STEPHEN AXELRAD
EDUCATION:
M.A.(ART/PHOTOGRAPHY), California, State University, Fullerton, 1979.
J.D.(LAW), School of Law, University of Chicago, 1969.
B.A.(ENGLISH), University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
RELATED ARTS EMPLOYMENT:
ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC ART (ACPA), ARTS COUNCIL OF LONG BEACH, (2004-2008).
INTERACTIVE VIDEO PRODUCER, Stephen Axelrad Productions, Long Beach, California, 1987 - Present.
IINTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTOR, Orange Coast College (1994-2000).
MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1991-1993.
CHAIR OF MEDIA ARTS COUNCIL, Long Beach Museum of Art, 1991-1993.
COMMUNITY TELEVISION PRODUCER, Municipal Usage Corp., Los Alamitos and KYOU Community Television, Santa Ana, 1984-1986.
CONSULTANT, "Seeing the Unseen: The Poetics Of Human Motion," exhibit for the 1984 Olympics videodisc exhibition proposal, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, 1982.
STEPHEN AXELRAD, PHOTOGRAPHY, Book jackets, illustration, product photography, Cibachrome, dye transfer, and black and white printing, 1971-1980,
LAW PRACTICE. Legal Aid Society of Orange County, 1981-1987. Administrative Law Judge, California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, 1977-1978. National Health Law Program, 1973-1976. Law Offices of Stephen Axelrad, 1971-1973, 1976-1980. Massachusetts Defenders Committee, 1969-1971.
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTRUCTOR, UCLA Extension, Irvine Valley College, Orange Coast College, 1989-1993.
SOCIETY, TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS coordinated by Lynn Hershman, Alan Bloom, and Gene Youngblood, California State University, Summer Arts, 1986.
COMPUTER/VIDEODISC WORKSHOPS, San Francisco City College, 1989, L. A. Center for Photographic Studies, 1984.
PHOTOGRAPHY INSTRUCTOR, Irvine Valley College, 1988-89; Harbor College and Long Beach City College, 1981;
LAW INSTRUCTOR, Department of Health Science, California State University, Northridge, 1974-1976, School of Law & School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, 1975-1976, Western State University School of Law, 1977-1979.
ART RELATED CD-ROM PROJECTS:
UNDERSTANDING D.W. GRIFFITH, Director for CD-ROM produced by professor Brian Stonehill for Pomona College, 2000.
IDEA OF HOME, Computer Programmer/Interface CONSULTANT for artist Nancy Buchanan’s CD-ROM, funded with her Guggenheim grant, 1998.TRUTHS & FICTIONS. Computer Programmer /Interface for multimedia CD-ROM of work by Mexican photographer, Pedro Meyer, published by Voyager, 1994
3 WORKS. Producer of CD-ROM project funded by the National Endowment for multimedia format including Ed Hill/Suzanne Bloom (MANUAL), Esther Parada and Stephen Axelrad, all of whom were given access to the collections of the California Museum of Photography in creating their art work, 1994.
SYMPOSIUMS AND LECTURES:
SELF MUSEUM CD-ROM, Society for Photographic Education, National
Conference, 1996.RECENT INTERACTIVE WORK, L.A. Freewaves Symposium, 1995.
INTERACTIVE WORK, Art Lecture Series, Rancho-Santiago College, 1993.
SOCIETY AND PERCEPTION: NEW IMAGING TECHNOLOGY, California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside, 1991.
INTERACTIVE COMPUTER ART, coordinated by Carl Loeffler, Art Com, National Computer Graphics Association Conference, Anaheim, California, 1990.INTERACTIVE WORK AND DESIGN, "Influences 5 Symposium, Quantum Clicks: Photography in the 90's," Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, 1990.
RECENT INTERACTIVE WORK, Society for Photographic Education, Western Region, 1989.
INTELLIGENT IMAGES IN A HYPER MEDIA WORLD, Visual Literacy Conference, California State Polytechnic University, 1989.
INTERACTIVE DANCE, Dance Department,California State University, Long Beach, 1989.
INTERACTIVE PHOTOGRAPHY, San Francisco City College, 1989.
PHOTOGRAPHS THAT THINK, Society for Photographic Education, Western Region 1987.
INTERACTIVE IMAGES, interdisciplinary symposium, "Crossing Boundaries" at Art Center College of Design, sponsored by Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, 1987.
