RESUME


BRIAN MOSS
756 Pier Avenue #2
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-980-2685 cell
mossprojects (at) yahoo.com


 

EDUCATION:

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS, Valencia, California, MFA
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, BFA
Temple University Abroad, Rome, Italy campus

AWARDS:

2009-10
CITY OF LOS ANGELES (COLA) INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP, Department of Cultural Affairs , Los Angeles, California

2007-08
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE GRANT, in collaboration with Patrick 'Pato' Hebert and Sylvia Sukop, 10th Council District, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California

2005-06
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE GRANT, 11th Council District, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California

2004-05
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE GRANT, 11th Council District, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California

2004
CUE ART FOUNDATION, Studio Residency, New York, New York

2003-04
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE GRANT, 11th Council District, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California

2002-03
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE GRANT, 12th Council District, City of Los Angeles, Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California

2001
VISUAL ARTS RESIDENCY, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art; Wilmington, Delaware
ARTISTS' RESOURCE FOR COMPLETION GRANT (ARC), The Durfee Foundation

1995
PHOTO MATERIALS GRANT, Funded by Olson Color Expansions and the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies

1992
PHOTO MATERIALS GRANT, Kodak Professional Imaging Division

1991
NEW FORMS GRANT, Northeast Region, Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, and the Rockefeller Foundation


PUBLIC ART:

2008
NORTH GATEWAY TRANSFER STATION AND MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLIC ART PROJECT, Phoenix, Arizona

2004
DIRECT EXPOSURE: Perspectives on the Southern California Landscape, Ontario International Airport, California

2003
FRESH ART, Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department, Clover Park, 2600 Ocean Park Boulevard (temporary)

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2008
"RECIPOCITY: SANDRA de la LOZA and BRIAN MOSS," Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, California

2006
LUCID, 2005-06 AIR Grant Exhibition with Participants from The Wellness Community, Venice Arts Gallery, Venice, California

2005
LUCID, 2004-05 AIR Grant Exhibition with Participants from The Wellness Community, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, California

2004
CUE Art Foundation, New York, New York (catalogue)
LUCID, 2003-04 AIR Grant Exhibition with Participants from The Wellness Community, Downstairs Gallery at Brentwood School, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California
LUCID, 2002-03 AIR Grant Exhibition with Transitional Housing Residents of Tarzana Treatment Centers, TTC Youth Services Building, Northridge, California

2003
What helps Dodge helps YOU, Kreps Gallery, Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

2002-03
INTO THE VOID, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, California

2001
LUCID: Wilmington, Hennessy Project Space, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware
LONG DISTANCE, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California

1994
BRIAN MOSS and WARREN NEIDICH, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California

1992
What helps Dodge helps YOU, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2008
LA FLASH, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
EMPHASIS SANTA MONICA, Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California
DIVAS, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernardino, California
A TRIBUTE TO ALEX STEINWEISS; The Creator of the Album Cover, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California

2007
LOS ANGELES - BERLIN 40th ANNIVERSARY SISTER CITY CELEBRATION, Englebrot Theater, Berlin Germany
THE MOST CURATORIAL BIENNIAL OF THE UNIVERSE, Apex Art, New York, New York
DEATH BIZARRE, Center for Photography at Woodstock, New York.

2006
ONE SHOT: 100x100, LAX-ART, LOS ANGELES, California.
PARDNERS, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, California.

2005
UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2005, presented by White Couch, New York City,
at (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, Michigan and Downtown Gallery,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

2004
DEATH BIZARRE, Almanac Gallery, Hoboken, New Jersey
WISH YOU WERE HERE, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ANALOGUE / DIGITAL, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
FREEWALL, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery, Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California
GROUP PROJECT / MAIL-IN SHOW, London Street Projects, Los Angeles, California

2003
PILLARS: Recent Work by LMU’s Part-time Studio Art Faculty, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California

2002
A THOUSAND CLOWNS (GIVE OR TAKE A FEW), Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, California
L.A. NOW : Shaping a New Vision for Downtown Los Angeles, A & D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)
bio-TECH, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI EXHIBITION, The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Krasdale Gallery, New York (catalogue)
BLURRED VISION, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GENIUS LOCI, SCI-Arc Gallery, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)

2001
CROSS-POLINATION, Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, New York and The Arboretum of Los Angeles County, Arcadia, California
OUT OF CONTEXT, Robert V. Fullerton Museum, California State University, San Bernardino (catalogue)
TRANSPOLYBLU: A DIGITAL EXPOSITION Elliot Smith Contemporary Art, St Louis, Missouri
OF NEARBY STARS AND DISTANT SUNS: ARTISTS RESPOND TO LIGHT Terrain, San Francisco, California

2000
REARVIEW MIRROR: AUTOMOBILE IMAGES AND AMERICAN IDENTITIES University of California Riverside, California Museum of Phototgraphy (catalogue)
INSPIRED BY TITLE Terrain, San Francisco, CA

1999
SPACED OUT: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERNACULAR University of California San Diego (catalogue)
WHAT WILL YOU MISS? Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
PROJECTIONS: INTERMISSION IMAGES, The Laemmle Grande Theater, organized by Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, California
ONE NIGHT STAND, Park Plaza Lodge, Los Angeles, California
SALT OF THE EARTH, Gallery 24, Fresno, California
1999 LACPS ANNUAL, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Hollywood, California

1998
AS PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRESSES, White Noise Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
100 DOLLAR SHOW Post, Los Angeles, CA
RECYCLING ART HISTORY Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (catalogue)

1997
THINK DINKY INVITATIONAL Modern Museum, Durham, NC
FACULTY EXHIBITION, Sam Francis Gallery Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, California

1995
Participant in Luciano Perna's OCCUPATO Bennett Roberts Fine Art, Los Angeles, California

1993
SHOOTING GALLERY AUCTION Harm Reduction Central/Clean Needles Now, Hollywood, California
ACTION/REALITY/TRANSFORMATION, Steven Hull Studio, Los Angeles, California

1992
FORM and ILLUSION, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY Educational Exhibit, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York

1991
IN OUR CIRCLE, Michener Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

PUBLICATIONS:

2008
LIGHT AND LENS: Photography in the Digital Age. Robert Hirsch, Elsevier and Focal Press.

2007
TINY, FUNNY, BIG AND SAD: Jennifer and Kevin McCoy. Marie-Anne McQuay and Michael Ross, Editors, British Film Institute, London.

2004
BRIAN MOSS, Catalogue, CUE Art Foundation, New York, New York
EXPLORING COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY: From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio, Fourth Edition, Robert Hirsch, The State University of New York at Buffalo. McGraw Hill

2003
DOCUMENT, a quarterly publication of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.

2002
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI EXHIBITION; Woodmere Art Museum
GENIUS LOCI; The City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Southern California Institute of Architecture
L.A. NOW, VOLUME 1; Art Center College of Design, University of California Press

2001
REVIEW; April 2001, Volume 3, Number 6, Kansas City, Missouri
OUT OF CONTEXT, Exhibition Catalogue, Robert S. Fullerton Museum California State University San Bernardino

2000
CHICAGO ART JOURNAL: TELOS, Kerry Boeye & Josh Ellenbogen, eds. Volume 10, Spring 2000, Department of Art History of the University of Chicago
REARVIEW MIRROR: AUTOMOBILE IMAGES AND AMERICAN IDENTITIES, University of California Riverside, California Museum of Phototgraphy

1999
SPACED OUT: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERNACULAR, University of California San Diego

1998
Site Street Online Magazine: Spectacle. Jody Zellen & Kaucyila Brooke, eds., Side Street Projects; Santa Monica, California
Recycling Art History, Exhibition Catalogue, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts

1997
NEW OBSERVATIONS: Artists on Art, Diane Karp, ed. Issue# 116, October/November
A PAEAN to the PUNY, Exhibition Catalogue for the Think Dinky International Invitational, Exhibition, Roger Manley, ed., A Meta Museum Project
FRAME-WORK: Labor. Stephen Callis & Mario Ontiveros, eds. Volume 8, issue 2. A Publication of the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Hollywood, California

1996
CHANCE, the Catalogue, Sarah Gavlak & Chris Kraus, eds. Published by Smart Art Press with ArtCenter College of Design, Santa Monica
EXHIBITION SPACE, CalArts Catalogue

1995
ART ISSUES., Number 36, January/February

1994
PINHOLE JOURNAL, Volume 10, #3, December
NEW OBSERVATIONS, Susan Kandel & Jody Zellen, eds. Issue# 100, March/April
ERRANT BODIES, Brandon LaBelle, ed. Volume 1, #1, Winter

GUEST ARTIST:

2009
"Everything Bends," Strophe Improvisatory Evening at Bandit Gallery, Los Angeles, California.

