E. F. KITCHEN

I am interested in the way I see an image in my mind. What matters to me first - is the idea behind the work, then comes the technicalities in executing the idea.

I choose the platinum process because it lends itself to a timeless interpretation of the past. The process is an antique printing method developed in the late Nineteen Century and is archival. I strive for the highest quality in my printmaking techniques. I use a large format camera and contact print the original 8 X 10 negative to get all the detail and richness of tone in the print’s surface.

The nature of my work is to capture an essence of a subject that will hold up over time. It has to have a real truth to it, a substance that can be interpreted by successive generations.

BIO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010 Central California Museum of Art, Paso Robles, CA: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2010 Louis Stern Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2010 PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2008 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI: Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique
1996 Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA: Platinum and Polaroid
1994 Santa Monica Library, Santa Monica, CA: Xalapa
1989 Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY: L.A. Portrait Series
1988 Robert Stilz Gallery, Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY: Xalapa
1988 Transco Tower, Houston, TX: Bayou City
1988 Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY: Xalapa
1988 Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA: Photographs of Houston
1987 World Trade Bank, Beverly Hills, CA: Xalapa
1985 Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Special Benefit Exhibition, Venice, CA: L.A. Portrait Series


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 James Beach, Venice, CA: Venice Under the Influence
2013 John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA: Joan Joan Joan! One Subject, Many Artists
2011 Santa Ana College Main Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA: Mysterious Objects, Portraits of Joan Quinn
2011 Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, Santa Barbara, CA: Distilled Moments: Still Lifes from the Permanent Collection
2011 Musée d’art & d’archéologie, Aurillac, France: Espaces composés
2009 artHAUS, Venice, CA: Los Angeles / Berlin
2007 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: Houston Wilderness: A Collaboration
2005 Acadiana Center for the Arts (ACA), Lafayette, LA; The Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX; The Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, OH: The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were
2004 Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA: The Photography Show
2004 Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN; Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle, WA: The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were
2003 Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH: The Greatest Album
Covers That Never Were
2002 Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA: Paintings and Photographs
2000 G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA: Flora
2000 The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD: Snapshot
2000 House of Photographic Arts, San Juan Capistrano, CA: Flora and Fauna
1999 G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA: Surprise Surprise
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO: Florals: Unique Visions
1998 Stamford Art Association, 18th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT: Sand Dollars Red and Blue
1998 The Ralls Collection, Inc., Washington, D.C.: Falling in Love, Kissing
1998 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA: Flora
1998 Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA: The Nature of Curves
1997 Gensler, Santa Monica, CA: Disparate Landscapes
1997 Westfall Art, Newport Beach, CA, and Los Angeles, CA: All Blue Almost, Works of Art (curated by B. A. Bengston)
1997 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg; Evans Gallery, Portland, ME: Kissing
1996 Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Current: The Full Spectrum
1996 Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX: Members’ Exhibition
1996 Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas, TX; Halsted Gallery, Birmingham,
MI; Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA; SK Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, OR; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY: Kissing
1995 Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO; G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Mitsukoshi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan: Kissing
1995 Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA: From Here to Eternity: Projects Exploring the
Temporal to the Eternal
1995 UCLA Art Rental and Sales Gallery at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and
Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Photography: The California Focus
1994 Mitsukoshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan: Kissing
1994 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA: New Acquisitions/New Work/ New Directions 2: Photography from the Collection
1994 Photography: The Platinum Gallery, Santa Fe, NM: Flowers, Gardens, and Landscapes
of Springtime
1994 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC: Flora Photographica:
The Flower in Photography from 1835 to the Present
1993 Photography: Platinum Plus, Santa Fe, NM: Flowers, Gardens, and Landscapes of Springtime
1993 The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON; The New York Public Library, New York, NY; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC: Flora Photographica: The Flower in Photography from 1835 to the Present
1992 The Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, CA: Water Series
1989 FotoFest Gallery, Houston, TX: Photographs from the Friends of FotoFest Collection
1989 Central Bank of Lexington, Lexington, KY: Xalapa
1988 Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX: The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1988 Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Rondanini, Rome, Italy; Accademia di Belle Arti, Genoa, Italy: Sky Series
1988 Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN: The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1988 Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston FotoFest, Houston, TX: L.A. Portrait Series
1988 Artquest ’88, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Portraits—Steve Ehrlich
1986 Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA:
The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1986 Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA: The Flower Show (curated by David Koslow)
1985 Musees D’Aurillac, Aurillac, FR: Sky Series
1984 Paris Art Center, Paris, FR: Sky Series


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2009 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
2009 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1993 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1993 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1992 New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
1988 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection, Houston, TX
1985 Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, FR
1985 Musees D’Aurillac, Aurillac, FR


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

2008 John Ratti, Amherst, MA
2007 Penn Sicre, Mallorca, Spain
2001 Mr. & Mrs. Kenny Price, Venice, CA
2000 Elton John Collection, Atlanta, GA
1999 Michael S. Whalen Collection, Pasadena, CA
1998 Michael G. Wilson Collection, Malibu, CA
1997 Joyce and Michael Axelrod Collection, Novato, CA
1996 Jane Wyeth Collection, New York
1991 Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Mathew Wolf Collection, Location n/a
1988 James Coburn Collection, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Weston Naef Collection, Pacific Palisades, CA


CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

1999 Polaroid Corporation Collection, Cambridge, MA
1997 Arnold, White & Durkee Collection, Houston, TX
1988 Enron Corporation Collection, Houston, TX
1987 Hughes & Luce Collection, Dallas, TX

PUBLICATIONS

2012 Harpers Magazine, Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages, October Issue
2012 Exposure: A Competition Celebrating the Power of the Image, by Jeffery Aldrich, Managing Editor
2011 Artes Magazine, "Contemporary Photography Slows World Down for Closer Look," by Helen Glazer,
November 7, 2011
2011 Mysterious Objects, Portraits of Joan Quinn by Amanda Quinn Olivar & J Cheryl Bookout (SAC Foundation)
2010 Time Out New York, “Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages,” The Middle Ages come to life,
by Kenny Herzog, July 8-14 Issue
2010 Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages by E. F. Kitchen (powerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY)
2008 View Camera, September/October Issue
2003 The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were by Michael Ochs and Craig Butler
(The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH): Skull
2000 Bottoms by Edward Lucie-Smith (Barnes & Noble Books, New York, NY): Mors in Lutetia #2
2000 Flora by Edward Lucie-Smith (Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY):
Magnolia Flower
1999 Sex: Portraits of Passion by John Williams (Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY):
Mors in Lutetia #2
1998 Adam: The Male Figure in Art by Edward Lucie-Smith (Rizzoli, New York, NY): Mors in Lutetia #8
1997 72 Market St. Dishes It Out!: A Collection of Recipes and Portraits from a Classic Venice
Restaurant by Roland Gilbert with Robert Lia (Wave Publishing, Venice, CA): Untitled
1991 Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography from 1835 to the Present by
William A. Ewing (Simon & Schuster, New York, NY; also published in 2002 by Thames
and Hudson, London, GB): Magnolia II
1991 1989 Appointment Calendar (The Music Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA)
1988 Angeles Magazine: “Capturing the Essence”
1988 Album Cover, Therese Schroeder-Sheker (Windham Hill): The Queen’s Minstrel
1987 Album Cover, Malcolm Dalglish, Grey Larsen, and Pete Sutherland (Windham Hill): Metamora
1987 Album Cover, Ian Matthews (Windham Hill): Walking a Changing Line


REVIEWS AND AWARDS

2011 International Photography Awards, First Place, Fine Art, Portrait, “Suburban Knights:
A Return to the Middle Ages”
2010 The New Times, SLO, “Art, the anti-desk,” by Anna Weltner, November 10, Vol. 25, Issue 15
(http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/5228/art-theantidesk)
2010 The Tribune, San Louis Obispo, CA “Modern History,” by Patrick S. Pemberton, October 25
(http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/10/25/1341613/modern-history.html)
2010 Paso Robles Press, “Paso Robles inivited to take a journey through the ages,” by Hayley Thomas
October 22
2010 NPR, The Picture Show: “Gather Ye Old Suburban Knights.” By Claire O’Neil
(http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/14/129852912/knights)
2010 The Los Angeles Times, Review: “The Glint of Armor,” by Scott Timberg
2010 The New Yorker Online (http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2010/07/suburban-
knights.html) “On and Off the Walls: Suburban Knights,” by Katrina Budelis
2010 The Baryon Review, (http://thebaryonreview.blogspot.com/) “Suburban Knights,” by Barry Hunter
2010 Time Out New York, “Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages,” The Middle Ages come to life,
by Kenny Herzog, July 8-14 Issue
2010 The New Yorker Online (www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/03/the-middle-ages-meet-
suburbia.html), "The Middle Ages Meet Suburbia," by Caroline Dworin
2008 Wausau Daily Herald (www.wausaudailyherald.com), Review:"Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique,"
by Keith Uhlig
2008 Portalwisconsin.org, Review:"Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique," by Casey Mysliwy
2000 Sunspot.net, Baltimore, MD, Review: “Glimpsing, but Not Seeing” by Glenn McNatt
2000 The Washington Post and The Washington Post Online, Washington, D.C., Review: “1,300 Snapshots, One Surreal Show” by Michael O’Sullivan
2000 Baltimore City Paper Online, Baltimore, MD, Review: “The Contemporary Showcases a Massive Collection of Snapshots” by Mike Giuliano
2000 Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore, MD, Review: “A Few Words About 1,000 Pictures” by Mike Giuliano
1998 Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, Review: “Photographers Make Ordinary Seem Unusual” by Claudine Ise
1996 Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Review: “Enrich the Holidays with Art”
1989 Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Review: L.A. Portrait Series
1988 Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Review: Xalapa
1988 Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, Review: Bayou City
1988 Houston Post, Houston, TX, Review: Bayou City
1986 Interview: L.A. Portrait Series


INTERVIEWS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2010 Art Catalogues/Dagny Corcoran at LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, Speaking Engagement:
Converersation with E.F. Kitchen and Leo Braudy
2010 Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, Speaking Engagement: Conversation with E. F. Kitchen
2010 PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY, Speaking Engagement: Conversation with E.F. Kitchen and
Charles Desmarais, Deputy Director of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art.
2008 The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum (Wausau, WI), Speaking Engagement:
“Suburban Knight: The Warrior Mystique”
2008 CBS_WSAW NewsChannel 7, 6 O’clock & 10 O’clock News,April 18, 2008, interview
with E.F. Kitchen on “Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique”
2004 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Speaking Engagement: “Recent
Acquisitions: Eugene Atget, Brett Weston, William Garnett, Milton Rogovin,” Point of View
Gallery Talks Series
1998 The Joan Quinn Profiles, Century Cable, Los Angeles, CA, Guest: E. F. Kitchen
1996 Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, “Conversation with Photographer,
E.F Kitchen”
1992 The Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, CA, Artists’ Round Table : Water Series
1991 Century Cable TV, Sherwood Communications, Interview: The Venice Art Walk: A Celebration that Supports Community Health
1991 Century Cable TV, Patricia Shields Productions, Interview: On Modern Art
1989 Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Review: L.A. Portrait Series Lecture


STILL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MOTION PICTURES

1972 Muzzers, Feature Film, O.E.T. Productions, Paris, FR
1971 Kill A Little, Talk A Little, Modern Dance Spectacle – Premiere at the Festival International de Chateau-Vallon (Provence), O. E. T. Productions, Paris, FR


FEATURE FILMS

1977 - Associate Producer, Teen Angel, Ed Pressman Productions, LA, CA
1975 - Executive Producer, Dream Center, Luc & Lisa, Inc., Paris, FR
1973 - Director of Photography, Stuck, O.E.T. Productions, Paris, FR


EDUCATION

1971 New York University School of the Arts, Institute of Film and Television, New York, NY
1969 A.A., Bennett College. Millbrook, NY
1969 Certificat Pratique de Langue Francaise, Universite de Paris, Paris, FR

REPRESENTATION

G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Baxter & Cook, San Francisco, CA
House of Photographic Arts, San Juan Capistrano, CA


UPDATE: AUGUST 2014 - Apil 30-2017

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2015 Gallery 169, Santa Monica, CA: Visions in Platinum

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2016 Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach, FL: Who is Joan Quinn? A Life in Portraits

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
2017 UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA

PUBLICATIONS:
2015 Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies, Cover photograph, "Aaron Palomides of Buckminster," Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages, 2010, 63, "Race-ing the dragon: the Middle Ages, race and trippin' into the future", by Cord J. Whitaker (Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 2015 Vol. 6, 3-11

REVIEWS AND AWARDS:
2017 Photo Independent, "Best in Show Exhibitor", Juried by Paul Martineau, photo curator at the Getty Museum

Addition from 2011
2011 Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies, "Nostalgia on my mind," by Carolyn Dinshaw (Macmillan Publishers Ltd.), Vol. 2, 2, 225-238

Women In Photography International Charter Member

E. F. Kitchen
Venice, CA
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File GALLERY complete August 30, 2014
s-8/30
Support Materials sent book 3/2015
UPDATE -Photographer response - UPDATE: AUGUST 2014 - APRIL 2017

UPDATE FINAL May 2017 COMPLETE website 1999-2017 womeninphotography.org file transfer to the Beinecke.
All organization files, computer, external hard drive, printed materials, photographs, DVDs, books, competitions files and onsite installation art work.


Update, 4/14/2015 physical materials, book,

4/2015

Suburban Kights,
A return to the Middle Ages.
July 20, 2010

with a beautiful handwritten note to Jean Ferro and the Beinecke Library.