Graham Howe
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Graham Howe is a curator
, photo-historian, and artist. Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1950, and residing in Los Angeles, California, since 1976, Howe was one of the first employees of the Photographers' Gallery, London, a research assistant at The Royal Photographic Society
, London, the founding Director of The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, and curator for Graham Nash
and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
. In 1987 he incorporated Curatorial Assistance, Inc., a company specializing in art and museum services, and in 2000 he founded Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that originates and travels exhibitions of art to museums worldwide. His photographic work is collected in museums and galleries including Harvard University
, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and he is an advisor for the Lucie Awards and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts
Photography Fellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He is also the biographer of photographers E.O. Hoppé
and Paul Outerbridge
.
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
, photo-historian, and artist. Born in Sydney, Australia, in 1950, and residing in Los Angeles, California, since 1976, Howe was one of the first employees of the Photographers' Gallery, London, a research assistant at The Royal Photographic Society
Royal Photographic Society
The Royal Photographic Society is the world's oldest national photographic society. It was founded in London, United Kingdom in 1853 as The Photographic Society of London with the objective of promoting the Art and Science of Photography...
, London, the founding Director of The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, and curator for Graham Nash
Graham Nash
Graham William Nash, OBE is an English singer-songwriter known for his light tenor vocals and for his songwriting contributions with the British pop group The Hollies, and with the folk-rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer...
and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is a contemporary art museum with three locations in greater Los Angeles, California. The main branch is located on Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, near Walt Disney Concert Hall...
. In 1987 he incorporated Curatorial Assistance, Inc., a company specializing in art and museum services, and in 2000 he founded Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that originates and travels exhibitions of art to museums worldwide. His photographic work is collected in museums and galleries including Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is an art museum in Los Angeles, California. It is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles, adjacent to the George C. Page Museum and La Brea Tar Pits....
, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is a modern art museum located in San Francisco, California. A nonprofit organization, SFMOMA holds an internationally recognized collection of modern and contemporary art and was the first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th century art...
, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and he is an advisor for the Lucie Awards and a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
Photography Fellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He is also the biographer of photographers E.O. Hoppé
E.O. Hoppé
Emil Otto Hoppé was a German-born British portrait, travel, and topographic photographer active between 1907 and 1945...
and Paul Outerbridge
Paul Outerbridge
Paul Outerbridge, Jr. was an American photographer prominent for his early use and experiments in color photography...
.
Exhibitions and Catalogues
- The Photograph as Artifice, a traveling exhibition organized by The Art Galleries, California State University, 1978
- Attitudes: Photography in the 1970s, The Santa Barbara Museum of ArtSanta Barbara Museum of ArtThe Santa Barbara Museum of Art is an art museum located at 1130 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara, California.It was founded in 1941 and currently ranks amongst the top 10 regional art museums in the United States . It is home to both permanent and special collections, the former of which...
, 1979 - The Photographers’ Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 1980
- Invented Images, a traveling exhibition organized by the University Art Museum, Santa BarbaraUniversity Art Museum, Santa BarbaraThe University Art Museum or UAM is located on the campus of the UCSB in Santa Barbara, California, USA. Built in 1959, it was originally a gallery for art education at UCSB...
, 1980 - BC Space, Laguna Beach, 1981
- Gallery Min, Tokyo, Japan, 1984 (essay by Colin WesterbeckColin WesterbeckColin Westerbeck is a curator, writer, and teacher of the history of photography.Before moving to Los Angeles, where he has taught at UCLA and USC, he was curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago...
) - Arranged Image Photography, a traveling exhibition organized by the Boise Gallery of Art, 1983–1984
- And Howe! Photographs By Graham Howe, 1968–2008, California Museum of PhotographyUniversity of California, Riverside California Museum of PhotographyThe UCR/California Museum of Photography is an off-campus department of the UCR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. The collections of UCR/CMP form the largest, most comprehensive holding of any photographic collection in the Western half of the United States. The growing UCR/CMP...
, Riverside (curated by Colin WesterbeckColin WesterbeckColin Westerbeck is a curator, writer, and teacher of the history of photography.Before moving to Los Angeles, where he has taught at UCLA and USC, he was curator of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago...
), 2009 - Street Sight, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena (curated by Tim Wride), 2011
External links
- Official website
- 2008 Interview
- 1974 Interview, as Director of the Australian Centre for Photography