SETH LOWER
Education
2008 San Francisco Art Institute, MFA
2006 San Francisco Art Institute, post-baccalaureate certificate
2004 The University of Michigan, BFA Photography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Looking for Lee Ming (American Version), The Lab (Front Gallery), San Francisco, CA (upcoming)
2009 Looking for Lee Ming, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2008 New Insights, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Curated by Susanne Ghez
2008 The Cusp of Greatness, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 The Man Behind the Curtain, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Laura Mott
2009 Silent Eaters, Temescal Contemporary, Oakland, CA. Curated by Ben Echeverria
2009 Juried Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. Selections by Ali Subotnik
2009 Depth of Perception: 4th National Photography Juried Competition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA. Juried by Linda Connor
2009 The Exquisite Corpse Project, Meat Market Gallery, Washington DC (upcoming)
2008 About Me: Seth Lower, A Solo Show, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Numbers Game, Rhodes & Fletcher, LLC, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Laura Mott
2008 New Visions 2008, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. Juried by Lucinda Barnes
2008 Young Curators, New Ideas, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Grant Willing
2008 New American Talent: The 23rd Exhibition, Arthouse, Austin, TX; traveling: Texas A&M, Commerce, TX. Juried by Nato Thompson
2008 21st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2008 The Myth of Difference, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor,MI. Curated by Lisa Steichmann
2008 Meet Waradise, New York, NY
2008 Easy to Feel, Hard to Make Happen, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Robyn Engel and Ben Echeverria
2008 Fjord, Fallon Agency, London, UK
2008 California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, University of California, Davis, CA
2007 I.O.U., Mission 17, San Francisco, CA. Juried by Meg Schiffler, Jeannene Przyblyski, Clark Buckner, and Elaine Santos
2007 Home, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2007 Girls, Trees, Teeth, Meat and Strangers, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 3rd Warsaw Photography Festival, Warsaw, Poland
2007 100 Performances for the Hole, The Garage, San Francisco, CA
2006 Lint Pile (Fashion), Maude Carrin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Working with Neighbors, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2005 Plexus, 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2004 Shift in Focus, Media Union Gallery, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Curatorial Projects
2008 Untitled (Just for You), Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Co-curated with Joe Cornett
2007 I'm Trying, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Press and Publications
2009 Art in America: “The Man Behind the Curtain,” by Joseph del Pesco, July 2, 2009
2009 Shotgun Review: “The Man Behind the Curtain,” by Matthew Rana, July 3, 2009
2009 Solo Show, Humble Arts Foundation (online)
2008 Shotgun Review: “Numbers Game at Office Gallery,” by Matthew Rana, September 6, 2008
2008 MyArtSpace Blog: “Art Space Talk: Seth Lower,” May 9, 2008
2008 Washington Post Online: “A Choice Quarterly That’s Well Done, and Rare,” by Peter Carlson, April 15, 2008
2008 Hamburger Eyes, issue 12 (three photographs)
2008 Meatpaper, issue 3 (cover and three page spread)
2008 Another Country, Edition One Publishing
Awards, Residencies and Commissions
2009 Artist Residency, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 3rd Place Award, The Depth of Perception, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA
2009 Solo Show with Q & A: Humble Arts Foundation (online)
2008 Selected as one of 24 graduate students nationwide for the exhibition New Insights, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2008 Artist Residency, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008 Installation commission, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. Mystery Ball 2008
2007 Hey, Hot Shot! Honorable Mention, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
2006 Prentice & Paul Sack Photography Award, San Francisco Art
Institute
2004 Arthur C. Tagge Award, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI