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Photo London
The Photographers’ Gallery
London, England 
May 16-19

Work from my series Littoral Drift will be exhibited alongside the work of Vasantha Yogananthan, Jessa Fairbrother, and Chris Steele-Perkins.

New Territory: Landscape Photography Today
June 24-September 18

New Territory: Landscape Photography Today is a survey of contemporary landscape photography from around the world. The exhibition will explore how artists stretch the boundaries of traditional landscape photography to reflect the environmental attitudes, perceptions, and values of our time. The exhibition challenges us to see photography differently, and contemplate our complex relationship with the landscape.

The Wall Street Journal featured the exhibition and my work, alongside inspired work by some of my favorite contemporary photographers.

Rubber Factory
New York, NY
August 19-September 28
Opening Reception August 19, 6-9pm

Women in Colour, an exhibition curated by Ellen Carey, includes work by Amanda Means, Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, Ellen Carey, Elinor Carlucci, Jan Groover, Liz Nielsen, Laurie Simmons, Patty Carroll, Mariah Robertson, Marion Belanger, Moira McDonald, Penelope Umbrico, Susan Derges, and me.

Artnews, 9 Events to Attend in the New York Area This Week selected Women in Colour.

For several decades now Oprah Winfrey has been an inspiration to millions, a stellar philanthropist, and a powerful voice for love, diversity, and perseverance. It is an honor to have my work featured in her magazine.

PHOTOFAIRS SF
San Francisco, CA
January 27-29, Book signing event January 28, 4-5pm

Insights: New Approaches to Photography Since 2000 is curated by Alexander Montague-Sparey, Artistic Director, PHOTOFAIRS and Allie Haeusslein, Associate Director, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco. The Insights exhibition focuses entirely on cutting-edge artists using technical prowess and originality to push the boundaries of the medium.

Join the curators and artist of Insights for book signings and conversations about the exhibition Saturday Jan. 28, 4-5pm.

Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix, AZ
December 2–April 9

This exhibition features 111 books published since 2014 that express the range of technologies and voices in contemporary photography books. My catalog Littoral Drift is  in the exhibition. It includes thirty plates, images of my process, images of the Littoral Drift exhibition at San Francisco Camerawork, and an interview with Allie Haeusslein (Associate Director, Pier 24).

Palo Alto Art Center
Palo Alto, CA
January 21-April 9

As part of its 45^th anniversary celebration, the Palo Alto Art Center presents Spectral Hues: Artists + Color, an exhibition featuring the work of more than 20 artists who share an interest in the power of color, and employ strategic choices about the use of color, in their works. The exhibition is curated by Sharon E. Bliss and includes Chronograph #9, my cyanotype book that exposes for the duration of the exhibition.

2016

The Houston Center for Photography

Houston, TX
November 18-January 15

Curated by Keliy Anderson-Staley, The Surface of Things brings together a diverse group of contemporary artists who use photo-sensitive materials to explore environmental, aesthetic and cultural questions.

I am so pleased to share that my work is now represented by Yossi Milo Gallery (New York, NY). Yossi Milo exhibits innovative photography that I deeply admire, and I’m honored to be part of this gallery.

Euqinom Projects, San Francisco, CA

September 7 – October 29, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 2016, 6:00-8:00PM

Gallery Conversation: Thursday, October 6, 2016, 6:00-8:00pm Klea McKenna and Meghann Riepenhoff with Corey Keller, Curator of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Of Many Minds features work by Theresa Ganz, Klea McKenna, and Meghann Riepenhoff. The artists share an interest in landscape, time, materiality, and photography. Their spirit of experimentation, in tandem with a deep understanding of photographic history, yields works that push into new formal and conceptual terrain.

The exhibition was reviewed in Art Forum by Kim Beil.

What Light Can Do: Views on Photography

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Lecture Series
Tuesdays, September 6–October 4, 2016, 6–7:30 p.m.

I’m excited to speaking in the upcoming San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s lecture series What Light Can Do: Views On Photography. The series examines the impact of photography on contemporary culture, from art and science to our political and personal perspectives, and questions how photography can “preserve memory, create change, make discoveries, and inspire wonder.”

Wired featured my work in The Ocean Made These Wild Photos. Yes, Really. The article highlights work from Littoral Drift. 

My work was featured on Lenscratch as part of McNair Evans’ California contribution to The States Project, where a photographer is asked to guest curate work of those sharing a similar zip code.

Photo District News featured my work in Photography’s New Dimensions, an online and print article featuring photographic work by five photo-based artists who are pushing the boundaries of the traditional print.

Aperture Foundation, New York, NY

July 14-August 11

I’m excited to be part of this exhibition curated by Charlotte Cotton, who writes, “the photographic practices represented in the final selection for this year’s Summer Open are rich with vitality and deep curiosity for the magical medium of photography. They share a fascination with and substantial knowledge of the historical roots and the contemporary state of photography.”

San Francisco Camerawork

December 10-February 6

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Memphis College of Art

February 26–March 26

A solo exhibition of my work, this exhibition was reviewed in San Francisco by KQED and The San Francisco Chronicle. Additionally, The San Francisco Chronicle featured a two-page spread about my work. In Memphis, the show was reviewed by The Commercial Appeal. 

“Riepenhoff’s exhibition, “Littoral Drift,” at San Francisco Camerawork is grandly conceived, conceptually solid and photographically experimental.” –Charles Desmarais, The San Francisco Chronicle

“The…magnificent “Littoral Drift #284,” [is] an expansive square arena of many sheets that seems to embody all the mythos and pathos of the human relationship to the oceans that surround us, as well as being a sort of star map to the nebulae and deep space beyond. The fear of the void is here, as well as the gorgeousness of the exhaustive and visceral experience of nature.” -Fredric Koepel, The Commercial Appeal

Produced in conjunction with the exhibition, the catalog Littoral Drift includes thirty plates, images of my process, and an interview with Allie Haeusslein, Associate Director, Pier 24. Strange Fire, a collective dedicated to current social and political forces, featured the catalog interview.

Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

January 16-April 24

This is the first major U.S. Exhibition examining the rise, fall, and resurgence of the Cyanotype. Artists include: Anna Atkins, Henry Bosse, Annie Lopez, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Christian Marclay, Arthur Wesley Dow, and more. I’m honored that my work from the exhibition is the cover for the catalog, produced in collaboration with students and faculty at Clark University.

The New York Times included my work in their article about Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period.
Photograph Magazine reviewed the exhibition.
The Boston Globe reviewed the exhibition.

Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX

March 12-April 24

I’m thrilled that Karen Irvine, Associate Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, selected my work for the 2016 FotoFest Biennial Discoveries of the Meeting Place exhibition. The ten exhibiting artists have been selected as a particularly significant “discovery” by one of ten international reviewers chosen by FotoFest from the 160 curators, editors, publishers, gallery owners, and collectors who reviewed artists’ work at the 2014 Biennial Meeting Place.

Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA

January 7-April 3

“The Salt/Water exhibition originated from a desire to explore contemporary photographs of the landscape from fresh perspectives. In the process of researching and reviewing work amidst the recent backdrop of a global culture tearing itself apart through hatred and intolerance, the exhibit has evolved into a meditative environment intended to connect humanity—to these photographs, to nature, and to one another, recognizing essential and shared properties of our existence.” -Michelle Dunn-Marsh

Sarah Margolis-Pineo reviewed Salt/Water for Daily Serving.
Michael Unchurch reviewed Salt/Water for the Seattle Times.

John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
October 30-February 21

Photography and the Scientific Spirit, curated by Alison Feris, is currently on view at the John Michael Kohler Art Center. In conjunction with the exhibition, I was an Exhibition Artist in Residence. The residency is made possible with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts.