List of Exhibitions
2/1975 – 5/1975
First Exhibit
CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Los Angeles, California
“A CLOSER LOOK”
A one-man show of 33 B&W Scanning Electron Microscope (S.E.M.) photographic images from 20”x20” to 4’x4’ sizes.
6/1975 – 7/1975
DOWNEY MUSEUM OF ART
“ANOTHER REALITY”
Downey, California
5 man group show
Displayed several photographic works
11/1975 – 1/1976
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Washington, D.C.
One-man exhibition of 30 B&W S.E.M. Photographic images
2/1976 – 3/1976
JOHN YOUNG MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM
Orlando, Florida
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
2/1976 – 3/1976
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Baxter Art Gallery
Pasadena, California
“THE MANY ARTS OF SCIENCE”
Group show
Displayed several photographic works
4/1976 – 5/1976
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Evansville, Indiana
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
5/1976 – 6/1976
A.F.L. – C.I.O. LABOR STUDY CENTER
Idaho Falls, Idaho
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
7/1976
SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL PRESENTATION
Cannon Congressional Office
Presentation by California Delegation For The Arts
Group presentation
Presented several photographic works
7/1976
INDEPENDENCE HALL
Heritage Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“SALUTE TO THE STATES”
Group exhibition
Exhibited several photographic works
7/1976 – 8/1976
THE INTER_MOUNTAIN SCIENCE CENTER
Idaho Falls, Idaho
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
8/1976
THE CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Los Angeles, California
Purchase of 15 photographic prints for use as a lease exhibit
9/1976 – 10/1976
BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCIAL MUSEUM
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
“A Closer Look”
One-man exhibition
10/1976
SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY EXPOSITION
Sacramento, California
Exhibited several photographic works
8/1976 – 9/1976
CUMBERLAND MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER
Nashville, Tennessee
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
11/1976 – 12/1976
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Palm Beach, Florida
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibit
12/1976 – 1/1977
THE EXPLORATORIUM
San Francisco, California
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
12/1976 – 1/1977
VISION GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY
“FLORA”
A Group show with Imogene Cunningham, Paul Strand, Carl Bloesfelt
Exhibited 3 – 4 fine-art, archival photographic prints
1/1977 – 2/1977
C.E.T.A. (Comprehensive Employment Training Act)
Funded artists to create art works for:
“PUBLIC WORKS I”
A Group show
Exhibited several fine-art photographic works
1/1977 – 2/1977
ROCKFORD ART AND SCIENCE CENTER
Rockford, Illinois
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
3/1977
LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY
Riverside, California
One-man exhibition of 15 fine-art photographic works
3/1977 – 4/1977
FERNBANK SCIENCE CENTER
Atlanta, Georgia
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
4/1977 – 5/1977
HARTWICK COLLEGE
Oneonta, New York
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
6/1977 – 7/1977
THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
7/1977 – 8/1977
ST LOUIS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
St Louis, Missouri
“A CLOSER LOOK”
7/1977 – 8/1977
C.E.T.A. – CAL STATE L.A.
Funded artists to create art works for:
“PUBLIC WORKS II”
Exhibited several new fine-art photographic works
8/1977 – 9/1977
EDMONTON UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
9/1977
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS CONVENTION
Seattle, Washington
One-man exhibit of 15 – 20 photographic works
10/1977 – 11/1977
MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Daytona Beach, Florida
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
11/1977
MODESTO JUNIOR COLLEGE
Modesto, California
One-man exhibit of 15 fine-art photographic works
11/1977 – 12/1977
NEW VISIONS ART GALLERY
Marshfield, Wisconsin
“A CLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
12/1977 – 1/1978
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA – CENTER FOR CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
Tucson, Arizona
One-man exhibition of 33 new fine-art prints
1/1978
EVRETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Evrett, Washington
One-man exhibition of 15 fine-art photographic works
5/1978 – 6/1978
OKLAHOMA ART AND SCIENCE CENTER
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
“ACLOSER LOOK”
One-man exhibition
7/1978
THE ADIRONDACK MUSEUM
Commission to create, purchase, and exhibit a Black Fly Portrait.
Funded with a grant from the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
One 20”x24” fine-art archival print on permanent exhibit
10/1978 – 11/1978
CODY’S GALLERY
Berkeley, California
One-man exhibit of 15 fine-art photographs
11/1978
NEARY INSTITUTE
CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AND GALLERY
Group exhibition
Exhibited 2 fine-art photographic prints
1/1980 – 2/1980
THE EXPERIENCE CENTER
Irvine, California
One-man exhibition of 13 photographic works up to 6’x6’ size
5/1980
STATE OF THE ART ASSOCIATES
Medical Symposium
“ADAPTATION: THE FUTURE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES”
One-man exhibition of approximately 15 photographic works
10/1980
FRANKFURT BOOK FAIR
Schocken Books
“MAGNIFICATIONS”
One-man exhibition of 10 photographic works
2/1981
MARYLAND STATE ARTS COUNCIL
“WORKS ON PAPER”
Commissioned to photograph paper with S.E.M. for poster
Group exhibition
Exhibited 1 photographic print
5/1981
J. C. CRIMMINS CO.
“EYE OF SCIENCE”
Group exhibit
Several photographs used in exhibit
(no further information)
4/1982
FIRST INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BOOK FAIR
“SEEING THE INVISIBLE”
Group exhibition
Exhibited several photographic works
4/1983
FUTUR WORLD EXPOSITION
Los Angeles, California
One-man exhibition of approximately 15 photographic works.
12/1983
THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART
Atlanta, Georgia
“SENSATION”
Commissioned to make montage for permanent exhibit on mural 8’x90’
4/1984
SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM ASSOCIATION
THE WITTE MUSEUM
Commissioned to create the first S.E.M. color murals (using masking and hand toning techniques I developed in latter 3 years).
