Ian van Coller: Curriculum Vitae
1113 S.5th Ave
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-599-2928
www.ianvancoller.com
ian_vancoller@yahoo.com

Currently
Assistant Professor of Photography, Montana State University, Bozeman

Education
2003   University of New Mexico, Department of Art and Art History,
       Albuquerque, New Mexico, MFA, Photography
1996   Arizona State University, Department of Art and Art History Tempe,
       Arizona, BFA, Photography
1991   Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, National Diploma, Photography

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009   Interior Relations, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana
2008   Interior Relations, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, California
2006   Ian van Coller, The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
2005   Memorials to Innocence, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
       Reliquaries of Memory: Remembrances of a South African Childhood,
       Fresno Art Museum, California
2004   “Natural” Africa, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque
2003   You Travel Far, Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas (catalogue)
       You Travel Far, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico,
       Albuquerque
2001   Mining Africa, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
       Acclimatization Chamber, The Print Center, Philadelphia
1999   The Nature of Displacement, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art,
       Arizona
1998   Ian van Coller: Recent Works, The Fitton Center for the Creative Arts,
       Hamilton, Ohio
1997   Ian van Coller: Recent Works, The Thompson Gallery, Johannesburg,
       South Africa
1996   The Colonized Tree: Dialogues of Myths and Science, Durban Center for
       Photography, South Africa

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008   New Acquisitions: The Director’s Cut, University of New Mexico Art
       Museum, Albuquerque
       Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida.org, 2007
       Print Lovers at 30: Celebrating Three Decades of Giving,
       The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
       Resurrection: A New Look at Old Photographic Processes, 23 Sandy
       Gallery, Portland, OR
       Art for Africa (Uganda Orphans Fundraiser), Emerson Center Weaver Room
       Gallery, Bozeman, Montana
2007   Hey Hot Shots, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
       Montana State University Biennial Photography Faculty Exhibition,
       Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Bozeman, MT
       21st Annual Summer Exhibition, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
       Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida.org, 2006
       Contemporary Art on Paper, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
       Why Collect? New Acquisitions Made by the Iziko Art Department,
       2005–2006, South African National Gallery (Iziko), Cape Town
       Right to Print: Segura Publishing Company, Scottsdale Museum of
       Contemporary Art (Catalogue)
       Photo Los Angeles, Lisa Sette Gallery, Los Angeles, California
       Art and Artifice, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico
       Art and Science, Observation and Imagination, The University of New
       Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque
       Range of Expression II (Montana Artists), Ucross Foundation, Clearmont,
       Wyoming (Catalogue)
       21st Annual Summer Exhibition, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2006   Mergers and Acquisitions, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
       20th Anniversary Exhibition, Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
       (Catalogue)
       Experimental Photography, The Emerson Art Center, Bozeman, MT
2005   Romancing the Shadows, Palo Alto Art Center, California
       Memory Barely Satisfies, Museum of Fine Arts: Governers Gallery,
       Santa Fe, NM
       Borrowed Curiosities, Emerson Art Center, Bozeman, MT
2004   A Decade of Democracy: South African Art 1994-2004, South African
       National Gallery (Catalogue)
       Ties that Bind, Durban Art Gallery, South Africa (Catalogue)
       Art of the African Diaspora in the Age of Globalization,
       Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg College, PA Catalogue)
       Identity, Nortlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
2003   Art Chicago at Navy Pier, Lisa Sette Gallery
       Oculus Photo Folio, Temple Gallery of Tyler School of Art,
       Philadelphia, PA (Catalogue)
       Point of Departure: contemporary photographic explorations,
       Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque
       Departure Upon Arrival―Redefining Public Space as Artspace,
       Albuquerque Sunport
       Constructed Photography, Zephyr Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2002   Art Chicago at Navy Pier, Lisa Sette Gallery
       CON/TEXT+I.D./OLOGY, Axis Gallery, New York, NY
       Private Party, Segura Art, Mesa, Arizona
       Prints from Segura, Gallery 72, Omaha, Nebraska
2001   The Fine Art of Collaboration: Segura Publishing Company’s 20th Year,
       Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona
       The 505 Salon, John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico,
       Albuquerque
2000   Sites Around the City: Art and the Environment, Modified, Phoenix, AZ
       Weather Report, The South African National Gallery, Cape Town
       Urban Futures, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
       Collaborative Consciousness:, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1999   The Original Print, Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
       Print/Photo: Past/Present, Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University,
       Tempe, Arizona
1998   Prints From Segura Publishing, Quartet Gallery, New York, New York
1997   Photosynthesis, The National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town,
       South Africa , Exhibition toured nationally in South Africa, (Catalogue)
       The 8th International Biennial Print and Drawing Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan
1996   NAACP Fund Raiser for Burned Churches Fund, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale,
       Arizona


