SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA: Platinum
2018 Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA: Bayou City
2015 Gallery 169, Santa Monica, CA: Visions in Platinum
2010 Central California Museum of Art, Paso Robles, CA: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2010 Louis Stern Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2010 PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY: Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2008 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI: Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique
1996 Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA: Platinum and Polaroid
1994 Santa Monica Library, Santa Monica, CA: Xalapa
1989 Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY: L.A. Portrait Series
1989 Central Bank of Lexington, Lexington, KY: Xalapa
1988 Robert Stilz Gallery, Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY: Xalapa
1988 Transco Tower, Houston, TX: Bayou City
1988 Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY: Xalapa
1988 Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA: Photographs of Houston
1987 World Trade Bank, Beverly Hills, CA: Xalapa
1985 Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Special Benefit Exhibition,
Venice, CA: L.A. Portrait Series
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA: On the Edge: Los Angeles Art from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection
2022 Armenian Museum of America, Watertown, MA: On the Edge: LA Art 1970s - 1990s from the
Joan & Jack Quinn Family Collection
2022 Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention: Fine Art Portrait: Single
2022 Athenaeum Arts & Music Library, La Jolla, CA: Timeless: Black & White Portraits of Joan Agajanian Quinn
2021 Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention: Portrait: Series
2021 PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT: Portrait
2021 Bakersfield Museum of Art, On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970s - 1990s, from the Joan and Jack Quinn
Family Collection
2021 Center for Photographic Art, 2021 International Juried Exhibition
2021 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild 2021 Online International Summer Exhibition
2021 International Color Awards Winners Gallery, Nominee in Fine Art & Still Life
2021 Musée d’art et d’archéologie, Aurillac, FR: 1976-1986 Une décennie photographie de couleur
2019 The Gallery at Michael’s, Santa Monica, CA: 40 Years of Art at Michael’s
2018 Galerie Carole Decombe, West Hollywood, CA: THEY
2017 The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: Select Photographers
2017 The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: A Room of One’s Own
2016 Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach, FL: Who is Joan Quinn? A Life in Portraits
2014 James Beach, Venice, CA: Venice Under the Influence
2013 John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA: Joan Joan Joan! One Subject, Many Artists
2011 Santa Ana College Main Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA: Mysterious Objects, Portraits of Joan Quinn
2011 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA: Distilled Moments: Still Lifes from the Permanent
Collection
2011 Musée d’art & d’archéologie, Aurillac, France: Espaces composés
2009 artHAUS, Venice, CA: Los Angeles / Berlin
2007 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: Houston Wilderness: A Collaboration
2005 Acadiana Center for the Arts (ACA), Lafayette, LA; The Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX;
The Columbus College of Art & Design:The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were
2004 Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art, San Francisco, CA: The Photography Show
2004 Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN; Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle, WA:
The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were
2003 Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH:
The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were
2002 Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA: Paintings and Photographs
2000 G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA: Flora
2000 The Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD: Snapshot
2000 House of Photographic Arts, San Juan Capistrano, CA: Flora and Fauna
1999 G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA: Surprise Surprise
1999 Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO: Florals: Unique Visions
1998 Stamford Art Association, 18th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show,
Stamford, CT: Sand Dollars Red and Blue
