 uta barth (born 1958 in berlin, germany) is a contemporary photographer who lives and works in los angeles, california. barth is a 2012 macarthur fellow and a recipient of the john simon guggenheim fellowship in 2004â05.http://www.gf.org/fellows/826-uta-barth guggenheim foundation 2004 fellows page accessed 2010-01-15 ==education and teaching== barth received a bachelor of arts degree from the university of california, davis and a master of fine arts from the university of california, los angeles. from 1990 to 2008, she was a professor in the art department of the university of california, riverside, where she is currently a professor of art emeritus. after receiving the macarthur fellowship in october 2012, she noted that she still plans to teach on a part-time basis because teaching forces her to "put language to" what she is thinking. ==collections== uta barth's work is represented in numerous public and private collections worldwide, including the museum of modern art, the metropolitan museum of art, the solomon r. guggenheim museum, and the whitney museum of american art in new york; the tate gallery in london; the art institute of chicago and the museum of contemporary art in chicago; and the los angeles county museum of art, the museum of contemporary art, the j.&nbsp;paul getty museum, and the hammer museum in los angeles; the san francisco museum of modern art; the walker art center in minneapolis; and massachusetts museum of contemporary art in north adams, massachus
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