RWF bio: exhibitions and what not

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Robert W. Fichter
612 W. 8th.. Ave.
Tallahassee, Florida
32303

Birth date: December 30,1939
Fort Myers, Florida

Education

M.F.A.. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1966. Photography
and Printmaking.
B.F.A.. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1963. Painting and
Printmaking.

Professional Experience:

Co-director, Lillian E. Smith Center, Clayton, GA 2005
Named Professor Emeritus, Department of Art, FSU 2006.
Professor, Department of Art
Interim Chair, Department of Art, Florida State University. 88-89
Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art , February 1988
Associate Professor of Art, Florida State University, 1976 through
1983.
Assistant Professor of Art, Florida State University, 1971 through
1975.
Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall 1977.
Visiting Associate Professor of Art, UCLA, 1976.
Lecturer, UCLA, 1971.
Assistant Professor, UCLA 1968-1970.
Assistant Curator of Exhibitions, George Eastman House Museum,
Rochester, NY., 1966-1968.

One person exhibitions:

Return to Kudzu Valley. Rollingstone Press, Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 1997
Paradise Residue, Atelier Alcaniz. Pensacola, Florida March 1995
The Continued Adventures of Bones And Baby Gene Pool. Stetson
University, September, 1991. DeLand, Florida.
Robert W. Fichter – Recent Work. Virginia Beach Art Center, Virginia
Beach, Virginia. July 1991
Dayton Beach Community College, Dayton Beach, Florida. 1991
Baby Gene Pool’s Traveling Circus, Gallery of Art, University of
Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. November, 1990
Miami Photo Group, Miami, Florida, May, 1990
University Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, North
Carolina, February, 1990.
Robert W. Fichter, New Work, The University Gallery at Memphis
State, Memphis State University, Memphis Tennessee, January 6-
February 26 1989
Books and Books, Coral Gables, Florida. Jun. 13, 1987.
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC. Oct.
15, 1986.
CEPA, Buffalo, New York. Mar. 15, 1986.
After Eden. Photographs and Paintings. Pensacola Jr. College, Fine
Arts Gallery, Pensacola, Florida. Feb. 14, 1986.
After Eden. Photographs and Paintings. University of South Florida,
Tampa, Fla. Nov. 19, 1984.
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla. Nov. 18, 1984.
RWF: Drawings, Constructions, Photographs. Fay Gold Gallery,
Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 10, 1983.
RWF. New Paintings, Fredius/Ordover, New York, NY.. Dec. 10, 1983.
James Madison University, Madison, Virginia. Nov. 1, 1983.
Mattingly Baker Gallery, Dallas, Texas. Oct. 1, 1983.
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona. .Sept.. 1, 1983.
Apocalytic Visions. Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, New York.
1983
Robert Fichter: Photography and Other Questions. International
Museum of Photography, Rochester, New York. Dec. 15, 1982.
Traveled to: FSU Fine Arts Gallery, Tallahassee, Fla.. Sept.. 15,
1983. Frederick White Gallery, UCLA. Jan. 18, 1984. Museum of
Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill.. May
19, 1984. Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif. Aug. 1,
1984. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Nov.
10, 1984. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. May 4, 1985.
RWF: New Paintings and Cibachromes. Robert Freidus Gallery, NY,
NY.. Dec. 7, 1982.
Fichter: Drawings, Teaching Gallery, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Fla. April, 1981.
Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, California.
Feb. .19, 1981.
Ko Mo No: recent figurative drawings, Robert Freidus Gallery, NY,
NY.. Feb. .1, 1981.
Invitational 1980: Photographs. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.
New Polaroid Photographs by Robert Fichter and Betty Hahn.
Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC. . June 1980.
Northlight Gallery, University of Arizona, Tempe, Ariz. Nov. 19,
1980.
Gulf Coast Gallery, Tampa, Florida. Jun. 12, 1980.
Robert Freidus Gallery, NY, NY. May 10, 1980.
San Francisco Camerworks Jun. 1, 1978.
The Deguerrian Error. Light Gallery. NY, NY. May 1, 1975.
University of New Mexico Art Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Apr. .1, 1975.
Robert Fichter, Photographer/Film Maker, School of the Chicago Art
Institute. Nov. 13, 1974.
The Black Winged Heart, Light Gallery, NY, NY. Feb. 14, 1974.
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Oct. .15, 1973.
Centaur Gallery, Montreal, Canada. Sept.. 12, 1973.
LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York. Aug. 30, 1973.
School of the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. Mar. 10, 1973.
State University College at Buffalo, NY.. .Oct. 1, 1972.
Center of the Eye, Aspen, Colorado. Jul. 14, 1972.
Infinity Gallery, Seattle, Washington. May 14, 1972.
Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York. Aug. 30, 1971.
Robert Fichter, Recent Photo-drawings, Davis Memorial Union Art
Gallery, University of California at Davis, Calif. May 23, 1970.
Robert Fichter’s Trips, George Eastman House Museum, Rochester,
New York. Aug. 28, 1968.

Group exhibitions:

Florida Photogenesis. Florida State University Museum of Fine Art,
October 2000
Collective Impressions. Tamarind Institute of Lithography.
Albuquerque, New Mexico. University of New Mexico symposium
to honor the 200 anniversary of the invention of lithography.
July 1998.
Contemporary Expressionism from the Permanent Collection. Tampa
Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida.1998.
A Celebration of 25 Years of Light Gallery, International Center of
Photography Midtown, NYC, NY. 1996.
FSU @ FAU, The Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University,
October 1996.
The Assembled Image, Palm Beach Photographic Center, Palm Beach,
Florida. September 1996.
Southern Impressions: Original Lithographs by 36 Important Artists
of the Southeast, Rolling Stone Press and Gallery, Atlanta,
Georgia. July, 1996.
Tamarind: Into the Nineties. Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro. Jan. 1995.
Allan Chasanoff Photographic Collection: Tradition and the
Unpredictable. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston.
Texas.
Winter Salon Exhibition, Graphicstudio/USF USF Technology Center.
Tampa, Florida, December 1993.
Selections from the Permanent Collection, Stetson University,
DeLand, Florida July 1993
The Mediated Image, University Art Museum, Fine Arts Center,
Albuquerque, N/M. Jan. 1993.
Proof: Los Angeles Art and Photography, 1960-1980. Laguna Art
Museum. Oct. 1992. Traveled nationally.
Environmental Terror, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland,
Catonsville Maryland. January 30, 1992. travels to Stephanie Ann
Roper Gallery, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland,
and 1708 East Main Street Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Synthetic Images: Fabricated Photography in Florida, Cornell Fine
Arts Museum at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. November
1991.
Graphic Studio, Contemporary Art From the Collaborative Workshop
at the University of South Florida. National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC. September 1991.
The Ethical Object, Stetson University. DeLand, Florida Jan. 1991.
Seductive Deceptions: The Theatrical Image, University Gallery,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Transformations: Experimental Photography of the Sixties. Harnett
Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY., November,
1990.
Street Engagements: Social Landscape Photography of the Sixties.
South Gallery, International Museum of Photography at George
Eastman House, Rochester, NY., November 1990.
Politics of Process. Five “Photographic Artists,” Atrium Gallery,
November 12-30, 1990. The University of Connecticut at Storrs.
Vari Studios: Recent Collaborations, North light Gallery, School of
Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. March, 1990.
New Photography By Old Friends, Hoffman Gallery, Oregon School of
Arts and Crafts, January 5-29,1989
Photography and Art: Interaction Since 1946, Des Moines Art Center,
June 1, 1988
Reflections: Image of Sand, Sea and Shore, Stein Gallery, Tampa,
Florida. December – Jan. 1989
Under Construction, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, February 1988
Four Florida Photographers, Gillman Stein Gallery, Tampa, Florida,
Feb. 2, 1989
Made in Florida, USF Art Museum, University of South Florida,
Tampa, Florida. Traveling to: Cantini Museum, Marseille, France,
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, Provincial
Museum, Hasselt, Belgium, Centre d’Art en Santa Monica,
Barcelona, Spain and around Florida, March, 1989.
More Made In Florida, Gillman Stein Gallery, Tampa, Florida March
1989.
Light Years, Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of
Maryland, Baltimore County, July 1989
The Cherished Image: Portraits from 150 Years of photography,
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, July, 1989.
Three from Tallahassee – Robert Fichter, Jim Roche, Tyler Turkle,
Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, July 1989
Constructed Realities, Munchner Kunstverein, Munchen, Germany,
1989, catalogue.
The Liberated Image: Fabricated Photography, Tampa Museum of
Art, Tampa, Florida, September 15-November 26, 1989
Capturing an Image: Collecting 150 Years of Photography, Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass., December 1989
At the Water’s Edge: American Beach Photography, Tampa Museum
of Photography, Tampa, Florida, December, 1989.
Fact and Fiction: The State of Florida Photography, Norton Gallery,
West Palm Beach, Florida, March 1990, catalogue, and traveling
to: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Fla., Samuel P. Harn
Museum, University of Florida.
Photographer’s Dialogue: Popular and Preferred Imagery In American
Photography, Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, October-
November, 1989, catalog.
Photography and Art: Interactions since 1946, Los Angeles County
Museum, Los Angles California. Jun. 4, 1987.
Florence Prints, Santa Reporata, University of Texas at San Antonio,
Traveled to St. Mary’s, College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Apr. 6,
1987.
Fabricated Photographs, Carpenter Center for the arts, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass. Mar. 3, 1987.
Independent Associations, Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Mass. Jan. 17, 1987.
Collecting Photographs 1977-1987- selections from the Permanent
Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Fla. Jan. 5, 1987.
The Poetics of Space, Museum of Fine Arts, Sante Fe , New Mexico.
DEC 19, 1986.
Photographic Fictions. Witney Museum of American Art, Fairfield
County, Connecticut, Apr. 14, 1986.
Florida Creates. Paintings and Sculpture, Jacksonville Art Museum,
Jacksonville, Fla. Jan. 16, 1986.
Crealde Invitational 1986, Crealde Arts, Winter Park, Fla.. Jan. .10,
1986.
Extending the Perimeters of Twentieth-Century Photography. San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Aug. 2, 1985.
The End of the World, New Museum, NY., NY. Dec. 1983.
Art Side out. Film in the City, First Banks, Art Billboard project,
Minneapolis, MN.. May 31, 1985.
Modern American Printmaking, Amerika-Haus Hanover, Berlin,
Hamburg, Heidelberg, Koln Munchen, West Germany. May 29,
1985.
Expanding Commitment: Diverse Approaches to Socially Concerned
Photography, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, Md..
Mar. 20, 1985
Disarming Images, national traveling exhibition. Oct. .15, 1984.
Images of Excellence. George Eastman House Museum, Rochester,
New York. Jul. 4, 1984.
Photography in California 1945 to 1984, The San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 15, 1984.
Rochester, An American Center of Photography; 1827-1984,
Rochester, New York. Feb. 1, 1984
Seeing Anew: Noah and the Ark, Wilson Art Center, Rochester, New
York. Jan. 14, 1984.
Photography in America, Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida. Jun. 1,
1983.
The Popular Strain, NY., NY. May 4, 1983.
Still Lives, Museum of Modern Art Lending Service, NY., NY. Mar 19,
1983.
Photographers invite Photographers, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Ill
.Mar 1, 1983.
Dogs, Gallery N.A.G.A., Boston, Mass. Jan. 2, 1983.
The Alternative Image: An Aesthetic and Technical History of
Photographic Printing Processes. John Michael Kohler Arts
Center, Sheboygan, WI. Jun. 1, 1982.
Florida Art Fellows: 1982, Part I. St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts,
St. Petersburg, Fl. Jan. .1, 1982.
American Photography Today. University of Denver, Denver, CO.
Jan. 1, 1982.
Altered States. University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. Jan. 1, 1982.
Photofacts and Opinion. Addison Gallery of American Art. Jan. 1,
1982.
Five Still Lives. Robert Freidus Gallery, New York, NY. Sept. 15, 1981.
Untitled two-person show. Film in the Cities. St. Paul, MN. Apr. 1,
1981.
The Fine Art of Business. DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA. Apr. 1,
1981.
Southern Photographers. Nexus Gallery, Atlanta GA. Apr. 1, 1981.
New Work. The Friends of Photography, Carmel, Ca., Apr. 1, 1981.
1981 Whitney Biennial. Whitney Museum, New York, NY. Mar. 1,
1981.
Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va. Mar. 1, 1981.
Wright Sate University, Dayton, OH. Feb. 1, 1981.
Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL. Feb. 1, 1981.
The New Gallery, Cleveland, OH. Jan. 1, 1981.
Drawing: a Florida Perspective. Florida International University,
Orlando, Fla. Jan. 1, 1981.
1980 Graphics Invitational. Mint museum, Charlotte, NC. Aug. 31,
1980.
Silver Interactions. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL. Jun. 10,
1980.
Aspects of the Seventies; Photography, Recent Directions.
DeCordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, MA. Jun. 1, 1980.
Painting in the Age of Photography, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland.
May-July 1977. Jan., 1977.
Festival of Tasmania, International Art Purchase, Tasmania, Australia
1977. Jan. 1, 1977.
Photography Into Art, an international invitational show. Camden Art
Centre, Camden, England. March 1973. Jan. 1, 1973.
Invitational Photographers Exhibition. Nova Scotia College of Art and
Design, Halifax, Canada 1972. Jan. 1, 1972.
The Photograph as Object 1843-1 National Gallery of Canada, 1970.
Jan. 1, 1970.

Lectures:

South Eastern Regional Meeting, Society for Photographic Education.
Dayton Beach, Fla. 1999. Honored Photo Educator.
South Eastern Regional Meeting, Society for Photographic Education.
Savanna, Ga. Nov. 1993.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. March, 1993
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Patterns
of Influence symposium. Feb. 1991.
Virginia Beach Fine Arts Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1991
Mid- Atlantic Regional meeting, Society for Photographic Education,
UMBC, Maryland. Oct. 1991.
Stetson University, “The Continued Adventures of Bones And Baby
Gene Pool.” DeLand, Fla. Nov. 1991.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 1991
Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona, Florida. 1990
University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 1990
University Northern Iowa , Cedar Falls Iowa, 1990.
Cranbrook Academy of Art ,February 1988.
Memphis State University, Jan. 13, 1989.
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Jun. 13, 1989.
Mesa Community College, “Artists and Critics” Mesa, Arizona,
September, 1989.
Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona, November 30, 1989.
University of New Mexico Art Department. Nov. 9, 1987
University of Maryland, “Progressions 87″. Apr. 29, 1987
Hartwick College. Apr. 16, 1986
Ohio University, College of Fine Art. Feb. 21, 1986
University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.. Nov. 13, 1984
University of South Florida Gallery, USF, Tampa Fla. DEC 15, 1984
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla. Nov. 12, 1984
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.. Dec. 12, 1983
Atlanta Art Institute, Atlanta Ga. Dec. 10, 1983
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 10, 1983.
University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Nov. 29, 1983
James Madison University, Madison Virginia, Nov. 20, 1983.
University of Arizona, Tempe, Ariz.. Oct. 13, 1983.
University of Texas. Oct. 10, 1983.
Le Moyne Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. 18, 1983.

Editions/ Publications:

Florida Photogenesis, Creative and Experimental Photography in
Florida, exhibition catalog published by Florida State University
Museum of Art
Rolling Stone Press, Atlanta, Ga. Lithographs. 1988,1989,1990.
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Lithographs. Nov. 9,
1987.
Graphics Studio, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fla.
Lithographs, intaglio prints, photographs. Dec 10, 1984.
Experimental Print Laboratory, Collaborative Facility, etchings,
lithographs, photographs. University of Arizona, Tempe,
Arizona. Oct. 10, 1984.
Robert Fichter, Photography and Other Questions. Exhibition catalog,
published by University of New Mexico Press and George Eastman
House Museum.
After Eden, an artist book, published by University of South Florida
Art Museum, Tampa, Florida.
A-X Cavation, text by James Huginin, illustration by Robert Fichter,
published by University of Colorado, Department of Art. 1988.

Selected books/catalogs with work reproduced

Proof: Los Angeles Art and Photography 1960-1980. Laguna Art
Museum, Laguna Beach, California. 1993
The Synthetic Image. Fabricated Photography in Florida, Cornell Fine
Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. 1991
Graphicstudio, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 1991
Photographer’s Dialogue. Carother’s and Roberts. Boca Raton
Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida. 1989
Fabricated Photographs. by Anna Hoy, Jan. 12, 1987
Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, published by the
Center for Creative Photography and the New York Graphic Arts
Society. 1987
Collaborative Works,. Recent work and Catalogue Raisonne of the
Visual Arts Research Institute. School of Art, Arizona State
University. Tempe, Ariz. 1986
Masterpieces of Photography From The George Eastman House
Collection. George Eastman House Museum, Rochester, New
York. 1985.
Expanding the Perimeters of Twentieth Century Photography, San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 1985.
Decade by Decade: Twentieth-Century American Photography from
the
International Photography 1920-1980, Australian National Gallery.
Canberra, Australia. 1982
The Photograph Collector’s Guide. Lee D. Witkin and Barbara
London. New York Graphic Society. Little Brown and Company.
1979.

Selected Symposium

Patterns of Influence, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
Arizona. January, 1992.
The Ethics of Change, Atlanta Center for The Arts, 1991.
The Ethical Object, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida. January
1991.
Photography in the Sixties, International Museum of Photography,
Rochester, NY. November 1990.
Movers and Shakers in Florida Photography, Daytona Beach
Community College. July 1, 1989

Recent Collections

Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California. 1998
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. 1997
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. 1996
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia. 1996.
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia. 1996
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia, 1996.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama. 1996
Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia. 1996
Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1996
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Calif. 1993
The University of New Mexico Art Gallery, 1992
USF Editions, National Gallery of Art, Washington. DC., Jan. 1, 1991
The Colorado Collection, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,
1988
“Waiting for the Signal”, Tampa Museum of Art, 1989.
California Museum of Photography, Riverside, Calif. 1984.
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tempe,
Arizona. 1984.
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1984.
Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, Calif., 1984.
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus. 1986.

Grants:

Florida Fine Arts Fellowship. Jan. 1, 1981
NEA Fellowship, 1979. Feb. 12, 1979
NEA Fellowship, Photography. 1984.

Juror:

Art Works, Jacksonville, Florida, May 1995
Exposure2, electronic imagery exhibition for the Society for
Photographic Education national meeting. Atlanta, Georgia. 1994
Florida Center for Contemporary Art member ‘s exhibition. Florida
Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, Florida. 1994.
Second Annual DeLand Fall Festival of the Arts, DeLand, Florida,
November 1994.
Lake Mary-Heathrow Festival of the Arts. October 1994.
Magic Silver Show, University of Northern Iowa, November, 1990.
The Maitland Rotary Arts Festival Oct. 20-21, 1990
Great Gulf Coast Art Show, Pensacola, Florida, November, 1990.
Great Gulf Coast Art Show, Pensacola, Florida, November, 1989.
The 27th Annual Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival. Mar 14, 1986
Alternatives 86. Ohio University, College of Fine Art. Feb. 21, 1986
Florida Fine Arts Council, Media Arts. Jun. 20, 1985.
Bush Foundation Fellowships, Minneapolis, Minn. Nov. 18, 1984

Workshops

Digital Imagery, Friends of Photography, San Francisco, Calif., Jun. 1,
1988
Digital Imagery, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, July
1988.
Memphis State University, January 13, 1989
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, May 12-13, 1989

Exhibitions Curated

Florida Photogenesis, Creative and Experimental Photography in
Florida. Florida State Museum of Art. Traveling 2000
New Los Angeles Photography. Group exhibition organized for the
George Eastmand House and The Oakland Art Museum, Oakland
California. 1966.
Photophantists. An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary
Photography. A national survey of contemporary photographic
activity. Florida State Art Gallery. 1973.
Colors. An exhibition of ten photographic image makers. Limited
edition portfolio produced with work from each artist. Funded
by the National Endowment of the Arts. Florida State University
Art Gallery.1975
Photo Language Notes. An invitational exhibition of contemporary
photography. 25 artist. Florida State University Art Gallery.1978.