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Elena Sheehan
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| About the Artist |
| Elena Sheehan was born in China of Russian parents. Raised in San Francisco, she received her BA from the University of California, Berkeley. She studied photography with Nathan Lyons at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York and with Arthur Siegel at the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, where she received her MS in 1978. Active in the photographic community in Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area, she has taught at San Francisco City College and the University of California Extension Division. Her work has been exhibited and published in Korea, Italy, Greece, Germany, France, Belgium, Mexico as well as in the United States. A book of photographs with poetry by the well-known Greek poet, Liana Sakelliou, was published in Athens, Greece in 2004. Continuum, Photographs 1979-2009, came out in 2010. Her book, Journey Through Seven Circles, published in 1983 in a limited edition, is now out of print. Her book, A Moment in Time, (2014) was selected for the Photobook Exhibition at the Athens Photo Festival 2015. Elena now lives and works in San Francisco, CA. |
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Year
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Gallery
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Location
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| 2019 |
PhotoLab Gallery |
Berkeley, California |
| 2018 |
Sequoia Rotunda Art Gallery |
San Francisco, California |
| 2017 |
Fromm Hall Gallery, University of San Francisco |
San Francisco, California |
| 2016 |
Bay Model Visitors Center |
Sausalito, California |
| 2011 |
Red Wolf Gallery |
Sonoma, California |
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2008
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Rozanoff Art |
San Francisco, California |
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2008
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Fromm Hall, University of San Francisco |
San Francisco, California (with Howard Nemerovski) |
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2006
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O'Hanlon Center for the Arts |
Mill Valley, California (with Monjett Graham) |
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2004
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Bibliotec Synchroni Epoch |
Livadia, Greece |
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2004
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Bibliotec Leschi Vivliou |
Aghios Stefanos, Greece |
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2001
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Gensler Architecture Design and Planning
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San Francisco, California
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2000
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Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery
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Seoul, Korea
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1999
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Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery - Bergamot Art Center
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Santa Monica, California (with Nancy Kay)
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1997
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Coyote Point Museum
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San Mateo, California
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1996
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Ebert Gallery
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San Francisco, California
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1994
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Ebert Gallery
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San Francisco, California
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1992
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Grauwert Gallery
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Hamburg, Germany
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1990
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Galerie Jean Pierre Lambert
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Paris, France
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1990
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Muse Des Beaux-Arts (International Triennale)
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Charleroi, Belgium
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1989
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University Club
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San Francisco, California
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1989
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SF MOMA Artists Gallery
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San Francisco, California
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1989
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Fotogalerie 68
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Kasteel Hoensbroek, The Netherlands
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1988
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Galerie Jean Pierre Lambert
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Paris, France
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1986
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University Club
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San Francisco, California
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1985
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Focus Gallery
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San Francisco, California (with John Harding)
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1985
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Evanston Art Center
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Evanston, Illinois
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1983
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San Jose Museum of Art
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San Jose, California
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1983
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Olive Tjaden Gallery - Cornell University
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Ithaca, New York
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1983
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Wiegand Gallery - College of Notre Dame
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Belmont, California (with Joel Levick)
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1981
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Bellocq Gallery - Louisiana Tech
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Ruston, Louisiana
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1980
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University of California - Extension Galleria
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San Francisco, California
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1979
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Evanston Art Center
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Evanston, Illinois (with Michael Goss)
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1979
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Milwaukee Center for Photography
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Selected Group Exhibitions |
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Year
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Show
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Gallery
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Location
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| 2022 |
"Collage" |
FOG Gallery |
San Francisco, CA |
| 2017 |
"Poros Art Festival" |
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Poros, Greece |
| 2015 |
“Botanica“ |
Bedford Gallery - Lesher Center for the Arts |
Walnut Creek, CA |
| 2015 |
“Photobook Exhibition” - Athens Photo Festival 2015 |
Benaki Museum |
Athens, Greece |
| 2015 - 2016 |
Selections from Camerawork - “75 Years CCSF Photography” |
S.F. City Collage Library Gallery |
San Francisco CA |
| 2014 |
"Visible Iceland" |
Hillyer Art Space |
Washington D.C. |
| 2014 |
Photo LA 2014 |
Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photography |
Los Angeles, CA |
| 2014 |
"75 YEARS - Selections from CCSF Photography Department" |
Camerawork Gallery |
San Francisco, CA |
| 2013 |
DC Fine Art Photography Fair |
Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photography |
Washington, DC |
| 2013 |
artMRKT San Francisco 2013 |
Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photography |
San Francisco, California |
| 2013 |
MacWorld Digital Art Gallery |
MacWorld Conference |
San Francisco, California |
| 2011 |
MacWorld Digital Art Gallery |
MacWorld Conference |
San Francisco, California |
| 2010 |
June Invitational |
Arts Guild of Sonoma |
Sonoma, California |
| 2006 |
A Curators Eye- Legacy of Robert Sobieski |
LA County Museum |
Los Angeles , California |
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2006
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"The I Behind the Camera"
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O'Hanlon Center for the Arts
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Mill Valley, California
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2003
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"Photography Faculty Exhibition"
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University of California Extension
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San Francisco, California
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2000
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"Holiday Group Show"
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Freddie Fong Contemporary Art
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San Francisco, California
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1999
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"Inflorescence"
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Cirros Gallery
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Los Angeles, California
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1999
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"Bridging Time And Space"
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Dominican College
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San Rafael, California
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1998
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"Photography Faculty Exhibition"
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University of California Extension
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San Francisco, California
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1995
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"Luz y Tiempo"
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Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo
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Mexico City, Mexico (with Catalog)
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1995
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"International Photography Exhibition"
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Bellas Artes
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San Miguel De Allende, Mexico
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1993
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"Photography Faculty Exhibition"
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University of California Extension
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San Francisco, California
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1992
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"Do You See What I See?"
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College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery
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Kentfield, California
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1992
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"Laser VideoDisk Library EXhibitor"
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FotoFest
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Huston, Texas
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1991
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"Photographs from they Permanent Collection"
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Muse de la Photographie
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Charleroi , Belgium
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1991
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"Photography Faculty Exhibition"
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University of California Extension Galleria
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San Francisco, California
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1991
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"Decouvertes '91"
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Grand Palais
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Paris, France
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| 1990 |
Quatrieme Triennale Internationale De La Photographie |
Musee Della Photographie |
Charleroi Belgium (with Catalog) |
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1990
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"Premiere Exhibition"
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Suzanne Dey Contemporary Art
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Menlo Park, California
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1989
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"Cinq heures pour la Photographie"
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Galerie Jean Pierre Lambert
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Paris, France
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1988
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"Terra Cognita"
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San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art
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San Jose, California (with Catalog)
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1986
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"North American Invitational"
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Florida Institute of Technology
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Jensen Beach, Florida
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1985
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"Snap, Photography '85"
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Art Commission Gallery
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San Francisco, California
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1985
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"Exhibitions and Auction"
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Milwaukee Center for Photography
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Milwaukee, WI. with Catalog
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1984
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"Photography Department Faculty Show"
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Art Gallery
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SF City College, San Francisco
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1984
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"Photographs from the Permanent Collection"
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San Jose Museum of Art
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San Jose, California
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1983
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"ARBORETUM"
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University of Denver
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Denver, Colorado
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1983
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"Twentieth Century Photographers"
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Stanford University Art Museum
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Stanford, California
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1982
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"Selection"
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Traveling Exhibition through Louisiana
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(with Catalog)
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1981
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"Women Photographers/Northern California"
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SF MOMA Artists Gallery
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San Francisco, CA
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1981
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"Bay Area Women Photographers"
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Palo Alto Cultural Center
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Palo Alto, California
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1981
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"Six Emerging Artists"
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Cameravision Gallery
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Los Angeles, California
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1979
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"26th Annual: Photography"
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Richmond Art Center
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Richmond, California (with Catalog)
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1979
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"4/4"
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ARC Gallery
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Chicago, Illinois
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1978
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"International Self-Portrait Invitational"
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Northlight Gallery - Arizona State University
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Tempe, Arizona (with Catalog)
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1978
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"The Chicago Photographer"
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Evanston Art Center
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Evanston, Illinois
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1978
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"Illinois Photographer '78"
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Illinois State Museum
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Springfield, Illinois (with Catalog)
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1977
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"Institute of Design"
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School of the Art Institute Gallery
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Chicago, Illinois
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1976
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"Chicago Photographers"
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Darkroom Gallery
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Denver, Colorado
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| Publications and Reviews |
