AWARDS
2004 Featured Artist
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1998 Hollywood Reporter Key Art Award, Theatrical Poster, Psycho
Client: Intralink/Universal Pictures
1997 Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
3rd Place
1995 Society for Contemporary Photography
Merit Award
Purchase Award
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(Talnt Vol. 2, #2, Shroud Series)
1994 Society for Contemporary Photography
Excellence Award
1993 APA Photo 5
3rd Place
PUBLISHED WORKS
Original Sources: Art and Archives at the Center for Creative Photography, Edited by Amy Rule,
(Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Tucson), June, 2002.
The Archive 33 – William Mortensen; A Revival, Michael Dawson, Diane Dillon, A. D. Coleman, Larry Lytle, Amy Rule,
(Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona, Tucson), 1998.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
The Command to Look; The Story of William Mortensen Part 3, Larry Lytle,
(TheScreamOnline Internet e-Journal of Fiction, Art, Photography, and Essays), April, 2002.
"Where Do We Come From…," "Light and Photography," "Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction," 3 essays by Larry Lytle,
(TheScreamOnline Internet e-Journal of Fiction, Art, Photography, and Essays), January, 2002.
The Command to Look; The Story of William Mortensen Part 2, Larry Lytle,
(TheScreamOnline Internet e-Journal of Fiction, Art, Photography, and Essays), August, 2001.
The Command to Look; The Story of William Mortensen Part 1, Larry Lytle,
(TheScreamOnline Internet e-Journal of Fiction, Art, Photography, and Essays), June, 2001.
PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHY These publications represent documentary photography.
Formed Of Fire: Selections in Contemporary Lampworked Glass, Bandhu S. Dunham,
(Slausa Glassworks, Inc. Prescott, AZ), 2002.
[Documentation – 3 photographs by Larry Lytle].
Los Angeles Neon, Nathan Marsak and Nigel Cox,
(Schiffer Publishing, Pennsylvania), Spring, 2002.
[Documentation –33 photographs by Larry Lytle].
Luminous Beginnings; Neon Art From The 50’s, 60’s & 70’s,
(Museum Of Neon Art, Los Angeles), 2001.
[Catalog documentation, 5 photographs by Larry Lytle].
Lightscapes: Gardens Beneath The Sea, Candice Gawne
(The Barn Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Nashville), 2001.
[Catalog documentation, all photographs by Larry Lytle].
EDUCATION
California State University, Northridge
1984 MA Fine Art – 3D
FACULTY
California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Part-time Art Faculty, 2003 to present
Otis Evening College of Art and Design, Goldsmith Campus, Westchester, CA
Instructor of Photography. 2000-2005
Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA
Instructor of Photography, 2004
BOARDS
Museum of Neon Art (MONA), Los Angeles, CA
Advisory Board
ASSOCIATIONS
Society for Contemporary Photography
Los Angeles Art Association (Gallery 825)
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Photographer for Museum of Neon Art’s exhibitions & neon sign documentation project
Guest speaker at Cal State, Northridge and Cal State, Channel Islands senior seminar classes
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005 January 22 – March 11
Made In California
Juried Group Exhibition
City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
2004 July 30 – August 19
In America Now
Juried Group Exhibition
Don O’Melveny Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2004 January 10 – February 28
Envisioning The Future
Juried Group Exhibition
Millard Sheets Gallery, Pomona, CA
2003 November 20 – January 2, 2004
Invitational Group Show
Judith Kaufman Gallery, No. Hollywood, CA
2003 June – August
American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA)
Juried Group Exhibition
Harold’s Gallery at Insync Media, Inglewood, CA
2000 January 14 – February 13
Juried 3 Person Show
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
1999 August 11 – November 28
3 Person Show
Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA
1996 September 6 – October 6
Exhibit #1
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995 August – October
Theatre of Light and Motion, Invitational Group Exhibition
City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
1995 September
Current Works ’95, Juried Group Exhibition
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
1995 July
1995 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Juried Group Exhibition
Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Watts Tower, Los Angeles, CA
1994 September
Current Works ’94, Juried Group Exhibition
Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Catalog
Review Kansas City Star "New Space, New Start" by Alice Thorson, October 1, 1994
1993 December – 1994 November
APA Photo 5 Juried Exhibition, Locations around Los Angeles, CA
APA Magazine/Catalog, November/December 1993
1991 October
California Artists’ Books Juried Exhibition
The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1985 February
3 Person Exhibition
LAPA Gallery, Venice, CA
1984 February
2 Person Exhibition
Azurite Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
1979 November
Group Exhibition
Nexus Photo Gallery, Pasadena, CA
COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
1984 – Present
Co-owner of Surface Film Photography & Graphic Design
Photography of Theatrical Posters and Small Products
SELECTED CLIENT LIST
Sony Wonder
Disney Home Video
Lions Gate Entertainment
MGM Home Entertainment
Sideshow Toys
Intralink Film & Graphic Design
City of Santa Monica
Sterling Publications
Global Doghouse
The Agency, CBS
Cold Open Design
BRD Design
JK Design
Guitar Workshop
