Craig Schwanfelder is a Bay Area photographer. After high school in Santa Fe, New Mexico, he took night classes at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and studied black and white photography. He then studied commercial and the technical aspects of photography at the International College of Professional Photography in Melbourne, Australia for two years. Craig finished his BFA in photography at the San Francisco Art Institute.
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.... Philosophically I agree with Erich Fromm when he states that, "living itself is an art - in fact, the most important and at the same time the most difficult and complex art to be practiced by man." That, "its object is not this or that specialized performance, but the performance of living, the process of developing into that which one is potentially." And that, "in the art of living, man is both artist and the object of his art"...
Bob Schwanfelder wrote this in a letter to Mr. Thomas Armstrong, Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art - 1975
Quoted from Robert Francis Schwanfelder: A book dedicated to the life and artwork of Robert 'Bob' Schwanfelder, by Craig Schwanfelder (2011)
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Education
2005 - Advanced Diploma in Applied Photography - International College of Professional Photography, Melbourne, AU
2009 - BFA - San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Shows
2022 - Santa Cruz Art League, Luck of the Draw, October 26 - November 13, Santa Cruz, CA
2020 - EXPRESSIONS 2020 a National Juried Show, Marin Society of Artists, May - June, San Rafael, CA (Virtual Gallery)
2020 - IMAGES 2020, Marin Society of Artists, April, San Rafael, CA (Canceled COVID-19)
2020 - FotoNostrum, 14th Pollux Awards, March, Barcelona, Spain
2020 - Kahilu Theatre Simperman Gallery, Half Court - Full Court, January 30 - March 8, Kamuela, HI (solo)
2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz Art League, Peripheral Vision - Divergent Travel Photography, November 15 - January 12, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 - Diego Rivera Gallery, Echoes: From There to Here, November 11 - 24, San Francisco, CA
2019 - Santa Cruz Art League, Luck of the Draw, October 26 - November 10, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 - ACCI Gallery, San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, September 4 - 28, Berkeley, CA
2019 - Santa Cruz Art League, Members Exhibition M-Z, May 31 - July 14, Santa Cruz, CA
2019 - Vermont Center for Photography, Open Juried Exhibition, April 5 – June 2, Brattleboro, VT
2019 - Sebastopol Center for the Arts, NOT JUST Landscapes, February 22 - March 31, Sebastopol, CA
2019 - The Photographic Center Northwest, 22nd Juried Exhibition, January 17 - March 14, Seattle, WA
2019 - Museum of Fine Art Washington County, Cumberland Valley Artist and Photographers Exhibitions, February 3 - April 7, Hagerstown, MD
2018 - Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Memory and Perception, November - December, Novato, CA
2018 - Santa Cruz Art League, Full Disclosure - A National Photography Exhibition, November - January, 2019, Santa Cruz, CA
2009 - Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI Graduate show, San Francisco, CA
2008 - Rayko Photo Center, SFAI Collective, December, San Francisco, CA
2007 - Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005 - International College of Professional Photography Graduate Show, Melbourne, AU
Online Shows and Features
2023 - 16th Annual International Color Awards “Fine Art Winners”
2022 - San Francisco Artist Alumni “ONWARDS Body and Space”
2020 - Marin Society of Artists “EXPRESSIONS 2020 a National Juried Show”
2020 - Fine Art Photo Awards “Open Theme Amateur Nominee”
2020 - 13th Annual International Color Awards “Fine Art Nominee”
2019 - 14th Pollux Award’s “Non Professional Section Fine Art and Open Theme”
2019 - ND Awards “Open Theme Honorable Mention”
2019 - International Photography Magazine “Conceptual, Photo Features”
2019 - San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition “Gold Award Winners”
2019 - 12th Annual International Color Awards “Fine Art Winners”
2019 - N.Y. Curator “The Journey”
2019 - The Photographic Center Northwest “22nd Juried Exhibition”
2018 - One Life International “Photography Competition”
2018 - Chromatic Awards “2018 Fine Art”
2018 - Artist List “Anu 12”
2018 - Cultural Center of Cape Cod “Apertures 2018”
2018 - All About Photo “Shapes”
2018 - New York Center for Photographic Art “Summer 2018”
2018 - PhotogrVphy “2018 Experimental Category”
Publications
2020 - 14th JMCA & Pollux Exhibition
2019 - Echoes: From There to Here - Alumni Show Catalog
2019 - Vermont Center for Photography - Open Juried Exhibition
2019 - 12th Annual International Color Awards - Winners Book 2019
2019 - Chromatic Photo Awards 2018
2019 - Photographize #40
2018 - All About Photo - Shapes #4
2018 - New York Center for Photographic Art - Summer 2018
2011 - Robert Francis Schwanfelder (A book dedicated to the life and art of Robert ‘Bob’ Schwanfelder) Limited editions of 50 (Author)
2008 - Julley: A Ladakh Journey
Award and Recognition
2023 - 16th Annual International Color Awards Fine Art Honorable Mentions
2020 - Fine Art Photo Awards “Open Theme Amateur Nominee”
2020 - 13th Annual International Color Awards Fine Art Nominee
2019 - 14th Pollux Award Fine Art and Open Theme Honorable Mention
2019 - ND Awards Open Theme Honorable Mention
2019 - San Francisco Bay International Photography Competition and Exhibition Gold Award
2019 - 12th Annual International Color Awards Fine Art Winner and Honorable Mentions
2019 - The Photographic Center Northwest 22nd Juried Exhibition Honorable Mentions
2018 - One Life International Photography Competition Winner
2018 - Chromatic Awards Fine Art Honorable Mention
2018 - Anu 12 Honorable Mentions
2018 - Santa Cruz Art League Full Disclosure A National Photography Exhibition 2nd place
2018 - All About Photo Shapes Merit Award
2018 - New York Center for Photographic Art Summer 2018 1st place and Honorable mention
2018 - PhotogrVphy Experimental Category Nominee