INDEPENDENT VIDEODISC WORK BY ARTISTS, Fifth International Videodisc Symposium,
Videodisc Design/Production Group, University of Nebraska, 1985.VIDEODISC ART AND THE AMERICAN MARKETPLACE, Conference for the Society of Photographic Education, Western Region, 1985.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
A. INTERACTIVE VIDEO EXHIBITIONS:
INTERACTIVE WORKS 1984-2004, Interactive DVD/TOUCH SCREEN, "BC Space - Mything in Action," CSFU Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, California, 2010
SELF MUSEUM, Interactive CD-ROM, "Digital Art L.A," curated by Howard Fox, Los Angeles, California, 2009
SELF MUSEUM, Interactive CD-ROM, Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, Texas, 2002
COMMUNITY COLLEGE: A BUILDING FROM SELF CITY (SELF SEARCH), Interactive installation, "Working with People" exhibition, Barnsdale Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 1992.
SELF CITY (SELF SEARCH), interactive computer/videodisc touch screen installation, Dada/Data show, Fine Arts Gallery, University of Maryland, 1991.
SELF CITY (SELF SEARCH), interactive computer/videodisc touch screen installation, Art Exhibition at CyberArts, Pasadena, California, 1991.
ROAD MAP TO SELF CITY (SELF SEARCH), interactive computer/videodisc touch screen installation, Photography Gallery, Cypress College, 1991.
I, LAS VEGAS (SELF SEARCH), interactive computer/videodisc, Art Show, SIGGRAPH '91, Las Vegas, Nevada.
I, MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY (SELF SEARCH), interactive computer/videodisc touch screen installation, BIENNIAL I, California Museum of Photography, 1990.
THE IMAGE BROWSER, a hypermedia work with narrative, music and 52,000 photographs from George Eastman House videodisc, Tech 2000, Techworld Plaza, Washington D.C., a new museum sponsored by the Interactive Multimedia Association, 1989.
THE IMAGE BROWSER, "Capturing Light" exhibition, The Exploratorium, San Francisco, 1989.
INTERACTIVE DANCE, Computer/Video Installation, Inter-Media, a dance, video and performance concert at Long Beach State University, 1989.
SELF SEARCH, Site Specific installation, Interactive Art Exhibition at the 15th Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, SIGGRAPH '88, Atlanta, Georgia,1988.
DONUT BEACH RESEARCH CENTER, Site Specific Installation, an interactive computer/videodisc piece, Techno/Fear show, University of Santa Clara, 1986.
DONUT BEACH RESEARCH CENTRE, Site Specific Installation, an interactive computer/videodisc piece, New Speak show, BC Space gallery, Laguna Beach, California, 1984.
NAKED, University of Colorado, portfolio, Boulder, 1985.
NOT STRICTLY VISUAL, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, 1984.
GENDER CONSTRUCTION, Ithaca College, 1984.
L.A. AS CONTENT, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, 1983.
CONTEMPORARY PHOTOWORKS II, Albuquerque United Artists, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1983.
ALTERNATIVES 1983, Ohio University, 1983.
RECENT WORK BY STEPHEN AXELRAD, Stone Gallery, Hays, Kansas, 1982.
PHANTASY, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, travelling show, 1982, photograph purchased for permanent collection.
PERCEPTIONS: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLORATIONS OF THE HUMAN FORM, Mills House, Garden Grove, California, 1981.
MULTICULTURAL FOCUS, Los Angeles Bicentennial, Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdale Park, Los Angeles, 1981.
ALTERNATIVES 1980, Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, and Ohio travelling exhibition, 1980.
EXPOSURE TIME IV, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1980.
MALE NUDE, Cameravision Gallery, Los Angeles, 1980.
PERCEPTION: FIELD OF VIEW, California State University, Los Angeles, 1979.
NEW PHOTOGRAPHICS/79, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington, 1979.
F/0, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, Purchase Award for the permanent collection, 1979.
DRAWING BY PHOTOGRAPHERS, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1978.
LOS ANGELES CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIES FIRST JURIED MEMBERSHIP SHOW, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, 1978.
F/2.8, Libra Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, 1977.
EROTICA, Soho/Camerawork Gallery, Los Angeles, 1977.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Orange Coast College Art/Photography Gallery, "Wedding Day Story," 2007
BC Space Gallery, “Donut Beach Artist Colony,” 1981
California State University, Fullerton, 1979
Stone Gallery, "Recent Work by Stephen Axelrad" 1982
James Madison University, New Image Gallery, "My Body - Grade School Exercises" (1983)
AWARDS, HONORS, RESIDENCIES, COMMISSSIONS:
MELLON FOUNDATION GRANT, Harvey Mudd College (1997-200), to work with college professors at the Claremont Colleges (Harvey Mudd, Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Claremont Graduate School, and Pizter) to design and develop multimedia for active learning, 1997-2000.
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, National Endowment for the Arts, Artists' Forum Grant with several other artists for installation, Symposium and CD ROM publication, 1990-1991.
TECH 2000 Museum in Washington, D.C., hardware and support provided by the INTERACTIVE VIDEO INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION for design and installation of "The Image Browser", 1989.
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, funded by Special Artists Initiative, National Endowment for the Arts, to design THE IMAGE BROWSER, an interactive videodisc project, in cooperation with the George Eastman House, 1988.
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY, cash award for best of show by juror, Bart Parker, 1980 and award of one person show.
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART, purchase award for the permancent collection by Juror Fred Parker, 1982.
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE, purchase award for the permanent collection by juror Joyce Neimenas, 1979.
PUBLIC OR INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:
SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART
KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
IN OUR OWN IMAGE, by Fred Ricthen (Aperture), page 124, 1990, "Stephen Axelrad... has created an interactive artwork called "Self Search...", republished 1999, 2004 and December 31, 2010
CAMERAWORK, VOL 21-22, page 68, published by S.F. Camerawork, "In the mid-1980s Lynn Hershman and Stephen Axelrad, early proponents of interactive computer works...", 1994.
MULTIMEDIA POWER TOOLS (Random House/VERBUM Interactive Book with CD-ROM (1993)by Peter Jaerram, Michael Gosney, Scott Billups, Christopher Yavelow, and others. Chapters 8(Video Tools) and 17(Creating Video), including reviews of California Museum of Photography Artist Forum Grant CD-ROM publication.
BALTIMORE SUN, "Art Review," Dada/Dada show, by John Dorsey, October 16, 1991.
ARTWEEK, "Demythologizing the Photographic Image: Biennial I at California Museum of Photograph," by M.A. Greenstein, pp. 12-13, October 11, 1990.
LOS ANGELES TIMES, "'Biennial I' Launches a Tradition," by Suzanne Munchnic, Sept. 22, 1990.
San Francisco Chronicle, "Photo Show Puts You in Picture," by Liz Lufkin, Dec 2, 1989, p. C 5.
CMP Bulletin, Vol. 8, No. 3 (1989), pp. 6,7,42, California Museum of Photography, Biennial I Catalog.
SIGGRAPH Video Review, Issue 40/41: 1988 videotape.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS, "1988 SIGGRAPH Art Show, A Review," Patric D. Prince, September, 1988, pp. 15, 23.
ACM SIGGRAPH 88 SHOW DAILY published by Computer Graphics World, p. 10, Maxine D. Brown, August 4, 1988.
BULLETIN CMP Vol. 7-9, page 42, published by The California Museum of Photography, 1987.
THREE INTERVIEWS: DIVOLA, CALLIS, AXELRAD (1987), U-Turn Monograph 3, by James Hugunin and Dennis Grady.
COMPUTER GRAPHICS, "DISPLAYS ON DISPLAY," October, 1986, page 10, by Bob Carlson, reproduction of color image, "Self Portrait as My Own Prom Date".
PHOTO METRO, reproduction of "Second Coming of Isis," "SPE: IMAGES/CULTURE, Photo Metro, p. 20, September 1985.
ARTWEEK, "Now That It's 1984," Mark Johnstone, page 16, July 28, 1984.
L.A. WEEKLY, Susan R. Mogul, Dinah B. Portner, February 6, 1982.
AFTERIMAGE, photograph from "My Body - Grade School Exercises," Winter, 1981.
ARTWEEK, "Perceptions of Human Form," Chuck Nicholson," Page 11, October 3, 1981.
ARTWEEK, "Confronting the Male Nude," Neal Menzies, page 11, March 15, 1980.
LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER, "Downey Museum of Art," Pamela J. King, Section E. page 8, December 10, 1978.
ARTWEEK, "Interpretation of the Erotic," Robert Mautner, page 13, December 24, 1977.