| Elena Masharov Sheehan, “A Moment in Time,“ Blurb Publication, San Francisco, CA , 2014 |
| "CONTINUUM Elena Sheehan Photographs 1979 - 2009" , Sonoma, California 2010 |
| "Bodyscapes" #5, ZYZZYVA Vol. XXIII, #3, San Francisco, Winter 2007 |
| Fundacion Televisa, fotografia, Sante Fe, Mexico, 2005 |
| Andreas Belezinis, "Ut Pctura, Poesis" (opos i Zografia, i Pilsi) Liana Sakelliou, Eleftherotypia, Athens, Greece, June 3, 2005 |
| Georgos Veis, "Synecthohoes of Poetic Truth," Poetry, Athens, Greece, Spring/Summer 2005 |
| "Pare me san
Fotographia, Photographs by Elena Sheehan, Poetry by Liana Sakelliou" , Typothito-George Dardanos, Athens, Greece 2004 |
| Peter Frank, "Art Picks of the Week-Patrick Wilson, Nancy Kay, Elena Sheehan,"LA Weekly, Los Angeles July 16, 1999 |
| Isabel Anderson, "Nancey Kay and Elena Sheehan at Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery"Artweek, October 1999 |
| Ann Bellinger Hartley, ed. "Bridging Time and Space: Essays on Layered Art," Markowitz Publishing, Maui, HI, 1998 |
| "Portfolio-Waters's Edge", Leica Fotografie Internationale , 6/98 (English and French editions) August/September |
| Jan Steen, FOTOGROEP68/FOTOGALERIE 68, Catalogue 1978-1996 |
| CD-ROM "Photographers Encyclopaedia Internationa"l 1839-To the Present |
| "Portfolio of 27 Images", Photo Metro, San Francisco, California November 1994 |
| E.A.,"Elena Sheehan, Zeit and Raum," PHOTO Technik International , Munich, 3/94 |
| Denis Brudna, "ELENA SHEEHAN-Photography", PHOTONEWS, Hamburg Germany, 9/1992 |
| Luigi Erba, "Elena Sheehan,"FOTO Practica, No. 278, Milan, Italy, February 1992 |
| Patrick Roegiers, ":A Charleroi, une Triennale..." Le Monde, Paris, June 1990 |
| Jean-Marie Wynants, "Promenade:du quotidien au merveillrux," Le Soir , Brussels, Belgium 3/1990 |
| Georges Vercheval, "Quatriem Triennale Internationale de la Photographie" , Charleroi, Belgium 4/1990 |
| Regis Durand, "La Photographie-Ressassements et Ressourcements,"Art Press , Paris, 4/1988 |
| "Selections," Photo Metro , San Francisco, California, April 1988 |
| Rebecca Palmer, "Knowledge of the Earth,"Artweek , San Francisco, 9 January 1988 |
| Rebecca Solnit, "Terra Cognita-The Known Earth" , (Catalog) 1987 |
| Douglas Gilbert, "Journey through Seven Circles," Afterimage , January 1984 |
| Elena Sheehan, "Journey through Seven Circles", JEM Press, Palo Alto, California 1983 |
| Gretchen Garner, "Connections,"Exposure , 2 April 1981 |
| Jim Jordan, "Points along the Mainstream,"Artweek , 21 February 1981 |
| Nancy Fox, "Women's Photos Challenge Reality,"Palo Alto Weekly, 19 February 1981 |
| David Winter, "The Painter's Brush This Time Happens to be a Camera,"Peninsula Times Tribune , 6 February 1981 |
| James Auer, "The Accent's on Light: Elena Sheehan and Chuck Elfont,"Milwaukee Journal , 25 February 1979 |
| Douglas Gilbert, "Still Light Photographs of Elena Sheehan and Michael Goss,"New Art Examiner, Chicago, April 1979 |
| David Elliot, "Some Serene Slices of Our Busy World,"Chicago Sun Times , 11 March 1979 |
| Devonna Pieszak, "4/4: Meaning with the Status Quo,"New Art Examiner, Chicago, 2/1979 |
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| Teaching and Related Experience |
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Year
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Position and Location
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| 2009 |
Artist in Residence at the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Skopelos, Greece |
| 2007-2008 |
Volunteer Photographer for San Francisco Film Society, Films in the Schools Project |
| 2006 |
Photographer for Healing Journeys Cancer Conference "Surviving and Thriving", San Francisco, California |
| 2005 |
Photographer (volunteer) for San Francisco 25th Jewish Film Festival |
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2001
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Still Photographer for Feature Film "I'm Seducible"
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1999
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Member of City of Sonoma (California) Cultural and Fine Art Commission
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1997
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Photographer for University of California Archaeological Excavation, Nemea, Greece
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1994
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Photographer for XVI European Poetry Festival, Crete/Aegine, Greece
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1994-2007
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Volunteer/Translator, San Francisco Annual International Film Festival
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1993
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Selected Volunteer, Eye Gallery "First Exposures" Photography project with children, San Francisco
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1991-2005
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Instructor of Photography, University of California Extension, San Francisco
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1987
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Artist-Participant, Open Forum Critic, Camerawork, San Francisco
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1987
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Image-Maker Presenter, Western Regional Conference, Society for Photographic Education, San Luis Obispo, California
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1980-1993
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Instructor (part-time), Photography, City College of San Francisco
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1980
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Instructor of Photography, University of California Extension, San Francisco
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1979
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Assisted Anita Mozley, Photography Curator, Stanford University Museum, Stanford, CA.
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1979
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Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Milwaukee Center for Photography, Milwaukee Wisconsin
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1978
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Artist in Residence, Noyes Cultural Center, Evanston, Illinois
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1978-1979
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Teaching Photography to Children, Course developed for New Trier High School Extension, Wilmette, Illinois
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| Collections |
| Gallery/Museum |
Location |
| Bibliotheque Nationale |
Paris, France |
| Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University |
Stanford, California |
| Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo |
Mexico City, Mexico |
| Cultural Centreem, Kasteel Hoensbroek |
The Netherlands |
| Erie Art Center |
Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Illinois State Museum |
Springfield, Illinois |
| Los Angeles, County Museum of Art |
Los Angeles, California |
| Musee de la Photographie |
Charleroi, Belgium |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
San Francisco, California |
| San Jose Museum of Art |
San Jose, California |
| University of Colorado |
Denver, Colorado |
| Numerous Private Collections |
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| Education |
| Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, M.S. in Photography |
| University of California, Berkeley, B.A. Russian Language and Literature |
| University of Vienna, Austria |
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