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Tony Gleaton Photographer Curriculum Vitae
EducationMFA, Bard College 2001
Solo Exhibitions
TravelingSmithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit, 1993-96
“Africa's Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaton”
Consejo Naccional Para Artes y Culturas, Mexico 1992-1994
Africa's Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaton”
InternationalAmerican Samoa Comm. College, Tutuilla, Am. Samoa 2000
“SAMOA”, Photographs by Tony Gleaton from the Samoan Archive of the Oceanside Public Library
Festival del Caribe, Santiago, Cuba, 1993
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Museo de Cultura Popular, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1993
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Museo de Cultura Popular, Mexico City, Mexico, 1992
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
La Sala Flores Margon, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1992
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Foro Colombo-Americano, Medellin, Colombia, 1992
“Cowboys: Reconstructing a American Myth”
Museo de Benito Juarez, Havana, Cuba, 1992
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Instituto de Cultura Popular, Guerrero, Mexico, 1992
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Sala Cultural "Jose S. Healy", Sonora, Mexico, 1991
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
National
International Cultural Center. Texas Tech University
Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central & South America:
Photographs by Tony Gleaton February 2004
Raider Lounge, University Cultural Center, TTU
Africa’s Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaon
February 2004
California State University, Monterey BayAfrica’s Legacy in Mexico: Photographs by Tony Gleaon April 2003
Oakland Public Library, Oakland, CA February 2002
Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central & South America
The Latino Museum, LA, CA February 2002
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Project Southern Cross, Natchez, MS September 2001
“SAMOA”, Photographs by Tony Gleaton from the Samoan Archive of the Oceanside Public Library
Time Space Warehouse, Hudson, NY July 2001
“SAMOA”, Photographs by Tony Gleaton from the Samoan Archive of the Oceanside Public Library
Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside, CA 2000
“SAMOA”, Photographs by Tony Gleaton from the Samoan Archive of the Oceanside Public Library
Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA February 2001
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
32nd St /USC K-8, LAUSD, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
Project Southern Cross, Natchez, MS, 1999
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, CA, 1999
“Cowboys: Reconstructing an American Myth”
Supported by a grant from the LA Civic Council
Northeastern Nevada Museum, Elko, NV, 1998
“Black Cowboys: Reconstructing an American Myth”
Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA, 1998
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
University of Tulsa, Hogue Art Gallery, Tulsa, OK,1997
“Cowboys: Reconstructing an American Myth”
African American Museum of Art, San Diego, CA,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
The Ray Bradbury Library, Los Angeles, CA,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
Pomona College, Montgomery Gallery, Claremont,CA,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
The Central Library, Oceanside, CA,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
California State University, Carson, CA,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
University of Kentucky, Martin Luther King Center,
Lexington, KY,1997
Queensboro Community College, QCC Art Gallery, Bayside, NY,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
TSL Warehouse, Hudson, NY,1997
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
Ann Arbor Public Library, Ann Arbor, MI, 1996
“Africa’s Legacy in South America”
California State at Long Beach, University Library, 1996
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
African American Museum of Fine Art, San Diego, CA,1996
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
Oceanside Public Library, Oceanside, CA, 1996
“Black Cowboys: Reconstructing an American Myth”
University of Texas, El Paso,TX,1995
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
The Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX,1995
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
University of California at Davis, Alumni Center,
Davis, CA,1995
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH,1995
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA,1995