Public Collections
Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama
New Mexico State University Art Gallery, Las Crusces
The Durban Art Gallery, South Africa
The Fogg Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts
The Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Misssouri
The New York Public Library, New York
The Northlight Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Philadelphia Museum of Art , Pennsylvania
The Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa
The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Arizona
The South African National Gallery (IZIKO), Cape Town, South Africa
The Technikon Natal Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
The Ulrich Museum, Wichita State University, Kansas
The University of Alabama, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art
The University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque

Corporate Collections
Lathrop Gage Law Firm, Kansas City, Missouri
Sprint Corporation
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, South Africa

Reviews
2005   Gussie Fauntleroy, The Shape of Memory, Santa Fe Journal North,
       April 1, 2005
       Kathryn M Davis, Memory Barely Satisfies, THE Magazine (Santa Fe)
       May 2005
2004   Andy Coughlan, It’s All in the Details, Spot Magazine (HCP),
       Winter/ Spring 2004
2003   Laurie Farrel, CON/TEXT + I.D./OLOGY, NKA: Journal of Contemporary
       African Art #18
       Steven Robert Allen, Memories, Albuquerque Alibi, July 10-16
2001   Roberta Fallon, Printed Cheer, Philadelphia Weekly, February 7
2000   Carla Wade, Media Circus, New Times, Phoenix, Arizona, March 23
1999   Joshua Rose, Group Exhibit: Modified, New Times, Phoenix Arizona,
       September 03
1997   John Dawar, Photographic Exploration of African World View,
       Business Day, South Africa, August 1
       Wilhelm van Rensberg, Brose Beelde van Afrika Geskep, Die Beeld,
       South Africa, August 6
1996   Richard Nilsen, 3-Artist Show Pivots on Work by Young South African,
       The Arizona Republic, September 15
       Suzy Bell, Headless Between Two Worlds, The Mail and Guardian,
       South Africa, August 1
       Hot Flashes, The Sunday Paper, South Africa, August 10

Publications & Catalogues
2008   Print Lovers at Thirty, The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art,
       Exhibition Catalogue curated by Hugh Merrill
       Resurrection, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon, Exhibition Catalogue
2007   Right to Print: Segura Publishing Company, Scottsdale Museum of
       Contemporary Art, Exhibition Catalogue curated by Cassandra Colbentz
       with essays by Crista Cloutier and Mark Pascale
       Range of Expression II: A Montana Invitational, Exhibition Caltalogue,
       Essay by William Kitteridge, Ucross Foundation Art Gallery
2007   Art of the African Diaspora in the Age of Globalization by
       Mwangi wa Githinji and Molly Hutton in International Journal of
       Africana Studies: Volume 12, pgs 103-142, 2007
       Going Downtown: 516 ARTS gives Albuquerque a new hub by
       Wolf Schneider in New Mexico Magazine pgs 29-31, March 2007
2004   A Decade of Democracy: South African Art 1994-2004, edited by
       Emma Bedford, pgs 128-129
       Ties That Bind, Durban Art Gallery, Exhibition Catalogue
       Art of the African Diaspora in the Age of Globalization, Gettysburg
       College, Exhibition Catalogue, Introduction by Mwangi wa Githinji
       and Molly Hutton
2003   You Travel Far: Ian van Coller, The Museum of Southeast Texas,
       Essay by Geoffrey Batchen
1997   Photosynthesis, The National Gallery of South Africa,
       Exhibition Catalogue

Grants, Awards and Honors
2008   Scholarship and Creativity Grant, The Garden Path,
       Montana State University
       MSU Award for Excellence (Mentor)
       Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon
2007   Scholarship and Creativity Grant, Interior Relations,
       Montana State University
       Short Term Development Grant, Review L.A., Montana State University
       Hey Hot Shot Winner, Fall 2007, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
       Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon
2006   College of Arts and Architecture Research and Creativity Block Grant,
       Montana State University
2004   Van Deren Coke/ Beaumont Newhall Fellowship, New Mexico State University
2003   Brooks Scholarship to attend Anderson Ranch Workshop,
       New Mexico State University
1996   Summa Cum Laude and Outstanding Senior in Photography,
       Arizona State University
1989   Ilford Scholarship, Technikon Natal

Artist Presentations
2005   Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2004   University of New Mexico Art Museum
2003   Magnifico Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
       New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
       The Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
       Lamar University, Texas
1999   The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art