1998 The Ralls Collection, Inc., Washington, D.C.: Falling in Love, Kissing
1998 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA: Flora
1998 Louis Stern Fine Arts, West Hollywood, CA: The Nature of Curves
1997 Gensler, Santa Monica, CA: Disparate Landscapes
1997 Westfall Art, Newport Beach, CA, and Los Angeles, CA: All Blue Almost,
Works of Art (curated by B. A. Bengston)
1997 Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg; Evans Gallery, Portland, ME: Kissing
1996 Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Current: The Full Spectrum
1996 Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX: Members’ Exhibition
1996 Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas, TX; Halsted Gallery, Birmingham,
MI; Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA; SK Josefsberg Gallery, Portland, OR; Yancey
Richardson Gallery, New York, NY: Kissing
1995 Camera Obscura Gallery, Denver, CO; G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa
Monica, CA; Mitsukoshi Gallery, Nagoya, Japan: Kissing
1995 Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA: From Here to Eternity: Projects Exploring the
Temporal to the Eternal
1995 UCLA Art Rental and Sales Gallery at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and
Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Photography: The California Focus
1994 Mitsukoshi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan: Kissing
1994 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA: New Acquisitions/New Work/
New Directions 2: Photography from the Collection
1994 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA: Art in Full Bloom
1994 Photography: The Platinum Gallery, Santa Fe, NM: Flowers, Gardens, and Landscapes
of Springtime
1994 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC: Flora Photographica:
The Flower in Photography from 1835 to the Present
1993 Photography: Platinum Plus, Santa Fe, NM: Flowers, Gardens, and Landscapes of Springtime
1993 The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON; The New York Public Library, New York, NY;
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC: Flora Photographica: The Flower in Photography from 1835 to the
Present
1992 The Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, CA: Water Series
1989 FotoFest Gallery, Houston, TX: Photographs from the Friends of FotoFest Collection
1988 Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX: The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1988 Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Rondanini, Rome, Italy; Accademia di Belle Arti, Genoa, Italy: Sky Series
1988 Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN: The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1988 Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston FotoFest, Houston, TX: L.A. Portrait Series
1988 Artquest ’88, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Portraits—Steve Ehrlich
1986 Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA:
The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX: The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection
1986 Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA: The Flower Show (curated by David Koslow)
1985 Musée d’art et d’archéologie, Aurillac, FR: Sky Series
1984 Paris Art Center, Paris, FR: Sky Series
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2018 Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2018 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
2017 UCR California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2009 George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
2009 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1993 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
1993 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1992 New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
1988 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1988 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, The Sonia and Kaye Marvins Portrait Collection, Houston, TX
1985 Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, FR
1985 Musée d’art et d’archéologie, Aurillac, FR
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
2020 Lial A. Jones, Sacramento, CA
2019 James Corcoran, Los Angeles, CA
2008 John Ratti, Amherst, MA
2007 Penn Sicre, Mallorca, Spain
2001 Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Price, Venice, CA
2000 Elton John Collection, Atlanta, GA
1999 Michael S. Whalen Collection, Pasadena, CA
1998 Michael G. Wilson Collection, Malibu, CA
1997 Joyce and Michael Axelrod Collection, Novato, CA
1996 Jane Wyeth Collection, New York
1991 Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, Los Angeles, CA
1988 Mathew Wolf Collection, Location n/a
1988 James Coburn Collection, Los Angeles, CA
1987 Weston Naef Collection, Pacific Palisades, CA
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
1999 Polaroid Corporation Collection, Cambridge, MA
1997 Arnold, White & Durkee Collection, Houston, TX
1988 Enron Corporation Collection, Houston, TX
1987 Hughes & Luce Collection, Dallas, TX
PUBLICATIONS
2023 Photographs Created for Joan Quinn by Various Artist Friends, ACCA Journal (Issue 17), 2023
2022 The Armenian Mirror Spectator, On the Edge: Los Angeles Art 1970’s-1990’s from the
Joan & Jack Quinn Family Collection, June 11, 2022
2021 Center for Photographic Art, 2021 International Juried Exhibition Catalogue
2021 1976-1986 - Une décennie photographie de couleur, Musees d’Aurillac
2019 PLATINUM: Douglas Issac Busch and E. F. Kitchen, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Introduction
By Rachel A. Magnus, Curator
2019 PITCO Magazine, PLATINUM: Photographs by Kitchen & Busch, by Rachel Magnus, July 9, 2019
2019 Bakersfield Californian, Platinum, by Stefani Dias, May 8, 2019
2017 Voyage LA, “Meet Elizabeth Kitchen of E. F. Kitchen Studio in Venice,”
www.voyagela.com/interview/meet-e-f-kitchen-studio-venice/
2017 LIFE FORCE, “Suburban Knights by E. F. Kitchen,” www.lifeforcemagazine.com
2015 Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies, featuring Aaron Palomides of Buckminster from
Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages
2012 Harper’s Magazine, “Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages,” October Issue
2012 Exposure: A Competition Celebrating the Power of the Image by Jeffery Aldrich
2011 Postmedieval: A Journal of Medieval Cultural Studies, “Nostalgia on my mind” by Carolyn Dinshaw
(Macmillan Publishers Ltd.), vol. 2, 2, 225–38
2011 Artes Magazine, “Contemporary Photography Slows World Down for Closer Look” by Helen Glazer,
November 7, 2011
2011 Mysterious Objects, Portraits of Joan Quinn by Amanda Quinn Olivar and J Cheryl Bookout (SAC Foundation)
2010 Time Out New York, “Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages: The Middle Ages Come to Life,”
by Kenny Herzog, July 8-14 Issue
2010 Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages by E. F. Kitchen (powerHouse Books, Brooklyn, NY)
2008 View Camera, September/October Issue
2003 The Greatest Album Covers That Never Were by Michael Ochs and Craig Butler
(The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, OH): Skull
2000 Bottoms by Edward Lucie-Smith (Barnes & Noble Books, New York, NY): Mors in Lutetia #2
2000 Flora by Edward Lucie-Smith (Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY):
Magnolia Flower
1999 Sex: Portraits of Passion by John Williams (Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, NY):
Mors in Lutetia #2
1998 Adam: The Male Figure in Art by Edward Lucie-Smith (Rizzoli, New York, NY): Mors in Lutetia #8
1997 72 Market St. Dishes It Out!: A Collection of Recipes and Portraits from a Classic Venice
Restaurant by Roland Gilbert with Robert Lia (Wave Publishing, Venice, CA): Untitled
1991 Flora Photographica: Masterpieces of Flower Photography from 1835 to the Present by
William A. Ewing (Simon & Schuster, New York, NY; also published in 2002 by Thames
and Hudson, London, GB): Magnolia II
1989 1989 Appointment Calendar (The Music Center of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA)
1988 Angeles Magazine: “Capturing the Essence”
1988 Album Cover, Therese Schroeder-Sheker (Windham Hill): The Queen’s Minstrel
1987 Album Cover, Malcolm Dalglish, Grey Larsen, and Pete Sutherland (Windham Hill): Metamora
1987 Album Cover, Ian Matthews (Windham Hill): Walking a Changing Line
REVIEWS AND AWARDS
2021 International Color Awards, Nominee Fine Art, Death’s Dialog and Nominee Still Life, Tricolor Bovine Skull
2020 ShoutOut LA, Why They Do What They Do, Interview, Los Angeles, CA,
https://shoutoutla.com/meet-e-f-kitchen-fine-art-photographer/
2020 International Color Awards, Honorable Mention, Portrait, L. A. Portrait Series: Richard Gehman
2017 Photo Independent, Best in Show, selected by Paul Martineau, Photo Curator at The Getty Museum
2011 International Photography Awards, First Place, Fine Art, Portrait, Suburban Knights:
A Return to the Middle Ages
2010 The New Times, SLO, “Art, the anti-desk” by Anna Weltner, November 10, vol. 25, Issue 15,
http://www.newtimesslo.com/cover/5228/art-theantidesk
2010 The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, “Modern History” by Patrick S. Pemberton, October 25,
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/10/25/1341613/modern-history.html
