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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN ICPNA,
Lima, Peru Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2009 City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2008 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN
2007 Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
2006 Caravan International Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, MN
2004 Heritage Gallery, McNamara Alumni Center, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Phipp’s Art Center, Hudson, WI
2000 Soba’s Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Instituto Chileno Norte Americano, Santiago, Chile
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
1993 pARTs Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1990 Perimeter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN ArtBanque, Minneapolis, MN
1989 Available Light Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
GO Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Relay Zone Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1988 Film in the Cities, St Paul, MN Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
1986 Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
The Photography at Oregon Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
PRO ARTS Gallery, Oakland, CA
Dillingham Center of Photography, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Duke Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC
1985 F.I.T. Gallery, Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach, FL
WorkSpace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Extension Gallery, University of California, San Francisco,C
Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
New Works Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
1984 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 PERSONAL EFFECTS,
Terhan Museum of Contemporary Art, Terhan Iran
2001 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, Crearte, Minneapolis, MN
1998 SOUTH OF THE BORDER, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
NEW VISIONS, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1996 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OP
1995 IMAGINED CHILDREN, DESIRED IMAGES,
Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA
1994 FLESH AND BLOOD, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
1991 ARTISTS RESPOND TO WAR,
pARTs Alternative Artspace, Minneapolis,MN
A PORTRAIT IS NOT A LIKENESS,
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
1988 CROSS CURRENTS/CROSS COUNTRY, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
TOYS OF OUR TIMES, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 A SENSE OF HUMOR, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA FAMILY/EXTENSIONS, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
1986 BABY PICTURES, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
DIBERT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION,
Photography West Gallery, Carmel, CA
COMMITMENT TO VISION,
The Photography at Oregon Gallery, Eugene, OR
1985 10th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
CALIFORNIA WORKS, California Exposition, Sacramento, CA
1984 NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
NEW PHOTOGRAPHICS/84, Central Washington University, Ellenberg, WA
1983 UNRESTRICTED COLOR, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
SILVER VISION '83, Silver Vision Gallery, Tulsa, OK
THE NEXT JURIED SHOW, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
EDUCATION
1984 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA: MFA, Photography
1975-77Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1975 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: Ph.D., Pharmacology
1968 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: BA, Physiology
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2004 Jerome Foundation Travel Study Grant - Bolivia
2000 Bush Leadership Fellowship finalist
1998 Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant
1995 Jerome Foundation Travel Grant
1995 McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship
1991 McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship
1988 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Visual Artist Fellowship
EXPERIENCE-PHOTOGRAPHY
2008- Curator IFP MN Center for the Media Arts
2003- Art/Science Interface Researcher, Photographer, Teacher
1989-2003 Founder/Executive Director/Curator: Minnesota Center for
Photography (pARTs Photographic Arts)
1997 College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: Instructor of Photography
1989-1993 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
1987-1988 Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Board of Directors.
1986-1987 University of California, Berkeley(EXT), San Francisco, CA:
Instructor,
1985-1986 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA:
Instructor, non-silver
PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Instituto Chileno Norte Americano, Santiago, Chile
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Prosource, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Dain Bosworth, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Art, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Hennepin County History Museum, Minneapolis, MN
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
2nd & 5th International Conference on Shamanism and Healing, Iquitos, Peru
Ways of Knowing conference - Indigenous Healing, Minneapolis, MN
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKs
George,Alice Rose, Abigail Heymen, and Ethan Hoffman, Flesh and Blood:Photographers' Images of Their Own Families, Milan, Sfera/Garzanti, 1992 Gellert, Vance, CarlVision, Portland, Blue Sky Press, 1987. Ross, Richard, Babypictures, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum,1986. REAL: Artists and Landscapes (in press)
PERIODICALS
“Rituals of the Andes”, Mary Abbe, Minneapolis StarTribune, June 12, 2008 Vance Gellert, "Pop Art", Utne Reader, September-October, 1996 Abbe, Mary, "Depths of Memory" Minneapolis Tribune, Saturday, February 20,1993, "Readings", Harpers 285:1709, (October 1992): 25. Center for Creative Photography, "A Portrait is Not a Likeness” The Archive 29, 1991. Allara, Pamela and Anne Tucker, "Cross Currents/Cross Country", Views/San Francisco Camerawork, (Fall, 1988): 9, 30. Freeland, Cynthia, "Family/Extensions", Spot, V:3, (Fall, 1987): Cover, 10-11. Gellert, Vance, The Photoreview 8:4, (Fall, 1985): 18, 23. Gellert, Vance, "CarlVision: The Human Condition", Darkroom Photography 7:7,November, 1985): Cover, 38-42 Gellert, Vance, "The Zen of Kwik Print" Darkroom Photography 7:6, (October, 1985):16-20, 24. Gellert, Vance, "Sons and Fathers: Excerpts from CarlVision", San Francisco Magazine 26,(November, 1984): 66-73.
