Exhibitions
2022 *Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester MA
2020 All About Photo.com AAP Magazine Merit Award
2019 Center for Photographic Art Carmel CA
Center for Fine Art Photography Fort Collins CO
2018 Gray Loft Gallery Oakland CA
Smith Andersen Gallery Bay Area Currents San Anselmo CA
Camerawork San Francisco CA
2017 SF Camerawork Gallery Lecture-Book Launch San Francisco CA
2016 ZYZZYVA (Literary Journal) Spring/Summer Featured artist including both covers.
2015 The Dryansky Gallery PRIVATE VIEWS, HIDDEN REFLECTIONS San Francisco, CA
RMA Institute: The Beginning Anticipates the End – The End Anticipates the Beginning:
2012 The Perfect Exposure Gallery Los Angeles CA Thavibu Gallery Beneath the Veneer – Installation Bangkok Thailand
2011 Photographers Market Place Side Gallery Featured artist Rayko Photo Gallery San Francisco CA
2010 Bolinas Museum Botto’s World Bolinas CA Rayko Photo Gallery The Last Kodachrome San Francisco CA Illinois State University Galleries 2010 Alumni Exhibition Normal IL
2010 Kathmandu Photo Gallery Bangkok Thailand Installation: Hidden Gardens – Private Views
2009 RayKo Photo Center San Francisco CA Still Life Selections Pro Arts Gallery Oakland CA
2008 PhotoArt Asia Expo 2008 Bangkok Thailand Exhibition Lounge & Zen Gallery at Central World San Luis Obispo Art Center San Luis Obispo CA Group Exhibition: California Dreamin’
2007 Kathmandu Photo Gallery Bangkok Thailand Installation: Stranger in a Dream RayKo Photo Center ( Side Gallery) San Francisco CA Installation: On the Edge of Safe
2006 GarageGallery San Francisco CA
2005 Pro Arts Gallery Oakland CA Montclair Gallery Oakland CA RayKo Photo Center San Francisco CA
2004 Los Medanos College Pittsburg CA
2003 University of California Chico CA Café Comptoir San Francisco CA
2002 San Francisco Open Studio Hunters Point Shipyard CA
2001 Noe Valley Art Space San Francisco CA The Lift Gallery San Francisco CA
1999 Summerhill Gallery Chapel Hill NC
1997 Rayko Gallery San Francisco CA
1995 US Information Agency Washington DC International Traveling Exhibitions
1994 Metropolis Contemporary Art Gallery Seattle WA Museum of Contemporary Crafts San Francisco CA
1993 Crawford and Sloan Gallery New York NY Hassel/Haeseller Gallery Denver CO
1992 International Sculptural Center Washington DC Master Gallery Denver CO
1991 La Mama Galleria New York NY Photographer’s Gallery London UK
1990 Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery New York NY P.S. #1 Long Island City NY Alcove Gallery Henry Street Theatre New York NY
1989 Blum Helman Warehouse New York NY Asian American Art Center New York NY East Carolina University Greenville NC Metropolis Gallery Dallas TX
1988 Z-Zai Project Tokyo Japan Metropolis Gallery Dallas TX ‘Locus Gallery St. Louis MO 1987 Elektika Gallery Miami FL
1986 Alternate Galley Dallas TX Mobilia Gallery Cambridge MA American Crafts Museum New York NY [ALSO 1983. 1984]
1985 Smithsonian Institution: Renwick Gallery Washington D.C. Texas A & M University, College Station, TX Gallery One, Ft. Worth, TX Jane Baum Gallery, New York, NY Nimbus Gallery, Dallas, TX City Without Walls Center, Newark, NJ Village Gate Art Center, Rochester, NY American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
1984 New York University, New York, NY East Texas State University, Commerce, TX Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY
1983 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL Quadrum Gallery, Boston, MA American Crafts Museum, New York, NY
1982 Rizzoli Gallery, Chicago, IL DeVille Gallery, New Orleans, LA Heller Gallery, New York, NY Zoma Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Gallery One, Ft. Worth, TX Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Art Expo ’81, New York, NY Zoma Gallery, New York, NY
1980 Nova Scotia College of Art & Design, Halifax, NS, Canada University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
1979 Tiffany & Co., Chicago, IL Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL Slocumb Gallery, (ETSU), Johnson City, TN Synopsis Gallery, Winnetka, IL Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI Americans In Glass, Wausau, WI University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Education
Education | |
MFA, MS, BS: Illinois State University Bloomington – Normal IL | |
Lectures & Experience
Selected Public Lectures | |
SF Cameraworks San Francisco CA | |
Las Positas College Livermore CA | |
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Arts Department Bangkok Thailand | |
Tokyo Loretto Heights University Denver CO | |
Long Island University C.W.Post Long Island NY | |
Bass Museum of Art Miami FL | |
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL | |
Richland College Dallas TX | |
North Texas State University DentonTX | |
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax N S Canada | |
College of the Mainland Texas City TX | |
Smithsonian Institute Washington DC | |
The New School New York City NY | |
Penland School of Crafts Penland NC | |
University of Tennessee Knoxville TN | |
University of Kentucky Lexington KY | |
University of Montana Missoula MT | |
Memphis Academy of Art Memphis TN | |
Montana State University Bozeman MT | |
Academic & Related Experience | |
Los Positas College Livermore CA 2003 to Present | |
East Carolina State University Greenville NC 1989 | |
Columbia University Teachers College NYC NY 1985 | |
Texas A & M University CommerceTX 1985 | |
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge LA 1983 | |
NSCAD University Nova Scotia Canada 1976, 1980, 1984 (Summer Sessions) | |
Appalachian State University Boone NC | |
*Extension Campus Director NYC NY 1979-1981 | |
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL 1979 | |
East Tennessee State University Johnson City TN 1978-79 | |
Montana State University Bozeman MT 1978 | |
Western Illinois State University Macomb IL 1969-77 | |
Parsons School of Design NYC Art Consultant Dominican Republic 1987 | |
Bass Museum of Art Miami FL Lecturer 1986 | |
University of Illinois Urbana IL Adjunct NYC Program NYC 1982-84 | |
Gallery at Lincoln Center Assistant Gallery Director NYC 1983-84 | |
Artist’s Statement
Life’s ambiguities, love, loss and longing, are the subject matter for my artwork. They often reflect my personal experiences, as an artist, teacher, traveler and twin. These ideas evolve through an intense engagement with found objects, collage materials, art history, and the meaningful search for content. My process is based on tableau photography. With an old 35mm camera, natural sunlight and found materials, I create a dialogue between the objects. In this new environment, the objects appear as actors on a stage, with a momentary pause in the action. The camera records this action, with results that mimics painting more than photography.
The Images reveal and conceal layers of information and ideas for the viewer to interrupt according to their own experiences. Often, the staged objects create a mood, a feeling of expectation that something has just happened—or is about to. A balancing act between what is real or merely realistic.
Photos by Pernilla Persson
