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Biography |
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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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2008 |
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Time is of the Essence : Contemporary Landscape Art, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC |
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2007 |
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Photographic Formalities: From Ansel Adams to Weegee, Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL |
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2007 |
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Grey Matters - Aftercop, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki |
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2007 |
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Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA |
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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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