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John Divola John Divola (b. 1949, Los Angeles) BA, 1971 California State University, Northridge; MA 1973: MFA 1974, University of California, Los Angeles. Since 1975 he has taught photography and art at numerous institutions including California Institute of the Arts (1978-1988), and since 1988 he has been a Professor of Art at the University of California, Riverside.Since 1975, Divola's work has been featured in more than fifty solo exhibitions in the United States, Japan, Europe, Mexico, and Australia, including Galerie Marquardt, Paris, 1990; Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, 1987; the University of New Mexico Art Museum, 1982; The Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, 2000; and Janet Borden Gallery, New York, 2001. Since 1973 his work has been included in more than one hundred and fifty group exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Japan, including: "Mirrors and Windows," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 1978; "1981 Biennial Exhibition," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York. 1981; "California Photography: Remaking Make-Believe," Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York. 1989. "The Photographic Condition," The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California. 1995; "Photo Binennale, Enschede (Obsessions. From Wunderkammer to Cyberspace)," Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enchede, Netherlands. 1995 "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, , 2000; "Architecture Hot and Cold," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2000, Los Angeles 1955-85, Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2006. Among Divola's Awards are Individual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1973, 1976, 1979, 1990), a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1986), a Fintridge Foundation Fellowship (1998), a City of Los Angeles Artist Grant (1999) and a California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship (1998). Four recent books by John Divola are, "Continuity" art work and preface by John Divola. Ram Publications/Smart Art Press, Los Angeles, California. October, 1997. 72 pages, "Isolated Houses," with Essay by Jan Tumlir, 48 pages with 24 color plates, Nazraeli Press, 2000, "Dogs Chasing My Car In The Desert," preface by John Divola, 48 pages with 20 duotone plates, Nazraeli Press, 2004, and the Aperture book (upcoming) "Three Acts," essay by David Campany, interview by Jan Tumlir, 109 duotone and 54 color plates,144 pages, May, 2006. John Divola works primarily with photography and digital imaging. While he has approached a broad range of subjects he is currently moving through the landscape looking for evidence of existential desire. Solo exhibitions 2006 Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California, April 2006 Blue Sky Gallery, Porland, Oregon, February 2005 Arles Recontres De La Photographie, Espace Van Gogh, Arles, France, July -September 2005 Gail Gibson Gallery, "Artificial Nature," Seattle, Washington, March-May 2004 Charles Cowles Gallery, NY, NY, October 2003 Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, May 2002 G. Gibson Gallery., Seattle, Washington, Jan. 2001 Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, Nov. 2001 Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, March 2001 Janet Borden Gallery, NY, New York 2001 Palm Springs Museum of Art, Jorgensen Gallery, Palm Springs, CA 2000 Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1999 G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1999 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland Oregon 1998 Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1997 Wooster Gardens, New York, NY 1997 Jessica Fredericks Gallery, New York, NY 1996 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California 1995 Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1995 Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1994 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois 1993 Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1992 Jan Kesner Gallery, LA, California 1992 Jayne Baum Gallery, NYC, NY 1992 Rewdex Contemporary Art Gallery, Koyoto, Japan 1991 University Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, CA 1990 Galerie Niki Diana Marquardt, Paris, France 1990 Jayne Baum Gallery, New York, NY 1990 Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1989 Jayne Baum Gallery, New York, NY 1989 Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, California 1987 Seibu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 1987 Photo Interform, Osaka, Japan 1987 Gallery Min, Tokyo, Japan (catalog) 1986 Jayne Baum Gallery, New York, NY 1985 "John Divola, Selected Work, 1974-85," Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California 1985 Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota 1985 Jones Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC 1984 Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, California 1983 The Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 1982 University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1981 Gallerie Del Cavallino, Venice, Italy 1981 Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky 1980 The Photographers Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1980 Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York 1980 Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco, California 1980 Lightwork, Syracuse, New York, NY 1980 Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1980 Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York 1979 Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin 1979 Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 1979 Camera Obscura, Stockholm, Sweden 1979 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon 1979 Print Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark 1979 Vision Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1978 Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California 1978 Image Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark 1976 The Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1976 Camerawork Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio 1975 Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York Grants and Fellowships 2004 Rome Prize - Declined 1999 COLA, City of Los Angeles Artist Grant 1998 California Arts Council Individual Artist Grant 1998 Flintridge Foundation Fellowship 1991-92 Fellowship, Center for Ideas in Society, UC Riverside 1990-91 National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship 1987/88 Mellon Fellowship, California Institute of the Arts 1986-87 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship 1979-80 National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship 1976-77 National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship 1973-74 National Endowment for the Arts Photography Fellowship
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