born in 1953 in Minneapolis, MN
selected solo exhibitions
2009
Gondwanaland, David Lusk Gallery
2006
Stranger, David Lusk Gallery
2002
Blue, David Lusk Gallery
1998
Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
1997
Passage, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1995
The Fall, Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis, TN
1994
The Painted Photograph, Tennessee Arts Commission Gallery, Nashville, TN
1991
Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
La Desercion Divina, Bingham Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1990
The French Lessons, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
1989
Home, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
1988
Fall Exhibition, Mc Coy Theatre, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Secret Places, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN
selected group exhibitions
2009
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery
2007
Price is Right 10, David lusk Gallery
Southern Living's 2007 Idea House, David Lusk Gallery, Watersound, FL
2004
Work selected for participation in the US Art in the Embassies Program, on loan to the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria
Brown vs School Board Invitational, National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
2001
The Price is Right 3, Don't Stop `Til You Get Enough, David Lusk Gallery
2000
Visualizing the Blues, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN traveling through 2003 to Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO; Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Spectrum `00, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
The Price is Right 2, Once is Never Enough, David Lusk Gallery
Southern Exposure, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA traveling to Hand
Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA; Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA;
McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
18th Annual Juried Show, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
Light and Life, Buckman Arts Center, St. Mary's, Memphis, TN
1999
Arts Day, Memphis Arts Council, exhibition at Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Price is Right, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
1998
YWCA Centennial Women's Art Exhibition, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Director's Council Exhibit, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
Works on Paper, The Armory, New York, NY
1997
The Hand Painted Photograph, traveling exhibition through 1998: University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, James A. Michener Museum of Art, Doylestown, PA; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; and Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
1996
Art Fair Seattle, Seattle, WA
The Art of Photography, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Tree As Icon, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Gardens: Primeval and Eternal, Delta Axis Contemporary Art Center, Memphis, TN
1993
Tennessee Women Artists, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN (curated by National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC)
From The Mountains... to the Mississippi: West Tennessee Women Artists, The University Gallery, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN
1992
Photography in the South: From Barnard to Eggleston, Photogroup Center, Coral Gables, FL
Midtown Y- Photography Gallery, New York, NY
Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Emerging Southern Photographers, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1991
The Magic Silver Show, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA
21st Annual Prints, Drawing & Photographs Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1990
National Works on Paper, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Hot Springs Cultural Arts Center, Hot Springs, AR
1989
The City of Memphis and Coalition for Visual Arts, Memphis North Light Gallery, Memphis, TN
8th Annual Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
awards & honors
1991
Memphis In May Poster Artist for France
selected bibliography
Commercial Appeal, East Memphis Appeal, Umbreit photos return to David Lusk Gallery, November 10, 2005, p 6
Memphis Playbook, get out! 11.04.05
Fredric Koeppel, Pictures of change and time, November 11, 2005, p 28
Frederic Koeppel, Pick of the Week, September 25, 1994
Festival Exhibition Steps Up In Quality, September 15, 1994
Photographer's Works Illustrate Death As Beauty, November 22, 1991
Photographer Interprets French Dreamscape, April 23, 1990
Ashley Moore, Gardens Exhibit Combines Gaudy & Subtle Delights, April 1996
Memphis Business Journal, Ed Hicks, Shades of Blue, Artist provides another view of Memphis landscapes, April 5-11, 2002, pg.39-40
Memphis Flyer, Carol Knowles, The Far Side of Memory, November 11-23, 2005
Memphis Flyer, L. Betel, An Imperfect Pairing, January 19-25, 1995
Memphis Magazine, Visualizing the Blues: An Exhibition of the Dixon
Gallery and Gardens, October 2000, pgs. 80-84 September 1997, pg. 9
Memphis: New Visions, New Horizons, David Dawson & Brian Groppe, Towery Publishing, Inc., 1997, Cover Image
Mid-South Artist, Meet The Artist Series, October 1995
Number, Cory Dugan, Introductions, Winter 1988, Volume 1, Number 3
Southern Accents, September/October 1997
selected collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock,
Assisi Foundation, Memphis
Baker Donelson, Memphis
BellSouth Mobility, Memphis
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Campbell Clinic, Memphis
Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati
Delta Airlines, Memphis
Dobb's House, Inc., Dallas
Enterprise National Bank, Memphis
Ernst & Young, Memphis
Harrah's Casinos Headquarters, Tunica, MS
Holiday Corporation, Atlanta
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis
Memphis International Airport Corporate Offices, Memphis
Morgan Keegan and Company, Memphis
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans,
Nissan, Chicago
Plough Inc., New York,
Promus Hotel Corporation Headquarters, Memphis
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach