BIOGRAPHY

Born:

1953 Widnes, Lancashire, England

Education:

1973 – 1976 London College of Printing, London, England
1972 – 1973 H.N.D. Photography, Distinction, Banbury School of Art, Oxfordshire, England
1965 – 1972 Upholland College, Lancashire, England

Awards:

1989 The Institute for Aesthetic Development Award, Pasadena, CA
1987 Art in Public Buildings Award, California Arts Commission, Sacramento, CA
1981 Imogen Cunningham Award, San Francisco, CA
Zellerbach Award, San Francisco, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2002 “Lace Factories”, Musee des Beaux Arts, Calais, France
2001 The Ralls Collection, Inc. Washington, DC
“Concentration Camps”, Patrimonie Photographique, Hotel de Sully, Paris, France
Herchritt Gallery, Paris, France
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2000 Stephen Wirtz Gallery
“Night Work”, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, CA
Zur Stockeregg Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA
Point Light Gallery, Haymarket, New South Wales, Australia
“Monique’s Kindergarten,” FNAC, Lyon, France
Craig Kull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1999 The Ralls Collection, Inc. Washington, DC
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
“Le Notre’s Gardens,” Musee Jean de la Fontaine, France
Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, England
“Monique’s Kindergarten,” FNAC, Marseilles, France
1998 Mauritz Gallery, Columbus, OH
New Still Lifes and New Landscape, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Verso Photo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Il Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Braga Photography Festival, Braga, Portugal
Gallerie l’Imagerie, Lannion, Brittany, France
Le Notre’s Gardens, Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc., Santa Fe, NM
Le Notre’s Gardens and other European and American Landscapes
Candace Perich Fallery, Katonah, NY
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Monique’s Kindergarten, The Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA
Monique’s Kinderfarten, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
New Work, John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
University of Oklahoma Art Museum, Norman, OH
Le Notre’s Gardens, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, LA
The Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1997 Le Notre’s Gardens, and Monique’s Kindergarten, Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Monique’s Kindergarten, The Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Monique’s Kindergarten, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA
Andrew Smith Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Candace Perich Gallery, Katonah, NY
L’Esprit de Le Notre, Musee Promenade de Marly-le-Roi, Louveciennes, France
Le Notre’s Gardens, Huntington Library, Pasadena, CA
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Marly le Roi, musee Marly-le-Roi, Louveciennes, France
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
1996 Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Candace Perich Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Afterimage Photography gallery, Dallas, TX
“La Promenade des Anglais,” Galerie-Musee Dufy, Nice, France
The Rouge, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA
Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO
Twenty Year Retrospective, Mois de la Photographie, Nice, France
La Promenade des Anglais, Galerie – musee Dufy, Nice, France
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Gallery, JM, Tokyo, Japan
Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, England
1995 ll Tempo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Industrial Revelations: Photographs by Michael Kenna of the Rouge and other Sites
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA
Palm Beach Photographic Museum, Delray Beach, FL
Twenty Year Retrospective, Nicephore Niepce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Finch Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Spectruum Gallery, Rochester, NU
G.Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Catherince Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Le Desert de Retz, The Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL
AOI Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, CA
Zur Stockeregg Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland
Picture Photo Space, Osaka, Japan
Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Halsted Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA


Selected Group Exhibitions:
2000 “Elton John Collection,” High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1999 Intimate Objects Holiday Show, The Ralls Collection, Inc.
“Into the 21st Century,” Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
1998 Intimate Objects Holiday Show, The Ralls Collection, Inc.
California Landscapes: An Urban/Rural Dialogue, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
American Farm Photography Exhibit, The John Jay Homestead and The Candave Perich Gallery, Katonah, NY
Elkhorn Observed: Paintings, Photographs, Drawings and Prints of Elkhorn Slough, Elkhorn
Slough Foundation, Moss Landing, CA
Nice, FNAX Gallery, Montparnasse, Paris, France
Paris sous l’Objectif, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
1997 Urban/Sub/Urban, Louis Stern Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Regards Sur Nice, Musee Matisse, Nice, France
Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1996 Water, Photo Metro Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Now and Then: The First Eight Years, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
La Lune, l’Espace Lezard, Colmar, France
A Centennial Exposed, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
1995 Water, The Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Trees, Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich, Switzerland
Gallery Artists, 1995, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Selection of Photography by Gallery Artists, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Latent Aufust: The Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco
Organized by the National Japanese American Historical Society, San Francisco, CA
Contemporary Photographs from the Museum Collection, The Art Museum, Prnceton
University, Princeton, NJ
Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA

Selected Articles & Reviews:
2000 Whiting, Sam. “Nighttime Artist Has His Day,” San Francisco Chronicle, July 29.
“Grand Tour at the Millennium,” Art on Paper, January-February, p. 59.
1999 “Exploring Personal Vision,” Popular Photography, February, p.71
Kundahl, Gustavus. “Michael Kenna at Stephen Wirtz Gallery,” Artweek, July/August.
1998 Berger, Laurel. “Michael Kenna,” ARTnews, December, p.151.
Brandenburg, John. “Photos Capture Gardens’ Beauty,” The Sunday Oklahoman, June 21, p.2
Gilmore, Joan. “Arts are Cool,” Oklahoma City Journal Record.
Krittenbrink, Debra. ”Andre Le Notre created gardens for France’s Sun King, Louis XIV,” The Norman Transcript, June 5.
Krittenbrink, Debra. “Symposium set in connection with art exhibit,” The Norman Transcript, August 21, p.C5.
Updike, John. “Still lifes tell stories,” The Seattle Times, December 3, p.21.
Long, Andrew. “Landscapes in Flux,” Art & Antiques, December, p.81.
Yamakawa, Michle. “Michael Kenna,” i Magazine, October, No.31, pp.50-59.
Loke, Margarett. “Waiting for Their Role in a Make-Believe World,” The New York Times, July 24, p.E40.
Forgacs, Eva. “Michael Kenna at Craig Krull,” Art Issues, Summer, No.53, p.44.
McKenzie Nichols, Kathryn. “Objects take on a life of their own in photos,” The Monterey County Herald, march 12-18, pp. 7-8.
Forbes, Leslie. “Winter Gardens,” Conde Nast Traveller, February, pp. 78-81.
”Exhibit features photographs of Le Notre’s gardens,” The Norman Transcrript, June 5, p.C6
“Garden history experts to speak,” The Norman Transcript, July 24, p.C4.
1997 Provenzano, Frank. “Listening to a photo exhibit at the Halsted Gallery,” The Observer & Eccentric, December 7, pp.D1-D2.
Cohen, Keri Guten. “Photographic exhibit captures the nostalgia, innocence of kinderfarten,” Detroit Free Press, December 14, p.10H.
Kopolos, Janet. “Michael Kenna at Robert Mann,” Art in America, December, p.95.
Updike, Robin. “The Romance of Louis XIV’s Gardens,” The Seattle Times, September 11.
Hackett, Regina. “Intrusion’ Showcases the Lonely Side of the Landscape,” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Friday, June 6, illus.
“In the Galleries,” Art-Talk, March, illus.
“Buy! Hold! Sell!,” American Photo, March/April, p.46.
Wilson, William. “An Enchanting Look at Royal Gardens,” Los Angeles Times March 1, F12.
“Kenna Photo Exhibit of Le Notre Gardens to Open at Huntington,” San Marino Tribune (and San Marino News), February 6, p.B3.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Lawn Order,” Los Angeles Times, February 16, Calender.
1996 Barrell, Tony. “The Tide is High,” The Sunday London Times Magazine, December 8, pp. 38-45.
“Napa Wine, A Modern Version of a Rare 19th Century Travel Treasure,” San Francisco Examiner Magazine, October 27.
“Septembre de la Photo 96 IV Biennale, La Promenade des Anglais, Regards sur la Photographie Anglaise.” Exhibition Catalogue.
“La Promenade des Anglais,” Camera International, n. 42 ete-automne.
“Industrial Revelations,” The Detroit Monthly, January-February, p.2.
“The Rouge,” Friends of Photography Review, Winter, p.12.
Nichols, Kathryn McKenzie. “Revolutionary Idea: Seeing Beauty in Industrial Landscapes,” Monterey County Herald, June 13-19, p. 13.
“Best Bet,” Los Angeles Times, June 2, p.7.
Garchik, Leah. “Across the San Francisco Bay,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 26.
1995 Klemic, Mary. “Romantic Air Fills Photos,” The Eccentric, December, p.7.
“Poetische Naturbilder,” Cash, January 27.
Brierly, Dean. “The Elkhorn Slough,” Camera & Darkroom Magazine, January.
Los Angeles Times, January 25.
“Visual Haiku,” American Way Magazine, February 1, pp.90-99.
Yomiuri Newspaper, February 27.
Elle Japon Magazine, March.
Murray, Joan. Photo Metro, March.
Miro, Marsha. Romance is subtle in photos of Paris,” Detroit Free Press, May 24.
Rowlands, Penelope. “Mysterious Powers of a French Garden,” San Francisco Chronicle, May 11.
MacAdam, Barbara A. “Fantasy Garden,” ARTnews, Summer.
Silver, Joanne. “Deep and Wide,” The Boston Herald, July 14.
Schwan, Gary. “Picture This,” The Palm Beach Post, November 16, p.4.
Sheffield, Skip. “The Love of the Visual,” The News, November 17, p. 20E.
Grundberg, Andy. “The Rouge,” New York Times Book Review, December 3, p.54.
Colby, Joy Hakanson. “A River Runs Through It,” Detroit News, December 8.
“Site Seeing-The Rouge,” Detroit Monthly, December, pp.1-3.
Murray, Joan. “Musings From the Bay Area #7,” Photo Metro, December.
Photo Museum Moves to new Quarters,” Palm Beach Daily News, November 14, pp.1&3.
Grouf, Nick and Shaugnessy, Kelly. “Investing in Photography – A Follow Up,” The Harbus News,
May 15.
Porges, Maria. “Michael Kenna,” Artforum, February, p.96.
Baskerville, Tim. “Michael Kenna,” Camera & Darkroom, July, pp. 38-47.
Brierly, Dean, “Dook of Reviews: Michael Kenna, A Twenty Year Retrospective,” Camera & Darkroom, July, p.12.
Boxer, Sarah. “Shapes the Eye Cannot See,” The New York Times Book Review, Sunday, may 14, p.16.
Nilson, Lisbet. “Michael Kenna: The Magic of the Witching Hour,” ARTnews, May, pp.109-110.
Okrent, Nell. ”In Retrospect of Self: Michael Kenna’s Inspired Landscapes,” Photo Pro, March/April, p.4.
Haunting Presence: Michael Kenna,” Los Angeles Times, February 2, p.F11.
Fisher, Jack. “Darkness Gathering,” San Jose Mercury News, January 29, p.5B.




