Artist Statement
The photographs are not so much about place as they are about transformation. The context of everyday American life is used in my visual exploration. Working without an itinerary, free of constraints and immersed in the moment, serendipity is my guide. The process and the photographs are my attempt to understand myself and what’s going around me. The search began in the early twenty-first century and is expressed in a myriad of episodes that inform my life.
Theo Anderson graduated from Temple University with a BA in political science and discovered photography while attending graduate school at Lehigh University. Self taught, his work is represented in private and public collections including Museum of Fine Art Houston, Lehigh University and the Allentown Art Museum. Anderson has published over twenty books including GUN CRIMES (2012), LAST DATE (2014), CONCRETE (2014), IOWA (2016) and ULISSE (2016). Anderson has had over fifteen solo exhibitions including ArtsQuest Banana Factory (2011), Lehigh University (2014) and the Allentown Art Museum (2014). In 2011, Anderson created Wilbureditions, a micro publisher of artist books and special editions. Anderson resides in eastern Pennsylvania and works on projects for himself and select clients.
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Fine Art Houston, Houston, TX
Amon Carter Museum (books), Fort Worth, TX
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Haverford College, Haverford, PA
Michigan State University, Special Collections (books), East Lansing, MI
Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA
Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley, Allentown, PA
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Lafayette College, Easton, PA
Lafayette College, Special Collections (books), Easton, PA
Penn State University, Reading PA
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Indie Photobook Library, Washington, D.C.
BOOKS
COUPE DE VILLE. Wilbureditions, 2017.
PECKER. Wilbureditions, 2016.
ULISSE. Wilbureditions, 2016.
PONTIAC. Wilbureditions, 2016.
IOWA. Wilbureditions, 2016.
CATHOLICS. Wilburedtions, 2015.
SHOW GIRLS. Wilbureditions, 2015.
SWING SET. Wilbureditions, 2015.
CONCRETE. Wilbureditions, 2014.
PETERBILT. Wilbureditions, 2014.
LAST DATE. wilbureditions 2014.
TRANSFORMATION. Wilbureditions, 2014.
EXPLORATION. Wilbureditions, 2014.
LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS. Wilbureditions, 2014.
ARBUS. Wilbureditions, 2013.
PENNSYLVANIA. Wilbureditions, 2013.
SNAFU. Wilburedtions, 2013.
COCA - COLA. Wilbureditions, 2012.
WHITE SANDS. Wilbureditions, 2012.
MOTOR HOTEL. Wilbureditions, 2012.
GUN CRIMES. Wilbureditions, 2012.
NEW YORK: A PHOTOGRAPHERS CITY, edited Marla Hamburg Kennedy / Rusolli New York, 2011.
MODERN TIMES. Wilbureditions, 2011.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Alvernia University (Reading , PA) 2016
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Bethlehem, PA) 2015
Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley (Allentown, PA) 2014
Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2014
Alvernia University (Reading, PA) 2013
Lafayette College (Easton, PA) 2013
LVPA (Bethlehem, PA) 2012
Penn State Lehigh Valley (Center Valley, PA) 2012
ArtsQuest - Banana Factory (Bethlehem, PA) 2011
The Gallery at The State Theatre (Easton, PA) 2011
Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2007
Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2006
Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2006
Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2005
Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2005
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks, Phoenix Art Museum (Phoenix, AZ) 2017
Allentown x 7: Photographic Explorations, Allentown Art Museum (Allentown, PA) 2017
Object as Subject: The Lehigh University Art Galleries Teaching Collections, Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2015
Revisiting South Bethlehem, Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) 2015
Oxidation & Interpretation, Santa Bannon / Fine Art (Bethlehem, PA) 2013
Photography: Perspectives & Perceptions, The State Theatre for the Arts (Easton, PA) 2013
Found at Fotofest, John Cleary Gallery (Houston, TX) 2008
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