Lee Saloutos

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Education

1977
BS Electrical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison (3 years in the Fine Arts program at UW-Madison prior)

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2014
Mojave Houses + Abandoned Prisons, Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA
Surfaces, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2013
Surfaces, Saint Mary’s College Museum of Art, Moraga, CA
Nevada Mines: Small Spaces, Churchill Art Center, Fallon, NV

2012
Nevada Mines, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

2010
The Salton Sea, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

2007
Wyoming Frontier Prison Images, Curated Culture Gallery, Richmond, VA
Western Interiors, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2003
New Work 2001-2003, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA

2001
Landscape Work, Lazzaro Signature Gallery, Stoughton, WI

2000
Arts in the Hospital, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA

1999
St. Mary’s Hospital, Richmond, VA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015
International Foto Awards Exhibit, Fotoloft Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Absence/Presence: Selected Contemporary Photography, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, The George Washington University, Washington, DC
6th Annual Competition and Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Landscape, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juried by Chantel Paul

2014
HERALD2, Richmond Public Library, Richmond, VA
3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, Muncipal Heritage Museum, Malaga, Spain
Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin, MO

2013
22nd International Juried Competition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX, Texas Photographic Society
2013 Photo Spiva Juried Exhibition, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin MO
VIEWFIND, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA

2012
2012 National Juried Photography Exhibition Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg VA
2012 Photo Spiva Juried Exhibition, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin MO
VIEWFIND, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, Group Photography Show
Select 2012: Juried Photography Exhibit and Auction, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC,
Worldwide Photography Biennial Exhibition, Palais de Glace, Buenos Aries, Argentina
2011
2011 Photo Spiva Juried Exhibition, Spiva Center for the Arts, Joplin MO
Texas Photographic Society 19th International Juried Competition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City TX
International Juried Exhibition, Art of Photography Show, San Diego

2010
16th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum, Winchester MA
Texas Photographic Society 24th Juried Members Only Exhibition, Martin Museum of Art, Waco TX

2009
2009 National Juried Photography Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg VA
Glimpses in Time: 2009, A Juried Photography Exhibition in Honor of Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland CA
Louisville Art Association 18th Annual National Juried Photograph Show Lousiville Center for the Arts, Louisville CO

2008
National Juried Photography Exhibition, 1212 Gallery, Richmond VA
Gray, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, Group Show

2004
The Earth’s Shadow, Corporate Museum and Frame, Richmond VA
Virginia Society for the Photographic Arts, Artspace Gallery, Richmond VA

2003
Corporate Museum and Frame, Richmond VA

2002
Annual Members Show, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA

1999
Corporate Museum and Frame, Richmond VA

Awards & Honors

2016
Honorable Mention, Architecture, 9th Annual International Color Awards

2015
3rd Place, Architecture: Interior, Neutral Density Photography Awards
2nd Place, Architecture: Interiors; 3rd Place, Architecture: Buildings; 2nd Place, Editorial: Political; Moscow International Foto Awards

2014
6th Place, Gallery 1401, Philadelphia PA, The Photo Review, Best of Show, Juried by Jennifer Blessing
Honorable Mention, Architecture – Interior, Neutral Density Awards
1st Place, Architecture, 5th annual Pollux Awards, WPGA, York, UK

2013
Photographer of the Year: Abstract Category, 4th annual Pollux Awards, WPGA, York, UK

2012
3rd Place (Architecture: Historic), International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA
Critical Mass Finalist, Photolucida, Portland OR

2011
Honorable Mention, International Photography Master’s Cup
Honorable Mention (Architecture: Industrial), International Photography Awards, Los Angeles, CA
Worldwide Photography Gala Awards (The Pollux Awards) Finalist, WPGA, York, UK

2010
Critical Mass Finalist, Photolucida, Portland, OR
Honorable Mention, Martin Museum of Art, Waco, TX, Texas Photographic Society 24th Juried Exhibition

2009
3rd place, Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA, 2009 National Juried Photography

2008
2nd place, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA, National Juried Photography

Collections

American Infrastructure, Richmond, VA
Capital One, Richmond, VA
Bureau of Land Management, Ely, NV
Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, VA
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Washington, DC
Hearst Gallery, St Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Hourigan Construction, Richmond, VA
Markel Corporation, Richmond, VA
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
Quarles and Brady, LLP, Madison, WI

Lectures

2008
Invited Talk, Capital One Artist Lecture Series

The Salton Sea

This series is part of an ongoing project to document the changing environment around the Salton Sea.

The Salton Sea is an accident.  It was formed early in the 20th century when an effort to divert and control the Colorado River failed.  The entire flow of the Colorado went into the Salton Sink for about 18 months. 

It is now the largest body of water in California, and both an environmental disaster and ecological resource.  It is the scene of massive fish die offs and a stopping point for large scale bird migrations. 

Repeated attempts to develop the sea as a resort have resulted in repeated loss and folly.  Continued efforts to manage the sea and sea shore result in an ever changing landscape of beauty and ruin.

Visually, the sea and sky together result in beautiful and subtle large scale color fields.  There is a sobering contrast between this visual beauty and the man made folly that produces it.