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Curriculum Vitae

Muriel Hasbun
murielhasbun@earthlink.net
www.murielhasbun.com

Solo exhibitions

2006
FotoFest International Biennial of Photography, “Trace – Muriel Hasbun,” JP Morgan Chase Tower, Heritage Gallery, Houston, TX, (catalog).

2004
Corcoran Gallery of Art, “Memento: Muriel Hasbun Photographs,” Washington, DC, (brochure).

2003
Conner Contemporary Art, “Watched Over,” Washington, DC.

2000
Sol Mednick Gallery, “Santos y sombras,” University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

1999
Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, “Santos y sombras,” Washington, DC, (brochure).
Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, “Protegida: Auvergne--Toi et Moi,” Washington, DC, (brochure).

1997
ZoneZero, www.zonezero.com, “Santos y sombras,” (ongoing).

1996
Centre Culturel, “Santos y sombras,” Octobre de la Photo, Agen, France.
Galerie Le Bleu de Lectoure, L’etй photographique de Lectoure: “Santos y sombras,” France.
Art Museum of the Americas, “Santos y sombras,” Gallery at the OAS, Washington, DC, (brochure).

1989
Galerнa Imaginaria, “Muriel Hasbun,” Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala,.

1988
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, “Muriel Hasbun,” Gallery at the OAS, Washington, DC, (brochure).

1986
Galerнa el laberinto, “Muriel Hasbun-fotografнas,” San Salvador, El Salvador.
 
Group exhibitions (selected)

2005
Texas Women’s University, Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, (guest curator: Alison Devine Nordstrцm), Denton, TX.

2003
International Center of Photography, Only Skin Deep National Survey, New York, NY.
50th Venice Biennale, “Dreams and Conflicts,” Latin American Pavilion-IILA, Santi Cosma e Damiano Convent, Venice, Italy, (catalogs).
The Art Gallery, “Cruzando Fronteras/Crossing Borders,”Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, (brochure).
The Lowe Art Museum, “Paradise Lost? Aspects of Landscape in Latin American Art,” University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, (catalog).

2002
Fries Museum, “Mundos Creados,” Noorderlicht Photofestival, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, (catalog;
www.noorderlicht.com).
Corcoran Gallery of Art, “Dedicated to Art: 2002 Faculty Biennial Exhibition,” Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC.

2001
MALBA/Colecciуn Constantini, “Polнticas de la Diferencia: Arte iberoamericano fin de siglo,” (guest curator: Virginia Pйrez Ratton), Buenos Aires, Argentina, December, & Centro de Convenciones de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, July; organized by Generalitat Valenciana (catalog).
Lehigh University Art Galleries, “Latin American Artist-Photographers,” Bethlehem, PA, (catalog).
The Art Gallery at University of Maryland, “Opened Book,” (guest curator: Kristen Hileman), College Park, MD.

2000
El Museo del Barrio, “Latin American Artist-Photographers,” (guest curator: Ricardo Viera), New York, NY.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, “Dedicated to Art: 2000 Faculty Exhibition,” Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC.

1999
Centro de la Imagen , Frontera: Bienal Internacional de Fotografнa, (guest curator: Josй Antonio Navarrete, Mexico, DF, Mexico, (catalog; traveling).
Centro Cultural Recoleto, “El ojo del milenio: Arte de las Amйricas,” Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Art Museum of the Americas, “Mastering the Millenium: Art of the Americas,” Washington, DC, (catalog).

1998
Musйe de l’Histoire Vivante, “Archives des lointains: Mois Off de la Photo а Paris 98,” (guest curator: Christian Gattinoni), Paris-Montreuil, France, (catalog).
Musйe de l’Arles Antique, “Cultes intimes,” 29иme Rencontres internationales de la photographie, (guest curator: Christian Gattinoni), Arles, France, (catalog).
Rosslyn Spectrum Gallery, “Say the Word- DeMoss, Hasbun, Revere,”Arlington, VA.
District Fine Arts , “Within the Surroundings-de Borja, Hasbun, Kirtland,” (guest curator: Ken Ashton), , Washington, DC.
Projectspace, “Visual Arts Fellowship Recipient Exhibition,” Washington, DC.

1997
The Washington Design Center, “Contemporary Photography of Iberoamerica,” Washington, DC, (catalog).
Arts Club of Washington, “Latino Festival,” (guest curator: Fйlix Angel), Washington, DC.
Arsenal de la Marina, “Muestra de Fotografнa Latinoamericana,” San Juan, Puerto Rico, (catalog).
The Dimock Gallery, “Faculty Show,” George Washington University, Washington, DC,.

1996
Centro de la Imagen, “Muestra de Fotografнa Latinoamericana,” V Coloquio de Fotografнa Latinoamericana, Mйxico, DF, (catalog).
The Chrysler Museum, “Light Images ‘96,” (guest curator: Alison D. Nordstrцm), Norfolk, VA, (catalog).

1995
Harn Museum of Art, “Images of Silence: Photography from Latin America & the Caribbean of the ‘80s,” Gainesville, FL.
Ellipse Arts Center, “All Together Now: Artists at Work In the Community,” ‘Photos & Other Treasures,’ Arlington, VA, (catalog).
Fine Arts Gallery at UMBC, “7 Views,” (guest curator: David Yager), Baltimore, MD, (catalog).

1994
Galerнa el laberinto, “Foto: Hasbun, Gonzбlez Palma, Paredes,”San Salvador, El Salvador.
Bibliothиque nationale de France, “La matiиre, l’ombre, la fiction,”Paris, France, (catalog).
Centre Photographique d’Ile de France, “Israйliens-Palestiniens,”Pontault-Combault, France, September, (catalog); also at the Grand Halle de la Villette, Paris.
The Chrysler Museum, “Light Images ‘94,” (guest curator: Adam Weinberg), Norfolk, VA, (catalog).

1993
Ellipse Arts Center, “12th Washington, DC Area-wide Photo Show,” (guest curator: Merry Foresta), Arlington, VA.
Galerнa Sol del Rнo, “Una visiуn de la fotografнa latinoamericana,” Guatemala, Guatemala, (brochure).
Spectrum Gallery, “New Impressions: Photography in the ‘90’s,”(guest curator: Will Stapp), Rochester, NY.
Maison de l’Amйrique Latine, “L’Amerique dans tous ses йtats,” Paris, France, (catalog).
Museu de Arte Contemporaneo, “Salуn latinoamericano del desnudo,” NaFOTO: International Month of Photography, Sao Paolo, Brazil.

1992
Galerie L’imaginaire, “Salуn latinoamericano del desnudo,” Allianзe Franзaise, Lima, Perъ.
Silver Image Gallery, “The Nude: Classic Image,” Seattle, WA.
A. Salon Ltd, “DC Commission on the Arts Grantees,”(guest curator: Sammy Hoi), Washington, DC.
The Dimock Gallery, “Faculty Show,” GWU, , Washington, DC.

1991
Galerнa el laberinto, “Vecinos,” San Salvador, El Salvador.
Abington Art Center, “Photography ‘90,” (guest curator: Duane Michals), Jenkintown, PA.
Galerнa Imaginaria, “El mito de la imagen,” Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
Bronx Museum of the Arts, “Images of Silence: Photography from Latin America and the Caribbean in the ‘80’s,” Bronx, NY; also at Museo de Arte Contemporбneo, San Juan, PR; Galerнa de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
 
 
1989
Galerнa el laberinto, “Foto 150: Hasbun, Gonzбlez Palma, Hasbun,” San Salvador, El Salvador.
Art Museum of the Americas, “Images of Silence: Photography from Latin America…,” (catalog).
Arts Club of Washington, “Washington Invitational 1989: Six Photographers,” Washington, DC.
Galerнa el laberinto, “5 x 5 = 5,” San Salvador, El Salvador, (brochure).
 
Bibliographical references (selected)
 
Hirsch, Marianne and Leo Spitzer, “Erinnerungspunkte: Schoahfotografien in zeitgenцssischen Erzaдhlungen”, Fotogeschichte, 2005, p. 29.
Hirsch, Marianne and Leo Spitzer, “Tainted Sites: Photography, Identity, Transmission,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Frances and Armand Hammer Auditorium, April 2005.
Atwood, Roger, ARTnews, February 2005.
Cosmos, Carolyn, “Angels and Phantoms,” The Washington Diplomat, May 2004, p. B-6.
Jenkins, Mark, “Multiple Exposures,” The Washington Post Weekend, April 9, 2004, p. 39.
Van Riper, Frank, “Muriel Hasbun and the Layering of Memories,” Camera Works, www.washingtonpost.com, March 2004.
Jacobson, Louis, “Watched Over,” Washington City Paper, September 19, 2003, p. 84.
Dawson, Jessica, “Memory over Memory,” The Washington Post, September 18, 2003, p. C5.
Rousseau, Claudia, “Exhibits feature Hispanic and Korean American Artists,” The Gazette, September 10, 2003, p. A-34.
Grundberg, Andy, “Protegida (Watched Over): Muriel Hasbun’s Postmemory Project,” Arcipelago di Immagini: 50esima Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte – Biennale di Venezia, (exhibition catalog), Istituto Italo-Latinoamericano, 2003.
Viera, Ricardo, guest editor, “Muriel Hasbun,” Nueva Luz, Volume 8:3 (Bronx, NY), 2003.
Castro R., Fernando, guest curator, “Escaping the Land: the Photographic Landscape in Latin America,” in Paradise Lost? Aspects of Landscape in Latin American Art, (exhibition catalog), The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 2003.
Levitt, Laura, ed., “Changing Focus: Family Photography & American Jewish Identity,”The Scholar & Feminist/Online, www.barnard.edu/sfonline/cf, The Barnard Center for Research on Women, 2003.
Hirsch, Marianne & Smith, Valerie, ed., “Gender & Cultural Memory,” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 28, Number 1, University of Chicago Press, Autumn 2002.
Mundos Creados—Latin American Photography, (exhibition catalog), Noorderlicht Photofestival 2002, The Netherlands, 2002.
Polнticas de la Diferencia: Arte Iberoamericano fin de siglo, (exhibition catalog), Generalitat
Valenciana, Spain, 2001.
Viera, Ricardo, Latin American Artist-Photographers from the Lehigh University Art Galleries Collection, (exhibition catalog), Lehigh University Art Galleries, 2001.
Sozanski, Edward J., “Redefining families in photos, portraits,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2000, p. W32.
Bahamond, Astrid & Janowski, Janine, Mitos Cruzados: La Huella de Europa, El Salvador 2000, Concultura & the European Union, San Salvador, May 2000.
Snow, K. Mitchell, “Landscapes of Light,” History of Photography (London) Vol. 23 No. 4, Winter 1999, pp. 364-369.
Frontera: Bienal Internacional de Fotografнa 1999, (exhibition catalog), Conaculta, Mйxico, DF, 1999.
Roshni Rustomji-Kerns, ed., Encounters: People of Asian Descent in the Americas, Rowman & Littlefield, New York, 1999.
“De Santos y sombras. El diario de Muriel Hasbun.” Extra-Cбmara, Conac (Caracas), Ediciуn 15-1-1999, pp. 50-55.
Bennekom, Josephine van, “Portfolio: Muriel H. Hasbun,” Foto (Amsterdam) September 1999, pp. 48-50.
Jacobson, Louis, “Her Past in Hiding,” Washington City Paper (Wash., DC), July 16, 1999, p.
Weiss, Gail, Body Images, Routledge, New York & London, 1999.
Perloff, Stephen, “Les Rencontres d’Arles,” The Photo Review (Philadelphia), Vol. 21, #4, Fall 1998, pp. 17-20.
“Portafolio Latinoamerica,” Estilo (Caracas) Aсo 9, No. 34, December 1998, p. 79.
Portefolio de cartes postales, Editions Musйe de l’Histoire vivante, Paris, November 1998.
Mois Off de la Photo а Paris 98, (exhibition catalog) Editions Le temps des cerises, Paris, November 1998.
Un nouveau paysage humain, 29иme Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, (exhib. cat.) Editions Actes Sud, Arles, France, July 1998.
Miller, Lenore, “Within the Surroundings...” KOAN (Washington, DC) Volume VI, No. 6, March 1998, p. 18.
“Santos y sombras,” Amйrica Ventana (Antwerp & Utrecht), nr. 251, February 1998, pp. 28-31.
Snow, K. Mitchell, “Through the Volcano’s Eye,” Amйricas (Washington, DC), Vol. 49, Number 5, October 1997, pp. 28-35.
Garrigues, Emmanuel, ed., L’Ethnographie, Societй Franзaise d’Ethnographie/Universitй Paris 7 (Paris), Tome XCII, 2, Numйro 120, Automne 1996, pp. 149-157.
Bernard, Sophie, “L’Etй Photographique de Lectoure,” Photographies Magazine (Paris), July-August 1996, pp. 46-
McWilliams, Martha, “Odi Vulgus,” Washington City Paper (Washington, DC, USA), May 12, 1995, pp. 40-41.
“їSуlo una sombra?” Washington Review (Washington, DC), Volume XX, Nr. 6, April-May 1995, pp. 13-16.
Lemagny, Jean-Claude, Photographie Contemporaine: La matiиre, l’ombre, la fiction, Nathan/Bibliothиque nationale de France, Paris, 1994.
Rodrнguez, Bйlgica, Una aproximaciуn al arte de Centroamйrica, Ed. Ex-Libris, Caracas, Venezuela, 1994.
Weinberg, Adam, Light Images ‘94, (exh. cat.), The Chrysler Museum (Norfolk), August 1994.
“Muriel Hasbun,” Fotopratica (Milan, Italy), September 1992, pp. 36-41.
“Muriel H. Hasbun,” Photo Metro (San Francisco), Volume 11, Issue 100, June-July 1992, p. 7.
Thern-Smith, Linda, “Faculty Exhibition,” New Art Examiner (Chicago), Vol. 19, Number 9, May 1992, p.42.
“Muriel H. Hasbun,” Photographos (Athens), March-April 1992, pp. 70-73.
Breiter, Joseph, “Moments of Reverie,” Nuestro (Washington, DC) April 1988, p. 21.
“Las fotos de Muriel Hasbun,” Crуnica (Guatemala), Aсo 1, #12, (11 February 1988), p. 46.
 
