Solo Exhibitions
2019 John Humble: Los Angeles Cibachromes | Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, California (September-October)
2011 John Humble: Los Angeles | Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut, Freiburg, Germany (April-July)
Other Places/Venice Beach | Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California (April-May)
2010 John Humble: Los Angeles | Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium (September-October)
Los Angeles: Photographs by John Humble | Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany (June-July)
2007 A Place in the Sun: Photographs of Los Angeles by John Humble | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
John Humble: The Urban Landscape | Gallerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (September-October)
John Humble: Sunday Afternoon | Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, California (November-December)
2005 Night Freeways | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2001 The Los Angeles River: 51 Miles of Concrete | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1999 Lifeguard Station 26: Images from the Santa Monica Bay | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1997 John Humble: L.A. | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles: Photographs by John Humble | Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, California
1994 John Humble: Urban Topographies | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1990 My Widelux on Broadway | U. C. Berkeley Extension Center Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1987 My Widelux on Broadway | Dillingham Center for the Arts, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York
1985 John Humble: L.A. | Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
1982 Cut Rate Photography | Pennsylvania State University Art Gallery, College Park, Pennsylvania
1980 Cut Rate Photography | Idaho State University Art Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
California State University Photography Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1979. Solo Exhibition | GO Gallery, Dickson Art Center, University of California, Los Angeles
1978 Solo Exhibition | Newport School of Photography, Newport, California
Group Exhibitions
2021
• Magnetic West: The Enduring Allure of the American West | Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, (October 2020-January 2021)
• What Now: Collecting for the Library in the 21st Century | Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California (Aug. 7th–Nov. 1st)
2020
• Magnetic West: The Enduring Allure of the American West | Figg Art Museum, Davenport, IA, (June-October)
2019
• John Humble: Vermont, Dora De Larios: The Studio is my Church | Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California (January - February)
2016
• John Humble: DTLA, Dan McCleary: Small Works | Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California (May-June)
2014
• John Humble: Pico Boulevard, D.J Hall: Into Plein Air | Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, California (January-February)
2013
• Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990 | The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California (April-July)
• Everyday America: Photographs From the Berman Collection | Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (February-March)
2012
• American Landscape: John Humble/Dave Jordano | Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium (October-November)
2011
• From the Recent Past: New Acquisitions | MOCA, Los Angeles (March-July)
2010
• This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs | Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France (2009-2010)
2009
• This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs | Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland (January-April)
2008
• This Side of Paradise: Body and Landscape in L.A. Photographs | The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena, CA
(June-September)
2007
• Ingenuity; Photography and Engineering 1849-2006 | Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium (July 6-September 9)
Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal (February 9-May 6)
2005
• L.A. River Reborn | Organized by Sarah Vure, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California
2004
• Fotograaf | Organized by Willem Diepraam, Dutch Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• ReGenerations: Environmental Art in California | Curated by Jay Belloli and Elise Barclay, Armory Center for the Arts,
Pasadena, California (October— January 2005)
• Speculative Terrain: Recent Views of the Southern California Landscape from San Diego to Santa Barbara | Curated by Gordon Fuglie,
Director of Laband Art Gallery at Loyola Marymount University, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles,
(September 11 — November 20)
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California, (April 10 — June 26)
Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, California, (December 2003 — February 22, 2004)
2003
• Ocean View: The Depiction of Southern California Coastal Lifestyle | Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California (August 10 — October 5)
Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles (November 23 — July 27)
2002
• New Acquisitions, New Work, New Directions 3: Contemporary Selections | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2001
• Water Works: Photo Works on Water, Power, and the Land | Curated by Jerry Burchfield, BC Space Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
Cypress College Photography Galleries, Cypress, California (September 22 — November 3)
• Rearview Mirror: Automobile Images and American Identities | California Museum of Photography, University of California at Riverside
2000
• Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900 — 2000 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
2000
• Beyond Boundaries: Contemporary Photography in California | Curated by Nora Kabat, Associate Curator, The Friends of
Photography and Mary-Kay Lombino, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach
Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, California (January — March)
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach (June-August)
• Reimagining the Suburbs | National Building Museum, Smithsonian, Washington, D. C. Die Entfernung der Fotografie | Kunsthalle Basel,
Switzerland
• Happy Holidays VII | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1999
• C.O.L.A. (City of Los Angeles) 1998-99 Individual Artists Grant Exhibition | Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, California
(May 5 — June 20, 1999)
• Picturing Modernity: Photographs from the Permanent Collection | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
• Art & Architecture: The Collection of San Francisco Civic Center Complex | Warren and Hiram Johnson State Office Building, San Francisco, CA
1998
• The Promise of Home | Golden State Museum, Sacramento, California
• Summer Fun | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, California
• Developing a Collection: The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation and the Art of Photography | Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
1997
• L. A. Current: The Photographer’s Perspective – An Installation of Works by Northern and Southern California Artists | Armand Hammer
Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles,California (June — November)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (December – March)
1996
• Crossing the Frontier: Photographs of the Developing West, 1849 to the Present | Curated by Sandra S. Phillips
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California (September 1996 — January 1997)
1995
• Photography Los Angeles Now | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1993
• Wings of Change, A Photography Exhibition | Curated by Diana Edkins, The Director’s Guild of America, Los Angeles, California
1991
• Photographing L.A. Architecture | Turner/Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, California (June — July)
1989
• Multiples | Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
1988
• Five American Photographers | Traveling exhibition; venues: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (continued into 1989)
• Overview: Alumni Exhibition | San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1986
• The Social and Political Landscape | Eye Gallery, San Francisco, California
1985
• Off the Street | Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, Los Angeles, California
• Four Photographers, Four Views | Curated by Susan Ressler, Purdue University Art Gallery, Indiana
• Tenth Anniversary Exhibition | Portland Center for the Arts, Oregon
1982
• Human Interest | Brea Cultural Center, Brea, California
• New Views of Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Documentary Project | Organized by John Humble
Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles
Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles
Grossmont College Art Gallery, El Cajon, California
Gallery of the Maine Photographic Workshop, Rockport, Maine (continued into 1983)
• Galleries Choice | Washington State University Art Gallery, Washington
1979
• Recent Acquisitions | Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
• Contemporary Southern California Photography | Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
1977
• International Postcard Exhibition | Smith College Art Gallery, Northampton, Massachusetts
1976
• Faculty Exhibition | California State University, Long Beach, California
• Canadada Postcards | University of Manitoba Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1975
• The Bus Show | Curated by Steven Arnold, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
1974
• The Nude | Indiana State University Art Gallery, Terre Haute, Indiana
Collections
• Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
• Brookings Institution, Washington, D. C.
• The Capital Group, Los Angeles, California
• The California Endowment, Los Angeles, California
• Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
• Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles and New York
• Disney, Los Angeles, California
• Freddie Mac, McLean, Virginia
• Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, California
• Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
• Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, California
• Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California
• Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
• Banana Republic Collection
• Bruce and Nancy Berman Collection
• Northern Trust Bank, California,
• O’Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
• Aaron Spelling Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, California
• Stroock, Stroock and Lavan, Los Angeles, California
• Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
• State Building Authority of San Francisco Art Collection, San Francisco, California
• Union Bank, Los Angeles, California
• Leonard and Marjorie Vernon Collection
• Michael Wilson, The Wilson Center for Photography, Los Angeles and London
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
• MOCA, Los Angeles
• Bloomingdale’s, Los Angeles
• Citibank, New York
• Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
• Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino, California