EDUCATION
B.A. History, Honors, UC Santa Barbara/University of Padua, Italy
B.A. History, Honors, UC Santa Barbara/University of Padua, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS/PRESS/COLLECTIONS
2022
Top 40 International Juried Competition LACDA - Los Angeles Ceital Arts - juried by Bryan Barcena from MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art & Nicholas Barlow from LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Group Exhibition
Top 40 International Juried Competition LACDA - Los Angeles Ceital Arts - juried by Bryan Barcena from MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art & Nicholas Barlow from LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Group Exhibition
Felix Schoeller - Free Choice - Conceptual Photography Award
2021
Out There - City of West Hollywood - juried by Cliff Benjamin from Western Project, Group Exhibition
Out There - City of West Hollywood - juried by Cliff Benjamin from Western Project, Group Exhibition
The Game - Loosen Art - Gallery Millepani, Rome - Group Exhibition
2020
The Creative Portrait - LACP - Los Angeles Center of Photography - juried by David and Nicholas Fahey from Fahey/Klein gallery, Group Exhibition
2020
The Creative Portrait - LACP - Los Angeles Center of Photography - juried by David and Nicholas Fahey from Fahey/Klein gallery, Group Exhibition
Open Source & Snap to Grid - LACDA - Los Angeles Center of Digital Arts, Group Exhibition
2019Round Hole Square Peg - LA Art Show Downtown, Curated by Phil Tarley, Group Exhibition
Chris Rauschenberg Print Collection
2018
Center Santa Fe Recipient
Bunk - Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, juried by Alix Sloan, Group Exhibition
Hecho A Mano - Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Curated by Jill Moniz from Pomona College Museum of Art, Group Exhibition
Personal Vacation - Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Curated by Chris Davies from Fabrik Media, Group Exhibition
2016
Motel Stories - Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition
Motel Stories - Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Solo Exhibition
The Foolish Game, Los Angeles Art Association, juried by Kurt Mueller from David Kordansky Gallery-, Group Exhibition
2013
Motion - Hatakeyama Gallery - LA Art Walk, CA, Solo Exhibition
Motion - Hatakeyama Gallery - LA Art Walk, CA, Solo Exhibition
2012
Launch Ken Weingart Art and Photography Blog | Podcast
2010
The Topless Project, Hollywood Loft, CA, Group Exhibition
The Topless Project, Hollywood Loft, CA, Group Exhibition
Biography
Ken Weingart has been photographing portraits professionally for many years, and became interested in the world of alternative art and fine art photography in 2009. The artist recently started a fine art photography blog-podcast and has interviewed notable fine art photographers such as: Roger Ballen, Gregory Crewdson, and Tina Barney.
Ken has worked and lived in New York City, Los Angeles, Italy, and Spain. He has also exhibited in multiple solo and group shows in the U.S. and Europe.
Artist statement
The fine art photography that I am currently creating is focused on satire, psychological expression and situations that people find themselves. In my most recent series: Motel Stories, Kids and Their Toys, and The Fuck Series, I focus on the ideas of irony and absurdity, and social expression in life and art. My main interest is shooting people and connecting them to life stories through journalistic style fine art photography. I hope to branch out further in art with a storytelling process and new genres utilizing mixed media, collage, and video art — blending them all together with photography.