallery, San Jose, CA |
| John Weber Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Tinglado 2, Tarragona, E | |
| 1991 | PARCO Exposure Gallery, Tokyo, J |
| URBI et ORBI Galerie, Paris, F | |
| Photo Forum, Pittsburgh, PA | |
| Spirit Gallery, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1990 | John Weber Gallery, New York, NY |
| Ehlers-Caudill Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 1989 | Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 | Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| 1987 | Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
| John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI | |
| John Weber Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA | |
| KiMo Theater, Albuquerque, NM | |
| 1986 | Foster Goldstrom Gallery, Dallas, TX |
| Yurakucho Asahi Gallery, Tokyo, J | |
| Keihan Gallery, Osaka, J | |
| John Weber Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1985 | Dalsheimer Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
| Vision Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY | |
| Barbara Kasten Constructs, Port Washington Library, Port Washington, NY | |
| Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | |
| Capp Street Project, San Francisco, CA | |
| Toward an Interconnectedness of All Things, Wright State University, Dayton, OH | |
| Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1984 | The Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| Columbia College, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL | |
| John Weber Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 1983 | Carol Taylor Art, Dallas, TX |
| 1982 | Hayward Art Gallery, California State University, Long Beach, CA |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA | |
| John Weber Gallery, New York, NY | |
| University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT | |
| 1981 | George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY |
| 1977 | Simon Lowinsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1976 | Jack Glenn Gallery, Newport Beach, CA |
| 1973 | The Phoenix Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY | |
| 1972 | Gallery of Sculpture, Warsaw, PL |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2013 | Beyond the Object, Brand New Gallery, Milan, I |
| Color Rush: 75 Years of Color Photography in America, Milwaukee Museums of Art, Milwaukee, WI | |
| 2012 | Lost Line: Contemporary Art from the Collection, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
| Eclectic Coherence, curated by Dawoud Bey, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA | |
| Towards a Warm Math, On Stellar Rays Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2011 | Constructions, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK |
| Channel to the New Image, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York | |
| Untitled Document, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| From Polaroid to (IM)POSSIBLE, The WestLicht Collection, Vienna, A | |
| Distilled Moments, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA | |
| 2010 | Terminus Ante Quem, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Karl Haendel & Walead Beshty, Sheree Hovsepian, and Barbara Kasten, Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL | |
| In a Paperweight, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Let There Be Geo, A+D Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, IL | |
| Starburst: The History of Color Photography in the 1970's, The Cincinnati Museum of Art, OH | |
| Picturing the Studio, School of the Art Institute, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL | |
| Just a Matter of Time, Iris Kadel Gallery, Karlsruhe, D | |
| 2009 | Contemporary Abstractions, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY |
| Twilight, Harris Lieberman Gallery, NY | |
| Constructivismes, Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels, B | |
| The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Polaroid: Exp 09.10.09, Atlas Gallery, London, UK | |
| 2008 | Re-Considering Color: Postmodern Classical II, The City College of New York, New York, NY |
| 2006 | Alinari National Museum of Photography, Florence, I |
| 2005 | Polaroid Collection, A Traveling Exhibition |
| 2004 | In the Center of Things: A Tribute to Harold Jones, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ |
| 2003 | American Perspectives, Photographs from Polaroid Collection, Boston, MA |
| 2002 | Through the Looking Glass, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| Go On Being, Our Blue Star, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, J | |
| 2001 | Zeros and ones: Digital Photography, College of St. Francis, River Forest, IL |
| Photograms from the 20th Century, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico, NM | |
| City 2000 - A project to document Chicago in the Year 2000, Chicago Cultural Center, IL | |
| 2000 | Polaroid Collection, Tokyo Metro Museum of Photography, Tokyo, J |
| Architectural Constructs, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Exhibition Highlights, 1995-2000, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY | |
| First Works, Glass Curtin Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, IL | |
| Thomas Joshua Cooper, Anna Fox, Barbara Kasten, Seydou Keita, Tracey Moffatt and Gary Hillberg, Museum of Contemporay Photography, Columbia College Chicago, IL | |
| Cameraless Images, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL | |
| 1999 | Contemporary Classicism, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY |
| Marjorie & Leonard Vernon Collection, Santa Barbara Museum, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| Ancient History, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1998 | Masterpieces of Photography from the Merrill Lynch Collection, James A. Michener Art Museum, Bucks County, PA |
| 4 P-platinum, pixilated, pinhole, polaroid, Caldwell College, Caldwell, NJ | |
| Photograph’s Multiple Roles, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, IL | |
| 1997 | Connexions and Disconnexions: Filiaci, Kasten, Thomas & Tanger, Nuova Icona, Venice, I |
| Eye of the Beholder, Avon Collection, International Center of Photography, New York, NY | |
| 1996 | The Painted Photograph, University of Wyoming, WY |
| DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA | |
| 1995 | This is A Set-Up: Fab Photo Fictions, Bowling Green State University, Fine Art Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH |
| bit by bit, postphotographic imaging, Hunter College, New York, NY | |
| Targeting Images, Objects + Ideas, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL | |
| Image de la mère, Le Forum des Halles, Paris, F | |
| 1994 | Experimental Vision: The Evolution of the Photograph, The Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO |
| The Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection: Tradition and the Unpredictable, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX | |
| Seurat Grows Up, Maine Coast Artist, Rockport, ME | |
| Portraitof My Mother, French Institute, Edinburgh; London, UK | |
| Defining Color, TZ Art & Co., New York, NY | |
| Metamorphoses: Photography in the Electronic Age, Aperture, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; San Jose Museum of Art, CA | |
| Stilled Pictures-Still Life, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI | |
| 1993 | American Made: The New Still Life, Isetan Museum, Tokyo; Royal College of Art, London, UK |
| 1992 | Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, 1960-1980, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
| Set and Setting, Berland Hall Gallery, New York, NY | |
| California, The Cultural Edge, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, CA | |
| New Acquisitions/New Work/New Directions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1991 | Site Work: Architecture in Photography Since Early Modernism, The Photographers Gallery, London, UK |
| To Collect the Art of Women, Fine Arts Museum, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM | |
| 1990 | Constructed Spaces, Photographic Resource Center, Boston Architectural Center, Boston, MA |
| Das Konstruierte Bild, Kunstverein Munchen, Munchen; Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg; Forum Bottchectruse, Bremen; Badischer Kunstverein, Badischer, D | |
| Focus on Photography 1980-1990, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA | |
| 1989 | The Photography of Invention: American Pictures of the 1980's, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, U.S.A. ; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
| Abstraction in Photography, Zabriskie Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Photographs from Private Twin Cities Collections, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1988 | Fabrications: Staged, Altered and Appropriated Photographs, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
| M. Anwal Kamal Collection of Art, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL | |
| Selections 4, Photokina 88, Polaroid Gallery, Cologne, D | |
| 1987 | Photography and Art: Interactions Since 1946, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| The Composed Exposure, Jeffrey Linden Gallery, West Hollywood, CA | |
| ART AGAINST AIDS, Benefit for The American Foundation for AIDS Research, New York, NY | |
| 1986 | Art and Advertising: Commercial Photography by Artists, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
| Artists in Mid-Career, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1985 | Images of Excellence, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY |
| Paris-New York-Tokyo, Tsukuba Museum of Photography, Tokyo | |
| Extending the Perimeters of 20th Century Photography, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| PHOTOGRAMS, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI | |
| 1984 | Photography in California: 1945 to the Present, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA ; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, F |
| Contemporary Constructs: 20 Los Angeles Photographers, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Barbara Kasten /Timothy Lamb, Film in the Cities Gallery,St. Paul, MN | |
| 1983 | Big Pictures By Contemporary Photographers, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
| Photographers invite Photographers, curated by J. Neimanas and Robert Heinecken, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| Habitats, The Clocktower, New York, NY | |
| An Artistic Conversation, 1931-1982: Poland/USA, Ulster Museum Belfast, Belfast, UK | |
| In Color: Ten California Photographers, The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA | |
| Three-Dimensional Photographs, Castelli Graphics, New York, NY | |
| 1982 | Color as Form: History of Color Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; International Museum of Photography at Eastman House, Rochester, NY |
| Studio Work: Photographs by Ten Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Poland U.S.A.Exchange, ARC - Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, F | |
| 20 x 24 Polaroid, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC | |
| 1981 | Still Life: Photographs from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, New York, NY |
| 1980 | Reasoned Spaces,Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ |
| Contemporary Photographs: Fernandez, Fulton, Kasten, Rome, Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1979 | Attitudes: Photography in the l970's, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
| Altered Photographs, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY | |
| The New Season: 9 Contemporary Photographers,Witkin Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 1978 | Interchange, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1977 | Callis, Kasten, Zimmerman, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
| Point of View: Carson, Kasten, Preston, Wolf, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| 1975 | Gallery as Studio, Scripps College, Claremont, CA |
| 1971 | Photomedia, Museum of Contemporary Arts and Crafts, New York, NY |
| Photo Image in Printmaking, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1970 | California Photographers, University of California, Davis, CA |
| Collections | |
| Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX | |
| Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| Art Tower Mito Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, J | |
| Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Ml | |
| Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Al | |
| Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | |
| Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, MEX | |
| Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, LT | |
| Fine Arts Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, MEX | |
| Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA | |
| Helen Forsman Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS | |
| High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GE | |
| The Huntington, San Marino, CA | |
| International Center of Photography, New York, NY | |
| International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, NY | |
| J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Madison Art Center, Madison, WI | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL | |
| Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, MEX | |
| Museum of Modern Art, Lodz, PL | |
| Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, NY | |
| Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA | |
| New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA | |
| Onassis Foundation USA, New York, New York, NY | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| The Tampa Museum, Tampa, FL | |
| WestLicht Museum, Vienna, A | |
| Special Projects | |
| 1999 | Temple VIII, Membership Print, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, IL |
| Printed Moments, Marketing Promotion, LEXMARK International | |
| 1997 | The Splendor of Tenochtitlan, Photograph, LIFE Magazine, Special Issue, The Millenium, Fall |
| 1995 | El Medol as an Iris Print, by MUSE-X Editions, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 | Metamorphoses: Photography in the Electronic Age, Aperture Fondation-Aperture Portfolio Price |
| Tarentella, Photography Constultant, ITVS Feature Film directed by Helen De Michiel, Released in 1995 | |
| 1993 | The Visit,Women of the Calabash Music Video, Art Director and Lighting Designer, Conduit Communications, Atlanta, GA |
| Absolut Images, Portfolio, American Photo May/June, Photographers + Friends United Against Aids | |
| 1992 | San Jose: Mural, Hilton Hotel and Towers, The City of San Jose, Art Program Commission, San Jose, CA |
| House Without Walls, Portfolio for New York City Relief, The Buhl Family Foundation, New York, NY | |
| 1991 | High Heels and Ground Glass,Videotape, June 29th Productions Produced by Deborah Irmas and Barbara Kasten |
| 1989 | Juxtaposition: Pollock-Krasner Triptych, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, Springs, Long Island, NY |
| 1985 | Next Wave Festival, Set/Costume/Lighting Concept for Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Herbst Theater, San Francisco, CA; Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY |
| 1984 | Arts + Architecture, Portfolio, Produced by Freidenrich Contemporary Art for Arts + Architecture Magazine, Original Art by 5 Artists and 5 Architects |
| The Photographic Vision, Interview, KOCE-TV Telecourse, Coast Community College District, Costa Mesa, CA | |
| 1980 | L.A. Issue, Portfolio for Center of Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA |
