Lori Van Houten has exhibited her work extensively for 40 years. In 2020 she traveled to the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico and Banaras, India for artist residencies and in recent years has been awarded other international residencies in County Kerry, Ireland, and Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Her work is in the collections of the New York Public Library, the International Center of Photography, St. Louis Art Museum, Daum Museum of Contemporary Art as well as university and corporate collections. Lori lives in Stone Ridge, New York.
One Person Exhibits
2020 Natural Worlds, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2016 Reverse Migration and Other Stories, R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY
2014 A Simple Grammar, American Irish Historical Society, New York, New York
2013 Secret Garden, PS 209 Art Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY
2011 Cooper Street, Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, New York
2009 Carrie Haddad Photographs, Hudson, New York
2007 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, New York
2006 German-American Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
Simon Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey
2000 Queens College Art Center, New York, New York
1996 The Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, New Jersey
Kristal Art Gallery, Warren, Vermont
1993 The Arsenal Gallery, New York, New York
1992 Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1990 Ceres Gallery, New York, New York
1989 Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon
1988 Micro Hall Art Center, Edewecht, West Germany
1987 Ceres Gallery, New York, New York
North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina
1984 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
1982 Theo Portnoy Gallery, New York, New York
Selected Two-person and Group Invitational Exhibits
2019 Cross Pollination: An Evolution in Foliate Form, Boscobel House and Gardens, Garrison, NY
The Virginia Project, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Virginia Project, Wired Gallery, High Falls, NY
2017 Elements: a two-person exhibit and collaboration, PS 209, Stone Ridge, NY
2015 A Project Called Hope, collaboration with filmmaker Barbara Hammer, CHRCH Space, Cottekill, NY
Photography 2015, Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014 An Gorta Mór: The Great Hunger, Irish Cultural Museum, New Orleans, LA
Paper white, PS 209 Art Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY
Ceres at 30, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Cut and Paste, Muroff Kotler Gallery, SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge, NY
2012 E Equals, ProjectSpace 209, Stone Ridge, NY
2011 bookMARKs, Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2010 Natural Histories, KMOCA, Kingston, NY
2006 Johnson and Johnson, Raritan, New Jersey
2002 Landscape: Lori Van Houten and Marjorie Morrow, 2N, New York, NY
Forms of Matter, Victory Hall, Jersey City, New Jersey
2000 Fragile Dependencies, The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ
1999 Lori Van Houten/Susan Hockaday, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
Weir Farm Visiting Artists, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
New Jersey Arts Annual:Fine Arts, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
1998 Small Works, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
1996 Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series 25th Anniversary Exhibit,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Money, Color, and Some Fish, Polo Gallery, Edgewater, New Jersey
1995 Entropy, Raritan Valley College, Somerville, New Jersey
1993 Contacts/Proofs, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
1992 Inaugural Exhibit, Artists Warehouse, Stamford, Connecticut
Book As Container, Sazama Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1991 Boundless Vision, San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas
1990 Altered Landscape, Rice Gallery, Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany, NY
(the) Landscape in Question, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
Acceptable/Unacceptable, Ceres Gallery, New York, New York
1989 15th Anniversary Exhibit, Cooper Union and Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Signatures: Bookworks by Women, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
1988 Arts of the Book, Philadelphia College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Prints, Paper and Books, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Artist's Books, Brunswick Contemporary Arts Center, Missoula, Montana
Places, Fine Arts Center, University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota
1987 New Art Examined, Atrium Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Milliken Photography Exhibit, Ohio State University, Newark, Ohio
Photography Invitational, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon
1983 Marcy Edelstein and Lori Van Houten: Pastel Drawings and Photographic
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Bookworks: Breaking the Bindings/American Book Art Now, Elvehjem Museum of Art
Madison, Wisconsin
1982 Women, Chelsea Gallery, Cullowhee, North Carolina
1981 Southeast Photographers Invitational, Farthing Gallery of Art,
Appalacian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1980 eighteen/80, Faner Gallery, Carbondale, Illinois
Illinois Print Portfolio, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Invitational Exhibit, Rend Lake Gallery, Ina, Illlinois