Collections
 
Anne and Ronald Abramson, Washington, DC, USA.
Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, USA.
Bert Hartkamp, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bibliothиque nationale de France, Paris, France.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, (promised gift), Washington, DC, USA.
Galerнa el laberinto, San Salvador, El Salvador.
Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, USA.
The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
 
Awards & honors
 
Fulbright Scholar, Lecturing award to El Salvador, US Department of State, 2006-07.
Faculty Development Program Grant, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC, 2004, 2003, 2001 & 1998.
Represented El Salvador at the 50th Venice Biennale, 2003.
The Janice Goldsten Community Artists Program, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Rockville, Maryland, in collaboration with the DC Jewish Community Center, Washington, DC, 2000-2001.
Individual Artist Fellowship, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities/National Endowment for the Arts, 1999, 1996, 1994 & 1991.
175th Anniversary Academic Program Grant, Related Destinies: The Children of Abraham throughout the World, The George Washington University, 1996.
First Place Black & White, (Merry Foresta), 12th Wash. DC Photo Show, Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington, VA, 1993.
Honorable Mention: (W. Stapp), New Impressions, Spectrum Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1993.
Technical Assistance Recipient, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities/NEA, 1993.
Cecille R. Hunt Prize, Washington, DC, 1988.
Patricia M. Toel Memorial Prize, Washington, DC, 1988.
David Lloyd Kreeger Award in Photography, Washington, DC, 1985.
 
