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Larry Schwarm (American)
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Larry Schwarm
Blue SUV on South Main Street, Greensburg, Kansas, May 5, 2007 2007
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Larry Schwarm
Kiowa County Library, Greensburg, Kansas, May 5, 2007 2007
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Larry Schwarm
Line of fire east of Peyton Creek, Chase County, Kansas 2005
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Larry Schwarm
Motel room, west edge of Greensburg, Kansas, June 19, 2007 2007
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Larry Schwarm
Prairie fire near Cottonwood Falls, Kansas 1997
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Larry Schwarm
Roiling Fire, eastern Lyon County, Kansas 2005
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Biography |
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1944 |
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Born, Greensburg, Kansas |
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1991 |
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Photography Fellowship, Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts |
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1996 |
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Two-Dimensional Artist Fellowship, Kansas Arts Commission |
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1998 |
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Hasselblad / Kodak Educator’s Showcase Award |
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1999 |
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Annual Award for Research and Creativity |
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2002 |
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Center for Documentary Studies / Honickman Book Award and Prize |
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2002 |
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Governor’s Artist for 2002, State of Kansas |
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Selected Collections: Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Milwaukee Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Illinois; National Museum of American Art/Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln, Nebraska; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas; Consolidated Natural Gas Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Hallmark Collections, Kansas City, Missouri |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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Tornado, Greensburg, Kansas Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Aftermath: Debbie Fleming Caffery and Larry Schwarm, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California |
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2007 |
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Urban Fabric, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Curated by Thomas Barry, Thomas Barry Fine Arts |
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2006 |
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Larry Schwarm, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California |
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2006 |
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Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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2005 |
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Rites of Renewal, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri |
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2005 |
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The Big Picture: Contemporary Large-Scale Photography, Sonoma (California) State University |
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2005 |
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41° North/90° West: Contemporary Landscape, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa |
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2005 |
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Larry Schwarm, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2004 |
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On Fire, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2003 |
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The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Harn Museum of Art at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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2003 |
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Art Museum of Florida International University, Miami, FL |
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2003 |
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Recent acquisitions in contemporary photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA |
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2002 |
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Cowley County College, Arkansas City, KS |
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2001 |
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Larry Schwarm: Photographs, Beach Museum of Art, Manhattan, KS |
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2001 |
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Midwestern Photographers Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
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Visions of the Prairie: The Great Plains at the Dawn of the Millennium, Sheldon Memorial Gallery of Art, Lincoln, NE |
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1999 |
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Jubilee Exhibition, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, S |
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1998 |
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New Acquisitions, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA |
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1998 |
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A Century of Western Landscape Photography, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE |
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1997 |
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Work From Three Continents, A Sabbatical Exhibition, Emporia Arts Center, Emporia, KS |
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1997 |
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Midlands Invitational, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE |
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1996 |
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Prairie Fires, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA |
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1996 |
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City Stories, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
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1996 |
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Plain Pictures: Images of the American Prairie, University of Iowa Museum of Art |
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1994 |
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Kansas Chooses Kansas III, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS |
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1994 |
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Staging Kansas: Works from the Collection, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS |
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1993 |
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Land and Its Uses: Works from the Collection, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS |
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1992 |
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Tulsa Photography Collective, Tulsa, OK |
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1992 |
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Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS |
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1992 |
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Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS |
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1992 |
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Between Home and Heaven, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC., Exhibition tour: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Norfolk, VA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; New York State Museum, Albany, NY; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA |
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1991 |
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Society for Contemporary Photography Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
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1991 |
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Missouri Western University, Saint Joseph, MO |
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1984 |
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Exposed and Developed, NEA Grant Recipients, National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC |
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1983 |
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An Open Land, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL, Exhibition tour: Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS; Macon County, Rock Springs Center, Decatur, IL; Muscatine Art Exhibit, Muscatine, Iowa; Western Illinois University Art Gallery, Macomb, IL; Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS ; Chicago Academy of Sciences, Chicago, IL; Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL; Tarble Art Museum, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL; Kankakee College Art Gallery, Kankakee, IL; Spring Valley Gallery, Schaumburg, IL; Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO; Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL; Blum Art Institute, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Photography in the Digital Age, Robert Hersh, Focal Press |
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2006 |
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American Alphabets: 25 Contemporary Poets, Oberlin College Press (cover photo) |
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2004 |
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Terrestrial Forces, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida |
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2003 |
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On Fire: Larry Schwarm, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University |
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2003 |
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The Land Through a Lens: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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2000 |
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Cover Photo for Good Friday, by Philip Heldrick |
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1999 |
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An American Century of Photography, Abrams Publishing |
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1999 |
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Jubilee Exhibition Catalogue, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas |
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