Museum Collections

"Jesse Kalisher is an important photographer in the tradition of Dorothea Lange.”

—Drew Johnson, Photography Curator, The Oakland Museum of California

"Jesse Kalisher is an important photographer
worth watching.”

—Robert Flynn Johnson, Photography Curator, The DeYoung Museum of Fine Arts

Highlights

The Pyramids at Dawn

• DeYoung Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
  permanent collection
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston -
  permanent collection
• The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore)
  permanent collection
• Oakland Museum of California
  solo exhibit, The Human Race at Work
• The Field Museum (Chicago)
  Eternal Egypt
• Stephen Cohen Gallery (Los Angeles)
• Photo San Francisco
• Photo Los Angeles
• University of North Carolina
  solo exhibit, Human Race at Work
• The Commonwealth Club (San Francisco)
  solo exhibit, Human Race at Work
• San Francisco Cameraworks
  roup auction
• Orlando Museum of Art
  permanent collection

The Daily Commute at the Shwegadon Pagoda, Burma

• San Jose Museum of Art
  permanent collection
• Oakland Museum of California
  solo exhibit, The Human Race at Work
• University of North Carolina
  solo exhibit, Human Race at Work
• The Commonwealth Club (San Francisco)
  solo exhibit, Human Race at Work

Cleaning The Taj Mahal

• Oakland Museum of California
  solo exhibit, The Human Race at Work
• University of North Carolina
  solo exhibit, Human Race at Work
• The Commonwealth Club (San Francisco)
  solo exhibit, Human Race at Work
• San Francisco Cameraworks
  Group Auction

Vietnamese Commute

• The Commonwealth Club (San Francisco), – solo exhibit, Human Race at Work
• Red Umbrellas, San Francisco – solo exhibit, Human Race at Work

Mona Lisa at the Mona Lisa

• Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida permanent collection

Ethiopian Market

• University of North Carolina – solo exhibit, Human Race at Work

The Pepsi Generation

• University of North Carolina – solo exhibit, Human Race at Work

Priest, Jerusalem

• University of North Carolina – solo exhibit, Human Race at Work

if you find the Buddha

• The Ackland Art Museum permanent collection

Exhibits

• Photo Los Angeles
• Photo San Francisco
• The Stephen Cohen Gallery (Los Angeles)
• The June Bateman Gallery (New York)
• The Michael Shapiro Gallery (San Francisco)
• The Oakland Museum of California solo exhibit
• The University of North Carolina solo exhibit
• The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
  

Book

Chronicle Books published Jesse’s collection “if you find the Buddha” in May, 2006. 85% of the first printing nearly sold through as of January, 2007.

Speaking Credentials

Guest lecturer at:

• The Stanford Business School
• The Commonwealth Club of San Francisco
• The Ackland Art Museum

Regular Digital Photography Expert for:

• Tech-TV’s “Screen Savers”
• CBS Morning Show (San Francisco)
• NBC-17 (Raleigh, Durham)

Occasional commentator and guest on:

• NBC-17 (San Francisco/San Jose)
• NBC-11 (Raleigh-Durham)
• “Marketplace” (Public Radio International)
• “Day to Day” (Public Radio International)
• “Weekend America” (Public Radio International)
• “Savvy Traveler” (Public Radio International)
• WCHL (“Air America”) Chapel Hill/Carrboro
• WUNC (NPR for North Carolina) “The State of Things
  

Workshops

Featured faculty member at:

• Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, San Francisco 2006
• Hospitality Design Expo 2007 in Las Vegas (Int’l Interior Design Show)
• Regent Seven Seas Cruises Lead photo expeditions through Alaska, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey