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Education:
PhD ABD in Philosophy of Art, Duquesne University, USA
Fulbright Junior Faculty Development Program, Critical Theory Studies, Texas A&M, USA
Awards:
2024 Klompching Gallery FRESH 2024 Finalist, New York, NY
2023 Tokyo International Foto Awards, Fine Art/Other - Honorable Mention
2023 PX3 Le Prix de la Photographie Paris 3 Honorable Mentions
20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Honorable Mention
2023 Minimalist Photography Awards Honorable Mention
2022 PX3 Le Prix de la Photographie Paris Honorable Mention
18th Pollux Awards, Professional Section, Black & White Category Honorable Mention
Aeonian Alternative Photography Magazine selected artist for the month of July 2022
18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Honorable Mention
Dek Unu Fine Art Photography Magazine featured portfolio artist for the month of March 2022
Aeonian Alternative Photography Magazine selected artist for the month of January 2022
The Hand magazine back cover, issue 35, 2021
Honorable Mention, NYC PRIDE MARCH project, 2021 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention, Accidental Petal, 2021 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention, Half Full, 2021 International Photography Awards
Third Place Winner, National Council on Aging AGING AS ART photo contest, 2021
Honorable Mention, New York Center For Photographic Arts, ARCHITECTURE 2021
Bronze Award, Editorial/Personality, 2020 International Tokyo Foto Award
Honorable Mention, 4R Project, 2020 International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention, 8th Matsuyama Photo-Haiku Contest, 2019, Japan
Touchstone Distinguished Book Award Shortlist, Simple Gifts (photography/haiku) book, 2018
Featured Video, Steps Between Us, Cattails, 2016
Master Haiga Artist Award, World Haiku Association, 2009, Japan
Editor’s Choice Haiga, Moonset, Autumn/Winter, 2009
First Place Winner, 57th World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, 2008, Japan
Winner, The Third Annual Heron’s Nest Illustration Contest, 2007
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Photography, 2007 International Photography Award
Winner, 39th World Haiku Association Haiga Contest, 2006, Japan
Winner, Lexicon Cover Design Contest, 2005
Solo Exhibitions:
2019 Poetry of Nature, Resobox Art Gallery, New York
2018 Nichibei Exchange Haiku, Photo, Haiga, 250 Park Ave, New York
2013 Window Display Design, Highland Park, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024
Capture, Chicago Fine Art Salon Gallery, Chicago, IL
Annual Photography Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Quatre artistes, Quatre visions, La Galerie L’Ephémère, Le Mans, France
La Nuit, Fabrique Contemporaine, Paris, France
Small Works/Big Impressions, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, USA
The One Shot Award Exhibition, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Favorite Photograph You Took in 2023 Exhibition, LENS/CRATCH by Aline Smithson, 2024 online
Creative Photography, ARTDOC Fine Art Photography Magazine exhibition, online
2023
The Curated Fridge Spring Exhibition curated by Debra Klomp Ching and Darren Ching
Equinox Exhibition, Incubator Studio Gallery, NY
Analog Forever Magaze “Elemental” exhibition curated Donna Cosentino
LADYLIKE Women's History Month Festival, NY
2022
Holiday Art Show. Gallery 128, Rivington street, New York, NY
ikona.nft Miracle portfolio presentation, online
Barcelona Foto Biennale, Spain
2022 Annual Photography Exhibition, Salmagundi, Rockwell Gallery, New York
Art Photography Exhibition curated by ARTDOC Photography Magazine
OTHER WAYS OF SEEING - Alternative Processes in Photography, Culture LAB, LIC at the Plaxall Gallery
2021
Westbeth Winter Show, Westbeth Gallery, 55 Bethune St., New York, NY
Float Photo Magazine - Photo But Not Photo exhibition, online
Personal is Political, Brooklyn Art Cave, New York, NY
EDITION 365, New Art City Exhibition curated by British Journal of Photography
Lens Based Art Exhibition, ARTDOC Magazine
Serendipitous Eye Exhibition, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
AGING AS ART, National Council on Aging, Bowers Museum, Ontario International Airport, Newport Beach Library
The Print Swap, Curated Exhibition, Foley Gallery, NYC
PRIDE, Culture LAB LIC Plaxall Gallery, Queens, NY
National Competition Winners, Soho Photo Gallery, New York
Focus: Portraiture exhibition, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
MONO-KROMATIK exhibition, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mental Health Awareness exhibition, Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
4R Project, Social Documentary Network, online
Marshmallow Fluff exhibition, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2020
Narratives, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Show of Hands Gallery (online) through Don't Take Pictures magazine
A Light in the Darkness, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
National Council on Aging Photo Contest Exhibition, John Wayne Airport, Bowers Museum and Newport Beach Library
Open Theme Exhibition, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Group Show, BBA, Berlin, Germany
Quarantine Project, Praxis Gallery & Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Abstract Exhibition, The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, UK
2019
The Westbeth Winter Show, Westbeth Art Gallery, New York
Disrupting the Male Gaze, Cargo Project Gallery, New York
Books:
Half the Sky/Street Photography from Women/ published by Ephemere Press, Tokyo, Japan, 2023
All We Need Is Love - exhibition catalog, CA inspire, 2023
L'instant Éphémerè - exhibition catalog by JH Studio, 2023
In the Palm of Your Hand, artist book, 2022
Anthotype Emulsions, Volume 1 – The collective research from photographers on World Anthotype Day 2022, AlternativePhotography.com, 2022
Dek Unu magazine, Solo portfolio presentation, March, 2022
Other Ways of Seeing, Exhibition Catalog, MagCloud, 2022
Rain Dove Call, artist book, 2021
Simple Gifts - a book of photography and haiku, Touchstone Distinguished Book Award Shortlist, 2018
The Willow - Artist's Book, 2007 - California State Library, Haiku Archives
Selected Public Collections:
California State Library
Haiku Literature Museum, Japan
Duquesne University Library
2023 PX3 Le Prix de la Photographie Paris 3 Honorable Mentions