Steve Kahn | American, 1943 -
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Joseph Bellows Gallery; La Jolla, CA; Corridors 1979/2013
2013 Galeria Sanchez de Lamadrid; Jerez de la Frontera, Spain;
Being There 1967-6
2012 Joseph Bellows Gallery; La Jolla, CA; The Hollywood Suites
2002 Centro de Investigaciones Etnológicas; Granada, Spain; New York – El Metro (Catalog)
1981 De Beyerd Museum; Breda, Holland (Catalog)
Yvon Lambert Gallery; Paris, France
Basel Art Fair (Yvon Lambert Gallery); Basel, Switzerland
1980 International Culturel Centrum; Antwerp, Belgium (Catalog)
Rosamund Felsen Gallery; Los Angeles
1979 Young/Hoffman Gallery; Chicago
Cronin Gallery; Houston
Rosamund Felsen Gallery; Los Angeles
1977 Broxton Gallery; Los Angeles
1976 The Texas Center for Photographic Studies; Dallas
1975 California State University; Los Angeles
American Cultural Center; Paris, France
USIS Cultural Program; Milan, Rome & Naples, Italy
1974 The Photographers’ Gallery; London, England
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 "Silver Curtain"; Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008-2012 “Flamenco Project”; various venues in Spain (Cádiz, Córdoba, Jerez de la Frontera, Sevilla and
Utrera; (Catalog)
2003 “Sinmisterios del Flamenco”; Centro de Investigaciones Etnológicas; Granada, Spain; (Catalog)
2002 “Here is New York”; Traveling Exhibition; Images from the 9/11 Attack on the WTC
1999 “Blur and Modernism / Dreaming and Becoming”; Les Rencontres Internationales de la
Photographie d'Arles (Catalog)
1992 “Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, 1960-1980”; Laguna Art Museum,
California (Catalog)
“L’Art Amerécain 1960-1992”; Museé de Toulon, France (Catalog)
1986 “Five Years of Acquisitions”; Museé de La Roche-sur-Yon, France
1984 “La Photographie Creative”; Pavilion des Arts de la Ville de Paris
1983 “Color Photography”; Oakland Museum of Art, California
“Young Talent Awards; l963 - 1983”; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Catalog)
1982 “Contemporary Tryptychs”, Claremont College, California (Catalog)
“Target III: In Sequence”; Photographic Sequences from the Target Collection of
American Photography; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Catalog)
1981 “Locations”; California State College, San Bernardino
“Wallworks”; University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Catalog)
1980 “Situational Imagery”; University of California, Irvine
Annina Nosei Gallery; New York City
1979 “Attitudes: Photography in the 1970’s”; Santa Barbara Museum, California (Catalog)
“DeCointet, Hernandez, Holste, Kahn” Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
“The Anthony G. Cronin Memorial Collection”; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Catalog)
“The Altered Photograph”; PS1, New York
1978 “Interchange”; Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles (Catalog)
“Contemporary California Photography”; Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco (Catalog)
1977 “Creative Photography of the 20th Century from the Collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale”;
Museé Nationale D’Art Modern et Culture George Pompidou, Paris
“Emerging LA Photographers”; Friends of Photography, Carmel, and the International Center of
Photography, New York City, (Catalog)
1976 “Exposing: Photographic Definitions”; Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (Catalog)
“Contemporary American Photography”; University of California, Los Angeles (Catalog)
“Sequences”; Broxton Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 “8 Artists from LA”; San Francisco Art Institute
1974 “Light and Substance”; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Catalog)
1973 “24 from LA”; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Catalog)
Public Collections
J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles
High Museum; Atlanta
University of New Mexico; Albuquerque
Bibliotheque Nationale; Paris, France
University of California at Los Angeles
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Power Gallery of Contemporary Art; Sydney, Australia
De Beyerd Museum; Breda, Holland
Museum of Modern Art; Toulon, France
Museé de La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Seagrams Collection; New York
Awards and Grants
1980 Photographer Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts
1979 Young Talent Purchase Award; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publications
2015 Corridors 1979; Nazraeli Press, One Picture Book
2014 The Hollywood Suites, 1974-1976, Nazraeli Press
2010 Flamenco Project; Cajasol | Obra Social (Spain); Steve Kahn, Editor
1999 SoHo New York; Rizzoli International Publications
1973 Stasis; Independently Published Monograph of 22 Photographs
Education
1966 BA Reed College; Portland, Oregon
Teaching Experience
2003 Instructor, Digital Photography & Advanced Photography; Pratt Institute, NYC
2002 Instructor; Digital Photography; Pratt Institute, NYC
2000 Guest Lecture, RIT
1981 Guest Artist; Chicago Art Institute (Week-long Workshop)
1978-79 Instructor; Graduate Program, California Institute of the Arts
Personal Data
1943 Born in Los Angeles, California
1968-85 Lived and Worked in Los Angeles
