Jo Ann Callis Explained

Jo Ann Callis
Birth Place:	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Education:	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Known For:	Photography
Module:	Embed: yes Employer: California Institute of the Arts

Jo Ann Callis (born 1940)^[1] is an American artist who works with photography and is based in California.^{[2] [3]} Her work is held in various public collections.^[4]

Life and work

Callis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.^{[1] [5]} Though she initially pursued a degree at Ohio State University in 1958, she dropped out in her second year when she got married. She and her husband moved to Southern California in 1961. Her father died after the birth of her first son, Stephen, in the same year. In 1963, her second son Michael was born.^[6] Callis enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1970 initially in graphic design. When she took a course from Robert Heinecken in photography, she was encouraged by Heinecken to explore things within her mind.

In 1975, while still a student at UCLA, a year before finishing her Masters in Fine Arts, she was offered a position to work at California Institute of the Arts, where she works as of 2017.

Callis's work is primarily surrealist. Her themes have included domestic spaces and the role of motherhood, as demonstrated in Dish Trick (1985).^[7]

Exhibitions

• Woman Twirling, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2009^[8]

Publications

• Woman Twirling. Los Angeles, CA: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009. Text by Judith Keller.
• Decor. Thistle & Weed, 2013. Essay by Jennifer A. Watts.
• Other Rooms. New York: Aperture, 2014. .

Collections

Callis' work is held in the following public collections:

• Museum of Modern Art, New York.^[9]
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.^[10]
• J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.^[11]

External links

• • Rose Gallery: Jo Ann Callis

Notes and References

1. News: Bohnacker. Siobhan. Jo Ann Callis's Color Work. February 21, 2015. March 6, 2014.
2. News: Drohojowska-Philp . Hunter . March 27, 2009 . Jo Ann Callis' long lens on domestic life . Culture Monster . Los Angeles Times . February 21, 2015.
3. Web site: Go behind the lens of Jo Ann Callis' odd arousal. Ana . Cecilia Alvarez . July 30, 2014 . March 17, 2015 . .
4. Web site: Callis. Jo Ann. Photography and Media Faculty. February 21, 2015.
5. Web site: Jo Ann Callis - Overview . 2022-03-30 . ROSEGALLERY . en.
6. News: Muchnic . Suzanne . 1989 . A Late Start is No Drawback for Callis . Los Angeles Times. 4 March 2017.
7. Zellen. Jody. 2015. Burning Down the House: Ellen Brooks, Jo Ann Callis, Eileen Cowin. Afterimage. 42. 28. 10.1525/aft.2015.42.4.28. Academic OneFile.
8. Web site: Jo Ann Callis: Woman Twirling (Getty Center Exhibitions). www.getty.edu. 2019-04-24.
9. Web site: Jo Ann Callis MoMA. www.moma.org. 2015-09-03.
10. Web site: Jo Ann Callis LACMA Collections. collections.lacma.org. 2015-09-03.
11. Web site: Jo Ann Callis (Getty Museum). The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. 2015-09-03.