MINNETTE LEHMANN
AKA: MALKA
Born: 1928 Sacramento, California
Lives in San Francisco
Education:
University of California, Berkeley B.A. Sociology, 1949
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., 1972
Selected Shows:
2025 Adobe Books, ‘Malka!’, San Francisco, CA
2020 Pro Arts Commons, ‘Invocation Democracy’, Oakland, CA
2016 Krowswork Gallery, Prints and Painting, Oakland, CA
2013 Margaret Tedesco’s 2nd Floor Studio, ‘Leather Nun Lament’, San Francisco, CA
2010 Richard Taylor Gallery, ‘Friends, Figures and Self-Portraits’, San Francisco, CA
2004 The Lab, ‘Amazing’ San Francisco, CA
1996 The Lab, ‘Christ Mocked Again’, San Francisco, CA
1993 San Francisco State, ‘Roland Barthes’ Camera Lucida’, San Francisco, CA
1991 Grey Gallery, ‘Thin Skin’ New York, NY
1989 LACE Gallery, ‘I Want To Be Perfect for You’ Los Angeles, CA
1988 Aperture/Burden Gallery, ‘The Return of the Hero’ New York, NY
1986 Houston Center for Photography, ‘Recoding Sexuality’, Houston, TX
1981 Camerawork Gallery, ‘Naked Portraits’ San Francisco, CA
Performance/Readings:
2000 Min-Isis, New Langton Arts San Francisco, CA
1996 My Affair With Phillip K. Dick, Symposium on Outer Space, Four Walls Gallery San Francisco, CA
1993 The Sphinx Speaks, The Women’s Building San Francisco, CA
1991 Thin Skin video tape, Grey Gallery New York, NY
1989 Christ Mocked Again, Artist’s Television Access San Francisco, CA
1988 Fashion Death, Camerawork Gallery San Francisco, CA
1987 Comic Horror, WORKS Gallery San Jose, CA
1987 NipponBurger, New Langton Arts San Francisco, CA
1986 Julia Kristeva’s Uncanny: Recoding Sexuality in Comic Books, U.C. San Diego, CA
Published Writing:
1989 How Lucid is Camera Lucida?, “Camerawork” San Francisco, CA
1988 More Gore & When I Was a Boy, Blind Date #6, “Photometro”, San Francisco, CA
1985-87 Theory/Flesh, co-editor with Lutz Bacher and Steve Dietz, Berkeley, CA
1985 Fashion Death, “Ink Magazine 2”, San Francisco, CA
1981 Art in Everyday Life, (photo editor) with Linda Montano & Astro Artz
1988 Aperture/Burden Gallery, ‘The Return of the Hero’ New York, NY
1986 Houston Center for Photography, ‘Recoding Sexuality’, Houston, TX
1981 Camerawork Gallery, ‘Naked Portraits’ San Francisco, CA
Grants:
1975 Artist Fellowship in Photography, NEA