Vitae
vITAE & pUBLICATIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Beyond Belief, (showcasing Lost, Sacred, and The Weight of History), Trinity Hall, Portland Oregon
2018 Quite Normal and Welcome to Wonderland at DaVinci Arts, Portland, Oregon
2017 Astra Velum and Liminal Spaces, Gallery 1401, Philadelphia
2015 Skeleton in the Closet, Lishui Photography Museum, Lishui, China
2015 Astra Velum, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon Statue University, Corvallis, Oregon
2013 Astra Velum, The Light Factory Museum, Charlotte, NC
2013 Astra Velum, Lishui Photo Festival, Lishui, China
2013 Skeleton in the Closet, Corban University, Salem, Oregon
2012 Skeleton in the Closet, Alexander Brest Museum, Jacksonville, Florida
2011 Astra Velum, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2011 Astra Velum, Gallery 291, San Francisco, California
2011 Skeleton in the Closet, Anderson Center for the Arts, Hartwick College, Oneonta, New York
2011 Astra Velum, Lightbox Photographic, Astoria, Oregon
2011 Skeleton in the Closet, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
2011 Skeleton in the Closet, IAEDP Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona
2011 Quite Normal, Root Gallery, Bellingham, Washington
2010 Quite Normal, CameraWork Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2010 Skeleton in the Closet, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon
2009 Skeleton in the Closet, Washington State University, Richland, Washington
2008 Skeleton in the Closet, New Work, Camerawork Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2007 Skeleton in the Closet, Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland
2007 Through the Shadow, Pacific NW College of Art Photography Gallery, Portland
2005 Through the Shadow, Navigator Gallery, Sisters, Oregon
2005 Secrets, White Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
2004 Hearts are Broken Everyday, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington
2004 Caldera, Weiden and Kennedy, Portland, Oregon
2002 Sightseers and Sights Unseen, with guest Terry Toedtemeier, Northview Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2002 The Way We Look, Nine Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2001 The Way We Look, Phillip Feldman Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2000 Monody, CameraWork Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1999 Body Language, WindRiver Gallery, Bend, Oregon
1998 Recent Work, Artisan’s Center, Portland, Oregon
1997 Selected Works, Artisan’s Center, Portland, Oregon
1990 El Cipres, Murdock Exhibit Space, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon
Juried and Invitational Group Exhibitions
2024 Visual Poetry, Oregon Society of Artists, Portland, Oregon
2022 Depth of Field, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon
2022 Our Diversity is Our Strength, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2020 Our Diversity is Our Strength, ProPhoto and Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2019 Diffusion IX, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina
2019 Immigrant Stories, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2016 Skeleton in the Closet, Beijing Photo Festival, Beijing, China
2016 Skeleton in the Closet, Shanghai International Photography Festival, Shanghai, China
2015 Black and White and Read, Various galleries, Pacific Northwest
2015 Tourists Out of Bounds, Lishui Photography Festival, Lishui, China
2015 The Alternative Process, SoHo Photo Gallery, New York City, juried by Geoffrey Berliner
2014 Scrutiny After the Glimpse, Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2014 Editions of Grandeur, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2014 Portable Works, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2014 The Weight of History, Dogana Reale Gallery, Bobbio Pellice, Italy
2013 Oregon Project Dayshoot, Columbia Arts Center, Hood River, Oregon
2013 Sometime Other Than Now: Alternative Processes in Contemporary Photography, LightFactory Contemporary Museum of Photography, Charlotte, NC
2013 Fototropia, Guatemala City, Guatemala
2013 Historic Process/Contemporary Vision, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL
2013 Oregon Project Dayshoot, Portland International Airport
2013 Photography at the Edge, Newspace Gallery, Portland, Oregon, included one of my sculpted book/photograph pieces, juried by Tricia Hoffman
2013 Blue Sky Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, showing my series Quite Normal, juried by Diana Millar and Ed Marquand
2013 Beautiful My Desire, curated by Ann Jastrab, WallSpace Gallery, Seattle, WA
2013 Beautiful My Desire, curated by Ann Jastrab, WallSpace Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 X, Arte360 Gallery, Algeciras, Spain
2012 TRUST, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2012 What’s in a Face, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Blue Sky Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, curated by Laura Moya and Clint Willour
2012 The Body, Walter Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA
2012 Contents: Love, Anxiety, Happiness & Everything Else, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, CA, curated by Darius Himes, Fraenkel Gallery
2012 Contents: Love, Anxiety, Happiness & Everything Else, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon curated by Darius Himes, Fraenkel Gallery
2012 Contents: Love, Anxiety, Happiness & Everything Else, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA, curated by Darius Himes, Fraenkel Gallery
2012 Black and White, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon, juried by Chris Bennett
2011 Newspace Showcase, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon, juried by Chris Bennett
2010 (Por)trait Revealed, Featured Artist, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco, California
2010 Photobook, Davis Orton Gallery, New York, juried by Paula Tognareli
2010 Two of a Kind, Froelick Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2010 Cascade Aids Project Art Auction, Portland, Oregon, juried by Charles Froelick
2010 Carnival, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon, juried by Chris Bennett
2009 Self Portrait, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Slideluck Potshow PDX III, Portland, Oregon
2007 All Photographers Now, Musee de l’Elysee, Lausenne, Switzerland
2007 Best, Benham Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2006 Photography at Oregon, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon
2005 Friends of Friends Photography Auction, Phillips de Pury, New York
2005 One Foot After Another: Photography, Mark Woolley Gallery, Juried by Christopher Rauschenberg
2005 People in Places, Habitat for Humanity, Portland, Oregon
2005 Room of Thoughts, 5th Avenue Suite, Portland, Oregon
2005 Women’s History Art Deck Show, Tribe Theater Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2004 About Face, Gresham City Hall, Gresham, Oregon
2004 One Foot After Another: 10 Years, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2003 Emerging Artists, Catlin Gable, Portland, Oregon
2001 Crossing Boundaries: East-West Symposium of Print Art, Gordon and Vivian Gilkey Printmaking Studios, Portland, Oregon
2001 9.11: Artists’ Response, Savage Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
2001 Elements of Light, Lake Oswego, Oregon, Curated by Mark Woolley
2001 PNCA 2001, OHSU, Portland, Oregon, Curated by Jeffrey Thomas
Museum Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Yale University Library Collection, New Haven, Connecticut
Scripps College Collection, Claremont, California
Suzzallo Special Collection, University of Washington, Seattle
Lishui Museum of Photography, Lishui, China
Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Gordon and Vivian Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum
Oregon Historical Society, Portland, Oregon
Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, Oregon
Oberlin Art Library Collection, Oberlin, Ohio
Private Collections
Paula Tognarelli Collection
Alessandro Uzielli Ford Collection
Other private collections in the US and abroad.
Awards and Honors
2023 RACC Project Grant Award
2022 The Independence Creative Fellowship
2019 Pine Meadow Ranch Arts Residency
2017 Caldera Arts Residency
2013 Grand Prize, Lishui International Photography Festival, Lishui, China
2013 ASMP Photographer of the Year
2013 PDN awarded “Fox” a top award in their Faces competition
2013 Rangefinder Black and White Alternative Processes Competition, Grand Prize Winner for “Asia” from Astra Velum
2013 PDN’s Photo Annual 2013 awarded my website a top spot, featuring an image from Astra Velum
2012 Critical Mass Finalist
2011 Critical Mass Top 50
2007 RACC Project Grant Award
2007 Critical Mass finalist
2004 Caldera Arts Residency award recipient
2002 Tamron/Bronica National Photography Scholarship, 1st Place Award for 2001-02
2002 William Jamison Memorial Award
2002 Nancy Tonkin Memorial Award
2001 Gordon Gilkey Center for Graphic Arts, Portland Art Museum, Award Recipient, 2000-2001
2000 Northeast Art Competition, Judge’s Choice Award, December 2000
2000 Photographer’s Forum Photography Competition, First Place Award in Black & White, June 2000
Books
2012 Astra Velum Limited Edition Artist Book
2013 Skeleton in the Closet: Eating Disordered Lives
Arts-Related Experience
– BFA, Pacific Northwest College of Art
– Caldera Artist Residency recipient, 2004, 2017
– Artist-in-Residence, DaVinci Arts School, 2002-2004
– Artist-in-Residence, Washington State University, Vancouver
– Professional photographer, 1991-Present
– Guest lecturer and teacher at schools, museums, and conferences
– Instructor, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Newspace Center for Photography, Santa Fe Workshops
BIBLIOGRAPHY
-Shadow and Light Magazine featured the Unfurling series, Spring 2024
–Lenswork Magazine feature of the Unfurling series, October 2023
–RFotoFolio interview about the Unfurling series, October 2023
–Diffusion X (2021) included my recent photo-encaustic work
–Lenscratch featured an interview with me about my series Sacred
–KATU News featured an interview with me about my book Skeleton in the Closet
-Diffusion Annual IX (2018) featured several of my encaustic images
-Astra Velum and interview featured in National Geographic‘s Proof
-Photography as Life, Lishui, China, 2015
–Black and White and Read, 2015
–Skeleton in the Closet article on The Huffington Post
-“The Art of the Fine Art Portrait” lecture at PIX 2015 in Seattle
–Lishui Photography Magazine featured an 8-page spread of Skeleton in the Closet, in conjunction with the solo show at the Lishui Musem of Photography, Lishui, China, March 2015.
-Review of Astra Velum at SoHo Photo Gallery in Don’t Take Pictures: http://www.donttakepictures.com/dtp-blog/2014/11/30/alternative-process-soho-photo, December 2014
–Publishers Weekly interview, “The Human Condition: PW Talks with Fritz Liedtke,” June 2014
–Publishers Weekly review of Skeleton in the Closet, March 2014
–Looking at Images, Brooks Jensen, Lenswork Publishing, 2014
-LensCulture Editor’s Pick featured article on Astra Velum: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/fritz-liedtke-astra-velum June 2014
-Publication of book Skeleton in the Closet: Eating Disordered Lives July 2013
–ASMP awarded my work their Best of 2013 prize, and featured an extensive interview in their magazine: http://asmp.org/best-2013-liedtke#.UjsV6Mash8H, 2013
–Photo District News awarded one of my Astra Velum portraits a top prize in the Faces competition, in the August 2013 issue.
–Feature Shoot writeup on Astra Velum: http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/08/photogravure-portraits-explore-the-beauty-of-freckle-graced-faces/
–Art Photo Collector featured Astra Velum: http://www.artphotocollector.com/post/56347687251/to-photograph-truthfully-and-effectively-is-to
–LENSCRATCH featured the Astra Velum Limited Edition Artist Book: http://www.lenscratch.com/2013/04/fritz-liedtke-asta-velum-artist-book.html
–photoeye blog features an interview: Fritz Liedtke on Astra Velum Limited Edition Artist Book: http://blog.photoeye.com/2013/04/interview-fritz-liedtke-on-astra-velum.html
–LensWork Magazine, Jan/Feb 2013, featuring cover, and 22 pages of interview and images from the Astra Velum series
–Professional Photographer Magazine, 9-page feature Artful Life, about my fine art photography: http://www.ppmag.com/current_issue/pdfs/1212/liedtke1212.pdf
–Portland Squared, ASMP, 2012, book features 3 of my images, including one on the cover.
–The Norton Mix, W.W. Norton and Company, New York, includes an image from Welcome to Wonderland, plus an introduction and study questions.
-Lensbaby, Second Edition, Focal Point Press, 2012, by Corey Hilz, features several of my images.
–TRUST, Catalog from the PNCA show, Portland, 2012
–Astra Velum 20-page feature in Mental Shoes magazine, issue 22: www.mentalshoes.com
–Astra Velum 1-page feature in Diffusion magazine, Vol IV.
-Journal of the Print World, article on Astra Velum, April 2012
-Video documentary and interview with me produced by Lensbaby: http://lensbaby.com/video.php?id=24
-Review of Astra Velum in What’s in a Face show at Panopticon Gallery, Boston: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1569573182/Panopticon-Gallery-photo-exhibit-features-faces
-Brooks Jensen of Lenswork Magazine shares some thoughts about Welcome to Wonderland: http://daily.lenswork.com/2012/02/welcome-to-wonderland-by-fritz-liedtke.html
–Underexposed interview with Susan Burnstine: http://blog.susanburnstine.com/post/16800958180
-Interview with Lensbaby: http://lensbaby.com/blog/pro-spotlight/pro-spotlight-fritz-liedtke/
-An image from Astra Velum was selected for The Portrait group exhibit in F-Stop Magazine.
-Interview with author Paul Pastor on Sparking Creativity blog: http://sparksandashes.com/2012/01/13/sparking-creativity-photographer-fritz-liedtke/
–View Camera Magazine, 9-page feature of the Welcome to Wonderland series, September/October 2011
-“American Connection” in Black and White Magazine, article by Susan Burnstine, featuring Astra Velum, September 2011
–Photographer’s Showcase: Fritz Liedtke’s Astra Velum, Photo-Eye Blog, June 22, 2011
–Films and Grains Magazine, Issue 2, June 2011, Featured Photographer, 8 page spread of work from 4 series plus interview
-Lenswork Magazine, May 2011, portfolio of Beneficio de Cafe published, with audio interview in Lenswork Extended
-PhotoEye Blog: “Photolucida Book Discoveries” http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/04/photolucida-book-discoveries.html April 2011
-Lenscratch article on Astra Velum: http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2011/04/fritz-liedtke.html April 2011
-SilverShotz Magazine, October 2010, 14-page featured article and cover from Skeleton in the Closet
–PhotoLife Magazine, October 2010, publication of 2-page spread of Skeleton in the Closet series and essay
–PhotoSolution Magazine, October 2010, publication of 3-page spread of Skeleton in the Closet series and essay
-SF Weekly Art Review, “Fritz Liedtke: Skeleton in the Closet“, August 2010
–Lenscratch, Skeleton in the Closet review by Aline Smithson, August 2010
–San Francisco Examiner, review of (Por)trait Revealed, July 27, 2010
–San Francisco Bay Guardian, Pick of the Week, (Por)trait Revealed/Skeleton in the Closet show at RayKo Photo Center, July 28, 2010
-LensWork Magazine, July 2010, publication of my article Buying Time in issue #89
-LensWork Magazine, January 2010 Alumni News, feature on Skeleton in the Closet series
-High Desert Journal, Spring 2007, portfolio of Through the Shadow
-Focus on Photography, Hermon Joyner and Kathleen Monaghan, Davis Publications, 2007
-LensWork Magazine, Jan/Feb 2006, 18-page portfolio of Welcome to Wonderland
-LensWork Magazine Extended Edition CDROM, Jan/Feb 2006, complete portfolio of Welcome to Wonderland, audio interview with Brooks Jensen, and more
–Creative Vision, by Jeremy Webb, AVA Books, London, 2005
– Friends of Friends Photography Auction Catalog, New York, 2005
– Somerset Studio Magazine, “Must Haves”, November 2005
–Women’s History Art Deck, Card deck featureing artwork of 50 artists, published Fall, 2004
–Shots Magazine, Issue 86, December 2004
– PBS’s Life 360 website, Voice, November 2001
– Tamron/Bronica national advertising campaign 2001-02
– Portland Tribune AroundTown Pick of the Week, August 7 and August 21, 2001
– Photographer’s Forum, publication of portfolio, February 2001 issue
– OurTown pick of the week, November 2000
– Photographer’s Forum, prize-winning photograph published, June 2000
– Alchemy, A Magazine of Literature and Art, presented 5 images from a series on children living in subsidized housing, June 2000
– “Prize-winning Photographer Captures Haunting Images,” article in The Hollywood Star, April 2000