Philip Krejcarek

"One Was Found on a Ledge" photograph

Philip Krejcarek
Born	Oshkosh, Wisconsin United States education BS in Art, The University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, MFA in Sculpture, The University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee occupation Professor Emeritus of Art, Carroll University, Wisconsin

Philip Krejcarek is a Wisconsin-based fine-art photographer and artist. He taught courses in photography at Carroll University (1977-2019). There, he served as Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department. In 1993, he received The Benjamin F. Richason Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Educational Innovation.

He has won both regional and national awards for his work as an artist, and has published on photography. Has written three books on photography, including An Introduction to Digital Imaging (Thomson Learning, 2002), Digital Photography: A Hands on Introduction (Thomson Learning, 1996), and Photography as a Fine Art (Simon & Schuster, 1987). His influences include notable American photographers, sculptors, and installation artists, including Sandy Skoglund, Jerry Uelsmann, and Arthur Tress.

He is a recipient of a Wisconsin Arts Board grant for individual artists, two separate institutions for Wisconsin Arts Board percent for art purchases, and a presenter at conferences such as the Society for Photographic Education. His work has been displayed in national exhibitions and has been included in collections at the Milwaukee Art Museum, The Denver Art Museum, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Haggerty Museum of Art, Carroll University's "Wisconsin Artists Collection," And the Waukesha Library Collection of Art. He has been showcased by the ACLU as an artist whose work has sparked debates about freedom of expression, In 2013, he received a prize for his photograph, “On the Scuppernong Trail,” at the Milwaukee Area Teachers of Art spring exhibition.

Krejcarek received his M.F.A. degree in sculpture, and his work was featured in the Lynden Sculpture Garden. with blue ladder sculptures.

from the exhibition, "Under Constructio," with Eddie Daniel, at the Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee

He is the author of plays, short stories, articles, and a novel, Sybil. He has self-published 46 written books.

The written books include: Sybil, Impure Thoughts, Words, and Deeds, Half-Life Stories, It Might Have Happened This Way, Last Chance, Still, Click, Unitil, Dead, Sybil's Story, Normal, Pip, 13, The Plays, Stories, Almost, Becoming, Maybe, If, Dead People, Those Who Can't, When, Then, Then Again, Once Upon a Time, The Precocious Child, Camelot, La-Dee-Da, Viola and Sebastian, 1946, Those Who Can't 2, Franklin and Eleanor, Remember, That Said, Bygone, Soliloquay 12, This and That, She, Stuff, It's A Love Story, He, Strange, For the Children, and Rinse, Repeat, One Thing to Another, and Mine and Its.

Sybil is a novel that combines 10-minute plays and prose.

He has created and self-published over 100 photography/picture books. Some of these books include: Dead, Second Coming, The Magdalene, Kodak Moment, Muse, Rubber Ducky, Exhibited At, Caution Signs, Calatrava, Orb, Signs Along the Way, Goddess of the Night, and Blue Ladders.

He has collaborated 7 times with other people to create photography books.

He has been included in group art exhibition catalogs and has had his photographs on the cover of two of them.

He spoke at regional and national Society for Photographic Education Conferences. One national presentations was a collaboration with Professor John Garrison. It was titled, “When Photography and Writing Collide.” The other was titled, “Lars and the Real Girl Vs. Laurie Simmons: Titillation, Sexuality and Provocation in the Utilization of Dolls and Mannequins.”

He has taught travel courses for Carroll University students that went to Greece and Egypt, California, the Southwest, Mexico, and Belize.

He has written numerous 10-minute plays. Two of them were performed by a radio theatre company. Six of his plays were read by 4 actors at Carroll University. The event was titled, "6X4."

He has written and self-published three children's books.

He was interviewed by Professor Emeritus, Barbara Reinhart for StoryCorp.

He is a Getty Images photographer.

Philip Krejcarek wa born on August 13, 1946, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He graduated from Nathan Hale High School, West Allis, Wisconsin in 1964. He received a B.S. in Art degree from The University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh in 1968. He earned an M.F.A. degree in sculpture form the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in 1973. He taught art at Marquette University High School from 1968-1977, There he introduced courses in ceramics, photography and architecture. He taught at Carroll University from 1977- 2019, There he taught a variety of courses and served as the chair. He taught a total of 52 years. He also taught workshops at Peninsula School Art and Björklunden in Door County, Wisconsin, as well at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.