b. Daly City, CA, 1971
EDUCATION
1995
- B.F.A. Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
1990
- De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2012
- Chris McCaw, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2011
- Ride Into the Sun, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
- Sunburned, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008
- New work from the Sunburn Project, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, NY
- Sunburn, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
- Sunburns, Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
2011
- Sun Works with Sarah Charlesworth, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- Bending the Light, Oakland International Airport Exhibition, Oakland, CA
- Heavens: Photographs of the Sky and Cosmos, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
- Seeing is Knowing: The Universe, Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
- Out of the Dark Room, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
- Pure Photography, Post Production and Mixed Media, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
- California Continued: New Approaches in West Coast Photography, Smith Anderson North, San Anselmo, CA
- EcoArchive: Meditations on Time and Nature, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- Open Season, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2010
- The Edge of Vision, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Redisplay of the Photography Collection, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
- Past Forward: Marking Time in Recent Photography, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Exposed: Today’s Photography, Yesterday’s Technology, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
- Elemental, Photo-Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- Edges of Light: Explorations of the Photographic Process, ArtsBenicia, Benicia, CA
- State of Mind: A California Invitational, the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
- An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area Part 2: The Future Lasts Forever, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
- Burning Desire, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY
2009
- Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Edge of Vision: Abstraction in Contemporary Photography, Aperture Gallery, NY [Traveled to Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ]
- 10 x 10 x 10: An Invitational Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Transmutations, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, NY
- Landmark, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Keeping Time, Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA
2008
- Landscape/Other, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
- People & Places, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
- Each Sun, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Grace, PEER Gallery, New York, NY
- Mineral, Hous Projects, New York, NY
- Sunburn, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX
2007
- Time Tracers, Center of Photography, Woodstock, NY
- Sunburn, Houston Center of Photography, Houston, TX
- Strange Weather, David Cunningham Projects, San Francisco, CA
- Sunburn, Burien Art Gallery, Burien , WA
- Sunburns and Platinum Work, Moab Art Works, Moab, UT
- Lucky Day, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CA
2006
- Sunburned & Waterlogged, Gallery of Urban Art, Oakland, CA
- Eyewitness II, UC Berkeley School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA
- Platinum Places, Watermark Fine Art, Houston, TX
- Outmoded, The Art Gallery, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
- Lost Out West, 19th & Union Gallery, Oakland, CA
- Contemporary Landscape, Baxter/Chang/Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
- The Family Farm, San Francisco International Airport Museum, CA
2005
- Romancing the Shadows, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
- Contemporary American Photography, International Fototage, Mannheim, Germany
- Vital Signs, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
- The Family Farm, Watermark Fine Art, Houston, TX
- Travelogue, Fusion Artspace, San Francisco, CA
2004
- Live Free or Die, Freewheel, San Francisco, CA
2003
- Chris McCaw-American Photographs, Image/Imatge Gallery, Orthez, France
2002
- Identity, San Francisco Main Library, San Francisco, CA
2001
- SF Camerawork, Fine Print Collection, San Francisco, CA
- Vivid, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2000
- Timeless Light, Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
1999
- Portraits, Bloom Studio, Oakland, CA
1998
- Road Trip Documents, Spindler, San Francisco, CA
1995
- Graduate show, Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA
1993
- Friends of the South Bay Punk Scene, the Other Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
1991
- Infrared Views, The Other Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Awards
2008
- New Works Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation / SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2007
- Alternative Exposure Grant, Andy Warhol Foundation / Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
1996
- Honorable Mention, Photo Metro, Photography Contest Issue
1992
- John Long Memorial Photography Scholarship, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Collections
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- Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
- Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
- Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA
- George Eastman House International Museum of Photography, Rochester, NY
- Harry Ransom Center of Humanities at University of Texas, Austin, TX
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
- Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA
- The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX
- Museum of Photographic Arts of San Diego, CA
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
- Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
Selected Bibliography
2012
- Haeusslein, Allie and Katherine Ware. Sunburn: Chris McCaw. Candela Books 2012
- George, Lynell. “Chris McCaw’s Scorched Photography.” Los Angeles Times 2012
- Rose, Brian. “Photographer Chris McCaw, at De Anza College.” La Voz Weekly 21 March 2012
2011
- Photo District News, June 2011
2010
- Smyth, Diane. “Self-Made Men: Building Your Own Cameras,” British Journal of Photography, December
- Prince, Andrew. “’Sunburn’ Photography, No SPF Necessary, NPR, The Picture Show, 15 November 2010
- Kelly, Anne. “Chris McCaw on his Sunburn Series,” PhotoEye Blog, 12 October 2010
- Polednik, Marcelle. “Chris McCaw and the Cutting Edge of Photography,” B&W Magazine, October 2010
- View Camera Magazine, July/August 2010
- Cheng, Dewitt. “Chris McCaw & Mario Giacomelli @ Stephen Wirtz,” Square Cylinder.com, 17 March 2010
- Shumacher, Mary Louise. “Chris McCaw at Stephen Wirtz in San Francisco,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 March 2010
- PQ, A Journal For Contemporary Photography, Number 99, Volume 25, 2010
- Baker, Kenneth. “Giacomelli and McCaw at Wirtz,” San Francisco Chronicle, 27 March 2010
- Moya, Laura. Critic's Pick, Griffin Museum of Photography website, 2010
2009
- “In the Sky: The Sunburn Series, 2007-2008, by Chris McCaw.” SeeSaw Online Magazine: Issue 11, Winter 2009
- Stockdale, Douglas. Chris McCaw, Sunburn, Book Review, The PhotoBook, 8 December 2009
- Ollman, Leah. “Black Hole Sun: Chris McCaw burns a photograph,” Art on Paper, May/June 2009
- Artkopel Online French Publication
2008
- Sempere, Thom. “Chris McCaw.” Cavallo Point 2008
- George, Lynell. “Chris McCaw’s scorched photography.” Los Angeles Times 25 May 2008
2007
- Daylight Magazine, Fall 2007
- View Camera Magazine, July/August 2007
2005
- 7. International Fototage Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Das Bild Forum, Germany, 2005
2003
- Recontres Photographiques Image/Imatge, Annexe H, 2003
2002
- View Camera, Volume 15, Number 4, July/August 2002
2001
- SF Camerawork Journal of Photographic Art, Volume 28, Number 2, 2001
2000
- Raygun, September/October 2000
1998
- Photo Metro, Issue 151, October 1998
1996
- Photo Metro, Contest Issue, Honorable Mention. 1996
1994
1992
- Maximum Rock & Roll, March 1992