2010 Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN ICPNA,
Lima, Peru Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2009 City Gallery, Charleston, SC
2008 Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis MN
2007 Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
2006 Caravan International Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Bemidji Art Center, Bemidji, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, MN
2004 Heritage Gallery, McNamara Alumni Center, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Phipp’s Art Center, Hudson, WI
2000 Soba’s Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1999 Instituto Chileno Norte Americano, Santiago, Chile
St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
1998 Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
1993 pARTs Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1990 Perimeter Gallery, Minneapolis, MN ArtBanque, Minneapolis, MN
1989 Available Light Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
GO Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Relay Zone Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
1988 Film in the Cities, St Paul, MN Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
1986 Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
The Photography at Oregon Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
PRO ARTS Gallery, Oakland, CA
Dillingham Center of Photography, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Duke Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, NC
1985 F.I.T. Gallery, Florida Institute of Technology, Jensen Beach, FL
WorkSpace Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Extension Gallery, University of California, San Francisco,C
Perihelion Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
New Works Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
1984 Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 PERSONAL EFFECTS,
Terhan Museum of Contemporary Art, Terhan Iran
2001 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, Crearte, Minneapolis, MN
1998 SOUTH OF THE BORDER, Icebox Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
NEW VISIONS, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
1996 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OP
1995 IMAGINED CHILDREN, DESIRED IMAGES,
Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA
1994 FLESH AND BLOOD, The Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
1991 ARTISTS RESPOND TO WAR,
pARTs Alternative Artspace, Minneapolis,MN
A PORTRAIT IS NOT A LIKENESS,
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
1988 CROSS CURRENTS/CROSS COUNTRY, Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA
TOYS OF OUR TIMES, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1987 A SENSE OF HUMOR, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA FAMILY/EXTENSIONS, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX
1986 BABY PICTURES, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
DIBERT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION,
Photography West Gallery, Carmel, CA
COMMITMENT TO VISION,
The Photography at Oregon Gallery, Eugene, OR
1985 10th ANNIVERSARY SHOW, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
CALIFORNIA WORKS, California Exposition, Sacramento, CA
1984 NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
NEW PHOTOGRAPHICS/84, Central Washington University, Ellenberg, WA
1983 UNRESTRICTED COLOR, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
SILVER VISION '83, Silver Vision Gallery, Tulsa, OK
THE NEXT JURIED SHOW, Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
EDUCATION
1984 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA: MFA, Photography
1975-77Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1975 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: Ph.D., Pharmacology
1968 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: BA, Physiology
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2004 Jerome Foundation Travel Study Grant - Bolivia
2000 Bush Leadership Fellowship finalist
1998 Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant
1995 Jerome Foundation Travel Grant
1995 McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship
1991 McKnight Foundation Photography Fellowship
1988 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Visual Artist Fellowship
EXPERIENCE-PHOTOGRAPHY
2008- Curator IFP MN Center for the Media Arts
2003- Art/Science Interface Researcher, Photographer, Teacher
1989-2003 Founder/Executive Director/Curator: Minnesota Center for
Photography (pARTs Photographic Arts)
1997 College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: Instructor of Photography
1989-1993 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.
1987-1988 Eye Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Board of Directors.
1986-1987 University of California, Berkeley(EXT), San Francisco, CA:
Instructor,
1985-1986 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA:
Instructor, non-silver
PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Instituto Chileno Norte Americano, Santiago, Chile
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Prosource, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Dain Bosworth, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Art, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
Hennepin County History Museum, Minneapolis, MN
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth MN
Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
2nd & 5th International Conference on Shamanism and Healing, Iquitos, Peru
Ways of Knowing conference - Indigenous Healing, Minneapolis, MN
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKs
George,Alice Rose, Abigail Heymen, and Ethan Hoffman, Flesh and Blood:Photographers' Images of Their Own Families, Milan, Sfera/Garzanti, 1992 Gellert, Vance, CarlVision, Portland, Blue Sky Press, 1987. Ross, Richard, Babypictures, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum,1986. REAL: Artists and Landscapes (in press)
PERIODICALS
“Rituals of the Andes”, Mary Abbe, Minneapolis StarTribune, June 12, 2008 Vance Gellert, "Pop Art", Utne Reader, September-October, 1996 Abbe, Mary, "Depths of Memory" Minneapolis Tribune, Saturday, February 20,1993, "Readings", Harpers 285:1709, (October 1992): 25. Center for Creative Photography, "A Portrait is Not a Likeness” The Archive 29, 1991. Allara, Pamela and Anne Tucker, "Cross Currents/Cross Country", Views/San Francisco Camerawork, (Fall, 1988): 9, 30. Freeland, Cynthia, "Family/Extensions", Spot, V:3, (Fall, 1987): Cover, 10-11. Gellert, Vance, The Photoreview 8:4, (Fall, 1985): 18, 23. Gellert, Vance, "CarlVision: The Human Condition", Darkroom Photography 7:7,November, 1985): Cover, 38-42 Gellert, Vance, "The Zen of Kwik Print" Darkroom Photography 7:6, (October, 1985):16-20, 24. Gellert, Vance, "Sons and Fathers: Excerpts from CarlVision", San Francisco Magazine 26,(November, 1984): 66-73.