Purchase and permanent exhibit of 3 4’x4’ murals and 5 smaller color prints.
1/25/1986 – 3/9/1986
NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF LIFE SCIENCES
“MICROSCAPES: THE HIDDEN ART OF HIGH TECHNOLOGY”
Group Exhibition
Exhibited several photographic works
9/5/1987 – 1/11/1988
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY
“MAGNIFICATION: SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHY
BY DAVID SCHARF”
A grant of $5000 funded the creation of this exhibit
One-man exhibition of 100 B&W and color photographic works up to 6’x6’ size
Purchase of 6 prints for permanent exhibit
6/1990 – 7/1990
LOS ANGELES MARITIME MUSEUM
“5 HARBOR VIEWS”
Group exhibit
Exhibited 12 fine-art photographic prints
8/1990
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
“MICROCOSM – VIEWS OF MICROSCOPIC FORMS”
For THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE SOCIETY OF AMERICA –
INTERNATIONAL MEETING
Group exhibition
Exhibited 10 photographic works
1/1994 – 4/1998
“INTIMATE PERCEPTIONS”
An Exhibit of Electron Microscope images arranged and funded by
The Lore Degenstein Gallery
Susquehanna University
A Group exhibit
David Scharf’s fine-art and color (hand toned) photographic prints comprised about 70% of the images in the exhibit
“INTIMATE PERCEPTIONS” Itinerary:
9/18/1993 – 11/7/1993
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
LORE DEGENSTEIN GALLERY
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
1/24/1994 - 3/13/1994
READING PUBLIC MUSEUM
500 Museum Road
Reading, Pennsylvania
8/1994
PALM SPRINGS DESERT MUSEUM
Commission to create 3 photographic images
For permanent exhibit
8/23/1994 - 1/5/1995.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUM
Columbia, South Carolina
3/1995
INVENTURE PLACE
NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
Commission to create 3 photographic works
For permanent exhibit
6/1995
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES/ MUSEUM OPERATIONS
ZOELLNER ARTS CENTER
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1/22/1996 - 3/15/1996
PHILLIP AND MURIEL BERMAN MUSEUM
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
9/24/1996 - 1/14/1997
CAPE FEAR MUSEUM
Wilmington, North Carolina
1/27/1997 - 4/31997
LEXINGTON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
Lexington, Kentucky
4/11/1997 - 7/21/1997
THE ROBERSON MUSEUM AND SCIENCE CENTER
Binghamton, NY
7/29/1997 - 9/28/1997
BRUCE MUSEUM
Greenwich, Connecticut
2/16/1998 - 4/23/1998
DAURA GALLERY
Lynchburg, VA
End “Intimate Perceptions” Itinerary
7/1998
THE TECH
MUSEUM OF INNOVATION
San Jose, California
Purchase of 4 color S.E.M. photographic images
For permanent exhibit
3/1999 – 7/2000
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
“BREATH OF LIFE”
Group exhibition
Exhibited 3 photographic works
1/2001
THE BELLFAST MUSEUM
Bellfast, Ireland
“W5” Exhibition
Purchased 2 mural size photographic works for permanent exhibit.
Purchased the use of 6 images for permanent multimedia exhibit.
8/2001
MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
“PREVIEW – THE ART OF COLOR IN
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHY”
One-man exhibition of 30 fine-art photographic ink-jet prints
10/27/2001 – 12/9/2001
SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY
LORE DEGENSTEIN GALLERY
“THE ART OF COLOR IN
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHY”
A grant of $5000 from the gallery funded the creation of this exhibition, enabling the purchase of equipment and materials and a year to perfect and refine the new techniques of digital, high precision, calibrated ink-jet printing.
One-man exhibition of 60 new digital fine-art photographic images created with a new color synthesizing Scanning Electron Microscope invented by David Scharf. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
1/17/2002 – 3/15/2002
CAL STATE FULLERTON UNIVERSITY
THE ATRIUM GALLERY, POLLAK LIBRARY
“THE ART OF COLOR IN
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHY”
One-man exhibition
Exhibited approximately 40 digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
12/2002 (Date approximate)
URSINUS COLLEGE
THE BERMAN MUSEUM
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
“THE ART OF COLOR IN
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE PHOTOGRAPHY”
One-man exhibition of 60 new digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
4/9/2003 — 4/12/2003
UNIVERSITY OF TULSA
ALEXANDRE HOGUE GALLERY
The Oklahoma Microscopy Society and
The Central States Microscopy and Microanalysis Society
2003 Spring Meeting. Theme: “The Art of the Science Image”
Tulsa, Oklahoma
One-man exhibition of 30 digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
5/3/2003 — 5/5/2003
MODERN MICROSCOPY/SCANNING 2003
Advances in Microscopy and Microanalysis annual meeting.
San Diego, California
One-man exhibition of 30 digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
8/3/2003 — 8/8/2003
MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Annual Meeting and Conference
San Antonio, Texas
One-man exhibition of 48 digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
8/1/2004 — 8/6/2004
MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Annual Meeting and Conference
Savannah, Georgia
One-man exhibition of 44 digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
1/24/2009 — 4/12/2009
PASADENA MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIA ART
Pasadena, California
MICRONAUTICS: The Photography of David Scharf
One-man exhibition of 33 digital fine-art photographic images. Prints up to 24”x30” size.
8/31/2013 — 9/30/2013
ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
The International Images for Science Exhibition 2013
Great North Museum: Hancock
Great Britan
3 - 24"x30" prints
9/2016 — ongoing
911 MEMORIAL MUSEUM
WORLD TRADE CENTER
New York, NY
9/11 Timeline
2 -17”x20” prints
and 2 digital images for online display
