THE ARTIST - PHOTOGRAPHER

P H I L T A R L E Y

PHIL TARLEY'S video work was exhibited in The Guggenheim Museum in 2000. A thirty hour video oeuvre has been acquired by the permanent archives of The New York Public Library. Tarley's photography has been published in The Los Angeles Times, Genre and Adventure Journal, among others. His student film, nominated for an Academy Award, is in the collection of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His photographs, videos and films have been featured in festivals and galleries around the world. His large format photographic series, SYNTACTIC ASSEMBLAGES, has been shown at Twentieth, in Los Angeles and is represented in private and corporate collections and can be viewed on his website, www.philtarley.com.

Phil began studying photography at City College of San Francisco's Photography Laboratory, where he became intrigued by the kinetic power of cinematography. He studied creative writing and received his B.A. in Film and Drama from San Francisco State University. He is a Cinematography Fellow of The American Film Institute.

EXHIBITION HISTORY

2002. Holly Hunt, Art Basel Miami Beach Group Show

DREAMSCAPES, Large Format Cibachromes

2002. Twentieth Gallery, West Hollywood, California

SYNTACTIC ASSEMBLAGES, Large Format Cibachromes. Group Show.

2007. Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

SELF PERCETIONS, Large Format Cibachromes. Group Show and

PERPETUAL INDULGENCE, Large Format Cibachromes. Group Show

2007. Pharmaka, Los Angeles,

SMALL WONDERS, Cibachrome from DREAMSCAPE series. Group Show.

2007. LACDA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

LARGE FORMAT INVITATIONAL Group Show

His art works, papers, articles, films, videos and photographs are housed at The One Institute Archives and in The Legacy Collection at The University of Southern California. Tarley regularly writes about art and pop culture for THE WOW REPORT.

Phil is also a writer of character-driven travel stories and is polishing a collection of them for a book. Many of these stories along with his photographs have been published in a diversity of magazines.

A native New Yorker, Phil Tarley lived and worked abroad for many years. He now resides in

Los Angeles.