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Henry Wessel Biography
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1966 |
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Pennsylvania State University, B.A.
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1971 |
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John Simmon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
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1972 |
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State University of New York at Buffalo/Visual Studies Workshop, M.F.A.
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1975 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1977 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
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1978 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Survey Grant
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1979 |
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John Simmon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
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Born in Teaneck, NJ, 1942
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2011
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Vintage Work, Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York, NY, USA (solo)
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2011
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Waikiki, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2010
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Le paradis, ou presque : Los Angeles [1865-2008], Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur- Saone, France
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2010
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New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape, Los Angeles County Museum of Art /LACMA), Los Angeles, California, USA
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2009 - 2010
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Henry Wessel - Photographs, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
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2009 - 2010
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Henry Wessel - Photographs, Staedtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany (solo)
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2009
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE : LOS ANGELES (1865-2008), Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
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2008
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Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2007
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Re-SITE-ing the West, Los Angeles County Museum of Art /LACMA), Los Angeles, California, USA
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2007
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Die Photographische Sammlung, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2007
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2007
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2007
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Dialogues & Attitudes, Ludwig Museum, Cologne and Budapest, Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
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2007
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Celebrity, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
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2006
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The Gray Area: Uncertain Images (Bay Area Photography 1970s to Now), Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, CA
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2005
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Gary Winogrand and American Street Photographers Mitch Epstein, Lee Friedlander, Joel Meyerowitz, and Henry Wesse", foam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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2005
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Tree, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA2005 "Amerikanische Street Photography," Stadtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
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2005
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Taking Place: Photographs from the Prentice and Paul Sack Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
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2005
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women, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
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2005
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The Anniversary Show, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2005
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Contemporary Desert Photography: The Other Side of Paradise, Palm Springs Art Museum, CA
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2005
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2005
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Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2004
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2004
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From House to Home: Picturing Domesticity, Museum of Contemporary Art, CA
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2004
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Ditto: Multiples from the Collection, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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2004
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About the House: From Architecture to the Domestic, Howard House, Seattle, WA
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2004
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Landscape, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2003 - 2004
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The Gray Area: Uncertain Images (Bay Area Photography 1970s to Now), California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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Scenery, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2003
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Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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2002
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2002
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Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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2002
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American Standard (Para) Normality and Everyday Life, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
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2001
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Masterpieces of California Photography: Capturing Light, 1850-2000, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
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2001
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Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, CA
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2001
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Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2000 - 2001
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MOMA 2000, Modern Starts: People, Places, Things, Museum of Modern Art, NY
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2000
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Walker Evans & Company, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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2000
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Ditto, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
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2000
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Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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1999
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Gallery Luisotti Santa Monica
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1998
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Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
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1997
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Icons; Magnets of Meaning, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
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1993
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Critical Landscape, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography Tokyo, Japan
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1991
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Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1988
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International Museum of Photography Osaka, Japan
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1988
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Road and Roadside: American Photographs, 1930-1986, , San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco
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1987
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Photographs from the Last Decade, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco, CA
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1987
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Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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1987
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International Museum of Photography Osaka
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1984
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Photography in California: 1945-1986, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco
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1981
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American Landscapes; Photogrpahs from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1981
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Fraenkel Gallery San Francisco
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1976
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Grossmont College San Diego
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1975
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New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape, International Museum of Photography Rochester, NY
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1973
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Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY, USA
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