Stephen Callis

 

 

Education:

1987     California Institute of the Arts, M.F.A. in Photography.

 

1983     University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A. in Art.

 

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2006     -Public Works Cerro Coso College, Ridgecrest, CA.

 

2004     -L.A. River Adjacent... Sundays at Sunset, Brentwood, CA.

 

1995     -As Water Stories Go..., El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA.

 

1993     -La Gran Limpieza/The Big Sweep, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles, CA.

 

            -As Water Stories Go..., Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA.

 

1987        -The Worn Image, Jannetty Hair Salon, West Hollywood, CA.

 

1986     -Class Pictures, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.

 

 

Group Exhibitions:

2007     GaiaÕs Lament: The Earth in Crisis, Griffith Park, 802 Acres, Santa Ana college Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA.

 

1998     The Fotonovela, Murder in My Suite, SFCamerawork, San Francisco, CA.

 

L.A. Stories: Engaging the City, Murder in My Suite, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

 

1997     Co-produced short film Concrete River, directed by Fatima Tobing Rony.

 

1996     L.A. Cross Sections: Four Historical Perspectives, Never while wood burns or water runs will business come down as far as Fifth and Hill, Foundation for Art ResourcesÕ ÒFull Moon GalleryÓ, Los Angeles, CA.

 

1995     -Veracity: Challenging ÒDocumentaryÓ Views, As Water Stories Go..., University Art Gallery, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

 

            -Del (Mal) Uso de la Fotograf’a/The ÒBadÓ Uses of Photography, La Gran Limpieza/The Big Sweep, Jardin Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico.

 

            -Reading Table, Social Engagements: Observations and Personal Narratives, La Gran Limpieza/The Big Sweep, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA.

 

1994     -Del (Mal) Uso de la Fotograf’a/The ÒBadÓ Uses of Photography, La Gran Limpieza/The Big Sweep, Festival Cervantino, Museo Diego Rivera, Guanajuato, Mexico.

 

1992     -World News, This is Not a Bomb, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA.

 

            -Breaking Barriers: Revisualizing the Urban Landscape, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA.

 

1991     -World News, This is Not a Bomb, Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA.

 

1990     -Watts Ô65, To the Rebellion and Beyond, Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Los Angeles, CA.

 

1987     -Retinal Photography, Shown on the Lo-Cal cable show.

 

 

Public Lectures:

1998     Murder in My Suite, SFCamerawork, San Francisco, CA.

 

1997     -As Water Stories Go, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Visiting Artist, Los Angeles, CA.

 

1995     -Notes from Upstream: Navigating the Los Angeles River,   Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, summer lecture series Natural Productions: Landscape and Nature in the City, Los Angeles, CA.

 

            -As Water Stories Go, CalArts Photography Dept. Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Valencia, CA.

 

            -As Water Stories Go, El Camino College Art Gallery, Artist Talk, Torrance, CA.

 

1994     -The Big Sweep,   Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Chicago, IL.

 

            -The Big Sweep/La Gran Limpieza, Labor Arts Festival, San Francisco, CA.

 

            -As Water Stories Go, The Big Sweep/La Gran Limpieza, Orange Coast College.

 

1993     -The Big Sweep, Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Seattle, WA.

 

            -The Big Sweep/La Gran Limpieza, Southwest Labor Studies Conference, Redlands, CA.

 

1991     -Land Without Water, Society for Photographic Education, Western Regional Conference, Buellton, CA.

 

 

Publications:

1997     Murder in My Suite, published by John Brown Books.

 

1997     Co–edited Framework, published by Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies.

 

1994     As Water Stories Go, Architecture California, Spring Issue.

 

1993     The Big Sweep/La Gran Limpieza, published by California Classics Books.

 

1992     As Water Stories Go, Framework, published by L.A.C.P.S.

 

1990     I Called the Fucking Cops Everyday, published in Offramp.

 

 

Grants:

2001     -Friends of the Los Angeles River, Photographic Commission.

 

1995     -City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Grant.

 

1991     -City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Grant.

 

1991     -California Community Foundation, Brody Arts Grant.

 

 

Bibliography

2002     -Maese, Kathryn: ÒHarvard Grad Students to Release L.A. River StudyÓ, Los Angeles Downtown News, Vol.31 No.3 Jan. 21, 2002, pp.10-11.

 

1998     MacAdams, Lewis The River: Books One & Two, p.Cover.

 

1999     -Gumprecht, Blake: The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth, pp.Dust Jacket Cover, title Page, 128, 237, 251, 280.

 

1997     -Lippard, Lucy: The Lure of the Local, p.161.

 

1994     -Kester, Grant H.: "Taking Out the Trash", Afterimage, Summer, New York, NY, pp.15-16.

 

            -Doherty, Jake: ÒPictures worth a Thousand VacuumsÓ, City Times L.A. Times, Feb. 20, p.8.

 

            -Colchie Daisy: ÒBooks Noted and ReceivedÓ, Camerawork, Vol.21, No.1 Spring/Summer.