Education:
1980 MFA, Arizona State University, Tempe
1977 BFA, Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology
Employment: Drexel University. 1985- 2019
Professor Emeritus, Photography. Antoinette Westphal College of Media Art and Design
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 The Space, Philadelphia, "Oculus"
2022 Aurelia Gallery, New Mexico. "Oculus".
2011 Southeast Museum of Photography, "Signs and Wonders"
2006 Sepia International Inc., New York, "Forest"
2005 Gallery 339, Philadelphia
2002 Sepia International, Inc., New York
2000 Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles
2000 Snyderman Gallery, “Earthen Sky,”
1999 Sepia International, Inc., New York
1998 Snyderman Gallery, "Language of the Land,"
1996 Snyderman Gallery, "Eyes of the Forest," Philadelphia
1989 Morris Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
1988 Orange Coast College, Stuart Rome, Photographer, L.A.
1988 Cavin-Morris Gallery, Stuart Rome, Haiti
1985-1986 Maya Treasures of An Ancient Civilization, Exhibition and Book
The Albuquerque Museum of Art, New Mexico Dallas
Museum of Art, Royal Ontario Museum,
The American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City, Kansas
1978: Int.l Museum of Photography at The George Eastman House
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2025 | “A Certain Slant of Light”. Pearlstein Gallery. Drexel University |
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2017 |
“Wisdom and Nature” Phillips – London, Paris and New York City |
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2016-17 |
Princeton University Art Museum |
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2015 |
“Enchanted Landscapes”. The Curator Gallery, New York. |
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2013 |
“The Mythology of Florida” Ogden Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA. |
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“Creative Hand, Discerning Heart” James Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA, |
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“Pant”, Gallery 339. Philadelphia, PA. |
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2009 |
Small Landscapes – Gallery 339 “Natura” Rochester Contemporary |
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2007 |
“Natura” Nina Freudenheim Gallery. Buffalo, NY |
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Sepia International Inc., New York, "Branching Out" |
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2006 |
The Aftermath Project. Los Angeles, CA |
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Michael Dawson Gallery –NYC. |
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Peer Gallery, 10th Annual Friends of Friends Photo Auction |
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benefiting Angkor Hospital for Children |
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Works on Paper, Arcadia University. |
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Selected by Cornelia Butler, Curator of Prints and Drawings, MOMA |
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2004 |
Fotofest 2004, Water as Ritual, Houston |
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Glorious Harvest: Photographs from the Michael Hoffman collection |
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Philadelphia Museum of Art. |
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Reflecting Buddha. Pasadena Museum of California Ar |
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2002 |
Sepia International, Inc., "Dream Street," New York Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia |
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2001 |
Arcadia University, 'Snapshot," |
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Philadelphia Lancaster Museum of Art & Main Line Art Center, |
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Penn Council on the Arts Awards Exhibition |
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2000 |
Sepia International, Inc., New York |
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1999 |
Abbington Arts Center, “Contemplation,” Philadelphia |
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1998 |
Philadelphia Art Alliance, "Heart of the City," Philadelphia |
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Arcadia University, "Works on Paper," Curator - Mark Rosenthal, - Guggenheim |
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Selected Group Exhibitions, cont. |
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1996 |
"Delaware Biennial" Wilmington Museum of Art, Delawar |
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Kobe Aid Fund, World Photo Art Exhibition and Auction, Organized by Eikoh |
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Hosoe |
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1993 |
Philadelphia Convention Center, "Art in a Public Place," |
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1992 |
"Haiti, Flesh of Politics, Spirit of Voodoo,” (traveling, 1991-1992), , |
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University of Connecticut Art Center |
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1989 |
Fleisher Art Memorial, Challenge Grant, Philadelphia 1988: |
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Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York |
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1987 |
Port of History Museum, Philadelphia |
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1986 |
Manchester Community College, "The Large Print," curator Siegfried Halus. |
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1985 |
Light Work, Everson Museum, Ten Years Artists in Residence, Syracuse |
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1982 |
Northlight Southwest Juried Exhibition |
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Santa Barbara Museum of Art, " Photography as Phantasy," Santa Barbara |
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1981 |
International Museum of Photography at The George Eastman House |
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1980 |
Robert Friedus Gallery, New York |
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New Orleans Museum of Art, " Photographs of New Orleans Until 1980" |
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Davison Art Museum, "New Acquisitions," Wesleyan University |
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Neary Gallery, " Three Photographers," Santa Cruz |
Public Collections
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
The Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown
The Federal Reserve Bank Collections
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
International Museum of Photography at The George Eastman House, Rochester
Light Work Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse
Los Angeles County Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Princeton University Art Museum
The City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Convention Center
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Souteast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL.
Yale Art Museum New Haven
Selected Publications
2024 Black and White Mag. Feature. The Natural World. Stuart Rome, inside the Oculus.
2022 "Oculus" Andy Akiho. CD Aki Rhythm Productions
2014 "The Photographer's Playbook": 307 Assignments and Ideas. Aperture
2007 Los Mayas, Una Civilizacion Milenaria. Nikolai Grube ed.) Konemann
2006 Photography Now: 100 Portfolios. Wright State Univ. Gallery
2005 "Forest,” monograph published by Nazraeli Press ISBN 1-59005-132-7
Atlantica, Revista de Arte Y Pensamiento, Numero 38, Portfolio. Madrid
Outside the Ordinary, Michael Hoffman, A tribute in pictures. Aperture.
1999 "Nature,” Parabola Magazine
1996 Balinese Dance in Transition, Oxford University Press..
1995 Trance 2, "Balinese Temple Festivals," Ellipsis Arts,
1985 "Maya, Treasures of an Ancient Civilization", Gallenkamp, Johnson, Rome; Abrams Publ.
1982 Photography as Phantasy, F. Parker;Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Selected Writings:
1999 Photo Review, "Review of Refuge : The Newest New Yorkers,"
1984: Northlight Magazine, Interview with John Pfahl
Selected Scholarships, Grants and Awards:
2014 Artist in Residence. The American Academy in Rome
1997 Artist in Residence, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mt, NY.
1992 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant
1989 Research Scholar Award, Drexel University
1987 Materials Support Grant, Eastman Kodak
1983 Materials Grant Award, The Polaroid Corporation
1978 Artist in Residence, Syracuse University, Light Work Program
Selected Lectures:
Goddard College
Drexel University (Poetic Document Exhibition
Light Work, Syracuse University
Manchester Craftsmens Guild, Pittsburgh
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia
Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa CA
Otis Parsons College of Art, Los Angeles
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Perkins Center for the Arts, New Jersey
Philadelphia College of Art
San Francisco Art Institute
Society for Photographic Education, Natl. Conference, Tucson
Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
University of The Arts
Selected Reviews:
Jan. 2006 The New York Times. Art in Review. Stuart Rome Sepia Gallery
June 2005 The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Forest” Gallery 339
Oct.8, 1999 The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Contemplation”
Sept. 26, 1999 The Philadelphia Inquirer, “Contemplation”
March 20, 1998 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Exhibition, Snyderman Gallery
Jan. 28, 1996 The Philadelphia Inquirer, Exhibition, Snyderman Gallery
Jan. 28, 1989: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Exhibition,
July 2, 1980 The SoHo Weekly News, Exhibition,
July 2 1980 The Village Voice, Exhibition, The Robert Friedus Gallery, NY
Oct. 1, 1978 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, The George Eastman House
Interiview: 2024 Being an Artist Podcast. Radio Kismet https://beinganartist.libsyn.com/language-of-the-land-the-art-of-stuart-rome