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bio
education
1973 Master of Fine Arts, Arizona State University,
Tempe, AZ
1971 Bachelor of Science, Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, IL
academic appointments
1980–2006 Associate Professor of Photography, School of
Visual Arts, University
of North Texas, Denton, TX
1976–1980 Assistant Professor of Photography, Sam
Houston State University,
Huntsville, TX
1978 Instructor of Photography, Department of Continuing
Education,
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
1973–1974 Instructor of English and Photography, Tuba
City High School,
Tuba City, AZ (Navajo/Hopi Indian
Reservation)
selected one-person exhibitions
2005
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT, “Brent Phelps:
Photographing the Lewis
and Clark Trail,” June 18 – September 11, 2005
Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX,
“American Journey:
In The Footsteps of Lewis and Clark,” January 7 –
February 20, 2005
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK,
“Brent Phelps:
Photographing the Lewis and Clark Trail,” February
12 – May 8, 2005
2004
Gerald Peters Gallery, Dallas, TX “Brent Phelps: From The
Lewis & Clark Trail,”
November 5 – December 31, 2004
Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX, “Brent Phelps:
Photographing the Lewis
and Clark Trail,” September 25, 2004 – January 2,
2005
Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, SD, March 26 – May 15, 2004
Filson on Main, Louisville, KY, August 2003 – January 2004
2002
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX, September 14 – October, 26,
2002
2001
Western Heritage Center, Billings, Montana, September 24 –
October 15, 2001
2000
Western Heritage Center, Billings, MT, October
-
December 2000
Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX, January 15 – April 15, 2000
selected invitational group
exhibitions
2005
Center For Photography At Woodstock, Woodstock, NY, “Foreign
Affair,”
January 29 – March 27, 2005
2004
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, “Framing Sight: The Nancy
and Russell
Carlson Collection of American Landscape
Photography,” September 18,
2004 – January 30, 2005
2003
Hastings College, Hastings, NE, January 2003
2000
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, December 2000
(two-person
exhibition with An-My Lê)
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX, 40th
Annual Invitational Photo
View 2000, May 13
-
June 30, 2000
1999
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, “Masterworks from the
Photography
Collection: Land of Plenty, Land of Contrast,”
January/March 1999
visiting artist
presentations
2005
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX, June 1
Society For Photographic Education, National Conference,
Portland, OR, March 18
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK,
March 8
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK,
February 10
2004
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, October, 20
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, October 10
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, September 29
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, September 23
2003
University of Texas, LBJ Library, Austin, TX, February 15
2002
Illinois Historical Society, Annual Symposium, Springfield, IL,
December
Denison Rotary Club, Denison, TX, March 14
Forth Worth Camera Club, Fort Worth, TX, March 7
2000
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, December 7
Western Heritage Center, Billings, MT, November 2
Falls of the Ohio Interpretive Center, Clarksville, IN, October
24
1999
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, February 21
fellowships & grants
Wells Fargo Bank, Denton County, TX, 2002
Fifth Avenue Foundation, Fort Worth, TX, 2002
Stewart Professional Development Grant, University of North
Texas, 2002
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX, Artist Honorarium 1999,
2000, 2001
Faculty Research Grants, University of North Texas 1998, 1999,
2000, 2001, 2002
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Major Fellowship
1980
catalogues, journals,
magazines
2005
Campbell, Virginia. “On The Trail Again: How A Journey
Westward 200 Years Ago
Inspired Texas Photographer Brent Phelps.”
Southwest Art, Houston,
TX, pp. 110-113, 128.May 2005.
Phelps, Brent. “The Lewis and Clark Trail Photographic
Survey.” Exposure, The
Society For Photographic Education, Oxford,
OH, Vol. 38:1, cover
and pp.18-25, Spring 2005.
Baker, Leslie. “March with Lewis and Clark At the National
Cowboy Museum.”
Preview magazine, Vol. 19, No. 9,
pp. 6-7, March 2005.
Van Deventer, M. J. “On The Trail of Lewis and Clark.”
Oklahoma City Downtown,
Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 15-16, February 2005.
Amon Carter Museum Program.
“Brent Phelps; Photographing the Lewis and Clark
Trail.” pp. 10-11, September 2004 –
February 2005.
Amon Carter Museum Program.
“On The Trail With Brent Phelps.” pp. 12-13,
September 2004 - February 2005.
The Center for Photography at Woodstock 2005 Auction
Catalogue, Woodstock,
NY.
2004
Van Deventer, M.J. “On The Trail of Lewis & Clark.”
Persimmon Hill, The National
Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma
City, OK, pp. 8-10,
Winter 2004.
Photo District News, “Brent Phelps: Photographing the
Lewis and Clark Trail,”
New York, NY, November 2004.
Crager, Jack. “LOOK WEST.” American Photo On Campus,
New York, NY,
pp. 14-17, November 2004.
Mulligan, Therese, PhD. “Of Fact, Spirit, and Culture:
American Landscape
Photography.” Exhibition catalogue:
Framing Sight: The Nancy
and Russell Carlson Collection of American
Landscape Photography,
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, p.
16, September 2004.
Ryan, Debora W. “Introduction.” Exhibition Catalogue:
Framing Sight: The Nancy
and Russell Carlson Collection of American
Landscape Photography,
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY,
pgs. 9-10, September 2004.
Everson Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue, cover image,
Framing Sight: The
Nancy and Russell Carlson Collection of
American Landscape
Photography.
September 2004.
Everson Museum of Art Fall 2004 Bulletin, “Framing
Sight: The Nancy and Russell
Carlson Collection of American Landscape
Photography,” pp. 1-2.
O’Toole, Erin. “Curators As Collectors: Notes on Recent Museum
Acquisitions and
Gifts,” Camera Arts Magazine,
Corrales, NM, p. 32, August/September
2004.
Amon Carter Museum Program.
“Brent Phelps: Photographing the Lewis and Clark
Trail,” pg. 12, March – August 2004.
Southwest Airlines Spirit Magazine, p. 21, September
2004.
Living With Panache,
American Airlines publication, p. 37, September 2004.
Texas Photographic Society 2004
Auction Catalogue.
2003
“The Lewis & Clark Expedition: A Panoramic Celebration of the
Journey’s
Bicentennial, 2004 Calendar,” Workman
Publishing Co., New York, NY.
Texas Photographic Society 2003 Auction Catalogue.
2002
34th Annual C.M.
Russell Auction Catalogue, March 13 - 16, 2002, C.M. Russell
Museum, Great
Falls, Montana.
Texas Photographic Society 2002
Auction Catalogue.
2000
Parsons, Sara-Jayne. “Brent Phelps: Photographs from the Lewis
& Clark Survey,”
Artlies: The Texas Contemporay Art
Journal, #26, pp. 68-69, Spring
2000.
1999
Amon Carter Museum Program. “Photography Collection:
Land of Plenty, Land of
Contrast,” pp. 16-17, March – August
1999.
1998
Duncan, Dayton and Phelps, Brent. “Lewis and Clark In Montana,”
Big Sky Journal,
Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 56-71, Summer 1998.
articles, interviews,
reviews
2005
Rushton, Charles R. “Happy Trail,”
Oklahoma Gazette, Vol. 27, No. 13, pp. 40-41,
March 30, 2005.
OETA, PBS Affiliate, TV Interview, OKC
Metro Program, Oklahoma City, OK,
February 12, 2005.
2004
CNN TV Interview, NewsNight with Aaron
Brown, December 16, 2004.
KERA Radio Interview with Bill Zeeble, NPR Affiliate, Dallas,
TX, October 4, 2004.
WRR Radio Interview, Dallas, TX, October 2004.
Shepherd, Marleen. “An Expedition of his own,” The
Southern Illinoisan, pp. 1D,
5D, 10D, December 12, 2004.
Antiques & The Arts Weekly, “Brent Phelps:
Photographing The Lewis And Clark
Trail,” Newtown, CT, November 26, 2004.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, “Widely spaced photos,” Fort
Worth, TX, November
7,2004.
San Antonio Express-News, “Road Trips,” San Antonio,
TX, October 24, 2004.
Herron, Frank. “Photographer captures trek on film,” The
Post-Standard, Syracuse,
NY, p. F-10, October 20, 2004.
Mitchell, Charles Dee. “Trail gazer: On the path of Lewis and
Clark, photographer
Brent Phelps captures the changing West,”
The Dallas Morning News,
p. 12E, October 20, 2004.
Brown, Angela K. “Professor retraces the
route of Lewis and Clark in photos:
exhibit is the result of six years he spent
following explorers’ trail,”
Associated Press wire service article,
Daily Herald, Wausau, WI,
October 31, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Daily
Progress, Charlottesville,
VA, October 28, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article,
Courier-Times Telegraph,
Tyler, TX, October 24, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Herald
Standard, Uniontown,
PA, October 23, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article,
Post-Standard, Syracuse,
NY, October 20, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Union
Leader, Manchester,
NH, October 19, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Times
Standard, Eureka,
CA, October 17, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Valley
News Dispatch,
Tarentum, PA, October 17,2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Mail
Tribune, Medford, OR,
October 17, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article,
Leader-Herald, Gloversville,
NY, October 17, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, News,
Mt. Airy, NC, October
17, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Daily
Record, Baltimore, MD,
October 16, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Sioux
City Journal, Sioux
City, IA, October 15, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Times
Union, Albany, NY,
October 14, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, The
Journal Record,
Oklahoma City, OK, October 14, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Pocono
Record, Stroudsburg,
PA, October 13, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Town
Talk, Alexandria, LA,
October 13, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Bozeman
Daily Chronicle,
Bozeman, MT, pp.1, 8, October, 12, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article,
Columbian, Vancouver, WA,
October 11, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Forum,
Fargo, ND, September
27, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Times
Record, Valley City,
ND, September 27, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, The
Brownsville Herald,
Brownsville, TX, September 26, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article,
Weatherford Democrat,
Weatherford, TX, September 26, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Houston
Chronicle, Houston,
TX, September 26, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, San
Antonio Express-News,
San Antonio, TX, September 25, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Daily
Word, Aberdeen, WA,
September 25, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article,
Democrat-Herald, Albany, OR,
September 25, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Waco
Tribune Herald, Waco,
TX, September 25, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, Temple
Daily Telegram, Temple,
TX, September 25, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire service article, The Bryan
Eagle, Bryan, TX,
September 25, 2004.
________. Associated Press wire
service article, Denton Record Chronicle,
Denton, TX,
September 25, 2004.
Associated Press wire service
article, “Lewis & Clark Redux,” Dallas Morning
News,
September 28, 2004.
Marton, Andrew. “Photo Expedition,”
Fort Worth Star Telegram, pp. 1F and 12F,
September 25,
2004.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
“Historic Vistas,” front page, September 25, 2004.
Marton, Andrew. “Following the
leaders, Serendipity leads Denton photographer
to document the
route taken by Lewis and Clark as it looks today,”
Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, pp. 1, 35-38, September 24, 2004.
Price, Mike. “Panoramic photos
portray Lewis & Clark adventure,” Fort Worth
Business Press,
Fort Worth, TX, p. 53, September 24-30, 2004.
Miller, Karalee. “Trailblazers,”
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, p. 3E, September 21,
2004.
News Journal, “Photos that trace historic route to
open,” Longview, TX, September
12, 2004.
Reese, Kelley. “Modern Explorer: Photographer follows in the
footsteps of Lewis
and Clark,” The Highlander, Marble
Falls, TX, September 7, 2004.
2003
Simon, Robin. “Lewis and Clark depicted at
NVH,” Whitefish Pilot, Kalispell, MT,
April 17, 2003.
2002
Frazier, Joseph B. “LEWIS AND CLARK
SLEPT HERE? Photographer on five-
year odyssey
along route of Corps of Discovery,” Associated Press
wire service
article, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA, January
27, 2002.
________. Associated Press wire
service article, The San Diego Union-
Tribune,
San Diego, CA, January 27, 2002.
________. Associated Press article,
The Columbian, Clark County, WA,
January 23, 2002.
________. Associated Press wire
article, Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, ND,
January 20, 2002.
________. Associated Press wire
service article, Independent Record, Helena,
MT, January 20,
2002.
2001
KRTV, TV Interview, Great Falls, MT, June, 2001.
Associated Press Wire Service Article.
“Photographer follows Lewis and Clark,”
Bismarck Tribune. Bismarck, North
Dakota, January 2, 2001.
_______. Minot Daily News,
Minot, North Dakota, January 2, 2001.
_______. The Forum. Fargo,
North Dakota, January 2, 2001.
_______. Austin America-
Statesman, Austin, Texas, January 2, 2001.
_______. San Antonio Express–
News, San Antonio, Texas, January 2, 2001.
_______. Fort Worth
Star–Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, January 2, 2001.
_______. Dickinson Press,
Dickinson, North Dakota, January 2, 2001.
_______. Times-Record,
Valley City, North Dakota, January 2, 2001.
_______. Daily Journal,
Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 2, 2001.
_______. Daily News,
Breckenridge, Minnesota and Wahpeton, North Dakota,
January 2, 2001.
_______. Denton
Record-Chronicle. Denton, Texas, January 4, 2001.
Daniel, Dorinda. “Man helps preserve trail through
photography,” Capitol Journal.
Pierre, South Dakota, August 8, 2001.
2000
Yellowstone Public Radio, Interview, Billings, MT, November 2,
2000.
Ingalls, Zoë. “A Photographer Revisits
the Route of Lewis and Clark,” The
Chronicle of Higher Education,
vol. XLVII, no. 10, p. A64,
November 2000.
Rickels, Kris. “Trailing Lewis & Clark,” The Billings
Outpost, vol. 3, #46,
pp. 1, 22 & 23.
Lindley, Tom. “Photographer realizes dream by
photographing Northwest
Territory,” The Evening News.
Clarksville, IN, October 27, 2000.
Daniel, Mike. “Brent Phelps,” Dallas Morning News, p.
56, March 3, 2000.
1998
KUNT, Radio Interview, Denton, TX, June 1998.
Tyson, Janet. “Visual Arts,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
July 26, 1998.
Suhler, Jane Noble. “Trail Mix: UNT professor finds change
along the path of
Lewis and Clark,” Dallas Morning News,
p. 28A, December 8,
1998.
Great Falls Tribune,
“Expedition inspires essays, photos, and more,” p. 2P,
June 28, 1998.
commissions
1998 Lewis & Clark National Historic
Trail Interpretive Center, Great Falls, MT.
One of the images from the Lewis and Clark
project was selected for a
8X20 foot photo mural for permanent display in
the Interpretive Center.
collections
U.S. Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan
U.S. Embassy, Tbilisi, Georgia
U.S. Embassy, Moscow, Russia
U.S. Embassy, Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, Paris, France
BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois, Waukegan, IL
Marriott Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Fidelity Investment Corporation, Westlake, TX
American Council on Education, Washington, D.C.
Everson Museum of Art, Nancy and Russell Carlson Collection,
Syracuse, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Harry Ransom Research Center Library, University of Texas,
Austin, TX
Western Corporation of North America, Fort Worth, TX
Chautauqua Art Association, Chautauqua, NY
Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ
gallery representation
Gerald Peters Gallery
2913 Fairmount
Dallas, TX 75201
214-969-9410
www.gpgallerydallas.com
John Cleary Gallery
2635 Colquitt
Houston, TX 77098
713 -524-5070
www.johnclearygallery.com
Square Butte Gallery
250 Sutter St., Suite 350
San Francisco, CA 94108
415-837-1656
www.squarebuttegallery.com
Wrangler Gallery
P.O. Box 47
Sun River, MT 59483
406-264-5885
E-mail:
wranglergallery@hotmail.com
business
1987 – 2005 Brent Phelps Photography.
Owner, art/commercial/stock photography
company.
1998 – 2005 2004, L.L.C., publishing
company. Owner in partnership with
calligrapher, Gini
Ogle of Kalispell, Montana. The company specializes
in designing and
publishing fine art quality posters and note cards of
the Lewis and Clark expedition route.
professional memberships
Society For Photographic Education
Texas Photographic Society
Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation
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