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Catherine Wagner Biography
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1970 - 1971 |
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Instituto del Arte, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (Full Scholarship)
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1971 |
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San Francisco Art Institute, CA
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1972 - 1973 |
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College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
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1975 |
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B.A., San Francisco State University, CA (Honors -- Cum Laude)
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1977 |
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M.A., San Francisco State University, CA
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Born in Northern California
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Visual Artist Fellowship National Endowment for the Arts
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J. Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
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Ferguson Grant, Friends of Photography
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San Jose Museum Visual Arts Fellowship
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Morphology, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2008
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A Narrative History of the Lightbulb, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica (solo)
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2007
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A Narrative History of the Lightbulb, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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2007
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Rembrandt to Thiebaud: A Decade of Collecting Works on Paper, The Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
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2007
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Bios 4, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC), Seville, Spain
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2006
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Re Classifying History, deYoung Museum, San Francisco
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2005
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The Altered Landscape: The Carol Franc Buck Collection, National Academy of Science, Washington D.C.
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2005
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The Big Picture: Contemporary Large-Scale Photography, University Art Gallery Sonoma State University, Sonoma
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2005
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AxS: at the Intersection of Art & Science, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena
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2004
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Trilogy: Reflections on Frankenstein, The Arctic Circle, and The History of Science, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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2003
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How Human: Life in the Post-Genome Era, International Center of Photography, New York
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2003
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Public Record, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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2003
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Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Berkley Art Museum, Berkley
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2001 - 2003
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Cross Sections + Annotations: Catherine Wagner, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose; travelled to Pasadena Museum of California Art (solo)
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2002
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Catherine Wagner: Museum Pieces, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica (solo)
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2002
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12 Areas of Concern and Crisis, Installation at Comme des Garcons, Kyoto
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2002
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Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics, Henry art Gallery, Seattle
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2002
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PhotoGENEsis: Opus 2, Santa Barbara Museum of Art
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2002
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Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
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2002
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Group Show: Photography, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
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2002
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Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940-2001, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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2002
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National Millennium Survey, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego
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2002
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New Acquisition/New Work/ New Directions 3, Los Angeles Country Museum Art, Los Angeles
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2001
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Selections: 1980-200, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco (solo)
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2001
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Depicting Absence/Implying Presence, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose
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2001
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Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, University Art Museum, Berkley
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2001
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A Love Affair with Pictures: 25 Years of Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Museum of fine Arts, Houston
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2001
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Architecture in Photography, Museum Folkwang, Germany
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2000
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Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City (solo)
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2000
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Paradise Now: Creating the Genetic Revolution, Exit Art, New York
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2000
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Our Quarter Century: The Univeristy of Arizona Center for Creative Photography Turns Twenty-Five, Center of Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tuscon
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2000
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Neural Notations, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco
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2000
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Noise, The Wellcome trust’s Two 10 Gallery, London
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2000
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Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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2000
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America Perspectives: Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, Tokyo
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2000
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Photography Turns twenty-Five, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tuscon
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2000
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Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
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1999
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Phenotypology, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Buffalo, NY
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1999
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Museum Pieces: Bay Area Envisioning the de Young, de Young Museum of Art San Francisco
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1999
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Into the Next Century: Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art San Jose
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1999
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Realism and Illusion, Museum of Modern Art, A. Warhol Museum, etc. Fort Worth, Pittsburgh, Kansas
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1998
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Inside these Walls, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
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1998
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American Vernacular, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
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1997
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Absolute Landscape: Between Illusion and Reality, Yokohama Museum of Art
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1997
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Scientia Artifex, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, IL
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1997
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Realism & Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks, Canadian Centre for Architecture & other locations
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1997
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Art & Science: Investigating Matter, International Center of Photography NY
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1997
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Art and Science: Investigating Matter, Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio
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1995
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Selections from the Permanent Collections, Museum of Modern Art NY
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1995
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Assembled Photographs, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles
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1994
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Family Lives, Corcoran Museum of Art Washington, DC
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1994
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Home & Other Stories, Center of Creative Photography Tucson, AZ
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1994
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American Classroom, Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany
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1993
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Home & Other Stories, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (traveled) Los Angeles
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1989
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American Classroom, Friends of Photography, Ansel Adams Center San Francisco
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1989
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Theme and Variations: The Photographic Still Life, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco
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1988
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American Classroom, Museum of Fine Arts (traveled, catalog) Houston
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1987
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International Center for Photography, Midtown NYC
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1985
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, National Museum of American Art Smithsonian Institution
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