1986 Moved to New York City
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Joseph Bellows Gallery; La Jolla, CA; Corridors 1979/2013
2013 Galeria Sanchez de Lamadrid; Jerez de la Frontera, Spain;
Being There 1967-6
2012 Joseph Bellows Gallery; La Jolla, CA; The Hollywood Suites
2002 Centro de Investigaciones Etnológicas; Granada, Spain; New York – El Metro (Catalog)
1981 De Beyerd Museum; Breda, Holland (Catalog)
Yvon Lambert Gallery; Paris, France
Basel Art Fair (Yvon Lambert Gallery); Basel, Switzerland
1980 International Culturel Centrum; Antwerp, Belgium (Catalog)
Rosamund Felsen Gallery; Los Angeles
1979 Young/Hoffman Gallery; Chicago
Cronin Gallery; Houston
Rosamund Felsen Gallery; Los Angeles
1977 Broxton Gallery; Los Angeles
1976 The Texas Center for Photographic Studies; Dallas
1975 California State University; Los Angeles
American Cultural Center; Paris, France
USIS Cultural Program; Milan, Rome & Naples, Italy
1974 The Photographers’ Gallery; London, England
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 "Silver Curtain"; Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008-2012 “Flamenco Project”; various venues in Spain (Cádiz, Córdoba, Jerez de la Frontera, Sevilla and
Utrera; (Catalog)
2003 “Sinmisterios del Flamenco”; Centro de Investigaciones Etnológicas; Granada, Spain; (Catalog)
2002 “Here is New York”; Traveling Exhibition; Images from the 9/11 Attack on the WTC
1999 “Blur and Modernism / Dreaming and Becoming”; Les Rencontres Internationales de la
Photographie d'Arles (Catalog)
1992 “Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, 1960-1980”; Laguna Art Museum,
California (Catalog)
“L’Art Amerécain 1960-1992”; Museé de Toulon, France (Catalog)
1986 “Five Years of Acquisitions”; Museé de La Roche-sur-Yon, France
1984 “La Photographie Creative”; Pavilion des Arts de la Ville de Paris
1983 “Color Photography”; Oakland Museum of Art, California
“Young Talent Awards; l963 - 1983”; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Catalog)
1982 “Contemporary Tryptychs”, Claremont College, California (Catalog)
“Target III: In Sequence”; Photographic Sequences from the Target Collection of
American Photography; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Catalog)
1981 “Locations”; California State College, San Bernardino
“Wallworks”; University of Southern California, Los Angeles (Catalog)
1980 “Situational Imagery”; University of California, Irvine
Annina Nosei Gallery; New York City
1979 “Attitudes: Photography in the 1970’s”; Santa Barbara Museum, California (Catalog)
“DeCointet, Hernandez, Holste, Kahn” Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles
“The Anthony G. Cronin Memorial Collection”; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Catalog)
“The Altered Photograph”; PS1, New York
1978 “Interchange”; Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles (Catalog)
“Contemporary California Photography”; Camerawork Gallery, San Francisco (Catalog)
1977 “Creative Photography of the 20th Century from the Collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale”;
Museé Nationale D’Art Modern et Culture George Pompidou, Paris
“Emerging LA Photographers”; Friends of Photography, Carmel, and the International Center of
Photography, New York City, (Catalog)
1976 “Exposing: Photographic Definitions”; Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (Catalog)
“Contemporary American Photography”; University of California, Los Angeles (Catalog)
“Sequences”; Broxton Gallery, Los Angeles
1975 “8 Artists from LA”; San Francisco Art Institute
1974 “Light and Substance”; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (Catalog)
1973 “24 from LA”; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Catalog)
Public Collections
J. Paul Getty Museum; Los Angeles
High Museum; Atlanta
University of New Mexico; Albuquerque
Bibliotheque Nationale; Paris, France
University of California at Los Angeles
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Houston Museum of Fine Arts
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Power Gallery of Contemporary Art; Sydney, Australia
De Beyerd Museum; Breda, Holland
Museum of Modern Art; Toulon, France
Museé de La Roche-sur-Yon, France
Seagrams Collection; New York
Awards and Grants
1980 Photographer Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts
1979 Young Talent Purchase Award; Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publications
2015 Corridors 1979; Nazraeli Press, One Picture Book
2014 The Hollywood Suites, 1974-1976, Nazraeli Press
2010 Flamenco Project; Cajasol | Obra Social (Spain); Steve Kahn, Editor
1999 SoHo New York; Rizzoli International Publications
1973 Stasis; Independently Published Monograph of 22 Photographs
Education
1966 BA Reed College; Portland, Oregon
Teaching Experience
2003 Instructor, Digital Photography & Advanced Photography; Pratt Institute, NYC
2002 Instructor; Digital Photography; Pratt Institute, NYC
2000 Guest Lecture, RIT
1981 Guest Artist; Chicago Art Institute (Week-long Workshop)
1978-79 Instructor; Graduate Program, California Institute of the Arts
Personal Data
1943 Born in Los Angeles, California
1968-85 Lived and Worked in Los Angeles
1986 Moved to New York City