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Bill Owens Biography
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1938 |
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Born 25 September in San Jose, California
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1953 - 1957 |
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San Juan High School. Citrus Heights, California
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1960 - 1961 |
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Nine-month hitchhiking tour of the world
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1957 - 1963 |
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California State University, Chico, California (B.A. Industrial Arts, 1963)
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1964 - 1966 |
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Peace Corps. (Jamaica, West Indies) Hitchhiked in Central America 1964
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1966 - 1967 |
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Entered San Francisco State College to study photography. Photographed student riots. Photo editor S.F. State Daily Gator
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1968 - 1978 |
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Photographer for the Livermore Independent, California. Photographed Hells Angels at Rolling Stones Altamont concert 1969. Obtained $2000 grant from Alfred Heller, publisher of Cry California magazine to work on suburban photographs, 1971
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1978 - now |
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Freelance photographer
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1982 - now |
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Beer maker and distiller
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2009
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Altamont, Suburbia, Leisure, Riots, Galerie Alex Daniels - Reflex Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
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2005
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PhotoEspana. Madrid, Spain: Bill Owens. June 1-July 17
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2004
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Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan. Italy. Bill Owens Photography 1964-2003. December 10, 2004-January, 2005
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2004
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International Center for Photography, New York, Bill Owens Leisure. December 12, 2004-February 27, 2005
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2004
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San Jose Museum of Art. It’s About Time: Celebrating 35 Years. October 2, 2004-February 13, 2005
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2004
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USC Fisher Gallery. University of Southern California, “Game Face-What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?” September 9-November 1, 2004
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2004
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Yossi Milo Gallery, New York “Pool Party” June 16-August 20, 2004
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2004
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Photographs Do Not Bend. Nine April 30-June 12, 2004
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2004
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Reflex Modern Art Gallery Amsterdam, “Beauty of Darkness’ April 24-June 12, 2004.
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2004
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Whitney Museum of American Art. Inside Out: Portrait photographs from the permanent collection. February 7-May 23, 2004
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2004
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Photographs Do Not Bend. “ Landscape???” January 30-April 17, 2004
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2004
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Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art at the Geffen Contemporary. Street Credibility January 25-June 7, 2004
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2004
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Kennedy Boesky Photographs Marianne Boesky Gallery. Seventies Color Photography William Christenberry, Mark Cohen, John Divola, William Eggleston. Mitch Epstein, Nan Golden. Helen Levitt. Mary Ellen Mark, Joel Meyerwitz, Richard Misrach, Bill Owens, Ed Ruscha. Steven Shore, Joel Sternfeld. January 3-January 31, 2004
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2003
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CCA Wattis Institute, The Grey Area. Uncertain Images: Bay Area Photography 1970s to Now. December 3, 2003-February 14, 2004.
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2003
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Atlanta Contempory Art Center. “Terrain Vague: Photography, Architecture and the Post-Industrial Landscape” November 13-2003 January 3, 2004, Carnegie Museum of Art March 20-June 20, 2004
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2003
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CCA Graduate Gallery “Acquired Taste” November 11-18, 2003
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2003
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Peabody Essex Museum. “Family Ties” curated by Trevor Fairbrother June 12-Sept. 21, 2003
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2003
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Centre National de la photographie jeu de paume. “Fables de l’identite-ouvres de la collection NSM Vie/ABN AMRO. June 18-August 25, 2003
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2003
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Collection Lambert-musee d’art contemporain, Avignon, France. “Photograhier to photograph”
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2003
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Newark Museum,"Changing America 1945-1975: Master Photographs from the David Sestak Family Collection." May 3 November 30, 2003
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2003
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Centre national de la photographie,”Fables de l’identite” Oeuvres photographiques et video de la collection NSM Vie ABN AMRO, June 16-August 25, 2003
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2003
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SpazioFoto Credito Artiano, Florence, Italy. “Bill Owens: The American Way” January 20-February 22, 2003
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2002
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Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery Bill Owens Suburbia, October 25 November 30, 2002
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2002
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Greg Kuscera Gallery States of the Union: Before and After September 5-28, 2002
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2002
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Robert Koch Gallery, Obsession July 13-August 31, 2002
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2002
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Barbara Gladstone Gallery “American Standard: (Para)Normality and American Standard (Para) Normality in Everyday Life Organized by Gregory Crewdson. June 26-August 16 2002
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2002
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Whitney Museum of American Art “Visions from America-Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art” June 27-Sept 22, 2002
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2002
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George Krevsky Gallery “Extra Innings-The art of Baseball” April 18 May 18, 2002
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2002
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The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts. Philadelphia PhotoReview@25 March 1-31, 2002
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2001
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Paul Morris gallery “It’s a wild party and we’re having a great time” December 13, 2001-January 12, 2002
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2001
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Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France “Faut-il rajouter de la vie aux annees ou des annees s la vie” (“Should we add life unto years or years unto life” November 17-December 23, 2001
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2001
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Jack Hanley Gallery, Bill Owens Photographs 1967-69 November 15 December 15, 2001
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2001
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Palazzo Santa Margherita, Modena per la Fotografia 2001 A proposito degli anni settanta: Bill Owens “Suburbia” October 7-January 6, 2002
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2001
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Museum of Contempory Art, Denver. “Go Fish” September 21, 2000 January 6, 2001.
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2001
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St Louis Art Museum, Photographs from the 1960s and 1970s from the permenent collection. July 10-September 30, 2001
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2001
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Smithsonian Institution, ‘Game Face-What Does a Woman Athlete Look Like?” July. 2000
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2001
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L.A. Galerie Lothar Albrecht, Frankfort, Germany, ‘Places and People’ March 31-May 12, 2001
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2001
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Oakland Museum of California, Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography 1850-2000, March 3-May 27, 2001
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2001
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Paul Morris Gallery, Bill Owens Suburbia Color Photographs, January 27-March 10 , 2001
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1998
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Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France, Bill Owens
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1996
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Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, Suburbia Vintage Prints
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1995
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Bill Owens Suburban Selections
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1994
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American Fine Arts, New York, Photographs from Suburbia, Our Kind of People and Working
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1983
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The Art Museum Association San Francisco, Best of Bill Owens (traveled 1983-85)
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1982
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University of New Mexico, Bill Owens-traveling exhibition (1982-3)
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1981
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Biennale of Venezie,Italy, Home=Family?
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1980
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La Photo galeria, Madrid, Bill Owens
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1979
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Oregon Gallery, Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon: Working
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1978
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Museum of Modern Art , New York, Mirrors and windows: American Photography Since 1960
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1977
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Showa, Tokyo, Japan, Suburbia
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1976
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Dalhhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bill Owens: Suburbia
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1975
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Mills College, Western Art Association, Oakland, Ca (traveled for 2 years)
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1973
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De Young Museum, San Francisco New Bay Area Photographers
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1965
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Institute of Jamaica, Jamaica , West Indies -Bill Owens Village Life
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