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C V
Born, Greenville, SC

Residence, Brooklyn, NY

Education

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, MFA, Photography, May 2002

University of Colorado Honors Program, Boulder, CO, BA, Anthropology, May 1995

Fellowships / Awards

Photo District News 30 Emerging Photographers Award, 2005

J. William Fulbright Fellowship, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2002-2003

San Francisco Art Institute, Merit Fellowship for Graduate Studies, 2000-2002

Exhibitions

Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China. Curator: Karen Irvine, 2011 (Invitational)

New York Photography Festival, The City Made Me Do It, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Sophie Morner, 2011 (invitational)

Humble Arts Foundation New Art Photography Vol. 2, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY, 2011

TINYVICES: NEW WORK, NEW YORK, Levi’s Photo Workshop, New York, NY, Curator: Tim Barber, 2010 (invitational)

Scope Basel, Humble Arts, Basel, Switzerland, Curator: Amani Olu, 2010 (Invitational)

Between the Bricks and the Blood: Transgressive Typologies, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY, 2010 (Group Invitational)

WORKS IN PROGRESS, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2010 (Solo)

‘Tis of Thee, Los Angeles Month of Photography Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Curator: Jessie Cowan, 2009 (Invitational)

New York Photography Festival, Various Photographs, Brooklyn, NY Curator: Tim Barber, 2008 (Group Invitational)

tinyvices.com, online gallery, curator: Tim Barber, 2008

What Makes You So Special, Capricious Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY Curator: Mark Jacobsen, 2008 (Invitational)

In Nepal, Jackson Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, 2008 (Solo)

Photo New York, SFAI Alumni Show, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY, 2005 (Invitational)

In Nepal, Atrium Gallery, Simon’s Rock College of Bard College, Great Barrington, MA, 2005 (Solo)

Nepal: Photographs by William Mebane and Linda Connor, University Art Gallery, The Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ, 2004 (Two Person)

In Nepal, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2003 (Solo)

In Nepal, Siddhartha Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2003 (Solo)

Vivid, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, 2001 (Group)

Beneath the Surface, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA, 2001 (Group)

Artist Lectures / Visiting Artist

Parsons / New School, New York, NY. Visiting Artist, September 2011

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. Visiting Artist, January 2011

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Visiting Lecturer, Fall Semester 2010

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA. Visiting Artist, November 2010

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. Artist Lecture, November 2010

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. Artist Lecture, March 2010

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Artist Lecture, March 2009

Bowling Green State University, Columbus, Ohio. Artist Lecture, February 2008

Jackson Center for the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY. Artist Lecture, February 2008

New York University, New York, NY. Visiting Artist, September 2006

International Center of Photography, New York, NY. Visiting Artist, October 2005

Simon’s Rock College of Bard College, Great Barrington, MA. Artist Lecture, February 2005

The Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ. Artist Lecture, October 2004

San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Visiting Artist, October 2004

College of Charleston, Halsey Gallery, Charleston, SC. Artist Lecture, August 2004

University of Charleston, WV. Artist Lecture, September 2003

Collections

San Francisco Art Institute Library, Special Collections

Fulbright Commission, Kathmandu, Nepal

Selected Publications

The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, NY, 2011

Out Here in Kathmandu, essays by Mark Liechty, photographs by William Mebane; Martin Chautari Press, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2010

Various Photographs, Photographs by Various Photographers, edited by Tim Barber; TV Books, New York, NY, 2008

Exhibitions Curated

Boundaries: Photographs by Eirik Johnson and Joe Johnson, Angie Newman Johnson Gallery, Ainslie Art Center, Alexandria, VA, 2005

love-pictures.org, Co-curator of online gallery, 2010

Professional Service

Art Director’s Club National Scholarship Selection Committee, 2010

Henry Wolf Photography Intensive Workshop, Workshop Instructor, Art Director’s Club, New York, NY, July 2010

Nepalese Youth Opportunity Foundation, Kathmandu, Nepal 2003

Websites

www.williammebane.com
www.hyersandmebane.com
www.love-pictures.org