Victor Landweber
CURRICULUM VITAE

Born 1943, Washington DC
Present residence: Berkeley CA

B.A., University of Iowa, 1966
M.F.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1976

One-Artist Exhibitions

• Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse NY, 1989
• University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis MN, 1988
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA, 1988
• B.C. Space, Laguna Beach CA, 1988
• O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York NY, 1988
• The Visible Spectrum Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1988
• Photographic Archives, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville KY, 1987
• Madison Art Center, Madison WI, 1987
• Heron Gallery, Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis IN, 1987
• Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem PA, 1987
• Los Angeles Photographic Artists, Venice CA, 1984
• B.C. Space, Laguna Beach CA, 1979
• Eastern Washington University, Cheney WA, 1978
• Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1977
• Center for Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley ID, 1977
• University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls IA, 1977
• G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1976
• Images Gallery, New Orleans LA, 1976
• University of Colorado, Boulder CO, 1976
• California State University, Northridge CA, 1975
• Focus II Gallery, New York NY, 1975
• Shado Gallery, Oregon City OR, 1975
• Metropolitan State University, Denver CO, 1975
• Ohio Silver Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1973

 Two-Artist Exhibitions

• Utah Art Museum, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, 1988
• Jones-Troyer Gallery, Washington DC, 1987
• LOCUS Gallery, St. Louis MO, 1987
• Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego CA, 1985 (catalog)
• Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach CA, 1984
• University of Oklahoma Art Museum, Norman OK, 1981
• Cohen and Ziskin, Century City Offices, Los Angeles CA, 1980
• Louisville School of Art, Louisville KY, 1977
• Focus Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1976
• Cameraworks/Soho Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1976
• International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester NY, 1973
• Centaur Gallery, Montreal, Canada, 1972
• Ohio Silver Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1972
• Kerckhoff Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, 1971
• Camerawork Gallery, Newport Beach CA, 1970