“Africa’s Legacy in Central America”
University of California at Santa Barbara, Art Museum,
Santa Barbara, CA,1995 “Africa’s Legacy in South America”
Ohio University, Athens, OH,1995
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico, Central and South America”
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 1994
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1994
“Africa’s Legacy in South America”
California State University, University Art Gallery, L A,CA, 1994
“Africa’s Legacy in Central America”
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, 1994
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1993
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
California Afro-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1993
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
Eubie Blake Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 1993
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Smithsonian Travelling exhibit
Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AK, 1991
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
San Juan Capistrano Library, Capistrano CA, 1991
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, 1991
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Derrick Joshua Beard Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1991
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico”
Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1991
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico” Watts
William Grant Still Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
“Africa’s Legacy in Mexico
Selected Group Exhibits
Houston Center for Photography /Foto Fest 2006
“Lo Llano Estacado, An Island in the Sky
Mexican Fine Arts Center and Museum, Chicago, IL
“Africa’s Presence in Mexico” January 2006
International Cultural Center.Texas Tech University
“Llano Estacado, An Island in the Sky” Jun3 6, 2005
International Cultural Center. Texas Tech University May 2004
“The Borderlands”
Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT , January 1999 “A Survey of American Photography”
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Committed to the Image January 2001
Anacostia Museum,: Smithsonian Institution. Reflections in Black: A History of Black photographer 1840's to the Present. 2000
Barnstall Municipal Art Gallery, COLA Exhibit, LA, CA, 1997
National Museum of American Art, “Free Within Ourselves”, Washington, D.C., 1994
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA, 1993
Korean Cultural Center, “Bridging The Differences..." LA, CA, 1992
Occidental College, Weingart Gallery East,
Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Mexico Desconicido Los Angeles Photo Center,
Los Angeles, CA, 1991
Schomburg Center of the New York Public Library,
”The African Presence in the Americas”, New York, NY, 1991
LA Photo Center, “Two Itinerant Photographers”, LA, CA, 1988
Selected Collections
Southwest Collection Special Collections Archive, Texas Tech
Lubbock, Texas
The Samoan Archive, Oceanside Library, Oceanside, CA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
The Field Museum, Chicago IL
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
WEB DuBois Center, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
The Municipal Art Collection City of Los Angeles, CA
The Stevenson Library, Bard College, Annandale, NY
The Shields Library of the University
of California, Davis, CA
Center for Constitutional Rights, Greenville, MS
Department of State, US Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico
The Schomburg Collection, New York Public Library,
New York, NY
The Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
Residencies/Grants
Consultancies/Awards
ResidenciesArtist-in-Residence, June 1 2004-May 31 2006
Southwest Collection Special Collection Archive of Texas Tech
Visiting Artist, September/October 2000
American Samoa Community College, Tutuilla, American Samoa
Visiting Artist, September, October 1999
University of Michigan, School of Art and Design
Artist in Residence, Light Work, , Syracuse, NY, 1998
Visual Arts Fellow, City of Los Angeles, 1996
The King, Chavez, Parks Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1997
Municipal Visual Art Fellowship, Pasadena, CA, 1993
Light Work Visiting Program, Syracuse, NY, 1991
GrantsThe Southwest Collection / Special Collection Archive,
Texas Tech University An Island in the Sky “Project”
Denver Public Library, Denver CO 2002
Principal photography for The Black Route West
Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Durfee Foundation Fellowship, 2000-2001
Durfee Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
Artist Resource Completion Grant, Fall 2000
Museum and Library Services Institute of the Smithsonian Institution
Administered by the Oceanside Museum of Art, 2000
Dept of Cultural/Affairs,
Artist in the Community Los Angeles CA. 1999-2000
LA City Council Civic Funds Artist Grant, 1999
Field Study Project, Southern Cross, Natchez,MS, 1998
Grant from the Municipal Cultural Trust Fund, LA, CA. 1997
University of Michigan in support of mural production, 1993
The Vice Provost's Visiting Professors Grant,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 1992
Consultancies/Awards
Los Angeles Metro Transportation Agency, design
consultant, Sierra Madre Villa Metro Station, 1994
Honorable mention WESTAF, Regional N.E.A./
Visual Arts, 1997
Publications/Media
Interviews/Lectures
Media Interviews
CBS Evening news (Network), Ethnic Slurs in Mexico June 2005
Texas Public Television, Tony Gleaton, Interview 2005
Travels with Harry A & E (Cable) ,Feature profile/interview 1998-2001
CBS Sunday Morning, Feature profile and interview ,1997
WTTW, Chicago, Africa: A View from the Field (television), 1993
Fox TV News interview, LA, CA, 1993
Radio VIP, Mexico City, (radio interview) ,1992
NOTI-MEX, Mexico City, (radio interview) ,1992
WGIC , Chicago. Artist profile, (radio interview),1992
PublicationsAfrican Arts Magazine, VOL XXXIV, No 3 2001
“Africa, Museums and Memory” pages 58-59
Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers
Merrill Publishers 2001
The Future is Mestizo, David Carasco, 2000 (cover)
Izote Vos:A Collection of Salvadorian Poetry, 2000)
Africana, H.L.Gates, K.W. Appiah, 1999 (illustrations)
Light Work Annual, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Terra, Los Angeles Natural History Museum, 1997
Los Angeles Times, 1997
Los Angeles Times, 1997
Albany Times Union, 1997
Los Angeles Times, 1997
Santa Barbara News Press, Santa Barbarba, CA, 1995
Toledo Blade, Toledo, OH, 1995
Discover Magazine, November, contributing editor, 1994
The Chronicle of Higher Education, End Paper, 1994
En Foco, A Quarterly Review, Bronx, NY, 1994
Hispanic Magazine, February issue, 1994
Los Angeles Times, 1993
Chicago Tribune "Weekend" Artist profile,1992
Los Angeles Times, "Using Creativity, Not Anger", LA,
CA,1992
El Colombiano, Medellin, Colombia,1992
Gramma, Havana, Cuba,1992
Selected Lectures
University of Colorado, Denver ”Africa’sa legacy in Mexico”
February 2005
University of Oregon, “Africa’s legacy In Mexico”
Eugene, Oregon February 2005
Fresno State University, “University Lecturer”
Fresno, CA February 2005
Selected Lectures (cont.)Syracuse University, Artist Talk
October 2004
NYU, Tish School of Art, Artist Talk
October 2004
University of Washington, Department of History,
“The Black Route West” June 2004
Southwest Collection /Special Collection Library
February 2003, The Black Route West
The Carpenter Center, Harvard University
Artist Talk April 2002
Transnational & Trans-colonial Studies Multi-campus Research Group, UCLA February 2002 (re)Constructing Mestizaje
History Department UCLA, LA, CA December 2001
“De-Constructing Mestizaje”
East Los Angeles College, LA, CA November 2001
“De-Constructing Mestizaje”
Pomona College, School of Art October 2001
“Artist talk”
Pomona College, Latin American Studies Dept, Claremont, CA
“De-Constructing Mestizaje” September 2001
Manifesting Visual Icons, Doing the Peoples Work
CSULB , Long Beach, CA. September, 1999
Center/Africana Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 1998
Kresge Museum of Art, Michigan State University,
East .Lansing, MI, 1998
Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA, 1998.
University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1998
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
“Race as Social Construction”, 1997
Pomona College, Claremont, CA, 1997
Barnstall Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 1997
University of Tulsa, School of Art, Tulsa, OK, 1997
California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA, 1997
Friends of the Library. Oceanside, CA, 1997
California State University, Long Beach, CA, 1997
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo , OH, 1995
Toledo School of Art, Toledo, OH, 1995
Ohio University, Athens, OH, 1995
University of California, Davis CA, 1995
Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Atlanta, GA, 1993
University of Texas, Austin, TX, 1993
Fresno City College, Fresno, CA, 1993
Loyola University, Baltimore, MD, 1993
California Afro-American Museum, LA, CA, 1993
University of Michigan School of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, 1992
The Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 1992
Michigan State University, East Lansing. MI, 1992
Kresgee Art Museum, Michigan State University,
East Lansing. MI, 1992
Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AK, 1991
