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Kerik Kouklis is a fine art photographer and documentary film-maker based along California’s Central Coast who has been involved in creating photographs since his father set up a darkroom in the basement when he was 12 in 1972.
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Selected Exhibitions
Kerik’s prints are held in private and corporate collections in North America and Europe as well as the Museum of Fine Art, Houston and the Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, Newcastle, Pennsylvania.
- 2024 Yosemite Renaissance 39 – Yosemite National Park, One daguerreotype and one palladium print selected for exhibition.
- 2023 Earth is Home, a World of Photographs – Solo Exhibition, Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite
- 2021 Mandalas – Photographs in the Round - Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA
- 2021 Yosemite Renaissance 36 – Yosemite National Park, Second Place Award
- 2020 Yosemite Renaissance 35 – Yosemite National Park
- 2019 From the Ends of the Earth II – Solo Exhibition, Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA
- 2019 Yosemite Renaissance 34 – Yosemite National Park
- 2018 From the Ends of the Earth – Solo Exhibition, The Image Flow, Mill Valley, CA
- 2018 Yosemite Renaissance 33 – Yosemite National Park, Honorable Mention
- 2017 Old Lands, New Visions – Floyd Center of the Arts, Floyd, VA – Group Exhibit
- 2017 Yosemite Renaissance 32 – Yosemite National Park
- 2016 Two-person Exhibit with Mark Citret - Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite
- 2015 The Alchemist's Vision, Solo exhibition - Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, CA
- 2015 The Origins of Photography Past and Present, Pattern Shop Studio, Denver – Group Exhibit
- 2014 Gallery 291, Mill Valley, CA – Exhibit of platinum and gum/platinum prints
- 2012 Group Exhibition of Alternative Process work in China
- 2011 Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite – Solo Exhibit of Gum-Platinum Work
- 2010 ICA, San Jose, CA – Today’s Photography/Yesterday’s Technology
- 2009 C4 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – M is for Melancholia
- 2008 Ansel Adams Gallery Yosemite – Solo Exhibit of Wet Plate Collodion Work
- 2008 University of Alaska, Soldotna, AK – By Hand, Wet Plate and Gum-Platinum Prints
- 2007 Studio 391, Gualala, California - Solo Exhibit of Wet Plate Collodion Work
- 2006 Watermark Gallery, Houston, Texas
- 2006 The Ansel Adams Gallery, Two-person show, Yosemite, California
- 2004 The Ansel Adams Gallery, Two-person show, Carmel, California
- 2003 The Ansel Adams Gallery, Three-person show, Yosemite, California
- 2002 Platinum: A Rare Passion - Group show, Gallery Sink, Denver, Colorado
1999A Sense of Place, Photographs by Kerik Kouklis - North Light Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Selected Collections And Publications
- Have Drones, Will Travel, Outdoor Photographer, September 2018
- Expedition to Mongolia, Outdoor Photographer, December 2017
- Platinum Prints from Digital Files, Outdoor Photographer, August 2016
Teaching
Kerik’s work is currently represented in California by Oficino Uno in Carmel and the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite where he is in his 25th year teaching in Ansel’s darkroom.
Associated Contributions And Experience
- “Mongolia in Winter” – Documentary about a winter expedition to Mongolia.
- “Pilot Whale Stranding, Iceland, 2021” – Documentary short about the stranding of about 50 Pilot whales in Iceland
- “Handmade Photographs in the 21st Century” – Presentation to the Penland School of Crafts.
- “Iceland Summit 2017” – Aerial videos, northern lights time lapse from Iceland.
- “Tom & Mabel, an Antarctic Love Story” – Currently in production.
Connect
Blog: https://picturesbyhand.blogspot.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kerik.kouklis#
Instagram: @kerik_k