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David Lanner has resided in Fresno, California since 2000. Born
in Yuba City,
California in 1960 he moved with his family to Hawaii, Minnesota,
and lastly to Utah by 1968. During his formative years he spent
most of his time living close to nature and was always attracted
to found organic objects including dried insects, bones, and snake
skins. He attended Utah State University and graduated in 1984
with a BFA in Art. While attending university, David worked with
the copperplate photogravure process and today continues to work
with intaglio using the more recent photo-polymer gravure process
as well as black and white silver prints in his studio/darkroom.
Davids’ early work reflects his fascination
with mummified and frozen animal forms, mainly mule deer, that
he sought out in the foothills of northern Utah. Most were victims
of starvation resulting from harsh winter conditions. The positioning
of these animals resulted from the observation that even though
in an advanced state of decay, animals retained many characteristics
from their former lives. Today, David continues to photograph
animals using taxidermy. Many of these images are influenced by
current events in our environment including climate change and
extinction. His other projects include a body of work dealing
with genocide memorials found in central Africa, Poland, and Asia
and a documentary project involving the lives of people who subsist
within a garbage dump outside of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Exhibitions
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1983
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42nd Annual Cedar City National Art Exhibition, Ceadr City,
Utah
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3rd UCLA National Printmaking Exhibition,
Frederick S. Wright Gallery, Dickson Art Center, University
of California, Los Angeles
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The American Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, Zaner Galley,
Rochester, New York
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Republic of China International Print Exhibit, Taipei,
Taiwan
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1984
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Solo Exhibition, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
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1986
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Solo Exhibition, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,
Illinois
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Day of the Dead National Exhibition, University
of Oklahoma, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma
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1987
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The Seventeenth Annual Works on Paper Exhibition, University
Gallery Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
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2005
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Long Beach Works on Paper Exhibition, Long Beach, California
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2006
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34th Annual National Photography Exhibition, Larson Galley,
Yakima, Washington
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Publications
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1981
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Photographers Forum, Vol. 3/No.4, September 1981
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The Pinon Pine, A Natural and Cultural History, University
of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada
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1983
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American Forests, June 1983
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1984
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Trees of the Great Basin, A Natural History, University
of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada
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1986-91
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Western Journal of Applied Forestry, January 1986, July
1991
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1990
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Cutbank 34, Missoula, Montana
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1996
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Made for Each Other, A Symbiosis of Birds and Pines, Oxford
University
Press, New York
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1999
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Conifers of California, Cachuma Press, Los Olivos, California
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2000
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California Wild Magazine, Summer 2000
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2003
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Death Valley and the Northern Mojave, A Visitor’s
Guide, Cachuma Press, Los Olivos, California
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2007
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The Bristlecone Book, A Natural History of the World’s
Oldest Trees, Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula,
Montana
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