Selected Books & Catalogues:

2000 Night Work, Published by Nazareli Press, Tucson, AZ, 80 plates
1999 Into the 21st Century, Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Jose Museum of Art. Published by the San Jose Museum of Art.
1997 Monique’s Kindergarten: Photographs by Michael Kenna, published by Nazraeli Press, Tucson, AZ Introduction by John Bloom. 65 plates.
Le Notre’s Gardens: Photographs by Michael Kenna. Published by RAM Publications, Santa Monica,CA, in conjunction with the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. Text by Eric T. Haskell. 40 quatrotone plates.
1996 The Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis Stevenson.
Published by Arion Press, San Francisco, CA. Limited edition. 16 plates.
1995 The Rouge: Photographs by Michael Kenna. Published by RAM Publications, Santa Monica, CA, Introduction by Ellen Sharp. Essay by Lee R. Kollins, 50 plates.

Public Collections:

Alexander Kieller Museum, Avebury, Wiltshire, England
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Atlantic Richfield Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, New South Wales
Bank des Caisses d’Epargne du Luxembuourg
Bank of America Collection, San Francisco, CA
Bank of Boston Collection, Boston, MA
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Bibliothique Nationale, Paris, France
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
British Oxygen Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Carnavalet Museum, Paris, France
Cargill Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, AZ
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
C.N.A.C., Paris, France
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Consolidated Freightways, Inc., Stanford, CA
De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
First Bank of Minneapolis Collection, Minneapolis, MN
F.R.A.C., Haute-Normandy, France
F.R.A.C., Pays de Loire, France
Frito-Lay Collection, Chicago, IL
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire, England
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Hallmark Cards Collection, Kansas City, MO
Hewlett Packard Collection, Palo Alto, CA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Home Savings and Loan Collection, Irwindale, CA
J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Kalamazoo Art Institute, Kalamazoo, MI
London College of Printing, London, England
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Maison European de La Photographie, Paris, France
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Musee Promenade de Marly le Roi, Louveciennes, France
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Museum of Modern Art, Stasbourg, France
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Nicephore Niepce Museum, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Norton Museum, West Palm Beach, FL
NYNEX Collection, New York, NY
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Pacific Telesis Group, San Francisco, CA
Preus Photography Museum, Horten, Norway
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ
Rayovac Corporation Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO
San Francisco Foundation, San Fancisco, CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Security Pacific National Bank, San Francisco, CA
Snite Museum, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
Southlands Collection, Dallas, TX
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Missouri
Stanford Museum of Art, Stanford, CA
Stanley Morgan Collection, New York, NY
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
University of Michigan Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Victoria & Alberta Museum, London, England
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT