- "ART ONLY EXISTS BEYOND THE CONFINES OF ACCEPTED
BEHAVIOR." - Biron (1977)
- EXHIBITIONS & BIBLIOGRAPHY
All EXHIBITIONS are individual shows and in San Francisco unless otherwise noted:
- 1961 UNH Student Union, Durham, New Hampshire
- Juried photo exhibition: took 1st and 3rd place ribbons.
- 1977 Café Ladyfingers, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- "The Vogel Show Leftovers" conceptual piece
- 1978 Top Floor Gallery
- Group exhibition: showed photocopy collages
- 1979 Fey-Way Studios
- Group exhibition: one photocopy collage
- 1993 A Different Light
- First individual photography exhibition. Photos from
- 1993 San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration
- 1994 Headquarters
- First exhibirtion of 20"x30" color photo blow-ups
1994 End Up
- 1994 Zip Zap
- First exhibition of photocopy blow-ups
- 1994 Giladon
- AON (Architecture of Noise) series
- 1994 Scott Nichols Gallery
- Group exhibition "The Male Nude" with Edward Weston, Joel-Peter Witkin, and Bruce of LA.
1994 San Francisco Eagle
- 1994 Ram Studios
- Group Lesbian/Gay Pride invitational exhibition
1994 Castro Station
- 1994 Café International
- First Exhibition of photocopy blow-ups up to 80" x 128"
1994 Worn Out West (group exhibition)
- 1994 Electric City/Cheap TV
- Video-taped color prints and b/w photocopies
- 1995 Pancho Villa
- Photocopy blow-ups up to 80" x 128"
1995 RoB Gallery
- 1996 Lone Star Saloon
- First exhibition from "Homage to Peter Berlin" series
- 1996 Moby Dick
- Censored: closed down by management (reason given: displeasure with the images exhibited after displayed only 6 days of advertised month-long show)
- 1996 ARTwork Gallery
- Group exhibitions: "Men at Work" and "Over 50"
- 1996 Wings Galleria
- Group exhibition of donated works for AIDS fundraising auction at the Eagle
- 1996 People's Cafe
- Censored: closed down by management (reason given: textual content of publicity flyer found offensive)
- 1997 www.photos-biron.com
- Uncensored virtual gallery features over 100 Photos by Biron. Exhibitions include Guest Galleries and change monthly.
- Admission is free (except for Adult Check entry for x-rated galleries) Gallery Hours: 24 hours a day. Never closes like any good diner!
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
· OG [Oriental Guys] magazine, Issue 20, Sydney, July 1997. (Full page color ad on inside front-cover featuring 36 Photos by Biron.)
· OG [Oriental Guys] magazine, Issue 19, Sydney, February 1997. (Color cover and 15 page color photo essay featuring Issey.)
· MÄNNER AKT 2 - THE MALE NUDE, Vol. 2, Janssen Verlag, Berlin, 1996. (120 page anthology of international photographers includes photos by George Platt Lynes, Tom Bianchi, Dean Keefer, Roy Blakey, and Biron.)
· OBLIVION magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 4, San Francisco, May 16-June 17, 1996. (Nine photos by Biron includes color cover.)
· Mike - TADZIO OF THE NINETIES, Janssen Verlag, Berlin, 1995. (Hard-cover edition, 64 color Photos by BIRON evocative of the androgynous golden-haired boy in Thomas Mann's classic novella DEATH IN VENICE).
· GRUF [Great Unshaven Face] magazine , Vol. 1, Issue 4, San Francisco, September 1995. (twenty-five photos by Biron includes color cover and centerfold.)
· SAN FRANCISCO FRONTIERS, Vol. 13, Issue 16, San Francisco, December 8, 1994, 36-37. ("This Do Not Look Past" -- a two-page layout designed by Architecture of Noise [AON] features Photos by Biron and the poetry of two of his models.)
· ODYSSEY magazine, Vol 3, Issue 17, San Francisco, September 23-October 7, 1994. (First ODYSSEY color cover: Photo by Biron of Dwone Jones.)
· "G.A.W.K. TALK: Jon Sugar on Bashings, Rap and Radio," THE SENTINEL, Vol. 21, No. 25, June 23, 1993 (San Francisco) 88, 92.
· BAY AREA RESOURCES FOR TIBETANS, published by the Bay Area Friends of Tibet, San Francisco, July 1993 (Detailed twelve page manual with Introduction.)
· "The Tibetan Resettlement Project in the Bay Area," DHARMA WHEEL, Spring 1993, (Buddhist Churches of America, San Francisco).
· "Art Only Exists Beyond the Confines of Accepted Behavior," Crime Contest conceptual piece by Biron, reproduced by Jerry Dreva, in HIGH PERFORMANCE, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1980 (Los Angeles) 26.
· TRISTAN TZARA: DADA AND OTHER PROJECTS, 1980. Catalog for Tzara book exhibition held at the Main Library, University of California at Berkeley, May - June 1980.
G. A. Cavellini, NEMO PROPHETA IN PATRIA . Edizioni Nuovi Stumenti, Brescia, Italy, 1978. This homage to Cavellini includes a photocopy-collage of "Andy Warhol: Homage to Richard Mutt [1975]."
· "The Vogel Show Leftovers,"(documentation on conceptual piece by Biron, exhibited at Ann Arbor's Café Ladyfingers, November 11-12, 1977) in CHEAP TRASH, One, Spring 1978 (Cheap Trash Productions, Ann Arbor, Michigan) 4-5.
· Documentation of conceptual piece by Ben Vautier at Fluxus Concert held at the Corroboree Gallery of New Concepts at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, April 1, 1978, in CHEAP TRASH, One, Spring 1978(Cheap Trash Productions, Ann Arbor,) 11.
· "Ann Arbor Gays Proud of Past," THE ANN ARBOR NEWS, No. 1 & No. 3,January 1 & 3, 1978 (Ann Arbor, Michigan) B1, B4 & 15, respectively. (Comprehensive two-part article co-authored with Laura Sky Brown, traces ten years (1969-78) of Ann Arbor's Lesbian/Gay history.)
· 1977 LESBIAN AND GAY MALE DIRECTORY (First comprehensive local directory published by Gay Community Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977- 2,000 copies, distributed free.)
· THE PINK TRIANGLE, published by The Pink Triangle Project, Gay Community Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977. (Printed card explaining fact 250,000 Gays wore pink triangle symbol to their death in German Nazi concentration camps; 2,000 distributed free with attached Pink Triangle button.)
· YOUTH SURVIVAL GUIDE published by E.A.S.Y.- Easy Access to Services for Youth, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Fall 1977. (Brochure including Gay referrals distributed free to all public high school students in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Total: 4,000 copies)
· THE PHILIP J. BIRON TRISTAN TZARA COLLECTION, (Book catalog, preface, six original drawings, and a poem) October 1977 (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
· "Andy Warhol: Homage to Richard Mutt [1975]," LIGHTWORKS (Ann Arbor,Michigan), 1976. (First Joint-Assisted-Ready-Made. A collaboration with Andy Warhol.
· "Editorial Comments: Gay Space/Gay Pessimism," GAY SPACE, Vol. 1, No.1, July 16, 1976 (Gay Community Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan) 2.
· "Editorial Space: Don't Spread it Around," (article on new Ann Arbor VD Clinic) GAY SPACE, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 30, 1976 (Gay Community Services, Ann Arbor, Michigan) 2.
- "The ADVOCATE: Capitalist Manifesto," GAY SUNSHINE, No. 28, Spring 1976 (Gay Sunshine Press, San Francisco) 22-24. (Critical analysis quotes from secret Chicago conference documents revealing the ADVOCATE magazine's strategy to isolate leftist elements within the gay community and establish a clearly defined gay capitalist market.)
· "The Secret French and German Editions of Tristan Tzara's Dada 3," RACKHAM LITERARY STUDIES, Vol. 6, 1975 (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) 35-40.
· "Philippe Soupault's Early Contact with Zurich Dada: A Gracious Butterfly Flirting with Dada in Les Champs Magnétiques," in RACKHAM LITERARY STUDIES, Vol. 6, 1975 (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)41-49.
· TRISTAN TZARA, POET: DADA/SURREALISM/COMMUNISM, 1975, catalog for Tzara rare book exhibition held at University of Michigan Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June-July 1975.
· "Interview with Spanish playwright Arrabal," translation from the French of exclusive interview on theater and Garcia Lorca, in MICHIGAN FREE PRESS, March 1975 (Ann Arbor, Michigan).
WORK HISTORY:
Photographer:
Featured in two European photography books, several gayzines (OG, OBLIVION, ODYSSEY, GRUF and SAN FRANCISCO FRONTIERS) and twenty exhibitions including the "The Male Nude" with works by Joel-Peter Witkin, Bruce of L.A., and Edward Weston held at the SCOTT NICHOLS GALLERY, San Francisco, 1994. Also two recently banned San Francisco exhibitions at the MOBY DICK bar and THE PEOPLE'S CAFE (June and September 1996, respectively).
Grant Writer:
Grant Proposals and Annual Report for the Bay Area Cluster of the Tibetan U.S. Resettlement Project, sponsored by the Bay Area Friends of Tibet (1992-93).
Litigation Paralegal:
Cartwright, Slobodin, Bokelman, Borowski, Wartnick, Moore & Harris (Asbestos-Plaintiff litigation); Rogers, Joseph, O'Donnell & Quinn; Feldman, Waldman & Kline; California Appellate Project (CAP) Computer case management of defense cases for condemned prisoners on California's death row; San Francisco (1985-1992).
College Teacher:
French Language & Literature, University of Michigan, Drake University, and University of Iowa. (Recipient of Drake University Fund Grant for advanced French language TV course. Taught courses on French comedy and the role of the woman in French literature at University of Michigan's experimental Residential College.)
EDUCATION:
· ABD, French Literature, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).
· M.A., French Literature, University of Iowa (Iowa City).
· Certificat de Français Usuel, Sorbonne, University of Paris.
· B.A., History and Literature, University of New Hampshire (Durham).
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