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ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
“Long Light: Photographs by David Lebe”. Philadelphia Museum of Art
2009
“Flora: Selections From 30 Years of Work”, Sol Mednick Gallery,University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1999
“David Lebe”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1988
“Selected Images”, Janvier Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
“New Work”, McNeill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1987
XYZ Gallery, Ghent, Belgium.
1986
“Truth Fantasy: David Lebe Photographs”, Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD.
1985
Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Russel Sage Gallery, Troy, NY.
“Light Drawings and Painted Photograms”, Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York, NY.
1982
“Light Drawings and Painted Photograms”, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1977
The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA.
1973
The Greenhouse Gallery, Millbrook, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
"Flora Imaginaria" Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota Florida.
2019
“Photography After Stonewall” Soho Photo Gallery, NY, NY.
2014
“Poetics of Light: Contemporary Pinhole Photography; Selections from the Pinhole Resource Collection”. New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe.
2012
“What Was I Thinking: 25 Year Anniversary”. Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago.
2010
“Ordinary Things”, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
2009-10
“Common Ground: Eight Philadelphia Photographers in the 1960s and 70s: Will Brown, Emmet Gowin, Catherine Jansen, William Larson, David Lebe, Sol Mednick, Ray K Metzker, Carol Taback”, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2009
“Afterglow: Four Photographers + the Hand-Held Light” Robert Flynt, David Lebe, Warren Neidrich, Gary Schneider, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
“Other Nature”, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, NY
“Paradoxes of Modernism”, Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
2005
“The Silver Garden”, Philadelphia Museum of Art
2002
“Hometown: Philadelphia-area Photographers in the photo Review”, Exhibit 231 Gallery.
“Lightstruck”, Emerge Gallery, Greenville, NC.
“PHOTOS”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY.
2000
“Male Nudes”, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson NY.
1998
“Wessel + O’Conner Gallery, New York, NY.
1995
“The Nude: Beyond the Studio”, The Philadelphia Art Alliance.
1994
“David Lebe, Jock Sturges, Susan Fenton, Anne McDonald”, Paul Cava Gallery, Phila., PA.
“Scott O’Hara: Portraits, Nudes & Hard Dick Images”, Mark I. Chester Studio, San Francisco, CA.
“Go Figure”, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1993
“Flora Photographica”:
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
The New York Public Library, New York, NY
The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal, Montreal, Ontario.
“Photographs from a Private Collection”, Hopkins House Galley, NJ.
“Fronts and Backs”, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“The Alternative Eye”, Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA.
1991
“Sexart”, Mark I. Chester’s Folsom Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
“The Figure Exposed: 4 Photographers”, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1990/91
“Selections from the Graham and Susan Nash Collection”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
1990
“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Artspace, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
“Personal/Political:Sexuality Self-defined”, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“Contemporary Philadelphia Artists”, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
“Identities, Portraiture in Contemporary Photography”, Philadelphia Art Alliance.
“New Directions in Photography; Sue Abramson, Norinne Betjemann, Susan Fenton, David Lebe”, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
“Gallery Artists”, Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1989
“Fictive Strategies”, The Squibb Gallery, Princeton College, Princeton, NJ.
“Hard Choices & Just Rewards”, a traveling exhibition of works by recipients of Visual Arts Fellowships awarded by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts in 1987 and 1988.
Levy Gallery: Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA.
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA.
Johnstown Art Museum, Johnstown, PA.
Blair Art Museum, Hollidaysburg, PA.
“Positive I.D.”, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA.
“Night Light, 20th Century Night Photography”:
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.
plus 10 regional Museums.
1988/89
“Through a Pinhole Darkly”:
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY
Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts, Roanoke, VA
De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Photographie D’Ile de France, Paris, France.
1988
“Hothouse”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
1986
“Poetic Injury: The Surrealist Legacy in Post Modern Photography”, Alternative Museum, New York, NY.
“Compassion”, Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
“Stalking the Light”, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ.
1986/87
“Philadelphia Photographers International:
Cigna Corporation, Philadelphia, PA.
Free Library of Philadelphia, PA.
Tianjin Fine Arts College, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China.
1987
“Hand Altered Photography”, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX.
“Mutual Respect”, Vanguard House, Philadelphia, PA.
1985/86
“The Visionary Pinhole”:
Images Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
University Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
“Artists for Pride”, Philadelphia Lesbian and Gay Task Force, Philadelphia, PA.
1985
“New Artists, New Works”, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, IL.
“Photograms”, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
1984
“Lebe, Phillips, Salzmann, Young: Photographs of the Figure”, Schumaker Hall Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, Gettysberg, PA.
“Painted Photographs”, Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York, NY.
“Hand Colored Photography”, Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York, NY.
“Contemporary Philadelphia Photographers”, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
“Radical Photography: The Bizarre Image. George Dureau, George Febres, Marlon Fuentes, David Lebe, Cynthia MacAdams, Robert Mapplethorpe, John R. Miller, Kate Millett, Lucas Samaras, Arthur Tress, Joel-Peter Witkin”, Nexus Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
1983
“Nudes!”, Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York, NY.
1983/84
“Lensless Photography”:
The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
The IBM Gallery, New York, NY.
1983
“Pennsylvania Photographers III”, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA.
“Handmade Camera: Contemporary images” Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Elkins Park, PA.
1981
Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York, NY.
1980
“Made in Philadelphia 5”, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
1979
“Cross References: The Photograph As A Point Of Departure, The Sol Mednick Gallery, The Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
1976
“The Hand Colored Photograph”, Philadelphia College of Art Gallery.
1975
“Seven Photographers Seventy Five”, Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
COLLECTIONS
Philadelphia Museum of Art (major collection)
Art Institute Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA.
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Hallmark Photographic Collection, Kansas City, Missouri.
Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA.
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA.
The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA.
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA.
Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD.
Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
FIUWAC – Free University World Art Collection, Amsterdam, NL.
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA.
First National Bank of Chicago.
Tokyo Marine and Fire Corporation.
Bell Atlantic, Philadelphia, PA.
Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, PA.
Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL.
Elton John
Graham and Susan Nash
David Mahoney
Miller/Plummer, Philadelphia, PA.
Henry S. McNeil Jr., New York, NY.
Hope Proper, Moorestown, NJ.
MONOGRAPHS
Long Light: Photographs by David Lebe. Book. Peter Barberie, Yale University Press & Philadelphia Museum of Art. 2019
Pinhole Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2, “David Lebe”. Whole issue of the journal. Eric Renner with Interview by Richard Kagan of David Lebe. 1995. Link to interview
Truth Fantasy: David Lebe Photographs. 16 page catalog. Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, MD. 1987.
BOOKS & CATALOGS
Flora Photographica: The Flower In Contemporary Photography, book, William A. Ewing & Danaé Panchaud, Thames & Hudson, London & New York, 2022
Photography After Stonewall. book. Editors, Bill Travis & Larry Davis. Soho Photo Gallery, NY, NY. 2019.
Poetics of Light: Contemporary Pinhole Photography; Selections from the Pinhole Resource Collection. book. Eric Renner & Nancy Spencer. Museum of New Mexico Press. Santa Fe, 2014.
Photographic Possibilities, Third Edition, book, Robert Hirsh, Focal Press, 2009.
New York Nocturne, The City After Dark in Literature, Painting, and Photography, 1850 -1950, book, William Chapman Sharp, Princeton University Press, Princeton & Oxford, 2008
Le Sténopé, De La Photographie Sans Objectif, book, Jean-Michel Gallery et Elisabeth Towns, PhotoPoche – Actes Sud, 2007
The Polaroid Book: Selections From The Polorid Collection of Photography, book, edited: Steve Crist, forward: Barbara Hitchcock, Taschen, Koln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005.
Photo Sex, book, edited: David Steinberg, foreword: A. D. Colman, Down There Press, San Francisco, 2003.
The Male Nude Now, book, David Leddick, Universe/Rizzoli, New York, 2001.
Love and Desire, book, William A. Ewing, Chronicle Books, 1999.
Pinhole Photography, book, Eric Renner, Focal Press, Newton, MA., 1995.
The Homoerotic Photograph: Male Images from Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe, book, Allen Ellenzweig, Columbia University Press, New York, 1992.
Flora Photographica, book, William A. Ewing, Thames & Hudson, London; Simon & Schuster, New York; Velo, Paris; SDU, Amsterdam, 1991.
Fully Exposed: The Male Nude in Photography, book, Emmanual Cooper, Unwin Hyman, London, Sidney, Wellington, 1990.
Photographic Possibilities, book, Robert Hirsch, Focal Press, 1990 & 2008.
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, book, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990.
Identities: Portraiture in Contemporary Photography. catalog. Peter Hay Halpert. Philadelphia Art Alliance. 1990.
Night Light: A survey of 20th Century Night Photography, Catalog, Keith F. Davis. The Nelson-Atkins Museum plus 10 other museums. Photographs from the Hallmark collection, 1989.
Hard Choices: Just Rewards,a traveling exhibition of works by recipients of Visual Arts Fellowships awarded by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts in 1987 and 1988. Catalog. Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. 1989.
Searching Out the Best, book, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1988.
Exploring Color Photography, book, Robert Hirsh, Wm. Brown,1988.
Through a Pinhole Darkly, catalog, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY, 1988.
Photography, Art & Technique, book, Alfred A. Blaker, Focal Press, 1988.
Poetic Injury, catalog, G. Roger Denson, Rosalind Kraues, and Suzan Boettger, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY, 1987.
Stalking the Light, catalog, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, 1987.
The Visionary Pinhole, book, Lauren Smith, six reproductions and cover, Peregrine Smith Books, Gibbs M. Smith, Inc., Layton, Utah, 1985
The ICP Encyclopedia of Photography, p. C-51, Pound Press, Crown Publishing, NY, 1984.
Affects/Effects, catalog, Philadelphia College of Art, 1983.
Radical Photography: The Bizarre Image. George Dureau, George Febres, Marlon Fuentes, David Lebe, Cynthia MacAdams, Robert Mapplethorpe, John R. Miller, Kate Millett, Lucas Samaras, Arthur Tress, Joel-Peter Witkin. catalog. D. Eric Bookhardt. Nexus Gallery. Atlanta, GA, 1984.
Made in Philadelphia 5, catalog, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1980.
Broad Spectrum, catalog, Philadelphia College of Art, 1980.
SELECTED ARTICLES
Collector Daily. “David Lebe, Long Light.” Richard B. Woodward. August 12, 2019. Link to online article
Aperture. “Let Us Now Praise David Lebe.” Matthew Leifheit. April 24, 2019. Link to online article.
Art in America. “The Body Made Light.” Jameson Fitzpatrick. April 22, 2019. Link to online article
Hyperallergic. “A Photographer’s Infinite Infinitude.” Lev Feigin. April 22, 2019. Link to on line article
Philadelphia Gay News. “David Lebe: Picture Perfect Exhibition at PMA.” Suzi Nash. April 4, 2019, Link to online article
The Advocate. “17 Experimental Photos by Philadelphia Artist David Lebe. Christopher Harrity.” March 5, 2019, Link to online article
Photography Quarterly # 92, of the Center for Photography at Woodstock, 5 images from “Morning Ritual”, 2006.
A & U Magazine, cover story on Scott O’Hara and ‘Gallery Section’ portfolio of “Morning Ritual” pictures, November,1997.
Photo Review, “An Interview with David Lebe”, Richard Kagan, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1995.
Euros, “David Lebe”, Portfolio and article, Don H. Mader, No. 25, 1995.
Libido, portfolio with introduction by Bernard Welt, Chicago, 1989.
Pinhole Journal, “Portrait and Self”, Eric Renner, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1989.
Pinhole Journal, “Landscape and Metaphor”, Eric Renner, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1988.
Ten-8, “Homoseuxalities, Part One, USA”, Sunil Gupta, Birmingham, England, Vol. 31, Winter, 1988.
Arts Magazine, “David Lebe”, Thomas Gartside, October, 1985.
Darkroom Photography, “Open to Light: The Photography of David Lebe”, Janis Bultman, Vol. 6, No. 2, March/April 1984.
Camera Arts, “Photography’s Alter Ego”, Charles Hagan, Vol. 3, No. 5, 1983.
The New Art Examiner, article, December, 1983.
The Advocate, a portfolio of light drawings, issue 347, 1982.
Philadelphia Photo Review, Vol. 5, Nos. 2 and 3, 1981.
Today Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pinhole Photographs, Nov. 11, 1973.
POSTERS & MISCELLANY
Lensless Photography, poster, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 1983.
David Lebe, poster, Cava Editions, Philadelphia, PA, 1981.
Spring Emphasis, poster, INA Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 1981 (“Best of Show” Award, Philadelphia Art Directors Club, 1982).
Seven Photographers Seventy Five, Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1975.
Co-Editor, Barbara Blondeau, 1938-1974, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY and the Philadelphia College of Art, 1976.
GRANTS
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship, 1989.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Associate Professor of Photography, University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art), 1986-90
Instructor of Photography, Philadelphia College of Art, 1972-1985.
Coordinator of the Photography Certificate Program, Continuing Studies Department, The Philadelphia College of Art, 1978-1982.
EDUCATION & PERSONAL DATA
The Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1966-1970.
High School of Music and Art, New York, NY, 1962-1966.
Born New York City, March 23, 1948.
PAST GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Paul Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Marcuse Pfeifer Gallery, New York, NY.
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
The Vantage Gallery, Amsterdam, NL.
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY