Education
- SUNY / Buffalo, B.F.A. Painting, M.F.A. Photography
Museum and Corporate Collections
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
- LightWork, Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Syracuse, NY
- The Putnam Collection, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, Ohio
- The George Gund Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
- The Cabaleiro de Meuser Art School + Atelier, Singapore
- Xerox Corporation, Richmond, Virginia
- Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, Ohio
- The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Jacobs, Visconsi & Co., Cleveland, Ohio
- Sohio Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Honeywell Corporation, Minneapolis, Minn.
- Great Northern Corporate Center, Cleveland, Ohio
- Continental Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
- National Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nord Family Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Nationwide Advertising, Cleveland, Ohio
- Cleveland Art Association, Cleveland, Ohio
- University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio
- Marriott Hotel, Charleston, West Virginia
- Trolley Plaza, Detroit, Michigan
- Cardinal Federal Bank, Cleveland, Ohio
- Health Maintenance Plan, Youngstown, Ohio
- Ameritrust, Youngstown, Ohio
- Pittsburgh Office & Research Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Kopperman & Wolf, Cleveland, Ohio
- Aerco International, Northvale, New Jersey
- Teal Place, Cleveland, Ohio
- P.P.G. Industries, Pittsburgh, Pa.
- H & H Distributing, Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Kaiser Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio
- Chubb Insurance, Cleveland, Ohio
- SCM Corporation (Durkee), Cleveland, Ohio
- Leaseway Trucking, Cleveland, Ohio
- McKinsey Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
- Sunar Hausermann, Chicago, Illinois
- Abbott Design, Inc., Beachwood, Ohio
- Metro Health, Cleveland, Ohio
- Clark State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
- Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio
- Holiday Inn, Syracuse, N.Y. United Bank, Cleveland, Ohio
- Towers, Perrin, Forester & Crosby, Cleveland, Ohio
- P.I.E. Mutual, Cleveland, Ohio Scripps-Howard Publishing, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Coopers Lybrand, Cleveland, Ohio
- Wayne Dalton Corp, Mt. Hope, Ohio
- Epstein Szylagi Design, Cleveland, Ohio
- Etherton Gallery, Tuscon, Arizona
- Transdigm, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio
- Intercontinental Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio
- Dalad Group, Cleveland, Ohio
- Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Collection, Cleveland, Ohio
Selected Solo Exhibits
| 2012 | Living City, Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2011 | Living City, Cabaleiro de Meuser Art School + Atelier, Singapore |
| 2012 | Hong Kong AAF Art Fair, represented by Picture This Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2011 | Singapore AAF Art Fair, represented by Cabaliero de Meuser Atelier |
| 2010 | Grit + Glory, Cleveland Urbanscapes, Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio (2 person exhibit) |
| 2009 | Observing the Inhabited Landscape, Chelsea Gallery, Miami, Florida |
| 2008 | Transitory + Persistent, Humphrey Atrium Gallery, University Hospitals of Cleveland |
| 2007 | Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, Pa. (2 person) |
| 1991 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1989 | University Hospital, Cleveland |
| 1988 | John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
| 1987 | University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio |
| 1985 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1984 | Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington D.C. |
| 1983 | Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH. |
| 1982 | Purdue University, Purdue, Indiana |
| 1981 | DBR Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1980 | The Centre Gallery, California State University at Fullerton |
| 1979 | Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY |
Selected Group Exhibits
| 2025-26 | The CAP Show, an Exhibition of Cleveland Arts Prize Winners, curated by Michael Weil and H. Scott Westover, Bostwick Design Initiative, Cleveland |
| 2024 | Path of Totality, Foothills Gallery at Bostwick Design Initiative, Cleveland |
| 2022 | PHOTOH2: Other Photographers from the Heartland, FOTOFOCUS exhibit, Iris Book Cafe and Gallery, Cincinnati, curated by William Messer |
| 2020 | Evolution: Heights Arts 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Heights Arts, Cleveland |
| 2015 | Open Yards, Yards Projects, curated by Neil and Amy Viny, Worthington Yards, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2015 | The Cleveland Collection Inaugural Exhibit, curated by Billy Delfs, Forest City Bank Building, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2015 | Flashback to Now, curated by Ann Bremner, Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio |
| 2014 | The Flak Photo Midwest Print Show, curated by Andy Adams, Madison, Wisconsin |
| 2013 | Four by Four, (4 photographers), Picture This Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 2013 | Homegrown, Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2013 | Photography’s Back to the Future, curated by Catherine Evans, OAC’s Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio |
| 2012 | Exposure 2012, Photographic Resource Center, Boston. Curated by Alison Nordstrom |
| 2012 | Convivium 33 Gallery, curated by Alenka Banco, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2010-12 | Landslide 2010, traveling exhibit of The Cultural Landscape Foundation. |
| 2009 | Nymphoto, Sasha Wolf Gallery, NY |
| 2009 | Seen in China, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Myers School of Art |
| 2008 | Photo Forum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas |
| 2007 | The (sub)URBAN Landscape, Ross Art Museum, Delaware, Ohio |
| 2006 | Contemporaries 8: Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2006 | SOHO Photo, New York, N.Y. |
| 1998 | Kent State University School of Art Gallery. Kent, Ohio |
| 1992 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1991 | Six Photographers, Images Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| 1989 | Retrospective/Introspection, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus |
| 1987 | Governor’s Residence Art Collection, Columbus |
| 1987 | Toni Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati |
| 1984 | X-Static: 12 Directions in Electrostatics. City Without Walls, Newark N.J. |
| 1984 | Ohio Foundation on the Arts, Traveling Exhibitions Program. The Works |
| 1984 | Marsha Mateyka Gallery, Washington, D.C. |
| 1983 | New Technology: New Art, Princeton University Museum, Princeton, N.J. |
| 1982 | The Alternative Image: An Aesthetic and Technical Exploration of Alternative Photographic Pro cesses. Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Toledo Museum of Art. catalog. |
| 1982 | New American Photographs. California State College, San Bernardino, Ca. |
| 1990, 1980-82 |
May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art |
| 1980 | The Image Considered, Visual Studies Workshop Gallery. Rochester, N.Y. |
Grants & Awards
| 2018 | Nominated for Snite Museum of Art Award in Photography, Notre Dame University, Indiana |
| 2012 | Cleveland Arts Prize, Mid Career Award in Visual Arts |
| 2011, 2007, 1993, 1985 |
Individual Award for Excellence in Photography, Ohio Arts Council |
| 2010 | Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont |
| 2010 | nominated for Anonymous Was A Woman grant |
| 2008 | Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Lightwork, Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 1983, 1979 | Ohio Arts Council, Visual Arts Project Support Grant |
| 1982 | National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship |
Selected Publications
- Black and White magazine, Garie Waltzer: Eye on the Living City, interview, June 2023, issue 160 pgs 76-87.
- Lenscratch: The States Project, James Friedman, 2019, lenscratch.com/2019/04/garie-waltzer-the-states-project-ohio/
- Series of Dreams, 17/68, Selections from 17 Years/68 Issues of Shots Magazine, edited by Russell Joslin, Skeleton Keys Press, 2018
- Art Photo Index artphotoindex.com 2012
- flakphoto.com, collection. 2012
- Singapore Gallery Guide, pgs 26-27 May 2011. 2011
- 18400, a commissioned book project, for collectors Joseph and Nancy Keithley. 40 photographs, hand printed, in leather hand bound book, of the residential landscape. Designed by landscape architect Susan Child. 2011
- American Photo, Nov/Dec 2010;”Amazing Grace” pg 61 2010
- PopPhoto.com, Trunk Show: Garie Waltzer, by Russell Hart, American Photo 2010
- MUSE, quarterly journal of The Lit, WORDS + IMAGES, issue 09.10. cover + portfolio2010
- nymphoto.blogspot.com/2009/02/conversation-with-garie-waltzer.html
- Contact Sheet Annual, Light Work/The Robert B. Menschel Media Center 2009. https://lightwork.shop/products/contact-sheet-152
- The George Gund Foundation 2007 Annual Report (documentary project) 2008
- Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, by Robert Hirsch, Focal Press 2007
- Photography Now: 100 Portfolios, Wright State University: DVD international survey 2006
- Focal Press Encyclopedia of Photography (ed. 4) contributing writer 2007
- Shots Magazine, cover image and interior, winter issue #90 2005
- The Photo Review 2005 Annual, Philadelphia 2005
- Sensuous Image. John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, Wisc. Exhibition catalog. 1988
- Arts-A-Bound. WVIZ Television. Video series featuring my work in xerography. 1985
- The New Photography. Marilyn Sward and Catherine Reeve. Prentice Hall and Spectrum Books. 1984
- Dialogue, The Ohio Arts Journal, “Xerography as Fine Art”, Gina Franz. Jan. 1984. pp. 36. 1984
- The Alternative Image: An Aesthetic and Technical Exploration of Nonconventional Photographic
- Printing Processes. Patricia Gleason Fuller. John Michael Kohler Arts Center,
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 1983
- New American Photographs. Ward, Scott. California State College, San Bernardino, Calif.
- and Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa. catalog. 1982
- Cleveland Art Festival. Commissioned edition of prints and poster image for 1981 festival. 1981
Teaching Experience
| 2009 | Visiting Artist Workshop, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio |
| 2007 | Adjunct Faculty, Cleveland State University |
| 1973-2004 | Associate Professor of Photography + Program Coordinator, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio |