BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
1977/81 Masters of Art, San Francisco State University, CA
1975 Bachelors of Art, San Francisco State University, CA (Honors -- Cum Laude)
1972-73 College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
1971 San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1970-71 Instituto del Arte, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (Full Scholarship)
SELECTED AWARDS
2013-2014
Fellowship, The Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2007-2009
Artist-in-Residence, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
2007
Award, Artadia: The Fund for Art & Dialogue
1987
Visual Arts Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1981
Visual Artist Fellowship in Photography, National Endowment for the Arts
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SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014
Cinque Mostre - Time & Again, American Academy in Rome, IT
2013
trans/literate, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
trans/literate, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Reparations, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Morphology, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
A Narrative History of the Light Bulb, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
2007
A Narrative History of the Light Bulb, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Re-Classifying History, 101 California Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA
2005
Re-Classifying History, de Young Museum (inaugural), San Francisco, CA
Catherine Wagner: Early Works 1975-1981, California Landscapes and Moscone Site, Gallery, Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Trilogy: Reflections on Frankenstein, the Arctic Circle, and the History of Science, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2003
Cross Sections: Catherine Wagner, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2002
12 Areas of Concern and Crisis, Installation at Comme des Garcons, Kyoto, Japan
2001
Cross Sections: Catherine Wagner, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Catherine Wagner: Selections 1980-2000, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Art on Paper, Datz Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Tradition of Mayhem, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2012
Yale University Art Gallery Re-Opening, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Silver Curtain, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Altered Landscape, The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Polaroid [Im]possible, WestLicht - Museum of Photography, Vienna, Austria
HERE, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, C A
2010
Know the Rules - Then Break Them, di Rosa, Napa, CA
The Gallery of California Art, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, May, (3 Scrolls)
State of Mind: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, Feb-June
Masterworks of American Photography: Popular Culture, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Real and HyperReal, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The View From Here, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
State of Mind, A California Invitational, MOPA, San Diego, CA
2009
75 Years of Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2007
Bios 4, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC ), Seville, Spain
2004
Kurzdavordanach, SK Stiftungkultur, Koln, Germany
2003
Public Record, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
COLLECTIONS (partial listing)
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky
Bibliotheque National de Paris
CCA Montreal
Center of Creative Photography
Chase - Manhattan Bank
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
First National Bank of Chicago, IL
Hewlitt Packard Corporation
International Center of Photography, New York
La Salle Bank
Levi Strauss Corporation
The Library of Congress
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art - Smithsonian Institution, NY
E. L. Wiegand Gallery, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
The Oakland Museum, CA
Progressive Corporation
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Sprint Corporation
Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Walker Art Center, MN
Whitney Museum of Art, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, CT
Works
GREEN ENERGY2006, 21.5" x 48.5" 54 x 122cm, LAMBDA Print
ODE TO YVES2006, 24" x 58" 61 x 147cm, LAMBDA Print
Portrait 08 18.25” x 14.5” 46x37cm, LAMBDA Print
Portrait 2212.5” x 14” 32x36cm, LAMBDA Print
SHIP Ⅱ 1999, 40" x 70" 101.6 x 177cm, C-Print
THE 1890S2006, 19" x 48.5" 48 x 122cm, LAMBDA Print
UTOPIA2006, 20.5" x 47.5" 52 x 160cm, LAMBDA Print
Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
Absalom Absalom!, William Faulkner2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
Tropic of Canger, Henry Miller2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
The Trial, Franz Kafka2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
1977/81Masters of Art, San Francisco State University, CA
1975 Bachelors of Art, San Francisco State University, CA (Honors -- Cum Laude)
1972-73 College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
1971 San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1970-71 Instituto del Arte, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (Full Scholarship)
SELECTED AWARDS
2013-2014 Fellowship, The Rome Prize, American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
2007-2009 Artist-in-Residence, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
2007 Award, Artadia: The Fund for Art & Dialogue
1987 Visual Arts Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1981 Visual Artist Fellowship in Photography, National Endowment for the Arts
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2014
Cinque Mostre - Time & Again, American Academy in Rome, IT
2013
trans/literate, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
trans/literate, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
Reparations, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Morphology, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
A Narrative History of the Light Bulb, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
2007
A Narrative History of the Light Bulb, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Re-Classifying History, 101 California Street Lobby, San Francisco, CA
2005
Re-Classifying History, de Young Museum (inaugural), San Francisco, CA
Catherine Wagner: Early Works 1975-1981, California Landscapes and Moscone Site, Gallery, Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Trilogy: Reflections on Frankenstein, the Arctic Circle, and the History of Science, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
2003
Cross Sections: Catherine Wagner, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2002
12 Areas of Concern and Crisis, Installation at Comme des Garcons, Kyoto, Japan
2001
Cross Sections: Catherine Wagner, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Catherine Wagner: Selections 1980-2000, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000
Realism and Illusion: Catherine Wagner Photographs the Disney Theme Parks, Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Art on Paper, Datz Museum of Art, Gwangju, South Korea
Tradition of Mayhem, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2012
Yale University Art Gallery Re-Opening, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
Recent Acquisitions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Stage Presence: Theatricality in Art and Media, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Silver Curtain, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
The Altered Landscape, The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Polaroid [Im]possible, WestLicht - Museum of Photography, Vienna, Austria
HERE, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, C A
2010
Know the Rules - Then Break Them, di Rosa, Napa, CA
The Gallery of California Art, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, May, (3 Scrolls)
State of Mind: A California Invitational, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, Feb-June
Masterworks of American Photography: Popular Culture, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Real and HyperReal, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The View From Here, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
State of Mind, A California Invitational, MOPA, San Diego, CA
2009
75 Years of Looking Forward: The Anniversary Show, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2007
Bios 4, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC ), Seville, Spain
2004
Kurzdavordanach, SK Stiftungkultur, Koln, Germany
2003
Public Record, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
COLLECTIONS (partial listing)
Berkeley Art Museum, University of California
The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky
Bibliotheque National de Paris
CCA Montreal
Center of Creative Photography
Chase - Manhattan Bank
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
First National Bank of Chicago, IL
Hewlitt Packard Corporation
International Center of Photography, New York
La Salle Bank
Levi Strauss Corporation
The Library of Congress
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art - Smithsonian Institution, NY
E. L. Wiegand Gallery, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
The Oakland Museum, CA
Progressive Corporation
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
San Jose Museum of Art, CA
Sprint Corporation
Tokyo Institute of Polytechnics
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Walker Art Center, MN
Whitney Museum of Art, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, CT
WORKS
GREEN ENERGY2006, 21.5" x 48.5" 54 x 122cm, LAMBDA Print
ODE TO YVES2006, 24" x 58" 61 x 147cm, LAMBDA Print
Portrait 08 18.25” x 14.5” 46x37cm, LAMBDA Print
Portrait 2212.5” x 14” 32x36cm, LAMBDA Print
SHIP Ⅱ 1999, 40" x 70" 101.6 x 177cm, C-Print
THE 1890S2006, 19" x 48.5" 48 x 122cm, LAMBDA Print
UTOPIA2006, 20.5" x 47.5" 52 x 160cm, LAMBDA Print
Women in Love, D.H. Lawrence2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
Absalom Absalom!, William Faulkner2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
Tropic of Canger, Henry Miller2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
The Trial, Franz Kafka2013, 21 3/4" x 49 1/8", Diptych 54x125cm, Archival Pigment Print with Braille
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