2010 Paso Robles Press, “Paso Robles invited to take a journey through the ages” by Hayley Thomas,
October 22
2010 The Picture Show (NPR), “Gather Ye Old Suburban Knights” by Claire O’Neil,
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/14/129852912/knights
2010 The Los Angeles Times, “The Glint of Armor” by Scott Timberg
2010 The New Yorker Online, “On and Off the Walls: Suburban Knights” by Katrina Budelis
2010 The Baryon Review, “Suburban Knights” by Barry Hunter, http://thebaryonreview.blogspot.com/
2010 Time Out New York, “Suburban Knights: A Return to the Middle Ages: The Middle Ages Come to Life”
by Kenny Herzog, July 8-14 Issue
2010 The New Yorker Online, “The Middle Ages Meet Suburbia” by Caroline Dworin,
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2010/03/the-middle-ages-meet-suburbia.html
2008 Wausau Daily Herald, “Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique” by Keith Uhlig, www.wasaudailyherald.com
2008 Portalwisconsin.org, “Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique” by Casey Mysliwy
2000 Sunspot.net, Baltimore, MD, “Glimpsing, but Not Seeing” by Glenn McNatt
2000 The Washington Post and The Washington Post Online, Washington, D.C.,
“1,300 Snapshots, One Surreal Show” by Michael O’Sullivan
2000 Baltimore City Paper Online, Baltimore, MD,
“The Contemporary Showcases a Massive Collection of Snapshots” by Mike Giuliano
2000 Baltimore City Paper, Baltimore, MD,
“A Few Words About 1,000 Pictures” by Mike Giuliano
1998 The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, “Photographers Make Ordinary Seem Unusual” by Claudine Ise
1996 Palos Verdes Peninsula News, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, “Enrich the Holidays with Art”
1989 Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, L.A. Portrait Series
1988 Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Xalapa
1988 Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX, Bayou City
1988 ArtQuest Competition Finalist: L.A. Portrait Series
1988 Houston Post, Houston, TX, Bayou City
1986 Interview: L.A. Portrait Series
INTERVIEWS/SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2020 ShoutOut LA, Why They Do What They Do, Interview, Los Angeles, CA,
https://shoutoutla.com/meet-e-f-kitchen-fine-art-photographer/
2010 Art Catalogues/Dagny Corcoran at LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, Speaking Engagement:
Converersation with E. F. Kitchen and Leo Braudy
2010 Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, Speaking Engagement: Conversation with E. F. Kitchen
2010 PowerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY, Speaking Engagement: Conversation with E. F. Kitchen and
Charles Desmarais, Deputy Director of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art.
2008 The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum (Wausau, WI), Speaking Engagement:
“Suburban Knight: The Warrior Mystique”
2008 CBS_WSAW NewsChannel 7, 6 o’clock and 10 o’clock news, April 18, 2008, interview
with E. F. Kitchen on “Suburban Knights: The Warrior Mystique”
2004 The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Speaking Engagement: “Recent
Acquisitions: Eugene Atget, Brett Weston, William Garnett, Milton Rogovin,” Point of View
Gallery Talks Series
1998 The Joan Quinn Profiles, Century Cable, Los Angeles, CA, Guest: E. F. Kitchen
1996 Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, “Conversation with Photographer
E. F. Kitchen”
1992 The Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, CA, Artists’ Round Table: Water Series
1991 Century Cable TV, Sherwood Communications, Interview: The Venice Art Walk:
A Celebration that Supports Community Health
1991 Century Cable TV, Patricia Shields Productions, Interview: On Modern Art
1989 Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY, Review: L.A. Portrait Series Lecture
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MOTION PICTURES
1972 Muzzers, feature film, O.E.T. Productions, Paris, FR
1971 Kill A Little, Talk A Little, Modern Dance Spectacle, premiere at the Festival International de Chateau-Vallon (Provence),
O. E. T. Productions, Paris, FR
FEATURE FILMS
1977 Associate Producer, Teen Angel, Ed Pressman Productions, Los Angeles, CA
1975 Executive Producer, Dream Center, Luc & Lisa, Inc., Paris, FR
1973 Director of Photography, Stuck, O.E.T. Productions, Paris, FR
EDUCATION
1971 New York University School of the Arts, Institute of Film and Television, New York, NY
1969 A.A., Bennett College, Millbrook, NY
1969 Certificat Pratique de Langue Francaise, Universite de Paris, Paris, FR
REPRESENTATION
E. F. Kitchen is represented by Fabrik Projects
www.fabrikprojects.com