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ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

May, 2014
Blue Sky Gallery (Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts), Portland, OR. "My Life Until Now".

2011
Open Lens Gallery, Gershman YM/YWHA, Philadelphia, PA, “ Summer Joins the Past.”

1997
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, Installation: “Akedah.”

1996
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA., Installation: "Blood on the Doorpost...The AIDS Mezuzah."
A Shenere Velt Gallery, The Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring, Los Angeles, CA.

1995
Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO.

1994
Yiddish Folk Arts Program: KlezKamp, Parksville, NY.

1993
Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN.
A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Being Alive, Los Angeles, CA.
Photographic Resource Center, Boston, MA.

1991
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA.

1988
Different Angle Gallery, Boston MA.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

1987
Seidner/Borealis Gallery, Radical Faerie Gathering, Spenser, NY.
Centrepoint Gallery, Brookline, MA.

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TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2012
Fulginitti Pavillion Gallery, Center for Bioethics and Humanities, Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Denver, CO., “AIDS Adagio.”

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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2015-2017
Art AIDS America, One Gallery, West Hollywood, CA; Tacoma Art Museum, WA; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA; Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY; Alphawood Gallery, Chicago, IL.

2014
Re/Presenting HIV/AIDS, from the "Band-AIDS series", Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, NC.

2013-2015
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY, "The Seventh Day: Revisiting Shabbat".

2013
La Mama Galleria, New York, NY, "Not Over: 25 years of Visual AIDS"
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, CA, "Intersecting Paths: Art & Healing."

2012
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York, NY, "The Sexuality Spectrum".

2011
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, "Camp: Visiting Day."

2009
Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Los Angeles, CA, "Glimpse of L.A. Photography."
Berwick Academy, South Berwick, ME, “Alumni Reunion.”
2nd City Council Art Gallery + Performance Space, Long Beach, CA, “Being Gay: A Visual Dialogue Between Straight and/or LGBTQ Artists”
Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Open Call.”

2007
Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “Open Call.”
The Slide Library at Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, “New Members.”

2006
Spin Gallery, International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Ont., Canada, “Between Ten.”
Titan Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, “Hafra’a v’Shibushim” (Disruption and Chaos).
Art at Large, New York, NY, “tiny is good.”

2005
SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, “ En Masse: Work by Camerawork Members.”
Jewish Museum, New York, NY, “Culture & Continuity: The Jewish Journey.”
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA, “Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self.”

2004
Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas, “Identifying Marks.”
Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA, “Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self.”
Skirball Museum, Ruby Gallery, Los Angeles, CA “Still Listening.”
Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, Bell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. “Still Listening.”

2003
International Center of Photography, New York, NY, “Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self,” (catalogue), & web component.
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA.

2002
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, “Portraits on Paper.”
Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, “ Total Life.”

2001
Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Schine Student Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, “Ritual & Religion.”
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WVA, “The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of The Jewish Museum.”
Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, New York, NY, “Site of Construction.”

2000
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA., “Made in California: 1900-2000,” (catalogue).
SUNY Stony Brook, University Art Gallery, Staller Center, Stony Brook, NY, “Intersecting Identities: Jewishness at the Crossroads,” (catalogue)
Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, “The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of The Jewish Museum.”
The Skirball Museum, The Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA, “Concealing and Revealing: Portraits and Identity.”
NSA Gallery, Durban, South Africa, “Bodies of Resistance,” (catalogue).
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery & Sculpture Garden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NB, “The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of The Jewish Museum.” StudioChannel Islands Art Center, Ventura, CA,
Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, “The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of The Jewish Museum.”

1999
The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco, CA., “Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedakah Box.”
The National Arts Club, New York, NY., “desire.” (catalogue).
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, “The Changing Face of Family: Photographs from the Collection of The Jewish Museum.”
Robert B. Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, “desire.”
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT., “Bodies of Resistance.”
Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA, “Paper Prayers.”
Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, “What You Will Miss.”

1998
The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA., “Contact.”
SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA, “Cocktail Hour: New Imagery in the AIDS Era,” (catalogue).
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY. “Selections/Contemporary Photography.”

1997
Ashkenaz Festival, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, “Dancing with the Leviathan.”
Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Brandeis, CA, “Shelter.”

1996
Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA., "Re: Collectivity."
City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA., "A Promise to Remember."

1995
Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Los Angeles, CA., "TranscEnd AIDS," (catalogue).

1994
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, “Don't Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS,” (catalogue)
Eighteenth Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA., "Power in America."
University of California Los Angeles, Kerckhoff Gallery, Los Angeles CA.
SPACES, Cleveland, OH., "Creating in Crisis: Making Art in the Midst of AIDS," (catalogue).

1993
SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA., "The Family Seen."
Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA., TranscEnd AIDS."

1992
Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies, Lindhurst Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

1990
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI., "Sexuality & the Politics of Obscenity."
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA., "Imperfect Moments."

1989
Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton, MA., Visual Arts Faculty Biennial.

1988
Shadow Box Gallery, Watertown, MA., "Project All Stars."

1987
Project Community Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.

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AWARDS & GRANTS:

2007
Barnsdall Municipal Art Gallery, Open Call Award.
VisualAIDS, Materials Grant.

2003
VisualAIDS, Materials Grant.

2000
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Fellowship

1999
VisualAIDS, Materials Grant

1996
Cultural Affairs Department and Office of the AIDS Coordinator, City of Los Angeles.

1995
Durfee Foundation, Residency

1994
UCLA AIDS Institute, Katz Fund.

1993
National Endowment for the Arts / Western States Arts Federation, Fellowship.
Art Matters Inc., Fellowship.

1990
CalArts Scholarship.

1989
Technicolor Corporation Scholarship.
CalArts Inter-Cultural Arts Project.

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GUEST ARTIST, LECTURES & RESIDENCIES:

2011
SUNY Albany, Center for Judaic Studies, Albany, NY, Speaker & Guest Artist.

2010
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, “Drawing the Line Against AIDS,” Keynote Speaker & Guest Artist.

2005
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, Guest Artist.

2004
Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Brandeis, CA, Brandeis Collegiate Institute, Guest Artist

2003
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Kalsman Institute on Judaism & Health, Scottsdale, AZ , “Mining the Jewish Tradition for Its Healing Wisdom,” Keynote Presenter & Lecturer.
Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Brandeis, CA, Brandeis Collegiate Institute, Guest Artist.

2002
Society of Photographic Educators, Western Regional Conference, Oakland, CA, Presenter.
Brandeis-Bardin Institute, Brandeis, CA, Brandeis Collegiate Institute, Guest Artist.
University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA, “The Politics of AIDS,” Guest Artist.

2000
SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, “Intersecting Identities: Jewishness at the Crossroads,” Guest Artist.

1999
LIGHT WORK, Syracuse, NY, Residency.

1996
University of California Irvine, Guest Artist.

1995
California State University Long Beach, Guest Artist.
Moorpark Community College, Moorpark, CA. Guest Artist.
Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA, Cal Arts Durfee Residency

1994
Foundation for Art Resources, Los Angeles, CA. Guest Artist.
Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY., Residency.

1992
Society of Photographic Educators, Western Regional Conference, Santa Barbara, CA. Lecture.
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA., (& 1993, '94, '96), Lecture.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2017
Art AIDS America: An Exhibit, Frank J Palella, Jr. MD, April 25, 2017
Journal of the American Medical Association
(JAMA. 2017;317(16):1608-1610. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.3099)

2016
Art of the AIDS Years: What Took Museums So Long?, Holland Cotter, July 28, 2016

2015
Blue Sky Books: My Life Until Now by Albert J. Winn

2012
Bloodbrothers: Albert J. Winn and Richard Sawdon Smith (by Patricia Silva) | Daylight

2011
Albert J. Winn's “Summer Joins the Past”, Jeffrey Shandler, August 25, 2011

2010
“The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization,” Vol. #10, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.

2007
“After Sontag: Further Notes on Camp,” Ann Pellegrini, A Companion to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Queer Studies (LGBT/Q Studies), ed. George E. Haggarty and Molly McGarry, (London: Blackwell).
Healing and the Jewish Imagination, ed. Rabbi H. William Cutter, Jewish Lights, Woodstock, VT.
Corpus Magazine, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), Vol. 5, #1, pgs., 32-39.
Kink, Barcelona, Spain, #6, Autumn.

2006
Zeek Magazine, Spring/Summer
Art & Understanding, April (Issue 138).

2004
Jewish Quarterly Review, Center for Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, PA, Fall 2004, Vol. 94, No. 4, pgs., 603 - 614.
Zyzzyva Magazine, San Francisco, CA, Fall Issue, Vol. XX, No. 2, pgs., 162 - 165.
LA Jewish Journal, Los Angeles, CA., “Art Brings Life to Old Cases,” 1/16.

2003
Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, International Center of Photography & Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, pg. 126-127.
A Face in the Crowd: Celebrating Gay Life in America, Prospect Publishing, Los Angeles, CA.
Pandemic: Facing AIDS, Umbrage Editions, New York, NY.

2001
Visions Today, Wilmington, DE, Summer Edition.

2000
The New York Times, New York, NY, 12/10 LI.
Contact Sheet # 107, Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Artweek, Los Angeles, CA, 11/2000, pg. 21.
Traffic Report 2000, 18th Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA.
Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, 11/19, pg. E3.
LA Jewish Journal, Los Angeles, CA, 12/29.
Journal of the Print World, Fall, 2000, pg. 33.
The New York Times, New York, NY, 1/21, pg. E40.
Rhythm, New York, NY, September, Vol. IX, #9, pg. 16.
TatooJew, San Francisco, CA,

1999
The New York Times, New York, NY., 6/18, pg. B31.. Art in Review; 'Desire', Holland Cotter, June 18, 1999
Making Change, The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, pg.17.
Jewish Bulletin of Northern California, Vol. 103, No. 46, pg. 7B.
Positive Reflections on Art, The VisualAIDS Calendar
Contact Sheet 103, Light Work Visual Studies, Syracuse, NY,
POZ Magazine, New York, NY, pg. 71.

1998
Pakn Treger, Amherst, MA, Summer Issue

1996
The Forward, New York, NY 11/22, pg. 1.
The Jewish Chronicle, London, U.K.
Jewish Bulletin, San Francisco, CA., 11/29 & 12/31, Vol. 100, Nos. 48 & 50.
DAFKA, San Francisco, CA., Winter, Vol. I, No. 3, pg. 39-41.

1995
The Forward, New York, NY., 1/20/1995, pg. 10.
Witness, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. (&1993)
KCNC, Denver, CO., 7/26.

1994
Don't Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS, National Gallery of Australia, Thames and Hudson, London.
The Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, OH., 6/8/1994, Vol.2, No. 37, pg. 9.
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH., 5/28/1994, Sec. F, pg. 1.

1993
WESTAF / NEA Regional Fellowships For Visual Artists, Western States Arts Federation, Santa Fe, NM Artpaper, Minneapolis, MN., 5/1993.
WBEZ, Chicago, IL., 3/20.
Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL., 3/12/1993, Sec.7, pg. 80.
Bay Windows, Boston, MA., 1/28/1993, pg. 25., & 12/15/1988, pg. 16.

1992
The Village Voice, New York, NY., 4/7.

1991
Views, The Journal of Photography in New England, Boston, MA., Vol. 12, No. 2, Spring, 1991, pg. 19.

1989
The Advocate, Los Angeles, CA., Issue 523, 4/25/1989, pg. 58-59.

1986
History of the University Settlement Society. United States Department of the Interior.

1985
History of the Yiddish Art Theatre. United States Department of the Interior.

1979
Kibbutz: Development of an Intentional Community. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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READINGS:

1994
Public Broadcasting System (PBS), "McNeil-Lehrer News Hour," AIDS Project Los Angeles Writers' Workshop.
National Public Radio (NPR), "Soundprint," AIDS Project Los Angeles Writers' Workshop, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA..

1993
Yiddish Folks Arts Program (KlezKamp), Parksville, NY. (& 1994)
A Different Light Book Store, West Hollywood, CA., Writers Series.
The Loft Stage, Minneapolis, MN.
Being Alive, Los Angeles, CA., "Me & HIV" Writers Series.

1992
Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA., AIDS Project Los Angeles Writers' Workshop.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA., AIDS Project Los Angeles Writers' Workshop. (&1993, '94, '95)

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EDUCATION:

1991
California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA., M.F.A.

1986
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA., Undergraduate Art Studies.

1979
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL., M.A. Urban and Regional Planning.

1971
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA., B.S. Housing and Urban Studies

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COLLECTIONS:

International Center of Photography, New York, NY.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX.
The Center for Photography at Woodstock Collection at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Light Work, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.
Judah L. Magnes Collection, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
VisualAIDS Archive, New York, NY
ONE Archive, USC, Los Angeles, CA
Jewish Family Service, Los Angeles, CA