ANTHONY HERNANDEZ BIOGRAPHY


1947

Born in Los Angeles, California
Live and works in Idaho and Los Angeles


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Anthony Hernandez, Santa Monica, CA, January 19 – February 23
The Sheldon Art Galleries, Anthony Hernandez: The Seventies, St. Louis, MO

2006

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Beverly Hills, 1984 & Broadway, Santa Monica, CA

2004

Christopher Grimes Gallery, Everything, Santa Monica, CA
Anthony Grant, Everything, New York, NY

2003

Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Pictures for L.A., Los Angeles, CA

2002

Seattle Art Museum, Temporary Space, Seattle, WA
Galerie Polaris, Pictures for L.A., Paris, France
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Pictures for L.A., New York, NY

2001

Laguna Art Museum, Pictures for Oakland, Laguna, CA
Galerie Polaris, After LA, Paris, France
California College of Arts and Crafts, Pictures for Oakland, Oakland, CA

2000

Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Pictures for Rome, Beverly Hills, CA
Grant Selwyn Fine Art, Pictures for Rome, New York, NY

1999

Galerie Polaris, City Point – Rome, Paris, France

1998

Dan Bernier Gallery, The 70’s, Los Angeles, CA

1997

Galerie POLARIS, Shooting Sites, Paris, France
Craig Krull Gallery, The City, Santa Monica, CA
Centre National de la Photographie, Landscapes for the Homeless, Paris, France

1996

Musee de l’Elysee, Landscapes for the Homeless, Lausanne, Switzerland

1995

Craig Krull Gallery, In Another World, Santa Monica, CA
The Sprengel Museum, Landscapes for the Homeless, Hanover, Germany

1993

Turner/Krull Gallery, Landscapes for the Homeless, Los Angeles, CA

1991

Turner/Krull Gallery, Shooting Sites, Los Angeles, CA

1990

The Opsis Foundation, Landscapes for the Homeless, New York, NY

1985

Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ
Burden Gallery, Rodeo Drive, New York, NY

1984

Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

1982

California Museum of Photography, Public Use Areas, Riverside, CA

1979

University of California at Santa Barbara, CA

1978

The Federal Building, Art in Public Places, Los Angeles, CA
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Max Protech Gallery, Washington, DC

1976

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Nation’s Capital in Photographs, Washington, DC


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, re-SITE-ing the West: Contemporary Photographs in the Permanent Collection
Orange County Museum of Art, Imaging and Imagining California Modern

2006

Skirball Cultural Center, L.A. Reborn, Los Angeles, CA
Art Forum Berlin 2006, BIG CITY CAB, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Berlin
The Collectible Moment: Photography at the Norton Simon Museum, Norton Simon
Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
Advancing the Moment: Recent Work by Photographs in the Norton Simon
Collection, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Getty Center, with Donald Blumberg, Bill Owens, Mary Ellen Mark, Los Angeles,
CA

2004

Weatherspoon Art Museum, Borne of Necessity, Greensboro, NC

2003

The Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center, Conceptual Color: In Albers’ Afterimage, Santa Cruz, CA

2002

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Conceptual Color: In Albers’ Afterimage, Santa Cruz, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New Acquisitions/New Work/New Directions 3: Contemporary Selections, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY

2001

Oakland Museum of California, Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography, 1850 – 2000, Oakland, CA
Lawing Gallery, Streetwise, Houston, TX
Eyre/Moore Gallery, Other People’s Lives, Seattle, WA
Ansel Adams Center for Photography, California Invitational, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Made in California 1900-2000, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Flight Patterns, Los Angeles, CA
Reina Sofia Museum, Documents and Beyond, MadAngeles, CA

2000

Venezia-Marghera, Identification of a Landscape, Venice, Italy
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California, Long Beach, CA

1999

Hasselblad Center, Goteberg, Sweden
Rena Branstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, COLA Awards Show, Los Angeles, CA
Franco Riccardo Artivisive, two person show with Jack Risely, Naples, Italy

1998

Armory Center for the Arts, Radical Past, Pasadena, CA

1997

Museo d’Arte Moderna de Contemporania di Trento e Rovereto, TRASH: When Waste Materials Become Art, Italy
Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Scene of the Crime, Los Angeles, CA

1996

University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach: A Photographic Survey, Long Beach, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present, San Francisco, CA
Fotomusuem Winterthur, Herkunft?, Winterthur, Switzerland

1995

The Parrish Art Museum, Street Engagements: Social Landscape Photography of the Sixties, South Hampton, NY

1994

Long Beach Museum of Art, Love in the Ruins: Art and Inspiration of LA

1993

Fotografie Biennale III, Wasteland: Landscape Form Now On, Rotterdam, Holland

1992

National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; New York State Museum, Albany, NY, Between Home and Heaven: Contemporary American Landscape Photography

1991

The Seagram Gallery, The City Life of Flora and Fauna, New York, NY
Gail Severn Gallery, From the West, Sun Valley, ID
Mark Masuoka Gallery, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV

1989

Oakland Museum, Picturing California, Oakland, CA
Tratt Gallery, Photographic Abstraction, Washington, DC
Seagram Gallery, Women and Men: Photographs from the Seagram Collection, New York, NY

1988

The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Landscape Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Washington, DC

1987

Museum of Photographic Arts, Balboa Park, Masters of the Street: Part Three, San Diego, CA
The Everson Museum of Art, Photography over the 70’s and 80’s, Syracuse, NY
Oakland Museum, Recent Acquisitions, Oakland, CA

1984

National Museum of American Art, Exposed and Developed: American Photography in the 1970’s. Smithsonian, Washington, DC
Texas Photographic Society, Social Commentary and Photography, Austin, TX

1982

The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA; Security Pacific Plaza, Los Angeles, CA Slices of Time: California Landscapes, 1860-1880, 1960-1980
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Facets of the Collection: Urban America, San Francisco, CA

1980

The Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach: A Photographic Survey, Long Beach, CA
Seattle Art Museum: Photography and the City, Seattle, WA

1979

Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Attitudes: Photography in the 1970’s, Santa Barbara, CA
Security Pacific National Bank, Photographic Directions: LA 1979, Los Angeles, CA

1977

Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, 100+ Current Directions in Southern California Art, Los Angeles, CA
Whitney Museum of American Art, Unposed Portrait, New York, NY
California State College, Photography 77, Bakersfield, CA

1976

Mount St. Mary’s College Art Gallery, LA Six, Los Angeles, CA

1975

Douglas Drake Gallery, Kansas City, KS

1974

University of Kansas Museum of Art, Language of Light: A Survey of Photography of the Collection, Lawrence, KS
Biblioteque Nationale, Eight Young Photographers, Paris, France
Jack Glenn Gallery, Photography 1/ Recent Photographs by 7 Artists, Corona Del Mar, CA

1973

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 24 from LA, San Francisco, CA
Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

1972

The Oakland Museum, West of the Rockies: George Eastman House Symposium, Oakland, CA

1971

University of California, Davis, CA; Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena, CA; San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA; The Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA, The Crowded Vacancy (with Lewis Baltz and Terry Wild)

1970

University of California; Davis, CA, Oakland Museum; Oakland, CA, Pasadena Art Museum; Pasadena, CA, California Photographers

1969

Fiesta de los Barrios, Los Angeles, CA


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

2007

Catalog documenting the construction of the Broad Contemporary Art Museum, with Uta Barth, Miles Coolidge and Sharon Lockhart

2006

Christie, Tom. LA Weekly, The Gold Coast, Beverly Hills 1984, March 1, 2006.
Dea, Cynthia. Los Angeles Times: Calendar Weekend, 90210 through a ‘1984’
filter, March 9, 2006.
ArtScene. April, 2006 Preview, April 2006.
Los Angeles Magazine, March 2006, p. 236.
California Home+Design Magazine, March 2006.

2005

Sekula, Allan. Facing the Music. Brochure for the exhibition, Facing the Music. April
14 – May 29, 2005. REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA.

2004

Miles, Christopher. Flaunt: Exhibitionism. October Issue #58, p. 192-3.
Camberos, Brenda. La Opinión: La Vibra. October 27, 2004, p. 19.
Freeman, Judith. Los Angeles Times Magazine. Río Surreal, October 17, 2004,
p.16-21.

2003

Muchnic, Suzanne. ARTnews, National Review Anthony Hernandez, May 2003,
p.158.
Zellen, Jody. ARTSCENE. Anthony Hernandez, January 2003, v.22 no. 5
Myers, Holly. Los Angeles Times: Around the Galleries, Remembering human
presence, January 31, 2003.

2001

Luguna News Post, Laguna Art Museum unveils summer, June 21, p.25.
Mendenhall, L.  Coast Magazine,  Art Access, Summer Shots, July.
Letran, Vivian   LA Times, The Natural and the Unnatural, July 27, p. F2.
Walsh, D.  The Orange County Register, Shooting California, Aug. 26, p. 17-18.
Myers, Holly     LA Weekly, Land and LAPD Scapes, Sept. 14-20, p.49.

2000

Rugoff, Ralph. Artforum Familiar Haunts: The Photography of Anthony Hernandez January, pps. 98-101

1998

Gonzalez-Day  Art Issues, review: Dan Bernier Gallery, Nov-Dec, 1998, p.44. illus.
Ise, Claudine  LA Times, Photos from a Very Unpleasant Decade (review: Dan Bernier Gallery), September 18, p. 22. illus.

1997

Pagel, David  LA Times, Calendar, June 20, p. F18

1996

Pagel, David LA Times, Nature’s Beauty, Nov. 9, p. 4-5

1995

McKenna, K. LA Times, Calendar, A Career Begins to Click, Oct. 29, p. 57.

1994

Brooks, Rosetta  Artforum, Love in the Ruins: Long Beach Museum of Art, May.
Rogers, Michael Orange County Register, Love and Art Amidst the Ruins of   California’s Paradise Lost, March 11.
Barden, Lane  Artweek, At the End of the Century, Love in the Ruins at the Long Beach Museum of Art, April 21.
Knight, C.  LA Times Calendar, A Suggestion of Cultural Edginess, March 10.
Walters, Ann Art Press, International Edition, Fotografie Biennale Rotterdam III, November.

1993

Kosenko, Peter  Artweek, No One Home: Anthony Hernandez at Turner/Krull Gallery, Apr. 22, p. 29.

1992

Brockhuis, C. Focus, Wasteland, Nov, p. 34.
Hoopen, P.  Adformate, Een Giftig Arrangement Van Geselecteerde Stukken Werklijheid, Oct. 10.
Meijer, M. L.  Het Gabaar, Visies op Wasteland, Sept.
Gueze, A. Blauwe Kamer, Wasteland, Sept, p. 17.
Vos, Johan de. de Morgen, Belgium, Het Landschap Aan Het Einde Van de Eeuw, Sept. 18.
Penxten, S. La Libra Belgium, Le Paysage aujord’hui, Sept. 16.
Steketee, Hans NRC Handelshad,  Ontbijtspek Op de Vuilnisbelt, Sept. 11.
NY Times, Photography View: Between Home and Heaven, Contemporary American Photography, Jun. 4.

1990

Artforum, Anthony Hernandez: The Opsis Foundation, Apr., p. 170-1.
Traub, C. An Angler’s Album: Fishing in Photography and Literature, published by Rizzoli Books, 1990, p. 178, 179.

1989

Irmas, D. LA Style, Landscapes of the Homeless, June, p. 176-9.

1985

Hagen, C. Artforum, Anthony Hernandez: The Burden Gallery, Oct., p. 124.
Aperture, Rodeo Drive, Winter, p. 17-23.
Baltz, Lewis. Camera Austria #18, Konsumerterror, p. 20.

1984

Aperture, Konsumerterror, Fall, p. 4-7.
Deal, Joe Bulletin, Public Use Areas: Photographs by Anthony Hernandez, p. 8 16.

1982

Bowles, D. Artweek, Spanning a Century, Feb. 20, p. 14.

1980

Johnstone, M. Artweek, A Subjective View of Long Beach, Nov. 29, p. 11.
Wiggington, M. Independent Press Telegram, Long Beach Images: Art and Archives, Nov. 10, p. 1.
Neumaier, D. Artweek, Images by Commission: Seattle Washington, Aug. 22, p. 14.

1979

LA Times, 4 Facets to the Fit of Things, Oct. 5, part IV p. 19.
Ketchum, R. G.  Photographic Directions: Los Angeles, 1979
Fischer, Hal Afterimage, Attitudes: Surveying the 70’s, Oct., p. 1-11.

1978

Kurchfeld, M. New West, Visible Means of Support, Oct., p. 106-10.
Ennis, M. The Texas Monthly, Review, Feb., p. 110-2

1977

Peterson, W. Artspace, Contemporary American Photographic Works, Review, Wtr, p. 35-41.
Kutner, Janet.  The Dallas Morning News, Photo Exhibit: A Special Saga, Dec.  20.
Crossley, M. Houston Post, The New Photography, Nov. 6, p. 23AA.
Scarborough, J. Houston Chronicle, Guest Photocurator let (sic) Artists Guide Show, Nov. 4, sec. 1 p. 23.
The Village Voice. Déjà vu at the Whitney, Jun. 13, p. 69.
Perreault, J. Soho Weekly News, Photo Pathos, Jun. 8, p. 19-20.
LA Times, 100+ Exhibition at LAICA’s New Setting, Mar. 28,   part IV p. 3, 5.
Power, Mark Afterimage, Washington, Feb., p. 19-20.
Uffer, M. East Side Courier (NY), Photo Show is a Loser, Jun. 16.
The (Washington, DC) Evening Star, Jan. 4, p. D-1.    

1976

Mautner, R. Artweek, The Lost Angeles Landscape, Nov. 12, p. 12.
Lusk, Jennie  Albuquerque Journal, Photograph, Sculpture Shows Best…Oct. 10, p. D-3.
Richard, Paul The Washington Post, Washington Views through the Lens, Oct. 9, p. B-1.
New Mexico Daily Lobo, Photographic Peculiarities, Sept. 30, p. 6.
Kernam, M.   The Washington Post, Galleries, Aug. 3, p. B-1.
Cohen, Alan   Washington Star, Area Photos Featured at the Corcoran, July 19.
Newsweek, Sweeping up America, Jul. 12, p. 67-8.

1974

Artweek, Seven Photographers, Apr. 6, p. 11-2

1973

Popular Psychology, In the Streets (photo essay), Mar., p. 25-30. 
Journal of the Friends of Photography, Untitled Numbers 2 and 3, 2nd qtr., p. 6-13.

1972

Davis, D. Newsweek, New Look in Photography, Apr. 3, p. 74-6
Artweek, Two Views of the West: Oakland California, Jan. 22, p. 11.
Artweek, Ferguson Grant Winner, Jan. 15, p. 7.

1971

Wilson, W.   LA Times, Two Photo Shows at PAM, Jul. 5.
Palmer, Larry. Pasadena Star News, Pasadena Art Museum Offers Striking…Jul. 4, p. B-4.
Gale, Andrew. The Sacramento Bee, 3 LA Artists, Apr. 11.
Murray, Joan  Artweek, Crowded Vacancy: Davis California, Mar. 27, p. 7.
Plagens, Peter. Artforum, Los Angeles, Feb., p. 87, 89.

1970

Banham, R. LA Times, West Magazine, The Strand, Dec. 13, p. 60, 62, 63,68.


AWARDS

1998-99

Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome
COLA Individual Award, City of Los Angeles

1998

Higashikawaw Prize, Japan

1995

DG Bank-Forderpreis Fotografie Award, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

1993

Charles Pratt Memorial Award

1989

Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY

1986

Artist in Residence, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV

1983

Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY

1980

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1979

Artist in Residence, Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA

1978

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1975

Artist in Residence, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

1972

Ferguson Grant, Friends of Photography, Carmel, CA


COLLECTIONS

 

Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
Artothéque de Miramas, Miramas, France
Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Du Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Fonds Départmental d’ Art Contemporain de Bobigny, France
Fonds National d’ Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Grunwald Collection, University of California at Los Angeles, CA
The Harry Ranson Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, TX
Higashikawa Museum, Hokkaido, Japan
International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
Norton Simon Museum, CA
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
Seagram Collection, New York, NY
Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Security Pacific National Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY


MILITARY

1967-69

United States Army

1968

Vietnam



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