Seth Lower

b. 1981 Ohio. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

San Francisco Art Institute, MFA 2008
The University of Michigan, BFA Photography 2004

Solo Exhibitions

2011
Diamonds Are Forever, WEEKEND, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Mirror, Royal NoneSuch, Oakland, CA

2009
Looking for Lee Ming, The Lab (Front Gallery), San Francisco, CA
Looking for Lee Ming, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

2008
The Raccoon Shirt Coincidence, New Insights, Art Chicago, Chicago, IL. Curated by Susanne Ghez
The Cusp of Greatness, Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011
SVIT L.A., Baxter 5, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Zuzana Blochova and Benjamin Echeverria
Anatomy of a Moment -- It is a Poor Kind of Memory That Only Goes Backwards, Valand School of Fine Art, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Curated by Malin Bernalt, Jasmine Idun Lyman, Mariateresa Silvi, and Louise Waite
Sunny Side Up, Margate Photo Fest, Margate, UK. Curated by Wandering Bears
Over My Dead Body, Root Division, San Francisco, CA. With David Wolf. Curated by Hava Liberman and Laura Boles Faw
Contemporary Photography Invitational, Craft Studio, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

2010
Exquisite Corpse, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, DC
Displacement, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
100 Performances for the Hole – Take Two, and Moments, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA

2009
Exercises in Seeing, Queen’s Nails Projects, San Francisco, CA
The Man Behind the Curtain, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Laura Mott
Silent Eaters, Temescal Contemporary, Oakland, CA. Curated by Ben Echeverria and Jesse Walton
Cross Breeze, Camp Talganie Artistic Farm, Okinawa, Japan
Juried Annual, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. Selections by Ali Subotnik
Depth of Perception, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA

2008
Numbers Game, Rhodes & Fletcher, LLC, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Laura Mott
About Me: Seth Lower, A Solo Show, Sea and Space Explorations, Los Angeles, CA
New Visions 2008, Pro Arts, Oakland, CA. Juried by Lucinda Barnes and Karen Tsujimoto
Young Curators, New Ideas, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Grant Willing
New American Talent: The 23rd Exhibition, Arthouse, Austin, TX; traveling: Texas A&M, Commerce, TX. Juried by Nato Thompson
21st Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
The Myth of Difference, The Gallery Project, Ann Arbor,MI. Curated by Lisa Steichmann
Meet Waradise, New York, NY. Curated by Alana Celii & Grant Willing
Site and Situation, Clara Street Projects, San Francisco, CA. Josh Keller, Barry Beach, Kelly Falzone
Easy to Feel, Hard to Make Happen, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Robyn Engel and Ben Echeverria
Fjord, Fallon Agency, London, UK
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
Home, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Girls, Trees, Teeth, Meat and Strangers, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
3rd Warsaw Photography Festival, Warsaw, Poland
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
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

Press

2011
Gaze, Issue 4, Interview with Tsai, Jia-Zhen, December, 2011
L.A. Record, Seth Lower: Diamonds Are Forever, an interview with Claudia Slanar, July 22, 2011
WEEKEND Blog, In Conversation with Brice Bischoff, July 24, 2011
MeFi Mag, An Issue of Cool, Iced Out: Seth Lower's Missing Diamonds, interview with Josh Steichmann, August 2011
New Odor, Interview, May 10, 2011

2009
Artslant: “I'll Find it if You Stop Talking,” by Chris Fitzpatrick, December 2009
Examiner.com: “Seth Lower: “Looking for Lee Ming” at The Lab in San Francisco,” by Rives Granade, November 3, 2009
Audio guide by David Buuck for Exercises in Seeing, performed by David Buuck and Cassandra Smith
Taipei Times, “Foreign Artists Find Support, Inspiration,” by Shelley Shan, July 21, 2009
Art in America: “The Man Behind the Curtain,” by Joseph del Pesco, July 2, 2009
Shotgun Review: “The Man Behind the Curtain,” by Matthew Rana, July 3, 2009
SFMOMA Open Space: “Behind the Curtain,” by Kevin Killian, June 2009
Artslant: “Pay no Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain,” by Michelle Y. Hyun, June 2009
Solo Show, Humble Arts Foundation (online)
Taipei Times, “Foreign Artists Find Support, Inspiration,” by Shelley Shan, July 21, 2009

2008
Shotgun Review: “Numbers Game at Office Gallery,” by Matthew Rana, September 6, 2008
MyArtSpace Blog: “Art Space Talk: Seth Lower,” May 9, 2008
Washington Post Online: “A Choice Quarterly That’s Well Done, and Rare,” by Peter Carlson, April 15, 2008

Publications

2011
Frog Song, self-published

2010
Man with Buoy, and Other Tales, Little Brown Mushroom Books

2008
Hamburger Eyes, issue 12 (three photographs)
Meatpaper, issue 3 (cover and three-page spread)

Awards, Residencies and Commissions

2009
Artist Residency, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
3rd Place Award, The Depth of Perception, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA

2008
Artist Residency, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Installation, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA. Mystery Ball

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

Teaching

2010
Art Institute of California, Hollywood - Part-time Faculty
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI - Part-time Faculty

2009
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Lecturer I

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SETH LOWER