2008
"Lucid," Society for Photographic Education, National Conference, Denver, Colorado.

2006
"Beauty vs. Ugly: A False Conflict," Society for Photographic Education, West Region Conference, Orange Coast College, Coasta Mesa, California.
Pinhole Cameras: A Two-Part Workshop, FOREST LAWN MUSEUM, Glendale, California.

2004
Artist-in-Residence Lecture at CUE ART FOUNDATION, New York.
Visiting Artist Lecture on Lucid at the BRENTWOOD SCHOOL, Los Angeles, California.
Visiting Artist Lecture in Photography at the UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA LAS VEGAS.

2003
SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER, Family Programs, Los Angeles;
Pinhole Perspective: Making Mini Tin Cameras
CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Two day Pinhole Camera Workshop and Visiting Artist Lecture

2001
DELAWARE COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Wilmington, Delaware
Visiting Artist Lecture

2000
CSSSA, California State Summer School for the Arts
One Week Visiting Artist Project in Pinhole Photography, CalArts
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES; Visiting Artist Lecture in Photography

1998
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES; Visiting Artist Lecture in Photography

1997
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO; Guest Professor: 4 x 5 Photography
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART; Visiting Artist Lecture: What helps Dodge helps YOU

1996
OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN; Visiting Artist Lecture: Pinhole Photography

1995
WINDWARD SCHOOL, Los Angeles, California; Visiting Artist Lecture in Photography

SELECTED REVIEWS:

2007
Smart, Paul. "Examinging the End at CPW" Woodstock Times. March 29

2006
Frank, Peter. "Pardners" LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, February 2-8.

2004
Listing, New Yorker, November 15.
Listing, Village Voice, November.
Roth, Charlene. "Freewall at Kellogg Gallery," Artweek, June

2003
Staff. "The Thinking Man's Walk in the Park," Santa Monica Daily Press, November 15.
Hadlock-Piltz, Rachel. "A Touch of Whimsy at Fresh Art," Santa Monica College Corsair, October, 7.
Greenberg, Blue. "Pinhole Camera Catches Urban Decay," Durham Herald Sun, September 10.
McGovern, Thomas. Review, Artweek, March.

2002
Laird, Tessa. Review, Art on Paper, May/June.
Sozanski, Edward. Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 12.
Maber, Marie Maples. "Visionary," Philadelphia CityPaper, February 14 - 21, #874.
Sozanski, Edward. Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 15.
Fallon, Roberta. "Hazy Days," Philadelphia Weekly, February 6.

2001
Conway, Terry. "Arts Education Program Enriches Lives in Many Ways," New Castle Business Ledger, August.
WHYY TV, Channel 13, Wilmington: "Evening News," July 9.
Gaw, Richard L. "Light and Memory," Delaware Today, August.
Riley Parr, Deborah. "Transpolyblu," New Art Examiner, July-August.
"'Lucid' Sheds Light on Cancer Patients," Art Matters, July.
"Picture This: Helping Cancer Patients Through Photography," Good Cause, The News Journal and Delaware Associatioon of Non-Profit Agencies, May-June.
Roth, Charlene. "Jenny Okun and Brian Moss at Craig Krull Gallery," Artweek, May.
Myers, Holly. Review, Los Angeles Times, March 30.
Daniel, Jeff. Review, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 11.

1999
Ise, Claudine. Review, Los Angeles Times, March 5.

1994
Kandel, Susan. Review, Los Angeles Times, June 9.

1993
Colpan, Gerald. Fox TV, Channel 29, Philadelphia: "News at 10" September 17.
Zawackis, Jeannette M. "That Thing Can Take Pictures?" Northeast Times, Vol. 11 #25, September 7.
Helfrich, Peter. "Editor's Choice", Art Matters, Vol. 13 #1, September.