E. DAN KLEPPER (American, b. 1956)For the past 20 years, artist, writer and outdoor adventurer E. Dan Klepper has resided just north of Big Bend National Park in Marathon, Texas. Klepper’s renowned large-scale photo mosaics, sculptures and experimental videos carry a unique juxtaposition of subject matter rooted in the wild, untamed landscape of rural Texas, crafted with high-tech tools and methods. “Klepper tackles the landscape and photography through an investigation of history, nature and pop frontier culture,” explains Houston gallerist Sarah Foltz. “Many of his images are a kind of meditation on time, unfolding in the western landscape from seconds to hours to centuries.” Klepper’s works can be found in The Washington Post’s InSight online magazine, as well as in collections, festivals and exhibitions across Texas, the U.S., Canada and Europe. Klepper’s book of fine art photography and essays, “Why the Raven Calls the Canyon”, is available in bookstores from Texas A&M University Press. Of “Why the Raven”, Glasstire editor Christina Rees writes “Celebrated Texas photographer and writer E. Dan Klepper has captured the unsung and undiscovered vistas of the wild and vast Texas landscape. There he finds something sublime, not only in nature itself but in humankind’s idiosyncratic and fragile relationship with the natural world.” Born and raised in Texas, Klepper completed his Bachelor of Arts at the University of North Texas, completing his coursework with an introduction to experimental video technology. Klepper’s interest in art and technology sent him to Chicago, center of a burgeoning time arts scene, where he was selected for the School of the Art Institute’s experimental video department as a fully-funded degree student. With the assistance of a work/study program, Klepper completed his master’s degree in the video arts at the Institute, then continued to create works through arts council grants and support from the non-profit media organization The Center for New Television. Throughout the 1980s and early 90s, Klepper experimental video works were represented and distributed by the Video Databank, Chicago. Since returning to Texas, Klepper has continued his exploration of innovative technologies, often applying them to traditional art-making processes like photography, painting and sculpture. Today, his work is represented by Foltz Fine Art in Houston and can be found at his gallery and studio in Marathon and online at www.kleppergallery.com. SELECTED BIOGRAPHICAL & CAREER HIGHLIGHTSBFA, University of North Texas, Denton, TexasMFA, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois1982-86, Arts Council Fellowship, Illinois2009, Published 100 Classic Hikes in Texas, Mountaineers Books2017, Published Why the Raven Calls the Canyon, Texas A&M University Press SELECTED EXHIBITIONS2025, Cosmic Tapestry: Explorations of the Infinite, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2023, The McNay Print Fair, Foltz Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas2024-25, Will-o-the-Wisp, Art@City Centre, curated by Weingarten Art Group, Houston, Texas2023-24, Eye of a Collector, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas2022-23, E. Dan Klepper: Supernatural Attraction, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2022, Alpine Artwalk: 2022 Featured Artist, Alpine, Texas2021, The Natural and Other Worlds, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2021, Contemporary Texas Regionalist Landscapes, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2020, Houston Center for Photography Auction, Houston, Texas2020, Contemporary West – E. Dan Klepper on Art and Photography, Haley Memorial Library & History Center, Midland, Texas2019-20, Storied Lands, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2019, The Texas Aesthetic XIII, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2019, The New Show, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2019, State of Contrast, curated by Kinzelman Art Consulting& Foltz Fine Art, Bank of America Center Lobby, Houston, Texas2019, The Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2018, The West Texas Mystique, Houston Fotofest 2018 Biennial, Reaves/Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2018, Birds in Art, Reaves/Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2017, Fotosieptembre USA, San Antonio, Texas2017, The Texas Aesthetic, Reaves/Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas SELECTED PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONSBP Westlake Campus, Houston, TexasConoco, Houston, TexasGray Reed & McGraw LLP, Houston/Dallas, TexasHouston Airports, Houston Civic Art Collection, Houston, TexasJefferson Bank, San Antonio, TexasLakeside Country Club, Houston, TexasPartners in Building, Houston, TexasPublic Art Collection, University of Houston, Victoria, TexasTexas A&M University Press, College Station, TexasTexas Capital Bank, Dallas, TexasTexas Dept. of Transportation, Stassney Campus, Austin, TexasTexas State University, Health Professionals Building, Round Rock, TexasUniversity Health System, Salud-Arte Program, San Antonio, TexasWarburg Pincus, Houston, Texas BIBLIOGRAPHY“Natural Attraction; A West Texas Photographer Chases a Constantly Changing Landscape”, Texas Highways Magazine, September, 2022“E. Dan Klepper and the Middle of Nowhere”, Dana Joseph, Cowboys & Indians Magazine, Feb/March 2018“Show Review: State of Contrast – E. Dan Klepper: The West Texas Mystique”, Mackenzie McCreary, Southwest Art, March 2018“Marathon Run”, Susan L. Ebert, Dorado Magazine, March 2016“Off-The-Grid”, The Washington Post, April 29, 2015Texas Monthly, Jordan Breal, Sept. 2011, Volume 39, Issue 9, P. 54American Film Institute, Catalogue, 1989, P. 13Video Drive-In Valencia, Catalogue (Spanish/ English), Sept 1989, P. 31Encontros, Catalogue (Portuguese/English), 1989, P. 126Screen, M. Soltis/D. Schebers, Nov 1989, P. 20New City, Tim Jacobs, July 1989, P. 8New Art Examiner, Review, Jeff Abell, “Basically Boxes”, March 1986, P. 50Chicago Tribune, David Prescott, May 1985, Sec. 7, P. 45New Art Examiner, Review, Lucas Haas, Feb. 1981, P. 17Visions, Satoru Fujii, Editor, Feb. 1981, P. 73 FESTIVALS & GROUP EXHIBITIONSAmerican Film Institute Video Festival, Los Angeles, CaliforniaAustralia Video Festival, Adelaide, AustraliaEuropean Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, GermanyVideo Shorts, Seattle, WashingtonBerlin International Film Festival, Germany13th Poetry Film/Video Festival, San Francisco, CaliforniaVideo Culture International, “New Media”, Toronto, CanadaGreat Lakes Film and Video Festival, Milwaukee, WisconsinSan Sebastian International Video Festival, SpainCenter for Media Arts, “Festival De Video”, Paris, FranceArt in Chicago, 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IllinoisVipfilm 8, Berlin, GermanyMultiples, Atlanta, GeorgiaFamily Ties, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CaliforniaEncontros, Glubenkian Foundation, Lisbon, PortugalVideo Drive-In, Ivam, Valencia, SpainVideo Drive-In, Nci, Lisbon, PortugalChicago Works: Art from The Windy City, Erie Museum of Art, PennsylvaniaKunst Video, Gallery F15, Moss, NorwayBasically Boxes, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IllinoisMaking Myths, White Columns, New York, New YorkChicago Survey, The Banff Centre, Alberta, CanadaThe Science of Fiction/The Fiction of Science, Grant Park, Chicago, IllinoisMyths and Miracles, Center For New Television, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Scene, Mandeville Art Gallery, San Diego, CaliforniaChicago Video, The Kitchen, New York, New YorkVideo 8, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New YorkVideo – Chicago Style, Global Village, New York, New YorChicago Video, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MinnesotaSexuality Series, Rhode Island Museum of Art, Providence, Rhode IslandVideo Pool, Winnipeg, CanadaModern Dangers, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New YorkNew Wave Series, First Street Forum, St. Louis, MissouriRoles, Representations, Sexuality, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaScience and Fiction, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MassachusettsTelevision, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois GRANTS, RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS1982, Arts Council Completion Grant, Illinois1983, Arts Council Fellowship, Illinois1984, Arts Council Fellowship, Illinois1985, Regional Fellowship Award, Illinois1986, Arts Council Fellowship, Illinois100West Corsicana, October 2018, writing/photography residency, Corsicana, TX EDITORIAL BOOKSWhy the Raven Calls the Canyon ~ Off the Grid in Big Bend Country, Texas A&M University Press (Spring 2017)100 Classic Hikes in Texas, Mountaineers Books, (Spring 2009/Fall 2025)Spirit Walker ~ JD Challenger and His Art, Tide-Mark Press (2005).Ghostdancing ~ Sacred Medicine and The Art of JD Challenger, Stewart, Tabori And Chang, 1998. (Edwin Daniels)Wolf Walking, Stewart, Tabori And Chang, 1997. (Edwin Daniels) WRITING/PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS2018, Bronze, Magazine Photographer of the Year, 2018, International Regional Magazine Award2015, Gold, Photo Series, International Regional Magazine Association2015, Silver, Magazine Photographer of The Year, International Regional Magazine Association2014, Silver, Travel Feature, International Regional Magazine Association2014, Silver, Photo Series, International Regional Magazine Association2010, Silver, Historical Feature, International Regional Magazine Association2009, Bronze, Historical Feature, International Regional Magazine Association2004, Gold, Travel Feature, International Regional Magazine AssociationExcellence in Craft, Books, Texas Outdoor Writers AssociationExcellence in Craft, Photography, Texas Outdoor Writers Association