Mi Cultura: Bringing Shadows Into The Light: A Fifty Year Retrospective
Witte Museum » San Antonio, Texas » September 2023 - May 2024
Patient Portraits - Faces of Resiliency
Online Exhibit » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2021
Edible Immigrants: Fruits and Vegetables of Mexico
Rendon Photography and Fine Art Gallery » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2018
Stories & Metaphors
Cappy’s Restaurant » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2016
Timeless Icons
City of San Antonio International Center » San Antonio, Texas » September – December 2014 (SAIC has purchased this exhibit and adopted it for permanent display)
Retratos
St. Philips College » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2010
La Cultura Trasciende Fronteras
Witte Museum » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2008
All Access: My RocknRoll
Rendon Photography & Fine Art » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2007
Visions and Voices
Presentation at the Bullock State History Museum » Austin, Texas » October 2005
Colores del Rio
Artistic Endeavors » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2004
The Art of Charreada
Mexican Heritage Corporation » San Jose, California » July 2003
Angels, Devils and Saints
Las Manitas » Austin, Texas » September 2002
Puro Conjunto
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center » San Antonio, Texas » May 2001
Images of Latin America in San Antonio, Texas
Presentation at an International Book fair focused on Mexican American literature and art in Caracas, Venezuela, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy » Centro Venezolano Americano » Mérida, Venezuela » March 2000
The Art of Charreada
Cattle Raisers Museum » Fort Worth, Texas » February 2000
The Art of Charreada
Institute of Texan Cultures » San Antonio, Texas » January - June 1999
State of Grace: 1987 Papal Mass in San Antonio
Centro Cultural Azltán » San Antonio, Texas » September 1997
The Art of Charreada
Foto Real Gallery » San Antonio, Texas » April 1997
Fragile, Romance… poetry by Gary S. Whitford
San Antonio Central Library » San Antonio, Texas » May 1996
Culturas Mexico Americanas
Fotoseptiembre » Monterrey, Mexico » September 1993
Solo Exhibits
Many Wests: Artists Shape an American Idea
Smithsonian American Art Museum » Washington, D.C. » July 2023 - January 2024
Girlhood (It’s Complicated)
Smithsonian National Museum of American History » Washington, D.C. » October 2020 - January 2023
Xicanx: Dreamers + Changemakers
Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia » May 2022 - January 2023
Her Story: A Century of Women Writers
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery » Washington D.C. » through January 23, 2022
Devotion: Photographs of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Wittliff Collections » San Marcos, Texas » January 2021
Recent Acquisitions
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery » Washington, D.C. » 2018
In Harmony: Celebrating Music in Photography
The Wittliff: Texas State University » San Marcos, Texas » 2018
Voz: Selections from the UTSA art collection
San Antonio, Texas » 2018
Belleza Mexicana: Art from the Abarca Family Collection
Denver Colorado » 2018
At First Sight: Recent Acquisitions
The Wittliff » Texas State University » San Marcos Texas » 2017
La Muerte Niña Day of the Dead
National Museum of Mexican Art » Chicago » September – November 2015
Selfies: 50 @ 50
Southwest School of Art » San Antonio » May – July 2015
The House On Mango Street: Artists interpret Community
National Museum of Mexican Art » Chicago » April 2015
Coming to Light: New Acquisitions
Wittliff Collection » Texas State University » San Marcos Texas » April – December 2014
American Cool
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution » Washington » D.C. February – September 2014
El corazón de San Antonio
Educational & Cultural Arts Center, Texas A&M » San Antonio, Texas » May – August 2014
El beso
Instituto Cultural de Mexico, Latino Cultural Center in Dallas » February – April 2014
Texas Photographers: Descriptions of China
Institute of Texan Cultures » San Antonio Texas » April – May 2012
Infinite Horizons, Visions of Texas
14th Annual China International Photographic Art Exhibition » Lishui City, China » November 2011
Conjunto
Institute of Texan Cultures » San Antonio, Texas » May 2007
Nuestras Caras (Our Faces)
Centro Cultural Aztlán » San Antonio, Texas » March 2006
Transnational Community
Instituto de Mexico » San Antonio, Texas » June 2005
Inkstravaganza
Gemini Ink » Witte Museum » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2004
Six Communities
Alice Austen House Museum » New York » September 2004
Transnational Lives
UTSA Downtown Campus Gallery » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2003
SQUEEZEBOX: Accordion Communities In the United States
Texas Folklife Resources » Austin, Texas » February 2003 » & Witte Museum » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2002
Texas Photographers
Blue Star Art Space » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2002
xuai sk`atzauxt`am
Photographic myths from the South Texas Missions International Center » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2001
Spirituality And Creativity
Southwest School of Art & Craft » Fotoseptiembre » San Antonio, Texas » September 2001
Snapshot
Contemporary Museum » Baltimore Maryland » November 2000
Tejano Conjunto
Texas Folk Life Resources » Austin, Texas » March – April 1999
Images of Devotion, Icon of Identity: The Virgin Mary in Latin America
Smithsonian Institute/Centro Alameda » San Antonio Central Library » May 1998
Day of the Dead
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Annex » November 1997
La Tradición Tejana
Texas Folklife Resources traveling exhibit » May 1997
Double Exposure 7x
San Antonio College » 1994
Conjunto Music
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center » May 1991
Contempo Tejano
Traveling exhibit » Texas and New Mexico » 1990
La Virgin De Guadalupe
La Pena Arts Organization » Austin, Texas » November 1989
Influences
San Antonio Museum of Art » January » 1988
Contempo Texano
Exhibit in five cities in New Mexico & Texas » 1987
The Guadalupe Show
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center » San Antonio, Texas » 1986
Group Exhibits
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.
National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Wittliff Collection, Texas State University, San Marcos
Mexico North Research Network, a project of the Smithsonian Institute
The Witte Museum of San Antonio
Cattle Raisers Museum of Fort Worth
AT&T Center San Antonio
The Abarca Family Collection
The Private Collection of Gilberto Cardenas in Latinx art
Susan Toomey Frost
The Joe Diaz Collection of Mexican American Art
University of Texas San Antonio
Southeast Baptist Hospital
The John Cleary Collection of Houston
Strasburger & Price
The University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China
Henry R Muñóz III
Collections
Books
Mi Cultura: Bringing Shadows Into The Light: The Photography of Al Rendon
Published by the Witte Museum » 2023
San Antonio: City on a Mission
By Henry Cisneros, Red McCombs & Catherine Nixon Cooke » Urban Renaissance Books » 2022
Phil Hardberger Park: A Story in Photographs
By Phil Harberger Park Conservency » 2022
Faces of Resiliency
By WellMed Medical Management and WellMed Foundation » 2022
The Elderly as Historical Agents of their Dignity and Destiny
By Michael Candelaria » published 2019
The King William Area, a History and Guide to the Houses
By Mary V. Burkholder and Jessie N.M. Simpson » published 2017
San Antonio, a Photographic Portrait
With text by gary s. whitford » published by Twin Lights 2017
American Cool
(Contributor: Portrait of Selena) » By Joel Dinerstein and Frank H. Goodyear III » Delmonico Books/Prestel for the National Portrait Gallery » 2014
Painters in Pre-History (Archeology & Art of the Lower Pecos Canyon Lands)
Edited by Harry J. Shafer » Trinity University Press in association with The Witte Museum » 2013
The Red McCombs English & Irish Silver Collection: Every Piece Tells a Story
Robert Underdahl and Thomas Sinsteden » University of Texas at San Antonio » Institute of Texan Cultures » University of Texas Press » 2010
Charreada, Mexican Rodeo in Texas
Edited by Francis E. Abernethy » University of North Texas Press » 2002
Puro Conjunto
Edited by Juan Tejeda & Avelardo Valdez » CMAS Books & Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center » 2001
Fiesta from A-Z
By Linda Sulser and Jeanne Schaefer » Fiesta Book Club » 1995
Sights and Scenes of San Antonio
With text by gary s. whitford » Gulf Publishing » 1995
A Century of Fiesta in San Antonio
By Jack Maguire » San Antonio Fiesta Commission » Eakin Press » 1991
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