One of my favorite things to do is to walk through the urban environment and photograph whatever grabs my interest. Over the years, these urban walks have evolved into a spiritual practice— a walking meditation of sorts. My best photographs occur when I am able to walk, look and feel, unbound by conscious thought. The aesthetic qualities of my photographs are provisional and improvisational responses to each situation. I don’t impose any aesthetic conventions or stylistic agendas on what I am photographing. I prefer to let the urban environment reveal its own aesthetics. The environments that evoke an emotional or spiritual connection are those I find most worthy of capturing. It's a mysterious and loving feeling when that connection occurs; in this way, I am making the photograph out of gratitude.
Artist Biography
Howard is a Philadelphia-based photographer and an Associate Member of 3rd St. Gallery since 2015. His work is represented in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the James A. Michener Museum of Art in Doylestown, PA, and the Allentown Museum of Art in Allentown, PA. He has exhibited his work regionally, nationally and internationally for 36 years. He holds an MFA in Photography from the University of Delaware (1984) and a BFA in Graphic Design from the Philadelphia College of Art (1971). He was a Professor of Photography at the Art Institute of Philadelphia for 31 years (retired) and remains a faculty member of the Temple University Architecture Program, offering a course entitled
Photography and Visual Literacy
Education
1984 University of Delaware, Wilmington, DE MFA, Photography
1971 Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA BFA, Graphic Design
Bibliography
Publications
Public Art in Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 1992 primary photographer
The Nature of Recreation, MIT Press, 1974 collaborated on the graphic design and photography
Man Made Philadelphia, MIT Press, 1971, collaborated on the graphic design and photography
Collection
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown PA James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown PA Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem PA
Affiliation
Associate Member, 3rd. Street Gallery cooperative, Philadelphia, PA
Member, DaVinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Member, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Professional Experience
1990 - Present Adjunct Professor, Architecture Program, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1984 - 2015 Professor, Photography Program, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1984 - 1990 Associate Professor, Architecture Program, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Exhibitions
Solo
2016 Tree Photographs, The Gallery at St. Asap’s, Bala Cynwyd, PA
2010 Circumspections, The Smile Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Recent Work from the Urban Eyes series, Ryan John Art Salon, Philadelphia, PA
2009 The City Skin Series, 1988-2002, Heavy Bubble Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 New Color Photographs, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Howard Brunner, Recent Work, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Challenge Exhibition Series #2, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1991 The Waste Treatments Series, The Book Trader Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Recent Color Photographs, Nye Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1990 The Waste Treatments Series, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
1984 New Photographs, Janvier Gallery, Newark, DE
1981 Photographs by Howard Brunner, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
1976 Chestnut Street 1876-1976, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Peale House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Featured Exhibition of the 1976 AIA National Convention
Group
2017 Photography 35 Award Winners Exhibition, Perkins Center for the Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2014 Philadelphia Photographers: 1975-1985, Santa Bannon Fine Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2012 Making Magic: Beauty in Word and Image, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2010 FOCUS, 3rd. Annual Abstract Photography Exhibition, LG Tripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Contemporary Voices, 70th. Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2009 An Evolving Legacy, Twenty Years of Collecting at the Michener, James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA
2009 Contemporary Voices, 69th Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2007 The Art Institute of Philadelphia at Museu Da Praia-Brazil, Museu Da Praia, Maragogi, Alagoas, Brazil
2002 Second International Festival of Photography, International Exhibition Center, Nizyhny Novgorod, Russia
2000 Works from the Collection by Philadelphia Area Photographers, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Philadelphia Selections 3, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 A Generation of Challenge Artists, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Pennsylvania Photographers 10, Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
1991 Challenge #2, 91-92 Challenge Exhibition Series, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Triennale International De La Photographie, Museum of Art and History, Fribourg, Switzerland
1987 Selected Photographers, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1987 Pennsylvania Photographers V, Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
1986 62nd Annual International Competition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1983 Pennsylvania Photographers III, Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
1982 Philadelphia Past and Present, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Selected Photographers, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
1981 Pennsylvania Photographers II, Allentown Museum of Art, Allentown, PA
Please contact the artist directly for a full listing of all group exhibitions.
