Randy West

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011
Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY, Tethered
2007
Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY, Bird Rabbit Snake
2006
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Bird Rabbit Snake
2004
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, Pretty, (see installation)
2002
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY, Pretty, (see installation)
Here Theater Project for Satan's Journal, New York, NY, Vine videos
1998
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY, Lines of Sight
1997
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Lines of Sight
1996
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Seascapes 1993-94
Thomas Barry Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Seascapes 1993-94
Agnes Gallery, Birmingham, AL, Seascapes 1993-94
1995
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Seascapes 1993-94
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY, Seascapes 1993-94
1993
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, Water and Ice
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Seascapes 1989-92
1991
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, On Our Way to Heaven
1991
Opus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Flowers + Grass
Pasadena City Installation, Pasadena Arts Commission, CA, On Our Way to Heaven
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Koslow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1989
Koslow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988
Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA
1986
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 9 Portraits
1984
Ball State University, Muncie, IN

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
International Museum of Photography and Film, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, The Unseen Eye, Photographs from the W.M. Hunt Collection
Hostetter Gallery, The Pingry School, Martinsville, New Jersey, Bumping into Intangibles
Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abrstraction in Photography
2010
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abrstraction in Photography
2009
United States Federal Reserve, Washington DC, Recent Acquisitions
Pingyao, China, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abrstraction in Photography
Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abrstraction in Photography
Danese Gallery, New York, NY, Forces of Nature
Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ, Beyond the Document: Color Field Photography
2008
Queens Museum, Queens, NY, Framing AIDS
2007
Art + Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Enlightened Development
2002
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Aquaria
International Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria, Aquaria
National Resource Defense Counsel, Oceans
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, [Some] Photography [Abstract]
2000
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY, On Photography
1999
Wessel + O'Connor, New York, NY, Female
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY, Thin Air
International Center for Photography, New York, NY, Seachange
San Diego Contemporary Art Museum, Seachange
1998
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ, Seachange
1997
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, Portraits 19th & 20th Century Photography
Karen McCready Fine Art, New York, NY, Oceans & Galaxies
1996
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, Small Works V Washington Center for Photography, Washington, DC, Swimmers
1995
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Seascapes
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY, H20
Paul Morris Gallery, Hedrick Martin Institute, New York, NY
Artplace, New York, NY
1994
Artplace, New York, NY
Limbo, New York, NY
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993
London Lighthouse, London, England
OUT Benefit for AIDS Research, Los Angeles, CA
1991
The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, Pasadena's Choice
Water Street Studios, New York, NY
Los Angeles Photography Center, CA
1990
Los Angeles Photography Center, CA
1989
Los Angeles Photography Center, CA
1088
Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA
Appalachian State University, SC
1987
Marcuse Pheifer Gallery, New York, NY, Photography, Etc.
1986
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA
Zeus Trabia Gallery, New York, NY
Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
National Aperture '86, NC

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GRANTS/AWARDS/COMMISSIONS

2011 Brooks Project, Venice Collaborative, Venice, CA
2009 Ocean Front Project, Venice Collaborative, Venice, CA
2005 Aaron Siskind Fellowship grant, New York, NY
2001 Hedda Sterne Residency, Amagansett, NY
1989 City of Pasadena Arts Grant, CA
1985 California Institute of the Arts, Alhmanson Scholarship, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Ball State University, Outstanding Photography Scholar, Munice, IN
1984 Encore, Best Set Design Artist, Indianapolis, IN

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PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS

2011
ARTslant, June 13, A Chance at Redemption, Tethered
2010
Los Angeles Times, January 10, Venice Condo..., Ocean Front
2009
Recent Acquisitions, Federal Reserve
The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abrstraction in Photography, Lyle Rexer, Aperture Foundation
100 New York Phographers, Editor: Cynthia Dantzic, Schiffer Books
Time Off, January 30, Beyond the Document: Color Field Photography
2008
The New York Times, September 21, Little Sky Country
2006
The Los Angeles Times, June 30, Bird Rabbit Snake
The Education of a Photographer, Editored by Charles H. Traub, Steven Heller, Adam Bell; Allworth Press
2005
Concrete Photography, Authors: Gottfried Jager, Rolf H. Krauss, Beate Reese; Kerber Verlag publisher
Bird Rabbit Snake, monograph
2002
The New York Times, May 31, Pretty
Village Voice, Choices, June 18, New York, NY, Pretty
Aquaria, International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
Oceans, National Resource Defense Counsel
1999
The New York Times, August 6
Village Voice, Choices, July, 12, New York, NY
1998
Village Voice, Choices, July, 5, New York, NY, Lines of Sight
The Arizona Daily Star, "A World of Water and Sky", March 6, Tucson, AZ
Seachange, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
1997
Legs, Donna Karen, September
1995
Photography in New York, July cover, Seascape #75
Village Voice, Choices, June 20, New York, NY, Seascapes
1994
The Pleasure Principle, February, Damon Runyon/Walter Winchell, Cancer Research Fund
1993
Artweek, May 20, San Francisco, CA, Seascapes
1990
Artweek, November, 1, San Francisco, CA, On Our Way to Heaven
The Los Angeles Times, July 17, On Our Way to Heaven
Artbeat, KPAS Television, Pasadena, CA
1988
Harbor Tides, Harbor College, Los Angeles, CA
1987
Painted Ponies, Bill Manns, publisher, New York, NY
Bulletin, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA

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LECTURES/SYMPOSIA

2009
Beyond the Document: Color Field Photography, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
2006
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2000
School of Visual Arts, NY
1999
Photogenic Imaging Architecture: Framing Images, Parsons, NY
1998
Sea Change, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
1993
Swimming (or staying afloat), Claremont Graduate School, CA
Swimming (or staying afloat), Malibu, CA
Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1991
The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1989
Pasadena Arts Commission, CA
1987
Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design, Los Angeles, CA

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS

United States Federal Reserve, Washington, DC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Aaron Siskind Foundation, New York, NY
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Warner Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Fischer Collection, San Francisco, CA
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Koslow Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Latham & Watkins Collection, Los Angeles, CA
The Meadow Foundation, New York, NY
Pasadena Arts Commission, CA

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EDUCATION

1986 Master of Fine Art, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1984 Bachelor of Fine Art, Ball State University, Muncie, IN