Seth Lower                                               San Francisco, CA

                                       (734) 276-4333 sethlower@gmail.com, www.sethlower.com

 

      

 

Education

 

                        2008    San Francisco Art Institute, MFA

                        2006    San Francisco Art Institute, post-baccalaureate certificate

                        2004    The University of Michigan, BFA Photography

 

Artist Residencies

 

2008      Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

 

Selected One Person Exhibitions

 

                        2008    The Cusp of Greatness, ArtistsÕ Television Access,

San Francisco, CA

                        2008    What it Means, Stillights Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007    Pacifica, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

            Selected Group Exhibitions

 

                        2009    The Exquisite Corpse Project, Meat Market Gallery,

Washington DC

2008    Numbers Game, Rhodes & Fletcher, LLC, San Francisco, CA.

Curated by Laura Mott

2008    Young Curators, New Ideas, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY    

2008    New American Talent: The 23rd Exhibition, Arthouse, Austin, TX.

Juried by Nato Thompson, curator and producer, Creative Time

                        2008    New Insights, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Curated by Susanne Ghez,

Director of The Renaissance Society, Chicago, and curator of

Documenta

2008    Site and Situation, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA

                        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

                        2008    Easy to Feel, Hard to Make Happen, Diego Rivera Gallery,

                                    San Francisco, CA

                        2008    100 Performances for the Hole, The Garage, San Francisco

                        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      3rd Warsaw Festival of Fine Art Photography, Warsaw, Poland

 

Curatorial Projects

 

2008      Untitled (Just For You), Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2007    IÕm Trying, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

            Related Professional Experience

 

                        2008    Guest lecturer, UC Berkeley

2008    Contributing Arts Writer, Buzzine

2007-2008    Teaching Assistant for Harrell Fletcher, Henry Wessel, Alice Shaw, Linda Connor, and Terri Cohn. San Francisco Art Institute

2006-2008    Mentor, First Exposures, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA        

                        2007    Artist Assistant, Mission Voices, Southern Exposure,

San Francisco, CA

 

            Awards

 

                        2008    Ella King Torrey Award nomination, San Francisco Art Institute

                        2008    Art Chicago: New Insights selection (24 graduate students

nationwide from 12 schools)

                        2007    Hey, Hot Shot! Jen Bekman Gallery,

New York, NY. Honorable Mention

2006      Prentice & Paul Sack Award, San Francisco, CA

 

Selected Press & Publications

           

                        2008    Hamburger Eyes, issue 12 (three photographs)

                        2008    Meatpaper, issue 3 (cover and three page spread)

                        2008    Art Space Talk: Seth Lower, MyArtSpace Blog: Interview

                                    With Brian Sherwin 5-9-08

                        2008    Fjord, www.fjordphoto.org