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Richard
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1949 |
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Born in Los Angeles, CA |
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1973 |
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Nat'l Endowment for the Visual Artist's Fellowship
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1977 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1979 |
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J. Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
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1984 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1988 |
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Infinity Award for "Desert Cantos" International Center
for Photography |
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1992 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1994 |
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Distinguished Career in Photography Award Los Angeles
Center for Photographic Studies |
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1998 |
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Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
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1999 |
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Commission, “The Last Best Place”, The Nature
Conservancy |
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2000 |
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Photo-eye Books Best Contemporary Monograph for 2000,
runner-up, for The Sky Book |
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2001 |
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Knight Purchase Award for Photographic Media, Akron Art
Museum |
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2002 |
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Kulturpreis for Lifetime Achievement in Photography,
German Society of Photography |
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Exhibitions: |
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2006 |
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“Chronologies” Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
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2006 |
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“Chronologies” Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York
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2005 |
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“On the Beach” Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles
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2004 |
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“Richard Misrach: On the Beach” Fraenkel Gallery, San
Francisco |
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2004 |
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“Richard Misrach: On the Beach” Pace/MacGill Chelsea,
San Francisco |
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2003 |
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“Richard Misrach: On the Beach” Grant Selwyn Gallery,
Los Angeles |
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2002 |
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“Richard Misrach: Desert Scrubs” Fraenkel Gallery, San
Francisco |
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2002 |
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“Richard Misrach: Battleground Point” Robert Mann
Gallery, New York |
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2002 |
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“Richard Misrach: Berkeley Work” Berkeley Art Museum,
California |
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2002 |
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“The Pit” Galerie Sho, Tokyo |
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2001 |
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“Richard Misrach, Golden Gate” Photology, Milan
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2001 |
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“Richard Misrach” FIAC, Paris (Michael Hue-Williams
Gallery) |
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2000 |
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“Richard Misrach” (Skies in large format, Heavenly
Bodies, Night Skies), Curt Marcus, New York
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2000 |
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“Richard Misrach” (Skies, Heavenly Bodies), Michael Hue
Williams, London |
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2000 |
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“Golden Gate” G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle
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2000 |
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“Golden Gate” Galerie Zur Stockeregg, Basel
International Art Fair |
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2000 |
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“Golden Gate: A Work in Progress” Jan Kesner Gallery,
Los Angeles |
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2000 |
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“Cancer Alley” High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
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1999 |
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“Golden Gate” Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
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1999 |
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“Golden Gate Studies: The View from my Front Porch
1997-1999” Robert Mann Gallery, New York
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1999 |
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“Desert Cantos del Desierto” Diputacion de Granada,
Spain, traveled to Madrid, Bilbao and Valladolid
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1998 |
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San Jose Museum of Art |
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1997 |
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The Contemporary Museum Honolulu |
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1997 |
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago |
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1996 |
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Center for Creative Photography Tuscon
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1996 |
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Perpetual Mirage: The Desert West in Photographic Books
and Prints, Whitney Museum of American Art NY
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1994 |
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Landscape as Metaphor, Denver Art Museum (catalog,
traveled) Denver |
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1993 |
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Between Heaven and Home, National Museum of American Art
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (traveled)
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1993 |
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Mexico Through Foreign Eyes, International Center for
Photography (catalog) NY |
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1991 |
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Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art NY
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1991 |
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Ansel Adams Center, Friends of Photography San Francisco
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1991 |
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California Museum of Photography Riverside
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1990 |
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The Photographer's Gallery London (traveled)
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1988 |
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National Gallery of Art Wellington, New Zealand
(traveled) |
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1984 |
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New Acquisitions: Recent Color, Museum of Modern Art NY
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1984 |
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Photography in California: 1945-1980, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art San Francisco (catalog, traveled)
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1981 |
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Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art (catalog) NY |
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