DAVID HOWARD'S STORY
 
 

DAVID HOWARD 

HOWARD ON LOCATION
 IN NEW YORK SHOOTING THE
"EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE" TAPE

THE
SAN FRANCISCO
STUDIO

 
 
 

HOWARD IN TABON CAVE:
THE FIRST FILIPINO CIVILIZATION
HOWARD DOCUMENTING THE IFUGAO TRIBE
IN THE FILIPINO HIGHLANDS


 
       

SEAN PENN: HOWARD
DOCUMENTED THE 42ND
SAN FRANCISCO
FILM FESTIVAL 
HILLARY AND BILL
CLINTON: DAVID'S
A.P.E.C.
PHOTOGRAPH
DAVID BYRNE:
"TALKING HEADS"
THE 42ND SAN FRANCISCO
FILM FESTIVAL


 
           

WAYNE SHORTER:
HOWARD
DOCUMENTED
THE RUSSIAN
JAZZ FESTIVAL
KEITH HARING:
HOWARD
DIRECTED AND
PRODUCED P.B.S.
"KEITH HARING"
NAM JUNE PAIK:
HOWARD
TAPED THE FIRST ARTIST
TO MAKE VIDEO ART

 HERBIE HANCOCK
HOWRAD'S
PICTURE
RUSSIAN RIVER
JAZZ FESTIVAL

 
 
 DAVID HOWARD HAS BEEN DESCRIBED IN BOTH, THE NEW
YORK VILLAGE VOICE AND THE SAN FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE, AS "AN EXPERIMENTAL
PHOTOGRAPHER OF AMAZING ABILITY"! 

 AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE, WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN 1974, HOWARD FOUNDED THE SAN FRANCISCO CENTER FOR VISUAL
STUDIES. HE ENVISIONED A COMBINATION OF
PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL AND GALLERY, WHERE THE
BEST IN THE VISUAL ARTS COULD BE CREATED
AND EXHIBITED OUTSIDE THE PRESSURES OF THE
MAINSTREAM COMMERCIAL ART COMMUNITY.
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS, IN THREE SAN
FRANCISCO LOCATIONS, HAVE SINCE
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF HIS SILKSCREEN,
LITHOGRAPHY, AND PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES. 

 DAVID HOWARD'S WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN MORE
THAN TWENTY-SIX PERIODICALS, EXHIBITED IN
THIRTY-NINE GROUP SHOWS, TWENTY-THREE ONE MAN
SHOWS, AND COLLECTED BY ELEVEN MUSEUMS. HE ALSO HAS BEEN LISTED IN SIX DIFFERENT ADDITIONS OF WHO'S
WHO, INCLUDING WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA AND
WHO'S WHO IN ART. HIS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS,
IN SIX DIFFERENT COUNTRIES: FRANCE, MEXICO,
JAPAN, IRELAND, THE PHILIPPINES, AND THE UNITED
STATES HAVE ESTABLISHED HIM INTERNATIONALLY
AND HIS EXPERIMENTAL FILMS AND VIDEOS HAVE
ALSO WON RECOGNITION AT INSTITUTIONS
AND MUSEUMS.

 AFTER EXHIBITING WITH ANSEL ADAMS, MINOR WHITE, ERNST HAAS, NATHAN LYONS, DUANE MICHALS, MARK ROTHKO, RICHARD DIEBENKORN, CLIFFORD STILL, AND BRUCE NAUMAN HE INTERVIEWED ANSEL ADAMS, ARRON SISKIND, RALPH GIBSON, AND JERRY UELSMANN, AND PUBLISHED THE BOOK "PERSPECTIVES", FEATURING THE INTERVIEWS OF THESE WORLD RENOWNED PHOTOGRAPHERS. 

 IN THE MID EIGHTIES HOWARD BEGAN PRODUCING THE TELEVISION SERIES "ART SEEN"!  WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PROGRAMS, HE BROUGHT THE
VIEWER INSIDE THE WORLD OF THE ARTIST'S STUDIO, AS
THEY CREATED AND DISCUSSED THEIR ARTWORK.
BROADCASTED ON P.B.S. AND TELEVISED IN MORE THAN SEVENTEEN CITIES, INCLUDING NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES,
AND SAN FRANCISCO, THE SERIES FEATURED SUCH
ARTISTS AS CHRISTO, KEITH HARING, AND
NAM JUNE PAIK. THE FIRST EPISODE:
"NEW YORK'S EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE"
PREMIERED AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM IN NEW YORK.

 DURING THE EARLY NINETIES DAVID BEGAN FOUR YEARS
OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA: BURMA, THAILAND, KOREA, THE PHILIPPINES AND JAPAN. WHILE WORKING WITH "BLACK STAR" PHOTOGRAPHY AGENCY IN NEW YORK, HOWARD VIDEO TAPED THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND SIXTEEN OTHER HEADS OF STATE, AT THE "ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC CONFERENCE" IN MANILA. DURING HIS TIME IN ASIA, DAVID TRAVELED TO SEVERAL PRIMITIVE VILLAGES IN NORTHERN PHILIPPINES, DOCUMENTING THE VANISHING LIFESTYLE OF THE NATIVE HEADHUNTING TRIBES. PHOTOGRAPHS AND TEXT FROM
HIS BOOK: "THE LAST FILIPINO HEAD HUNTERS" WERE SUBSEQUENTLY PUBLISHED AND PICTURES COLLECTED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK.

 IN THE LATE NINETIES DAVID DOCUMENTED THE RUSSIAN
RIVER JAZZ FESTIVAL, PHOTOGRAPHING HERBIE
HANCOCK AND WAYNE SHORTER, AS WELL AS, THE 42ND.
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. HE ALSO ATTENDED "WOODSTOCK" IN 1969 AND SUBSEQUENTLY PHOTOGRAPHED JIMI HENDRIX, RAVI SHANKAR, AND JOHNNY WINTER. IN 1970 DAVID DOCUMENTED, STUDENT VIETNAM PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS, IN OHIO DURING
THE KENT STATE UPRISING.

IN 2004 "TASCHEN" PUBLISHED
DAVID'S LATEST BOOK ENTITLED
"SACRED JOURNEY: THE GANGES TO THE HIMALAYAS"
IN FOUR LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, GERMAN,
FRENCH AND SPANISH

 HOWARD IS A LONG DISTANCE SWIMMER. HE SWAM THE COMPLETE SPAN, UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TWICE, FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MARIN COUNTY
IN 1985 AND 1986.

THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST OF EXHIBITIONS,
COLLECTIONS, AND CREDITS, FOR DAVID
HOWARD'S ARTWORK, EXPERIMENTAL
FILMS, AND VIDEO TAPE
DOCUMENTARIES
 
   

DAVID HOWARD

COLLECTIONS  (INSTITUTIONS)

 1) MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (S.C.75.123)
NEW YORK CITY 1975 

   2) WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
(EAST VILLAGE TAPE) 1985 

 3) HIRSHORN/SMITHSONIAN
(EAST VILLAGE TAPE) WASH. D.C. 1985 

 4) MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
(S.F.A.I. PORTFOLIO) SAN FRANCISCO1975 

 5)  OAKLAND MUSEUM
(PHOTOGRAPHS) OAKLAND CALIF. 1973 

 6)  SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
(EAST VILLAGE TAPE) 1985

 7)  CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
(PHOTOGRAPH) SAN FRANCISCO 1973

 8)  DE SAISSET MUSEUM
(PHOTOGRAPH) SANTA CLARA CA. 1972

 9)  THE ART CENTER
(EAST VILLAGE TAPE) WACO TEXAS 1986

10) MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM
(ARTSEEN TAPE) MEMPHIS TENN.1987

11) AKRON ART MUSEUM
(ART SEEN TAPE) AKRON OH. 1988

12) HOUSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ART
(ARMAN TAPE) HOUSTON TX.1989

13) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
(SPECIAL PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTIONS) 1997

14) BLACK STAR PUBLISHING
(PHOTOGRAPHS) NEW YORK CITY 1997

 
 

NATIONAL GROUP SHOWS

1) HANSEN FULLER GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO 1973

 2) WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART
(VIDEO ON ART) 1985

 3) DE YOUNG MUSEUM RAINBOW SHOW
SAN FRANCISCO 1975

 4) OAKLAND MUSEUM ULTRA FILMS
OAKLAND CA. 1974

 5) CAMERA WORKS PHOTOGRAPHY AND LANGUAGE
SAN FRANCISCO 1976

 6) CAMERA WORKS EXHIBITION AND AUCTION
LOS ANGELES 1978

 7) MULTIPLE MEDIA
8 U.S. INSTITUTIONS 1974

 8) OHIO SILVER GALLERY NATIONAL EXHIBITION
LOS ANGELES 1975

 9) CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
RIVERSIDE CA. 1984

10) PALACE OF FINE ARTS EXPLORITORIUM
SAN FRANCISCO 1972

11) GUGGENHEIM GALLERY PHOTOGRAPHY
ORANGE CA. 1978

12) NEARY GALLERY CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY
SANTA CRUZ CA. 1979

13) DE SAISSET ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM
SANTA CLARA CA.1972

14) SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE FILM FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO 1972

15) SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE VALENTINE SHOW 1986

16) SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
EMMANUEL WALTER GALLERY 1974

17) SAN FRANCISCO ART COMMISSION GALLERY
PHOTOS & GRAPHICS 1973

18) SAN FRANCISCO ART COMMISSION GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO 1978

19) ERIE ART CENTER MULTIPLE MEDIA
ERIE PA. 1974

20) IMAGES GALLERY HORIZONS
NEW YORK NEW YORK 1976

21) 27TH   SAN FRANCISCO ART FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO 1973

22) 28TH   SAN FRANCISCO ART FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO 1974

23) 29TH   SAN FRANCISCO ART FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO 1975

24) 3OTH   SAN FRANCISCO ART FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO 1976

25) 31ST   SAN FRANCISCO ART FESTIVAL
SAN FRANCISCO 1977

26) VORPAL GALLERY EAST VILLAGE SHOW
SAN FRANCISCO 1985

27) CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT NORTH RIDGE
L.A. VIDEO ART 1988

28) SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY
SAN FRANCISCO 1987

29) SQUIGGLES GALLERY VIDEO RUFUSES
SAN FRANCISCO 1986

30) HADLEY MARTIN GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO 1987

31) FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF LONG ISLAND
ART SEEN TAPE 1989

32) CHANDLER GALLERY ART SEEN TAPE
SEATTLE WA. 1991
 
 

ONE MAN SHOWS


 1) HIRSHORN/SMITHSONIAN
EAST VILLAGE TAPE
WASHINGTON D.C. 1985

 2) FOURTH STREET GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
N.Y.C. 1976

 3) FOURTH STREET GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
N.Y.C. 1985

 4) SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
EAST VILLAGE TAPE
S.F. 1985

 5) G. RAY HAWKINS GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
LOS ANGELES 1988

 6) HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
EAST VILLAGE TAPE
HEMPSTEAD N.Y. 1985

 7) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA EXTENSION
PHOTOGRAPHS
SAN FRANCISCO 1975

 8) IMAGES GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
N.Y.C. 1977

 9) 544 NATOMA PERFORMANCE GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO 1983

10) MADISON ART CENTER PHOTOGRAPHS
MADISON WI. 1976

11) LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES
EAST VILLAGE TAPE 1985

12) JOHN BOLLES GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
SAN FRANCISCO 1974

13) OHIO UNIVERSITY
PHOTOGRAPHS
ATHENS OH. 1971

14) OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
 EAST VILLAGE TAPE
ROCHESTER MI. 1985

15) ARTIST'S WORKSHOP AND GALLERY
BROOKLYN N.Y. 1970

16) INTERSECTION GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
SAN FRANCISCO 1972

17) MARC RICHARDS GALLERY
L.A. ART SCENE TAPE
LOS ANGELES 1986

18) E.Z.T.V. KEITH HARING TAPE
LOS ANGELES 1987

19) PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
NAM JUNE PAIK TAPE
PHIL. PA. 1990

20) MARTIN WEBER GALLERY / A.T.A.
(VIDEO)
SAN FRANCISCO 1986

21) HANK BAUM GALLERY
CALIFORNIA ART SCENE TAPE
SAN FRANCISCO 1986

22) E.Z.T.V.
LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI TAPE
LOS ANGELES 1987

23) THOMAS CROW GALLERY
PHOTOGRAPHS
LOS ANGELES 1973
 
 


INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
GROUP AND ONE MAN


 1) 10TH INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART
ROYAN FRANCE
1976

 2) 13TH INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART 
ROYAN FRANCE
1979

 3) 34TH INTERNATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN 
TOKYO JAPAN
1974

 4) 41ST INTERNATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN 
TOKYO JAPAN
1981

 5) EXCONVENTO DEL CARMAN
GUADALAJARA MEXICO
1975

6) 31ST CORK
FILM FESTIVAL
KEITH HARING TAPE 
CORK IRELAND
1986

 7) PEOPLE'S LODGE
IFUGAO TRIBAL PHOTOGRAPHS
BANAUE PHILIPPINES
1998
 
 

BOOKS: MONOGRAPHS

 1) "PERSPECTIVES"
PHOTOGRAPHS AND INTERVIEWS 
ANSEL ADAMS, JERRY UELSMANN,
RALPH GIBSON, ROBERT HEINEKEN

 2) "REALITIES"

3) "THE OBJECTIVE REALITY
OF ILLUSIONISTIC PERCEPTIONS"

 4) "THE LAST FILIPINO HEAD HUNTERS"

 5) "SACRED JOURNEY THE GANGES TO THE HIMALAYAS"

 

BOOKS INCLUDED
 
1) WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA

 2) WHO'S WHO IN ART

 3) WHO'S WHO IN CALIFORNIA

 4) WHO'S WHO IN THE WEST

 5) PHOTOGRAPHY
FOR VISUAL COMMUNICATORS
(PRENTICE-HALL)

 6) SAN FRANCISCO CITY GUIDE
 
 


PERIODICALS


 1) VILLAGE VOICE
(F. MCDONALD)
JUNE 17, 1976 NEW YORK CITY

 2) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(A. FRANKENSTEIN)
MARCH 21, 1974 

 3) ARTWEEK
(J. MURRAY)
DECEMBER 18 1976 CALIFORNIA

 4) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(A. FRANKENSTEIN) MAY 16, 1974

 5) ARTWEEK
(J. BESHEARS)
JULY 7, 1973 CALIFORNIA

 6) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(T. ALBRIGHT)
JANUARY 1976

 7) BAY GUARDIAN
(B. DANCIS)
APRIL 10,1985 SAN FRANCISCO

 8) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(K. BAKER)
APRIL 12, 1985

 9) FILMS ART FOUNDATION
APRIL 1985 SAN FRANCISCO

10) BAY AREA VIDEO COALITION
(B.A.V.C) APRIL1985 SAN FRANCISCO

11) WEST ART
MARCH 1974 CALIFORNIA

12) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"THIS WORLD" COVER
JANUARY 5,1975 

13) MADISON ART NEWS
APRIL 1976 MADISON WI.

14) CAPITOL TIMES MAY 1976 MADISON WI.

15) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(K. BAKER)
APRIL 24, 1986 

16) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
(K. BAKER)
MARCH 14,1986 

17) SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
(R. MORSE)
AUGUST 29,1986 

18) LOS ANGELES READER
(C. DALTON)
OCTOBER 3,1986 

19) CABLE VIEW
DECEMBER 1989 SAN FRANCISCO

20) FLASH ART
DECEMBER 1989 ROME ITALY

21) SOMA MAGAZINE
#18 1992 SAN FRANCISCO

22) ART CALENDAR MAGAZINE
1993 CHICAGO IL.

23) ART CALENDAR MAGAZINE
FEBRUARY 1995 CHICAGO IL.

24) FILIPINAS MAGAZINE
APRIL 1998 SAN FRANCISCO

25) THE WORLD OF TRIBAL ART
MAY 1998 MILAN ITALY
 
 

BROADCAST AND CABLE TELEVISION

 1) CHANNEL 37 "LOS ANGELES ART SCENE"
NOVEMBER 1986 LA JOLLA CA.

 2) CHANNEL 37 "EAST VILLAGE ART SCENE"
FEBRUARY 1987  LA JOLLA CA.

 3) CHANNEL 3  "CALIFORNIA ART SCENE I"  
MARCH 1987    LOS ANGELES

 4) CHANNEL 3 "CALIFORNIA ART SCENE II" 
MARCH 1988    LOS ANGELES

 5) CHANNEL 6 "ART SEEN SERIES" WEEKLY
1987-1994   SAN FRANCISCO

 6) MANHATTAN CABLE  "ART SEEN SERIES"
WEEKLY   1989-1993   N.Y.C.

 7) PACIFIC MOUNTAIN NETWORK
SATELLITE FEED 1991

 8) P.B.S. CHANNEL 9  K.Q.E.D.  BROADCAST
FEBRUARY 1991 NORTHERN CALIFRORNIA

 9) CHANNEL 32  K.M.P.T. BROADCAST
MARCH 1994 SAN FRANCISCO
 
 

WEEKLY CABLE
TELEVISION "ART SEEN" SERIES

 1) MANHATTAN CHANNEL17
WEDNESDAYS 11:30 P.M. E.S.T. 

 2) LOS ANGELES CENTURY CHANNEL 3
SUNDAYS 7 P.M.

 3) DALLAS CHANNEL 25 AND 9

 4) ASPEN THURSDAYS  8  P.M.

 5) ATLANTACHANNEL12  6:30 P.M.

 6) MIAMI CHANNEL 2 WEDNESDAY 10:30 A.M.
THURSDAY 2:30 P.M.

 7) NEW ORLEANS CHANNEL 53 WEDNESDAY 8 P.M.
SATURDAY 5:30 P.M.

 8) PORTLAND CHANNEL 53 TUESDAYS 7:30 P.M.

 9) SAINT LOUIS MONDAY 7 P.M.

10) SCOTTSDALE TUESDAY 3 P.M. AND 7:30 P.M.
THURSDAY 6:30 P.M.

11) OAKLAND CALIFORNIA SATURDAY 10:30 P.M.

12) MARIN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CHANNEL 36
MONDAY & TUESDAYS 9 P.M. 

 

BLACK STAR SYNDICATED PHOTOGRAPHER
  BLACKSTAR PUBLISHING
 NEW YORK CITY


CONTACT DAVID HOWARD 49 RIVOLI STREET
 SAN FRANCISCO CA. 94117 U.S.A.

 
 
ON THE BACK OF
ALL DAVID HOWARD'S PICTURES IS HIS SIGNATURE, AND ONE OR BOTH OF HIS "BLACK STAR" AND "VISUAL STUDIES" STAMPS AS SHOWN
DAVID, IN 1985 
UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE 
BRIDGE AT HIS FIRST 
SPAN SWIM.

(INSET: 1986 
START OF HIS SECOND 
SUCCESSFUL GATE SWIM)