Curriculum Vita for Stephen R. Harrison
Academic Education
Psychiatric Residency, UCLA 1981-1985
M.D. - Medicine, Yale University 1977-1981
M.A. - Psychology, Antioch University 1975-1976
Ph.D. - Electrical Engineering, Purdue University 1967-1970
M.S. - Electrical Engineering, Purdue University 1966-1967
B.S. - Electrical Engineering with Honors, Purdue University 1962-1966
Photography Education
Purdue University, Department of Fine Art 1967-1970
The University of Illinois, Department of Fine Art 1971-1972
Photographic Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions
Folk Art International Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000
Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1997
The F Stop Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 1995
Mombaccus Art Center, Accord, NY 1971
Group Exhibitions
Santa Barbara Museum of Art: "Made in Santa Barbara" by invitation 2007
Edward Carter Gallery (featured artist), NYC 2001
De La Guerra Gallery, "The Buddha Abides", (Juried) 1999
Albuquerque Museum, "Tibet: Tradition and Change", (Juried) 1997-98
University of Illinois, Dept. of Fine Arts, Faculty/Student show, (Juried) 1972
Collections
Santa Barbara Art Museum
Publications:
Author and Photographer of "Whispered Prayers: Portraits and Prose of Tibetans in Exile". This 167-page fine art photography book was published in March of 2000 and brings to life, through moving narration coupled with exquisite images made with a 7x17 in camera, the inner experience of being a Tibetan refugee. The Foreword is by His Holiness, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama with an essay by Vicky Goldberg of the NY Times.
Films Produced:
Island of the Blue Dolphin: producer and creator of a 22-minute film for the Santa Barbara Symphony performed in March, 2007 accompanied by the Santa Barbara Symphony and scored to music composed by Peter Madlem. Four commissioned performances were completed in early 2007.
Whispered Prayers: Author, photographer and producer of a 22-minute film that is a companion to the book and exhibition. This film won seven Cinema-in-Industry Awards including three international CINDY awards in the year 2000 among 3,000 entries.
Photography Reviews of "Whispered Prayers: Portraits and Prose of Tibetans in Exile":
Purdue Alumnus Magazine, cover story, July/August 2003, pages 12-17 Boston Review, 2002
The Sun (Literary Magazine), cover story, June 2000, Issue 294, pages 14-23
Zoom International Magazine, Nov-Dec 2000, pages 60-63
Santa Barbara Magazine, Fall 1997, pages 38-45 Spuren Magazin fur neues Bewusststein Magazine, pages 37-39, Vol 57
San Francisco Examiner Newspaper : Book Review Section: "Tops of the year 2000"
Awards Film:
Awarded for short films by independent filmmakers awarded by "Cinema in Industry"
(CINDY) International Film Awards: for the year 2000 (amongst 3200 entries)
Silver Cindy International Award (Cultural/ Ethnic/ Woman's Issues) Second Place
Bronze Cindy International Award (Museum) Third Place
Honorable Mention for Humanities
Also CINDY Local Southwest Regional Awards for Spring 2000 (amongst 1,200 entries)
Gold Cindy Regional Award Museum category First Place
Gold Cindy Regional Award (Cultural / Ethnic /Woman's Issues} First Place
Silver Cindy Regional Award: (Humanities) Second Place
Bronze Cindy Regional Award: (Documentary) Third Place
Book Award
Publishing Market Coffee Table Books Finalist for the year 2000
Engineering Award
Second Honorable Mention Prize Paper Award ( co-authored) awarded by the IEEE Communications Society for the year 1972. |