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Box 90
46 Enzahed Road
Bigfork, MT 59911
406.837.5295 (h)
E-mail: fotoes1@gmail.com
www.stephenlehmer.com
EDUCATION
M.F.A.
- California Institute of the Arts
1985 Valencia, California
Major: Art/ Photography
B.F.A
- San Francisco Art Institute
1972 San Francisco, California
Major: Art/ Photography
1965
- Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Major: Architecture and Art
1964
- University of Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Major: Architecture and Art
SELECTED RECENT
EXHIBITIONS
3/2007 - Parsons Gallery
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, California
One Person Show
7/2004
- The New Wight Gallery, UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Group Show
2/2004
- University Center Gallery
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
One Person Show
12/2003
- Translight Colors Gallery
Montrose, California
One Person Show
12/2002
- BC Space
Laguna Beach, California
Group Show
11/2002
- Test strip Gallery
California College of Arts
Oakland, California
Group Show
10/2002 - Café Bolivar &
Gallery
Santa Monica, California
One Person Show
4/2000
- The Perfect Exposure Gallery
Los Angeles, California
One Person Show
2/2000
- "Last Image of The Millennium"
The Perfect Exposure Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Group Show
9/1999
- Orange Coast College
Fine Arts Gallery
Costa Mesa, California
One Person Show
LECTURES
&
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2007
- Harvey Mudd College
Claremont College
Lecture on personal Work
2005 - Advisory Committee (participant)
School of Fine Arts and Communications
Cerritos College
Norwalk, California
2004 - Society of Photographic Education
Pasadena, California
Portfolio Reviews
2004
- The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Lecture on Personal Work
2004 - University Center Gallery
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Lecture on Personal Work
2003 - Society of Photographic Education
Discuss curricular differences between
Flathead Valley Community College
and UCLA
Reno, Nevada
2002 - Cal State Long Beach (Photography
Class)
Bolivar Gallery, Santa Monica, Ca
Lecture on Personal Work
2002
- Society of Photographic Education
Oakland, California
Lecture on Personal Work
2000
- Cal State Long Beach (Photography
Class)
Perfect Image Gallery, Los Angeles
Lecture on Personal Work
1999 - Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, California
Lecture on Personal Work
1999
- Burren College of Art
Ballyvaughn, County Clare,
Ireland
Lecture on Personal Work
1999
- Pomona College
Claremont, California
Lecture on Personal Work
1999
- Southwest Oral History Association
Annual Conference
Panel Moderator
"The Original Residents of
Palm Springs,
The Cajuilla Indians
1998
- University of California, Irvine
Lecture on Personal Work
1997
- UCLA, Department of Art
Lecture on Personal Work
1996
- Oral History Interview
with Robert Heinecken
University Research Library
University of California, Los Angeles
1995
- Electronic Photographic Collage
Designed, Created & Awarded
To
Stuts Terkel
At the National Oral History Conference
1995 - Southwest Oral History Association
Annual Conference
"The Ethics of Image Making
& Reconsidering
Authorship"
1994
- Society of California Archivists
"Bits & Bytes: Digital
Imaging" (Panelist)
"Photography: Perpetuating
The Myth of Reality?"
1994
- Society of Photographic Education
Western Region, Annual Conference
"The Ethics of Image Making
& Reconsidering
The Role of the Subject"
1994
- Southern California Institute
of Architecture
"A History of Image Manipulation
& Related
Ethical Considerations"
1985
-87 - Los Angeles Center for Photographic
Studies
Exhibitions Committee (Chair, 1986-87)
1977 -97 - Photography Judge for
4-H
Flathead, Sanders, Lake Counties
Montana
WORK
EXPERIENCE
2005
-present
Working Artist
Bigfork, Montana
1987 - Photography Area Manager
2005 Art Department
University of California, Los Angeles
1988
-96 - Studio Assistant to
Robert F. Heinecken
Los Angeles, California
1986
-95 - Faculty- Photography
University of California, Los Angeles
University Extension
1992
-94 - Photographic Editor/ Researcher
American Indian Studies Center
University of California, Los Angeles
1988 -90 - Faculty (Adjunct) - Photography
Chaffey College
Alta Loma, California
1986
- Faculty (Adjunct) - Photography
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, California
1984
-85 - Teaching Assistant
California Institute of The Arts
Valencia, California
1977 -83 - Faculty - Photography
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, Montana
1977
-83 - 4-H Leader - Photography (County-Wide)
Flathead County Extension Service
Kalispell, Montana
1979
-82 - Director
Instructional Media Center
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, Montana
1975
-77 - Director
Hockaday Center For The Arts
Kalispell, Montana
1972 -75 - Photographer - Freelance
Mill Valley, California
1966 -69 - International Paper Company
Package Design Division, Photographer
Burlingame, California
GRANTS &
AWARDS
1992
- Institute of American Cultures
University of California
Crow Indian Photo-Documentary &
Oral History Project
1984
& 1985 - Lew & Edie Wasserman
Scholarships
California Institute of The Arts
2000
- RANGER RICK MAGAZINE April 2000
Story By Frank Asch
Contributing Photographer
1995
- UP RIVER
Frank Asch, Author
co-Photographer W/ Ted Levin
Simon & Schuster, Spring 1995
1994
- NATIVE AMERICA: PORTRAIT OF THE
PEOPLES
Photographic Editor &
Contributing Photographer
Edited by Duane Champagne
Visible Ink Press, Spring 1994
1994
- ALCATRAZ: INDIAN LAND FOREVER
Photographic Editor &
Contributing Photographer
Edited by Troy R. Johnson
UCLA, American Indian Studies Center,
Fall 1994
1994 - NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ALMANAC
Co-Edited by Cindy Rose & Duane
Champagne
Contributing Photographer
2 Volumes, Native American Reference
Library
UXL Press, Summer 1994
1994 - CHRONOLOGY OF NATIVE NORTH
AMERICA
Edited by Duane Champagne
Contributing Photographer
Gale Research, Inc., Spring 1994
1993 - NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ALMANAC
Photographic Editor &
Contributing Photographer
Edited By Duane Champagne
Gale Research, Inc., Fall 1993
AFFILIATIONS
- Southwest Oral History Association
- Montana Historical Society
- Snake River Alliance
- Montana Environmental Information
Council
REFERENCES
- Kevin Red Star
Artist
Roberts, Montana
(406)
- James Welling, Professor
Art Department
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 470-6281
- Sheila Pinkel, Professor
Art Department
Pomona College
(909) 621-8000, Ext. 2685
- Joyce Neimanas, Professor
Photography Department
University of New Mexico
(505) 345-1625s
- Ed Heckerman, Professor
Photography Department
Cerritos College
- Mary Kelly, Professor
Art Department, Interdisciplinary
Area Head
University of California, Los Angeles
(310) 476-0099