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  • Solo Exhibitions

    • 2011 John Humble: Los Angeles
      • Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Freiburg, Germany (April-July)
    • Other Places/Venice Beach
      • Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California (April-May)
    • 2010 John Humble: Los Angeles
      • Steiglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium (September-October)
    • Los Angeles: Photographs by John Humble
      • Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (June-July)
    • 2007A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble
      • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
    • John Humble: The Urban Landscape
      • Gallerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (September-October)
    • John Humble: Sunday Afternoon
      • Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, California (November-December)
    • 2005Night Freeways
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 2001The Los Angeles River: 51 Miles of Concrete
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 1999Lifeguard Station 26: Images from the Santa Monica Bay
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 1997John Humble: L.A.
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • Los Angeles: Photographs by John Humble
      • Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, California
    • 1994John Humble: Urban Topographies
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 1990My Widelux on Broadway
      • U. C. Berkeley Extension Center Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
    • 1987My Widelux on Broadway
      • Dillingham Center for the Arts, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
    • 1985John Humble: L.A.
      • Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
    • 1982Cut Rate Photography
      • Pennsylvania State University Art Gallery, College Park, Pennsylvania
    • 1980Cut Rate Photography
      • Idaho State University Art Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
      • California State University Photography Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 1979Solo Exhibition
      • GO Gallery, Dickson Art Center, University of California, Los Angeles
    • 1978Solo Exhibition
      • Newport School of Photography, Newport, California

    Group Exhibitions

    • 2011From the Recent Past: New Acquisitions
      • MOCA, Los Angeles (March-July)
    • 2010This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs
      • Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France (2009-2010)
    • 2009This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs
      • Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (January-April)
    • 2008This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs
      • The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA (June-Sept.)
    • 2007Ingenuity; Photography and Engineering 1849-2006
      • Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium (July 6-September 9)
      • Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal (February 9-May 6)
    • 2005L.A. River Reborn
      • Organized by Sarah Vure
      • Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
    • 2004Fotograaf
      • Organized by Willem Diepraam
      • Dutch Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ReGenerations: Environmental Art in California
      • Curated by Jay Belloli and Elise Barclay
      • Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California (October 2004 – January 2005)
    • Speculative Terrain: Recent Views of the Southern California Landscape
      from San Diego to Santa Barbara
      • Curated by Gordon Fuglie, Director of Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University
      • Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, (September 11 – November 20)
      • Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California, (April 10 – June 26)
      • Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, (December 13, 2003 – February 22, 2004)
    • 2003Ocean View: The Depiction of Southern California Coastal Lifestyle
      • Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California (August 10 – October 5)
      • Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles (Nov 23 – July 27)
    • 2002New Acquisitions, New Work, New Directions 3: Contemporary Selections
      • Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    • 2001Water Works: Photo Works on Water, Power, and the Land
      • Curated by Jerry Burchfield
      • BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
      • Cypress College Photography Galleries, Cypress, California (September 22 – November 3)
    • Rearview Mirror: Automobile Images and American Identities
      • California Museum of Photography, University of California at Riverside
    • 2000Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900 – 2000
      • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
    • 2000Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California
      • Curated by Nora Kabat, Associate Curator, The Friends of Photography
        and Mary-Kay Lombino, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
      • Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, California (January – March)
      • University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach (June-August)
    • Reimagining the Suburbs
      • National Building Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, D. C.
    • Die Entfernung der Fotografie
      • Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
    • Happy Holidays VII
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 1999C.O.L.A. (City of Los Angeles) 1998-99 Individual Artists Grant Exhibition
      • Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California (May 5 – June 20, 1999)
    • Picturing Modernity: Photographs from the Permanent Collection
      • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
    • Art & Architecture: The Collection of San Francisco Civic Center Complex
      • Earl Warren and Hiram Johnson State Office Building, San Francisco, CA
    • 1998The Promise of Home
      • Golden State Museum, Sacramento, California
    • Summer Fun
    • Developing a Collection: The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation and the Art of Photography
      • Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
    • 1997L. A. Current: The Photographer’s Perspective
      • An Installation of Works by Northern and Southern California Artists
        Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles,
        California, (June – November)
      • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (December – March)
    • 1996Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present
      • Curated by Sandra S. Phillips
        San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
        (September 1996 – January 1997)
    • 1995Photography Los Angeles Now
      • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
    • 1993Wings of Change, A Photography Exhibition
      • Curated by Diana Edkins
        The Director’s Guild of America, Los Angeles, California
    • 1991Photographing L.A. Architecture
      • Turner/Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, California (June – July)
    • 1989Multiples
      • Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
    • 1988Five American Photographers
      • Curated by Deidre Garvey
        Traveling exhibition; venues: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (continued into
        1989)
    • Overview: Alumni Exhibition
      • San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
    • 1986The Social and Political Landscape
      • Eye Gallery, San Francisco, California
    • 1985Off the Street
      • Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California
    • Four Photographers, Four Views
      • Curated by Susan Ressler
        Purdue University Art Gallery, Indiana
    • Tenth Anniversary Exhibition
      • Portland Center for the Arts, Oregon
    • 1982Human Interest
      • Brea Cultural Center, Brea, California
    • 1981Year 200: New Views of Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Documentary Project
      • Organized by John Humble
        Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles
        Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles
        Grossmont College Art Gallery, El Cajon, California
        Gallery of the Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, Maine
        (continued into 1982)
    • Galleries Choice
      • Washington State University Art Gallery, Washington
    • 1979Recent Acquisitions
      • Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
    • Contemporary Southern California Photography
      • Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
    • 1977International Postcard Exhibition
      • Smith College Art Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
    • 1976Faculty Exhibition
      • California State University, Long Beach, California
    • Canadada Postcards
      • University of Manitoba Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
    • 1975The Bus Show
      • Curated by Steven Arnold
        Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
    • 1974The Nude
      • Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana

    Collections

    • Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C.
    • The Capital Group, Los Angeles, California
    • The California Endowment, Los Angeles, California
    • Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
    • Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.
    • Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles and New York
    • Disney, Los Angeles, California
    • Freddie Mac, McLean, Virginia
    • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California
    • Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
    • Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, California
    • Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
    • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
    • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
    • Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
    • Banana Republic Collection
    • Bruce and Nancy Berman Collection
    • Northern Trust Bank, California
    • O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California
    • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
    • Aaron Spelling Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, California
    • Stroock, Stroock and Lavan, Los Angeles, California
    • Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
    • State Building Authority of San Francisco Art Collection, San Francisco, California
    • Union Bank, Los Angeles, California
    • Leonard and Marjorie Vernon Collection
    • Michael Wilson, The Wilson Center for Photography, Los Angeles and London
    • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
    • Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
    • MOCA, Los Angeles
    • Bloomingdale’s, Los Angeles
    • Citibank, New York
    • Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium

     

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