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Yosemite: Art of an American Icon, Oakland Museum of California, 2007
• American Roads, PDNB Gallery, Dallas TX, 2007
• The Collectible Moment, Norton-Simon Art Museum, Pasadena CA, 2006 (catalog)
• Boxed Sets: Portfolios of the Seventies, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ, 2005
• Super Hits of the 70s, Milwaukee Art Museum WI, 2004
• American Roads, Estes Park Area Historical Museum, Estes Park CO, 2003
• Ansel Adams: Inspiration and Influence, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA, 2002
• From the Outside In: Photographs of Buildings, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City IA, 2002
• Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography 1850–2000, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA, 2001 (catalog)
• American Roads, Adams County Museum, Brighton CO, 2000
• Places and Perceptions, Photographs from the Collection, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley CA, 2000 Into Our Prime: Acquisitions Since 1966, a survey of recent acquisitions at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson AZ (Landweber’s Beacon Two-Twenty Five photograph used for publicity). 2000
• Faculty Exhibition, Academy of Art College, San Francisco CA, 1998, 2001
• L.A. Current: The Photographers’ Perspective, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA, 199
• Works from the Permanent Collection, Permanent Art Gallery, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland CA, 1997
• Kobe Aid Fund: World Photo Art Exhibition & Auction, Center of Photography, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics, Japan, 1996 (catalog)
• Truths and Trials: Color Photography Since 1975, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN, 1996
• Blumenstücke Kunststücke, an historical exhibition of the flower in art, Kunsthalle Poftfach, Bielefeld, Germany, 1995
• The Age of Chaos, an exhibition of digital images on the Internet, Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Machida, Japan, 1995
• Exhibition of recent acquisitions, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA, 1994
• Summer Photography Show, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1994
• Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography, William Ewing, curator, Hayward Gallery, London, England, travelling exhibition, 1993–1994
• Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography, William Ewing, curator, Montreal Museum of Art, Montreal, Canada, travelling exhibition, 1993–1994
• Between Home and Heaven, Merry Foresta, curator, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, travelling exhibition, 1992-1994 (catalog)
• Smog: a Matter of Life and Breath, Kim Abeles, curator, California Museum of Photography, Riverside CA, 1993
• Abstraction and Photography, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1993
• Anniversary exhibition of photographs of the Oakland fire, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1993
• Exhibition of panoramic photographs of California, Therese Heyman, curator, OaklandMuseum, Oakland CA, 1993
• Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, Charles Desmarais, curator, Laguna Museum of Art, Laguna Beach CA, travelling exhibition, 1992-1993 (catalog)
• Exhibition of California city-scapes, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA, 1990 (catalog)
• Photography 150 Years: Its Light and Shadow, Eikoh Hosoe, curator, Shadai Gallery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, 1989 (catalog)
• Art by Chance, George McKenna, curator, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MO, 1989 (catalog)
• Picturing California, Therese Heyman, curator, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA, 1989 (catalog)
• From Today Photography is Dead, Alex Sweetman, curator, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, 1988
• The Cream of California, Therese Heyman, curator, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA, 1988
• Exhibition of recent acquisitions, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego CA, 1986 and 1988
• Exhibitions of recent acquisitions, Brandeis University, Waltham MA, 1987
• Intentions and Techniques, Dubois Gallery, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA, 1987 (catalog)
• Signs of the Times - Some Recurring Motifs in Twentieth-Century Photography, Deborah Irmas, curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA, 1985 (catalog)
• An exhibition of photography from Los Angeles, Jones-Troyer Gallery, Washington DC, 1985
• Light Concepts, DVS/Photographs, Taos NM, 1985
• Celebrating Two Decades, works by former graduate students in photography at U.C.L.A., Robert Heinecken, curator, Frederick Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, 1984 (catalog)
• Photography in California 1945-1980, Louise Katzman, curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA, travelling exhibition, 1984 (catalog)
• Six from Los Angeles, Silver Image Gallery, Seattle WA, 1983
• California Photography, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI, 1982 (catalog)
• Color as Form: a History of Color Photography, John Upton, curator, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester NY and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 1982 (catalog)
• Selections, an exhibition of Polaroid photographs at Photokina, Cologne, Germany, 1982 (catalog)
• Color and Colored, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA, 1981 (catalog)
• S.E.C.A. Photography Invitational, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA, 1980 (catalog)
• Contempoary California Photographers, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnneapolis MN, 1980
• Visual Articulation of Idea through Photography, Charles Stainback, curator, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester NY, travelling exhibition, 1980
• The Image and the Means, Frederick Wight Gallery, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, 1980 (catalog)
• Photographic Scale, Marcia Bailey, curator, Art Gallery of Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park CA, 1980
• New California Views, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland CA, 1980
• The Invented Landscape, Christopher English, curator, The New Museum, New York NY, 1979 (catalog)
• Attitudes: Photography in the 1970’s, Fred Parker, curator, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA, 1979 (catalog)
• Spectrum: New Directions in Color Photography, Donna Nakao, curator, University of Hawaii, Manoa HI, travelling exhibition, 1979 (catalog)
• Photographic Directions, Robert Ketchum, curator, Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles CA, 1979 (catalog)
• Four-artist show, Southwestern College, Chula Vista CA, 1979
• Perception: Field of View, juried exhibition, California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, 1979
• Interrogations Into Color, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1978
• Members’ Show, juried exhibition, Friends of Photography, Carmel CA, 1978
• Selections from the Permanent Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA, 1978
• Silver and Ink, recent acquisitions, Oakland Museuum, Oakland CA, 1978
• New Photographics, juried exhibition, University of Central Washington, Ellensburg WA, 1978, 1975, 1974, 1972
• A Juried Exhibition of Cameraless Photography, Columbia College, Chicago IL, 1977
• The Instant Image, juried exhibition, Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1977
• Cal Expo 1977, juried exhibition, California State Fair, Sacramento CA, 1977
• Four-artist show, Sanguine Suite Gallery, North Hollywood CA, 1977
• Silver See, a Portfolio of Photography from Los Angeles, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA, 1977
• Photography and Language, Lew Thomas, curator, Camerawork Gallery and La Mamelle Art Center, San Francisco CA, 1976 (catalog)
• Emerging Los Angeles Photographers, Friends of Photography, Carmel CA, travelling exhibition, 1976 (catalog)
• Photo-Univers 1976, Musée Français de la Photographie, Bievres, France, 1976
• E Pluribus Unum, juried exhibition, Floating Foundation of Photography, New York NY, 1976
• Photo Phenomenon, University of Nevada, Reno NV, 1976
• First All-California Photography Exhibition, juried exhibition, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach CA, 1975 (catalog)
• First Light, juried exhibition, Humboltd State University, Arcata CA and Focus Gallery, San Francisco CA, 1975 (catalog)
• National Juried Photography Exhibition, Ohio Silver Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1975
• Members’ Show, juried exhibition, Friends of Photography, Carmel CA, 1975
• Thirty Photographers, Comsky Gallery, Beverly Hills CA, 1975
• Four-artist show, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis MN, 1975
• California Landscape, Therese Heyman, curator, Oakland Museum, Oakland CA,1975
• Group show, Ross-Freeman Gallery, Northridge CA, 1975
• The Polaroid Print, juried exhibition, Lamkin Camerawork Gallery, Fairfax CA, 1975
• Juried Exhibition, Friends of Photography, Carmel CA, 1974
• Photography as a Fine Art, United States Information Agency, travelling exhibition, 1974 (catalog)
• Erotica, juried exhibition, Lamkin Camerawork Gallery, Fairfax CA, 1974
• Self Portrait, juried exhibition, Lamkin Camerawork Gallery, Fairfax CA, 1974
• Focuserie, juried exhibition, Erie Art Center, Erie PA, 1973
• Young Photographers from Los Angeles, Robert Fichter, curator, Oakland Mueseum, Oakland CA, 1972
• The City of Man, juried exhibition, Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, 1972
• Continuum, Robert von Sternberg, curator, Downey Museum of Art, Downey CA, 1970
• California Photographers 1970, Fred Parker, curator, University of California at Davis and Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena CA, 1970 (catalog)

Selected Publications

• Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography 1850–2000, Drew Johnson, catalog of the exhibition, 2000, New York: W.W. Norton
• Two photographs appearing in catalogs of artworks offered for sale, 2000, Madison WI: Guild.co
• Kobe Aid Fund: World Photo Art Exhibition & Auction, Eikoh Hosoe, catalog of the exhibit and auction, 1996, Tokyo: Center of Photography, Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics
• Blumenstücek Kunststücke, Herausgegeben von Hans-Michael Herzog, catalog of the exhibition, 1995, Bielefeld, Germany: Kunsthalle Bielefeld
• Between Home and Heaven: Contemporary American Landscape Photography, Merry Foresta, catalog of the exhibition, 1992, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press
• Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, Charles Desmarais, catalog of the exhibition, 1992, Los Angeles: Fellows of Contemporary Art
• Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography, William Ewing, 1991, New York: Simon and Shuster
• Photograpny 150 Years: Its Light and Shadow, Eikoh Hosoe, catalog of the exhibition, 1989, Tokyo: Nihon University
• Art by Chance: Fortuitous Impressions, George McKenna, catalog of the exhibition, 1989, Kansas City: Nelson Atkins Museum of Art
• Picturing California: a Century of Photographic Genius, Therese Heyman, catalog of the exhibition, 1989, Oakland and San Francisco: Oakland Museum and Chronicle Books
• Russ Tarby, “Ironic and Iconic,” Syracuse New Times, January 25, 1989, Syracuse NY
• Intentions and Techniques, Selections from the Lehigh University Collection, Ricardo Viera, catalog of the exhibition, 1987, Bethlehem PA: Lehigh University
• 20/20, a portfolio of photographs by 23 former M.F.A. recipients from the photography program in Fine Arts at U.C.L.A., 1985, Los Angeles: The University of California at Los Angeles
• Matt Damsker, “Embracing the Issues,” Los Angeles Times Calendar Section, April 7, 1985
• Claire Hsu Accomando, “Examining the Commercial Image,” Art Week, April 6, 1985
• Christine Tamblyn, “Techno-pop,” Afterimage, Summer, 1985, Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop
• James Hugunin, Victor Landweber Photographs, 1967-1984, catalog of the exhibition, 1985, San Diego: Museum of Photographic Arts
• Celebrating Two Decades, Cindy Gedeon, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1984, Los Angeles: The University of California at Los Angeles
• Jonathan Green, American Photography 1945-Present, A Critical History, 1984, New York: Harry N. Abrams
• Louise Katzman, Photography in California, 1945-1980, catalog of the exhibition, 1984, San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• 24 Hours in the Life of Los Angeles, Klaus Fabricus, Red Saunders, editors, 1984, New York: Van Der Marck Editions
• MacMillan Biographic Encyclopedia of Photographic Artists and Innovators, Turner Browne and Elaine Portnoy, 1983, New York: MacMillan
• American Roads, a portfolio of twenty photographers’ images of the road, 1982, Los Angeles: Landweber/Artists
• California Photography, Debora Johnston, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1982, Providence: Rhode Island School of Design
• Selections I, Eelco Wolf, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1982, Schaff-houssen and Cambridge: Verlag Photographie and Polaroid Corporation
• S.E.C.A. Photography Invitational, Van Deren Coke, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1980, San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Photoshow magazine, No. 3, Don Owens, editor, 1980, Los Angeles
• New California Views, a portfolio of twenty contemporary photographers’ images made in California, 1979, Los Angeles: Landweber/Artists
• Spectrum: New Directions in Color Photography, Donna Nakao, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1979, Manoa: The Uiniversity of Hawaii at Manoa
• The Invented Landscape, Christopher English, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1979, New York: The New Museum
• Picture magazine, No 13, Don Owens, editor, 1979, Los Angeles
• Photo Bulletin, David Fahey, editor, 1978, Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery
• Rochelle Reed, “Eyes of the West,” New West Magazine, November, 1978, Los Angeles
• Silver See, a portfolio surveying recent Los Angeles phototography, 1977, Los Angeles: Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies
• Photography Annual 1977, Jim Hughes, editor, 1976, New York: Ziff-Davis Publications
• Deborah Ashin, “Victor Landweber,” Currânt Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1976, San Francisco
• The Dumb Ox, Vol. l, No. 1, James Hugunin, editor, 1976, Northridge CA
• Photography and Language, Lew Thomas, editor, catalog of the exhibition, 1976, San Francisco: Camerawork Press
• Untitled, Nos. 6, 7/8, 11, Peter Thompson, editor, 1974–1976 Carmel: The Friends of Photography
• 35mm Photography, Spring Issue, 1975, New York: Ziff-Davis Publications
• Glass Eye, Vol. 2, No. 2, Kikio Mori, editor, 1975, Osaka, Japan
• Exposure, Vol. 13, No. 2, Jim Alinder, editor, 1975, Lincoln NE: Society for Photographic Education
• Travel Photography, Time-Life Photography Series, 1972, New York: Time-Life Books
• Fred Parker, California Photographers 1970, catalog of the exhibition, 1970, Davis: The University of California at Davis

Landweber/Artists Publishing

• Landweber’s company, Landweber/Artists, has produced limited-edition portfolios of original prints by well-known photographers. These portfolios were set up to financially benefit the participating artists and have been purchased by collectors and international institutions of art:
• Recto/verso, twelve photograms in an edition of 50 portfolios plus 10 artist’s-proof portfolios, twelve magazine-page photograms by Robert Heinecken presented exclusively in this portfolio, published by Landweber/Artists, Berkeley CA, 1989
• American Roads, 20 photographs in an edition of 100 portfolios, twenty photographers’ images of the road and roadside America, published by Landweber/Artists, Los Angeles CA, 1982
• New California Views, 20 photographs in an edition of 100 portfolios, twenty contemporary photographers’ images made in California, published by Landweber/Artists, Los Angeles CA, 1979
• Silver See, 21 photographs in an edition of 45 portfolios, a survey of Los Angeles photography, curated and edited by Landweber as a benefit for the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles CA, 1977

Public Collections

• Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque NM
• Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles CA
• Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
• Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley CA
• Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
• California Museum of Photography, Riverside CA
• California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach CA
• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA
• Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
• Center for Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley ID
• Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
• Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• Chrysler Museum, Norfolk VA
• Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX
• Denver Art Museum, Denver CO
• De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara CA
• Desert Museum, Palm Springs CA
• Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit MI
• Erie Art Museum, Erie PA
• Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
• Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
• Georgia Power Company, Atlanta GA
• Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan UT
• Heron Gallery, Center for Contemporary Art, Indianapolis IN
• International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester NY
• Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
• Kiyosato Museum, Japan
• Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
• Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach CA
• La Jolla Museum of Modern Art, La Jolla CA
• Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem PA
• Library of Congress, Washington DC
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles CA
• Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
• Madison Art Center, Madison WI
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY
• Miami-Dade Community College Art Galleries, Miami FL
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee WI
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN
• Minnesota Museum of Art, St. Paul MN
• Musée Français de la Photographie, Bievres, France
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
• Museum of Fine Art, Houston TX
• Museum of Modern Art, New York NY
• Museet Moderna, Stockholm, Sweden
• Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego CA
• New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM
• New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans LA
• National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
• Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach CA
• New York Public Library, New York NY
• Oakland Museum, Oakland CA
• Ohio State University, Columbus OH
• Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena CA
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
• Phoenix College, Phoenix AZ
• Photographic Archives, Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville KY
• Polaroid Collections, Cambridge MA and Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton NJ
• The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland OH
• Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
• Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham MA
• San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego CA
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara CA
• Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
• Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles CA
• Shadai Gallery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
• Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln NE
• Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, South Bend IN
• Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS
• Standard Oil of Ohio, Cleveland OH
• St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis MO
• Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX
• University of California at Los Angeles, Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts, Los Angeles CA
• University of California at Santa Cruz Library, Santa Cruz CA
• University of Colorado Art Galleries, Boulder CO
• University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City IA
• University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque NM
• University of Minnesota Art Museum, Minneapolis MN
• University of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Norman OK
• Utah Art Museum, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT
• Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
• Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester NY
• Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley MA