EDUCATION & CHRONOLOGY
1929 Born of Russian-Polish parents, Chicago, Il.
1943
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1947-49
Moholy Nagy's Institute of Design
1950-51
Early photography in New York and Europe
1952
Opened Chicago Studio
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999
Skrebneski: The First Fifty Years, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Skrebneski: The First Fifty Years, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
Chicago Chefs, City Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997
Clothed, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1996
Galerie Vallois, Paris, France.
1995
The Hollywood Portraits, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1994
Homage to Francis Bacon, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1993
Galerie Vallois, Paris, France.
1992
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY.
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy.
Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy.
1991
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA.
International Cultural Center of Brera, Milan, Italy.
Il Palazzo Communale di Modena, Italy.
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1990
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1989
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
1985
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IL.
1983
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1982
Photogalerie: The Compagnie, Hamburg, Germany
1980
"Raquel's Birthday Photographs," Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, IL.
1978
Civic Center, Chicago, IL.
1977
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
1975
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL.
1974
Center for Photographic Arts, Chicago, IL.
1973
The Arts Club, Chicago, IL.
1969
New York Cultural Center, New York, NY
Wickersham Gallery, New York, NY
Deson-Zaks Gallery, Chicago, IL.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected list)
1996
Present Art IV, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1995
Present Art III, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1992
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL.
The Arts Club, Chicago, IL.
1991
Duke University Museum of Art
Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL.
1990
The Arts Club, Chicago, IL.
1988
The Arts Club, Chicago, IL.
1987
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
1978
The Arts Club, Chicago, IL.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA.
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL.
PUBLICATIONS
1999
Skrebneski: The First Fifty Years, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Skrebneski Photographs – Chicago Chefs, (exhibition catalog, City Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998
The Givenchy Style, (covers and major photography), Vendome Press
1996
Victor Skrebneski, Women, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Designers 1996, New York
1995
Victor Skrebneski, The Art of Haute Couture, Abbeville Press, New York,1995.
1994
Victor Skrebneski BRAVI- Lyric Opera of Chicago, Abbeville Press, New York, 1994.
1991
"Skrebneski," Nudes
1990
"Skrebneski: The Edge of Light" (40 year retrospective exhibition catalog)
1989
Victor Skrebneski, Black White & Color, Bullfinch Press, New York, 1989.
"Skrebneski" The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (exhibition catalog)
1987
Victor Skrebneski, Five Beautiful Women, New York Graphic Society Books, New York, 1987
1982
"Skrebneski", Photogalerie: The Compagnie, Hamburg, Germany (exhibition catalog)
1978
Victor Skrebneski, Portraits: A Matter of Record, Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York, 1978.
1969
Victor Skrebneski, Untitled [Nudes: The Human Form], Ridge Press, New York, 1969.
AWARDS
1999
Honorary Doctorate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Performing Arts Chicago Honoree
1995
Established the Victor Skrebneski Scholarship in Fashion at Columbia College Chicago
Doctor of Arts Degree, Honoris Causa, Columbia College Chicago
1993
City of Chicago Honorary Street Sign Dedication Honoring “Victor Skrebneski Way” Sign on Lasalle Street between Schiller and Goethe
1989
Auxiliary Board - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
The Fashion Group International - New York
Gold Hugo Award - The Chicago International Film Festival
1988
AIBI - Apparel Industry Board Inc., Chicago
1985
The Fashion Group of Chicago(establishing the Skrebneski Scholarship Fund for Photography)
1983
The Art Director's Club 62nd Annual Exhibition
1977
Leo Award: Communicator of the Year
1972
Hugo Award - The Chicago International Film Festival
FILM PRESENTATIONS (selected)
1999
Costume Council of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
1998
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1996
The Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.
1994
Multi-Media, Toronto
Chicago Historical Society
1993
ASMP, Boston, Massachusetts
1992
R.I.T., Rochester, New York
1991
The Fortnightly, Chicago, Il.
1990
Hallmark
University of Kansas
St. Louis Art Museum
Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
Photo Midwest, Chicago, Il.
International Center of Photography
1981
The Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Cultural Center
1965
Chicago Public Library