BIRTHPLACE
San Francisco, CA, 1955
REPRESENTATION
Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Twenty-five Years: Typologies, Projects and Portfolios, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City
Desuetude, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica
2012 Fields of Information, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011 The Machine in the Garden: Photographs by Jeff Brouws (2009-2011)
Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY
Approaching Nowhere, Walter E. Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Toledo, OH
2010 Excerpts From the Narrative: selections from the After Trinity and Approaching Nowhere series (1987-2009), Galeria Toni Tapies, Barcelona, Spain
2009 Approaching Nowhere, Kenyon College, Olin Art Gallery, Gambier, OH
2007 Approaching Nowhere, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Approaching Nowhere, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Approaching Nowhere, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Approaching Nowhere, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 American Typologies, Gallery Seomi, Seoul, South Korea
2003 American Typologies, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
American Typologies, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
American Typologies, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Inside the Live Reptile Tent, Robert Mann Gallery, New York City, NY
Inside the Live Reptile Tent, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Photographs by Jeff Brouws, Ralls Collection, Washington DC
2000 The Myth of Mobility, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, CA
A City Renewed, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1999 Eight from Vegas, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Highway: America's Endless Dream, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Highway: America's Endless Dream, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
A Landscape Laid Quiet, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Highway: America's Endless Dream, Museum Ludwig, Aachen, Germany
1997 Midway, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Highway: America's Endless Dream, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996 Highway: America's Endless Dream, Galerie Brigette Ihsen, Cologne, Germany
1994 Excerpts From The Narrative, The Fielding Institute, Santa Barbara, CA
1989 Views From Ground Zero, De La Guerra Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1980 Death and Transfiguration, Visible Light Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016

Ed Ruscha: Books & Co., Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
CAPP at Ten: The Shape of Remembering, Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland

2015

And Now It's Dark: American Night Photography, Diffusion: Cardiff Photography Festival, Wales.The Road, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
The Road, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
Ed Ruscha and Tributes: Choisi, ArtPhilein Foundation, Lugano, Switzerland

2014 And Now It's Dark: American Night Photography, Dejanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham, with Will Steacy, Todd Hido, Reni Burri, Jack Delano and Klein
Homeland (IN)Security: Vanishing Dreams, Dorsky Gallery, New York City, With Alec Soth, James Casebere, Andrew Morre and others
Route 66: The Road and the Romance, Autry National Center, Los Angeles
2013 The Dwelling Life of Man with works from Martin Z. Margulies collection, Kunsthal in Amersfoort, Netherlands
Ed Ruscha Books & Co., Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Car Culture: Art of the Automobile, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Ed Ruscha Books & Co., Gagosian Gallery, NY
2012 Contested Territories, University of Massachusetts, Amhearst
Portrayal / Betrayal, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Behind the Wheel, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Permanent Way, (with Justine Kurland, Mark Ruwedel, Victoria Sambunaris, and James Welling, apexart, NY
The Dwelling Life of Man with works from Martin Z. Margulies collection, Foundation Foto Collectania, Barcelona, Spain
2011 The Dwelling Life of Man with works from Martin Z. Margulies collection, Pedro Barrié Foundation in A Coruña, Spain
Baltz, Becher, Ruscha w/ Jeff Brouws in The Project Room, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY
Contemporary Landscape Photography, Cleveland Museum of Art
The Life and Death of Buildings, Princeton University Art Museum
The Altered Landscape, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2010 Deep Looking: Cultural Landscapes in Photography and Film, St Lawrence University
On The Road: The Legacy of Walker Evans, The Robert Lehman Art Center, Brooks School, North Andover, MA
Road to Nowhere (curated by Natasha Egan) Houston Fotofest
La photographie n’est pas l’art. La collection Silvio Perlstein, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, Belgium
2009 La photographie n’est pas l’art. La collection Silvio Perlstein, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Berkus Collection, Alan Hancock College, Santa Maria, CA
2008 Remembering Dakota, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Road Trip, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2007 Oog-Eye: Photographs from Collection Dancing Bear, FOAM Fotografie museum, Amsterdam
Contemporary, Cool and Collected, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Easy Rider: Road Trip Through America, Yancey Richardson Gallery, NY
Made in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Ingenuity: Photography and Engineering (1846-2006), Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
2006 Suburban Escape, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2005 Wordplay, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2003 The Altered Landscape, Norsk Museum of Photography, Norway
Summer Life, Alice Austen House Museum, New York, NY
Wait Until Dark, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
Elegy: Contemporary Ruins, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2002 Obsession, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Friends of the West, Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara, CA
The Mural As Muse, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Made in CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Lake Austin Fine Arts, Austin, TX
Starlight on the Rails, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
Trailer, Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA
One Hundred Years of Vernacular Signage, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY
Drive-Ins: Disappearing Summer Cinema, Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
1999 Summer Reading, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
New Voices/New Visions, University Art Gallery, University of CA, San Diego
Blind Spot #7, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Counter Culture: The Diner in America, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Drive-Ins: Disappearing Summer Cinema, Yancy Richardson, New York, NY
1997 Vegas: Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
XX-Sight, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
CA Currents, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
IAP Award Winners Exhibition, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
1995 Santa Barbara/New York Photographers, Jerrold Burchman, Santa Barbara, CA
The Home Show, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1994 Chair-ity, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1991 Remembering Marion Post Wolcott, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA
1990 The Fund for Santa Barbara Auction, De La Guerra Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1988 Santa Barbara Arts Festival, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1987 Homeless in Paradise, Frameworks Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1986 Santa Barbara Museum of Art Competition, Arts Council Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
1984 Santa Barbara Collects, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
COLLECTIONS
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art
The Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Princeton University Art Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Henry Art Museum, Seattle
Spencer Museum of Art
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
North Dakota Museum of Art
Margulies Collection, Miami
Berman Collection, Los Angeles
Microsoft
Fannie Mae
Nash Editions
CA Endowment
Brookings Institute
University of Maryland
St Lawrence University
Rhode Island School of Design
Goldman-Sachs Corporate Collection, New York City
Fidelity Investment Corporation, New York City
Genentech, South San Francisco
Santa Barbara County Arts Commission, Santa Barbara
CA Supreme Court, San Francisco
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, New York City and London
West Collection
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Prentice and Paul Sack Collection, San Francisco
Ed Ruscha
Marion Post Wolcott
Jay DiBiaso, Miami
Sofia Coppola and Spike Jones
Rodrigo Prieto
Robert Sobieszek
Robert Venturi, Philadelphia
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS (TWENTYSIX ABANDONED GASOLINE STATIONS)
The Museum of Modern Art
The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago
The George Eastman House
MIT Special Collections
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections
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