Fred Licht
1226 Olive Lane
La Canada, California 91011
818-790-1400
fred@fredlicht.com
EDUCATION
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University of California at Los Angeles
Master of Arts, Art & Design, 1975
University of California at Los Angeles
School of Law, 1071
University of California at Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, History, 1970
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
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University of California at Los Angeles Extension
Instructor in Photography, 1984
California State University at Northridge Extension
Instructor in Photography, 1985
The University of Aarhus, Denmark
Instructor in Video, 1977-79.
The Royal DanishAcademy of Architecture, Aarhus, Denmark
Creator of Video Laboratory; Instructor in Video, 1975-77.
The Aarhus Academy of Art, Aarhus, Denmark
Instructor in Photography, 1974-79.
Aarhus Folkeskolen, Aarhus, Denmark
Instructor in Photography, 1974-79.
United States Embassy, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lecturer in Photography, Video and The Arts, 1977.
United States Embassy, Brussels, Belgium
Lecturer in Video and Photography, 1978.
United States Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden
Lecturer in Video and Holography, 1978.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
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United States Information Agency
Curated American photographic exhibitions for presentation in Europe, 1975-1979.
United States Embassy, Copenhagen
Lecture on photography, 1976
United States Embassy, Brussels
Lecture on Video, 1977
United States Embassy, Stockholm
Lecture on Photography, Video and Holography
Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark
Designed and curated international exhibition of video, 1975-76.
Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, Denmark
Design and curated children’s museum, 1976.
Nordjyllands Museum of Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Design and curated children’s museum, 1978-79.
Curator of museum’s photographic department, 1978-79.
Galleri Image
Founder and curator of Scandinavia’s first gallery of photography, 1976-80.
Developer/Writer/Producer
Developed children’s television show on the arts, “A Sense of Wonder”, for
Lego, Denmark. Further conceptual/design development of Legoland USA.
EXHIBITIONS
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One Person Show, Photography
Aarhus Festuge, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark, in conjunction with UCLA Masters of Art Exhibition, 1975
Group Show, Sculpture
Galleri Strand, Stockholm, 1976
Group Show, Performance Art
Remont Gallery, Henryk Gajewski curator, Warsaw, Poland, 1977
Group Show, Photography
Aarhus Kunstbygning, 1978
One Man Show
Galleri Image, 1978
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Commercial Photographer, 1985 to present.
specializing in architecture, lifestyle, portraiture and products
Television Writer/Co-Producer, “The History of the Artof Photography”
The Danish Television Network, 1979.
Television Producer
Metromedia, Los Angeles, 1982-83.
Television Producer
The Disney Channel, 1984-85.
Consultant (marketing strategies in The United States and theme park design of Legoland USA)
Lego, 1985-87.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Resided in Denmark, 1973-1980.
Complete proficiency in Danish, partial proficiency in Spanish, French, Swedish and Norwegian.
Founding member of The Stock Artist’s Alliance.
Assignments and travel through much of Europe, the Caribbean, part of Central and South America and South Africa.