Photography Invitational Exhibit, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Selected Other Exhibitions
1985 31st Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Between the Covers: Handmade Artist's Books, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
After Her Own Image: Women's Work 1985, Salem Academy and College, Winston-Salem, NC
1984 Light Sensitive V, Thomas Art Center Gallery, Gainesville, FL
New Photographics/84, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Photography/Xerography, Pinnacle Gallery, Rochester, NY
1983 4th Annual Paper in Particular, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Handmade Photographic Books, Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX
emergent shes '83, RJR Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC
1982 25th Annual Delta Art Exhibit, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK
3rd Annual Paper in Particular, Columbia, College, Columbia, MO
LaGrange National VII, Chattahoochee Valley Art Gallery, LaGrange, GA
1981 Exposure 1981, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA
Imagism, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Western Carolina University Faculty, Black Mountain, NC
The October Show, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
The 23rd Annual Springs Art Show, Lancaster, SC
The Winter Show, Green Hill Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
1980 Magic Silver Show, Murray State College, Murray, KY
Western Carolina University Faculty, High Points Art Council, High Points, NC
The Box/New Form, New Function, Arrowmont School, Gatlinburg, TN
1979 25th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State U., Muncie, IN
Perception: Field of View, Exploratorium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bibliography
2017 Van Houten, Lori, Personal History: The Magic of Untranslatable Words, Impressions: Journal of the Japanese Art
Society of America, Volume 38, p.34
1999 Zimmer, William, "Weir Farm's Effect on a New Crop of Artists"
Review: Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT (The New York Times, February 7)
1996 Raynor, Vivien, "Looking Back at Losses of Time and a Friend"
Review: Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, (The New York Times, March 17)
Bellantoni, Ralph, "Hunterdon Art Center Presents Three New Fascinating Shows"
Review: Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, (The Courier-News, February 25)
Watkins, Eileen, "Pair of Exhibitions Showcase Diversity of Artist's Talent"
Review: Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ, (Sunday Star Ledger, March, 24)
King,Phil, "Warmth, sophistication mark Van Houten exhibit"
Review: Kristal Gallery, Warren, VT, (Valley Reporter, July 3)
Watkins,Eileen, "Money, fish and art: Polo Gallery showcasing the offbeat"
Review: Polo Gallery, Edgewater, NJ, (Sunday Star Ledger, July 14)
1992 Northwest Review XXX-1 1992, Lori Van Houten/Featured Artist
Smith, Beryl K. Essay for catalog: Mary H. Dana Women Artist's Series,
(Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ)
1990 Wineland, John, Essay for catalog: (the) Landscape in Question,
Foreman Gallery, (Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY, September)
Churchill Wright,Peg, Review: Altered Landscape, Rochester, NY
(The Daily Gazette, May 10)
Krasniewicz, Louise V. "Rice Artists Alter Land Without Changing It"
Review: Altered Landscape, Albany, NY, (The Times Union, May)
1989 Strauss, Monica, Essay for catalog: Signatures: Bookworks by Women
(Center for Book Arts, New York, NY)
1988 Phillpot, Clive, Essay for catalog: The Arts of the Book,
(Philadelphia College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA)
Codell, Julie, "Vision and Literacy" Review: Artists Books,
Brunswick Contemporary Arts Center, Missoula, MT, (Artweek, May 7)
Weichardt, Jurgen, "Bucker und Schriften" Review: Lori Van Houten
Edewecht, West Germany, (NWZ, December 6)
1987 Cunningham, Anne, "New Art Eclectic" Review: New Art Examined,
Atrium Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, (The Indianaplis Star, March 1)
Garmel, Marion, "New Art Examined" Review: New Art Examined,
Atrium Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, (The Indianapolis News, February 12)
1984 Morgan, Robert C. "You won't be disillusioned" Review: Photography/Xerography, Rochester, NY
(Democrat Chronicle, July)
1983 Heller, Faith, "Gallery Review", (Journal, Winston-Salem, NC, January 1
Education
M.F.A. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
B.F.A. Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Awards and Residencies
2020 Kriti Gallery Artist Residency, Banaras, India
Fundacion Casa Xaan, Residency, Macario Gomez/Tuluum, Mexico
2015 AIR MinamiYamashiro, Kyoto Prefecture, Takao, Japan
2011 Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat, Co.Kerry, Ireland
2010 Mark 10, New York Foundation for the Arts Professional Practice Program
1997 Visiting Artist Award, Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, Connecticut
1988 Fellowship Award, New York Foundation for the Arts
1987 Resident Fellow, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain, New York
1984 Resident Fellow, Ucross Foundation, Clearmont, Wyoming
Selected Collections
New York Public Library, Arents Collection, New York, New York
International Center of Photography, New York, New York
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MIssouri
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Belleville College, Belleville, Illinois
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois
Pfizer Inc.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Bellagio Hotel
Evergreen International
Price Waterhouse Cooper
McKee Nelson LLP