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Over the past 30 years Ron Tarver has built a successful career in photography. He received a B. A. in Journalism and Graphic Arts from Northeaster State University in Oklahoma. His work has been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Inquirer Sunday Magazine, National Geographic, Life, Time, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Black and White Magazine. He is co-author of the book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, published by Harper Collins in 2004, which was accompanied by a traveling exhibition that debuted at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Aside from establishing a successful career in photojournalism, he has built a distinguished career in fine art. Tarver is a 2001 Pew Fellow in the Arts. He has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and a 2007 Independence Foundation Fellowship. He was named one of the Delaware Valley's "50 Rising Stars in the Arts" by Seven Arts Magazine and is a 1999 alumni of the Center For Emerging Visual Artist. He currently serves as visiting instructor of photography at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA.
His photography has been exhibited nationally and internationally in over 30 solo and 50 group exhibitions and is included in many private, corporate, and museum collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Oklahoma Museum of History and the National Museum of American Art of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. His work is represented by the Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Robin Rice Gallery, New York, NY, The Packard Reath Gallery in Lewes, Delaware, Soho-Myriad in Atlanta, GA and Grand Image in Seattle, WA.
See news page for a listing of his lastest exhibitions.
Ron
Tarver Resume:
Personal Data,
Educations, Gallery Affiliation,
Work Experience, Selected One Person
Exhibitions, Selected Group Exhibitions, Recent
Honors & Awards, Works in Selected Collections,
Grants & Fellowships, Selected
Bibliography
Personal
Data:
Born in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.
Currently lives in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.
e-mail: rontarver@comcast.net
Education:
1979 Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma. BA, Journalism
and Graphic Arts.
1984 Missouri Photographic Workshop, Forsythe, Missouri.
Gallery
Affiliation:
Sande Webster Gallery, 2018 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Packard Reath Gallery. 222 Market Street, Lewes, DE.
Soho-Myriad, 1250 B Menlo Drive, Atlanta GA.
Robin Rice Gallery, 325W. 11th St., New York, NY
2006-Present
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Visiting Instructor of Art
2000-2004
Photography Instructor, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial.
Philadelphia, PA.
1999-2000
Photography Instructor, Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown,
NJ.
1983-Present
Staff Photographer, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia,
PA.
1996-1999
Founder and Director, PhotoSession photography conference.
Philadelphia, PA.
1981-1983
Photography Instructor, Drury College. Springfield, Missouri.
1980-1983
Staff Photographer, The Springfield News and Leader. Springfield,
Missouri.
1978-1980
Staff Photographer, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix. Muskogee, Oklahoma.
2011
Invisible, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2009
Unstructured, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2007
The World in a Grain of Sand, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Packard Reath Gallery, Lewes, DE
2006
Havana: A Place out of Time, Silva Gallery of Art, The Pennington School, Pennington, NJ.
Art/Place, Southport Railroad Station. Southport, CT.
What the eye Doesn't See, List Gallery, Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, PA.
2005
Trees, Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2004
Deep Deuce and Beyond, Governor's Art Gallery, Oklahoma State Capital, Oklahoma City, OK.
We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Homesteads, Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
Trees, Awbury Arborteum. Philadelphia, PA.
2002
A Sense of Place, (Installation). Philadelphia International Airport. Philadelphia, PA.
Homesteads, Edward Carter Gallery. Lewes, DE.
Havana: A Place Out of Time, Monique Goldstrom Gallery. New York, NY.
2001
Havana: A Place Out of Time, Sande Webster Gallery. Philadelphia PA. Soho-Myriad. Atlanta, GA.
1998
The Unseen Landmark, Eastern State College, Devon, PA.
1997
Fleisher Exhibition No. 1, Samuel S. Fleisher Memorial. Philadelphia, PA.
A Retrospective, Beaver College. Philadelphia, PA.
The Long Ride Home: the African American Cowboy Experience in America, YWCA of Brooklyn,
Brooklyn, NY.
1996
The Long Ride Home, African American Museum of Dallas. Dallas, TX.
1994
The Long Ride Home, Connoco Gallery. Oklahoma State University. Okmulgee, OK.
Walt Whitman Center for Cultural Arts. Camden, NJ.
Selected
Group Exhibitions:
2010
Divergence, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2009
Third Woodmere Triennial of Contemporary Photography, Woodmere Art Museum,
Philadelphia, PA
2008
Emerging to Established, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia Pa
Art & the City, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006
The Kandy Project, Jane & Bert Gallery, Lumeria Gallery, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia,
2005
Viajeros: North American Artist/ Photographers’ Images of Cuba, Lehigh University, (traveling exhibition), Lehigh, PA
Noteworthy, 25 Years of Photography Exhibitions, Perkins Center fro the Arts,Moorestown, PA
2004
Sande Webster Gallery, “Black and White”
2003
Impregnable Direction, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY.
Photography: Ten Years of Acquisitions, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
A Pairing of Peers: Artists Invite, Fleisher Art Memorial. Philadelphia, PA.
2002
Havana/Venice: Mirrors of Nostalgia, (two person exhibition). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA.
Queensborough Community College Art Gallery. Bayside, NY.
2001
America the Beautiful, Edward Carter Gallery, Lewes, DE.
Photography 19, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
Committed to the Image, Brooklyn Museum of Art. Brooklyn, NY.
Photo 2001, Monique Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY.
Network Group Exhibition, Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA.
Fin de Siecle, (three person exhibition), Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA.
Recently Acquired Works, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
People and Places, Atlantic City Center for the Arts, Atlantic City, NJ.
Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840- Present,
Smithsonian Institution, Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC.
1999
The Discriminating Lens, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA.
Art of the State '99, Harrisburg and Philadelphia, PA.
Photography 17, Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown, NJ.
Shutter, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
1998
Creative Artist Network Group Show, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA.
Photography 16, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
20 x 12: A Generation of Challenge Artists, Samuel S. Fleisher Memorial, Philadelphia, PA.
Through the Heart of the City, Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, PA.
1997
Photography 15, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ.
1996
Photography: Contemporary Prospect '96, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA.
Hidden in Plain Sight, The Philadelphia Art Alliance. Philadelphia, PA.
National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA.
Penn Charter Arts Festival. Philadelphia, PA.
1993 Photography: Contemporary Prospect '96, Historic Yellow Springs, Chester Springs, PA.
Philadelphia Photographs Philadelphia, Borders Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA.
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA.
Eye Witness 93, Exhibition featuring winning photographs from the annual World Press Photo Awards. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (traveling exhibition)
1992
Photography Without Captions, Community Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA.
1991
Altered States-Alcohol And Other Drugs in America, Strong Museum, Rochester, NY. (traveling exhibition, acquired by the Smithsonian Institution as part of permanent collection)
Visa Pour L. Image International Photojournalism Festival. Perpignan, France
2002
Ruben V. Burrell Photography Award. Hampton University Museum.
Hampton, VA.
2001
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
Margaret Danby Visual Arts Award. Black Liberated Arts Center.
Oklahoma City, OK.
2000
Jurors Award and Purchase Award. Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown,
NJ.
Award of Merit. Society for Publication Design. New York, NY.Award of Excellence.Society for News Design. New York, NY.
1999
Jurors Award and Purchase Award. Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown, NJ.
1998
Silver Metal. Society for Publication Design. New York, NY.
1997
Jurors Award and Purchase Award. Perkins Center for the Arts. Moorestown, NJ.One of the 50 Artists to Watch, Seven Arts Magazine. Philadelphia, PA.
1996
Best of Show. Penn Charter Arts Fesitval. Philadelphia, PA.
1995
National Newspaper Magazine Society Award for Documentary Photography
1993
National Society of Professional JournalistNational Press Photographers Association
University of Missouri Pictures
of the Year
Associated Press Managing Editors Award
Works
in Selected Collections:
Banana Republic corporate collection, San Francisco, CA
Eastern College, St. David's, PA
Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Hyatt Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC
Johnson & Johnson corporate collection, Skillman, NJ
Mosby Yearbook, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, OK
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Public Library, Print and Picture Collection, Philadelphia,
PA
Samuel S. Fels Fund, Philadelphia, PA
Schuylkill Printing Facility, Philadelphia Newspapers Inc., Conshohocken,
PA
Sheraton Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
South Jersey Museum of Art and Culture, Somerdale, NJ
Temple University Urban Archives, Philadelphia, PA
William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Numerous private collections
2007
Independence Foundation Fellowship
2004
Gap Grant, Pew Fellowships in the Arts
2003
National Endowment for the Arts Grant in collaboration with Black Liberated Arts Center,
Oklahoma City, OK
2001
Pew Fellowship in the Arts
2000 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts SOS Grant
1997-1999
Creative Artist Network, Philadelphia PA
1994
National Geographic Magazine, Development Grant for Documentary
Photography, Washington, DC
1993
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship
1991
Artist-In-Residence, Children's Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Camp for Children
Philadelphia City Paper, “ The Road Not Taken”, Robin Rice, August 14, 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer, “A ‘Divergence’ of photographic nuance”, Victoria Donohoe, August, 2010
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Two Toasts to Philadelphia Photography,” Edward J. Sozanski, October 4, 2009
Wilmington News Journal, “Photog’s Work Puts Different Spin on Universe,” Christopher Yasiejko,
Cover Features Section, July 8, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer, "Swathmore's List Gallery", Victoria Donohoe, October 22, 2006
Art Matters Magazine, The Inquisitive Lens of Ron Tarver, February 2005, p. 9
Co-author of the book " We Were There, Voices of African American Veterans,NewsWeek Magazine,
The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Searching for Home," Edward J.
Sozanski, November, 15, 1996, Weekend Section, p. 41
Art Business News, "African American Art Moves Beyond Black and
White", Laura Meyers, January 2003, cover
Art Matters Magazine, "Photography Seen, Ron Tarver's Cuba at Sande
Webster, " by Helene Ryesky, August, 2001, Page 20
Philadelphia Weekly, "Island Images", by Roberta Fallon, August
8, 2001
Philadelphia Citypaper, Time Travel, Ron Tarver explores Cuba, new and
old, in his exhibit at Sande Webster, August 18, 2001
The New York Times, Up-to-the-minute Show with Echoes of the Past, Sunday
February 14,1999, page 14
The International Review of African American Art, Hampton University
Museum, Volume 14, Number 4, page 10, article illustrated with photograph
from the Bridge series
The Daily Oklahoma, "Black Cowboy Focus of Fine Photo Exhibit,"
John Brandenburg, Oklahoma City, OK, September 10, 1997
The Philadelphia Inquirer, "Mysterious Paintings and Pictorialist
Photos," Edward J. Sozanski, September 12, 1997, Weekend Section,
p. 36
The Camden Courier Post, "Past into the Present," February
2, 1997
Living Section, p. 3
Seven Arts Magazine, "50 Rising Stars," February, 1997, p.34
Samuel S. Fels Fund Annual Report, Illustrated with eight works from
Drill Team Series, December 31, 1996, Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Inquirer, "The Truth and Beauty of Ordinary People," Edward J. Sozanski, November, 15, 1996, Weekend Section, p. 40
National Black Arts Festival Exhibition Catalog, Atlanta, GA, July,
1996
The Black Family, Deborah Willis author, Crown Publishing, published
1996
Portfolio 1995, Northeastern State University, "The Search for
Cultural Heroes", Dana Eversole, Tahlequah, OK
The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, "A Long Ride Home," October 20,
1994, Muskogee, OK
3 of 4 Basic Media Writing (Fifth Edition), Melvin Mencher author, Brown & Benchmark, published 1994
The Comedian Courier-Post, "Images of the Unsung Cowboys,"
Camden, NJ, October 14, 1994
"Altered States: Alcohol and Other Drugs in America," Patricia
M. Tice, Strong Museum, Rochester, NY (exhibition catalog) p. 103
"World Press Photo Yearbook," Thames & Hudson, 1993
News Photographer Magazine, Journal of the National Press Photographers
Association, "Documenting Drug Life," Morrella Raleigh, February
21, 2003
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