College teaching
 
Corcoran College of Art + Design,
Associate Professor of Photography 2006-present.
Program Coordinator of Fine Art Photography 2002-present.
Adjunct faculty 1995-2006.
Assistant Professor & Interim Chair of Photography 2001-2002.
Courses taught include: Light Studies & Optical Culture, 3rd-year Photography Core, Identity and Place in Contemporary Art & Photography, Identity & Cultural Memory in Contemporary Art & Photography, Intro to Digital Photography, The Idea in Photography, The Expressive Image, Fundamentals of Photography, Intermediate Photography.
The George Washington University, Assistant Professorial Lecturer: Photography I & II, The Portrait, Individual Problems, 1989-1998.
American University, Instructor: Basic Photography, 1995-1996.
Northern Virginia Community College, Instructor: Alexandria campus, Photography II, 1993.
 
Lectures and workshop presentations
 
College Art Association 94th Annual Conference, “Photography and the Historical Moment,” panel chaired by Andy Grundberg, Boston, MA, 2006.
Corcoran College of Art + Design, Photography Seminar Series – “Identity and Place: New Media, New Ideas,” 2005.
National Graduate Seminar, “Muriel Hasbun: Acts of Memory,” The Photography Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, 2004.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Open Studio for High School Students, Washington, DC, 2004.
Society for Photographic Education 41st National Conference, “Place Located Within Self and Culture,” panel moderated by Andy Grundberg, Newport, RI, 2004.
JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention, “Social Commentary Through the Arts: Exploring Identity,” Washington, DC, 2003.
The Cosmos Club, “Muriel Hasbun and The Expressive Image,” Washington, DC, 2002.
DC Jewish Community Center, workshop series & panel discussion: “Face to Face: Albums, Mirrors and Suitcases,” funded by the Janice Goldsten Community Artists Program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, 2001.
Stanford University, “History, Identity and Photography,” Center for Latin American Studies, 2000.
DC Jewish Community Center, “Beyond Borders”: children’s photography project, with the Center for Collaborative Art and Visual Education and New Community, 1998.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, “In Focus”: education program for Gordon Parks’ Half Past Autumn, 1997.
Smithsonian Institution, “A Wider Lens”: teachers’ workshop, American Voices, International Gallery, 1997.
Latin American Youth Center, workshop funded by The Andrea Frank Foundation, Washington, DC, 1997.
Smithsonian Institution, workshop, Points of Entry: Making Photocollages & Theme Albums, 1996.
Art Museum of the Americas, Santos y sombras, Gallery talk, Washington, DC, 1996.
Ross Elementary School, “Lens Friends” Bilingual Photography Project, Washington, DC, 1996.
Gunston Community Center After-school program, “Photos & Other Treasures,” Arlington, VA, 1995.
Smithsonian Institution, workshop, Camera Portraits/Annie Liebovitz, National Portrait Gallery, 1991.
Art Museum of the Americas, “Photography in Latin America,” Images of Silence, 1989.
 
Related experience
 
Panelist: Photography Fellowships, Maryland Arts Council, 1995; Arts-in-Education Grants, DCCAH, 1994.
Photographer: (selected clients): Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Moving Forward Dance Company, Kimberly Gallery, Mexican-Cultural Institute, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1989-present.
Photographic Conferences: Society for Photographic Education 2004, 1998; Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d’Arles: 1998, 1995, & 1990; Women & the Art of Multimedia 1997; V Latin American Colloquium 1996; Fotofest 1992; AIPAD & SPE Mid-Atlantic.
 
Education

M.F.A. Photography, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1989: University Fellow (1985-88); Graduate Teaching Assistant (1987); Studied with Ray K. Metzker (1987-88); Thesis: A “Hint Half Guessed”: A Portfolio of Photographs, (unpublished).
A.B. French Literature, cum laude, Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society), Georgetown University, 1983.
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, Summer 1982.
American University in Paris, Paris, France, 1979-1980.