Honors and Awards
2019 Juror Award for "Into the Blue" by Academy Center of Arts2017 1st Prize in Open Category Portrait Photography Prize Kaula Lumpur International PhotoAwards
2017 Gallery Awards for PHOTO 17 at Multiple Exposures Gallery Alexandria VA
2017 Selected Portfolio, CENTER Review Santa Fe 100
2017 Honorable Mention for Photography as Art Response @C4FAP by Christy Havranek, Director of Photography Huffington Post
2017 Winner for American Photography (AI-AP) 33 Book and Archival New York
2017 Juror Award for Portraits 2017 @C4FAP by Karen Marks, Director of Howard Greenberg Gallery
2017 Merit Award PhotoSpiva 2017. Juror: Orjan Henriksson
2017 People Choice Award Lens2017 Perspective Gallery
2016 Critical Mass Finalist Photolucida 2016
2016 Selected Portfolio, CENTER Review Santa Fe 100
2016 Honorable Mention for New Directions Exhibition, Barrett Art Center Poughkeepsie, New York
2016 Honorable Mention for PHOTOSPIVA, Joplin MO
2016 Juror Award for Culture, Darkroom Gallery, Juror Alan Turnley
2015 Fourth Prize for The Photo Review Competition juried by Laurence Miller, Director, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York City
2015 International Photography Awards (IPA) "Crossroads" - Deepest Perspective & other 3 Honorable Mentions. "Anna" for Fine Art Portraits Award.
2015 Third Prize in our TRAVELS phot contest. Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
2015 2 Honorable Mentions for Portraits, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Award, Paris
2015 Finalist for Head On - Landscape International Contest. Sydney Australia
2015 Semi- Finalist for Head On - Portrait International Contest, Sydney, Australia
2015 Honorable Mention for Semblance Exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, VT
2015 Director's Choice Award for "Cloud Nine. California series" for "Treasure Exhibition" at A Smith Gallery
2015 Honorable Mention for "One World" IPA, Los Angeles
2014 AI-AP American Photography 30th Anniversary Annual Book & the Archive (California & American Pride)
2014 Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship short list Series. California series
2014 Finalist for Emerging Focus @Photo LA
2013 International Photography Awards (IPA): "Women of Palestine" - 5 Honorable Mentions including Deeper Perspective
2013 International Photography Awards (IPA): "American Pride" — 3 Honorable Mentions including Deeper Perspective
2012 Juror Award of Merit in Street Photography — International Fine Art Photography .Grand Prix de la Découverte, Paris
2012 Griffin Museum of Photography 18th Juried Exhibition-Honorable Mention by Juror Paul Kopeikin
2012 Finalist — "Traces of Humanity" International Contest and Exhibition, Bursa PhotoFest, Bursa, Turkey
2011 Bronze award for PX3 in Portraits - Personality, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Award, Paris
2011 2nd Place award for PHOTOWORK 2011, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2011 Louisiana Purchase: National Biennial Exhibition award of Juror's Choice “Who Dat”
2011 The Pollux Awards: 1st Prize in Humanitarian Documentary; HM in People and Sports. WPGA. UK
2010 Winner: The Robert Cornelius Award, The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards.
2010 Runner Up: The Julia Margaret Cameron Award; The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards,UK
2010 Merit Awards, Color Portfolio contest 2010 Color Magazine, Los Angeles
2010 Honorable Mention: Photographer's Forum" — Best of Photography 2010. Santa Barbara, CA
2010 Honorable Mention in Photojournalism - Politics. PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris
2010 Honorable Mentions for Children, Documentary, Portrait, JM Cameron Award – WPGA 2010, UK
2010 Second Place for 24th Texas Photographic Society MOS, San Antonio, TX
2010 Best of Color & Excellence Awards for “EXPOSURE”, The Open Shutter Gallery, Durango, CO
2009 First Place in Photojournalism – Sports, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Award, Paris
2008 Second Place, The International Conservation Photography Awards for Indigenous Cultures
2008 Juror Award, Joyce Gordon Gallery “Glimpse in Time”
2008 2nd Place & Honorable Mentions (2), PX3 Prix de la Photographie People’s Choice & Annual Awards, Paris
2007 Honorable Mention, International 1st Contest in People category National Geography Magazine.
Solo –Two People & International Invitation Exhibition
2019 "Texan" & "Angela" Unyielding Gazed - Portrait Photography Prize Kaula Lumpur International PhotoAwards2017 KLPA Portrait Prize 2017 White Box Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2016 "SHE/THEY" Projection of 28 images in conjuction with IDENTITY exhibition Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA.
2015 " Women of Arab Spring", Ballarat Central Public Library. BIFB 15, Ballarat, Australia
2015 "California" & "American Pride" S Morgan Creative, BIFB 15, Ballarat, Australia
2015 " California" & "American Pride" Auckland Festival of Photography -Signature Program Auckland New Zealand
2014 FotoBazaar. Washington DC
2014 “CIRCUMSTANCES” Solo Exhibition Pingyao Invitation International Photo Festival, China
2014 "Women of Arab Spring". Chinelli La Fratta Gallery. FotoFest Biennial. Houston. TX.
2014 "Women of Arab Spring". Houston Club, Houston TX. March - April
2014 "Women of Arab Spring". Houston Central Public Library. FotoFest Biennial. Houston, TX.
2013 Thai - US Group Exhibition with Steve McCurry Central World Bangkok & Travelling to US
2013 "Dignity", FotoFest Biennale Participate Space, American Arab Culture Community Center, Houston Texas
2011 “Facets of Asia”, Pacific Asian Museum, Pasadena, CA
2010 Shin-Kuong International Invitation Photography Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2009 “Facets of India, People of Divine” exhibition, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2008 “China, Transformation”. FotoFest Participate Space, Houston Texas
2007 “People of Faith” invitation exhibition, Pingyuo International Photography Festival, Shanxi, China
Online Exhibition
2019 Finalist for two selected work for Unyielding Gazed - Portrait Photography Prize2018 "Transcend" at Mirage Gallery Kyoto Japan, interviewed by Elizabeth Avedon Journal 6.13.2018
17-19 Featured artist for Identity Exhibition at Annenberg Space for Photography - project "SHE/ They"
2017 Fraction Magazine issue 98 - 9th Anniversary Issue Group 2
2017 Featured on WomenPhotograph.com network
2016 "SHE/ They" on Slideshow Night for "Identity" exhibition at Annenberg Space for Photography, L.A.
2016 " Untitled D" @ Elizabeth Avedon Instagram Dec. 9.
2016 Art Photo Index, developed by Photo-Eye, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016 Magnum Photo Competition Gallery selected project "SHE/They" @LensCulture
2015 Lens Culture Featured in 21st Century Street Photography 250 New Examples
2015 YourDailyPhotography.com "DANCE" Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 International Photography Awards (IPA) 2015
2015 The Photo Review 2015 Benefit Auction
2015 The Photo Review 2015 Competition
2015 "Travel" contest winner's gallery Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
2015 YourDailyPhotography.com "LOVE" exhibition. Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
2014 American Photography AI-AP 30. NYC
2014 Men in their Habitats 2014 Competition - The Photo Review
2014 Portfolio Showcase Volume 7. Center for The Fine Art, CO.
2014 Lens Culture Portfolio & Project
2014 One world. IPA Photo Contest
2014 En Foco Blog “Dignity” project Member Highlight
2013 American Photography 29 AI-AP, New York, NY. The Archives
2013 “Stand against Racism” Photographic Resources Center at Boston University, permanent archives.
2012 American Photography 28 AI-AP, New York, NY. Permanent archives
2012-2013 Art of Photography Show, San Diego, CA
2013 Encore: A Look at Music January 2 - 26, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2012-2013 “Trace of Humanity”. Bursa Fotofest International Photo Contest, Bursa, Turkey.
2012-2013 PWP 37TH ANNIVERSARY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
2012-2013 "Facets of India" — PhotoPlace, Vermont
2012-2013 America: Now and Here
2012-2013 The Photo Review Juried Exhibition
2011 National Geographic Picture of the Day, June 15: Veiled
2009-2013 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Award, Paris
2008-2014 IPA International Awards
2007-2013 National Geography Photography, International contests People category, Your Shot, USA, UK, Asia
Juried & Other Exhibition (Abridged List)
2019 PORTRAITS exhibition South x Southeast photo Gallery, Molena, GA. Juror Nancy McCrary2018 "The State of America" exhibition at PhotoPthecuratedfridgelace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont. Juror Jim Richardson from NGM
2017 "Identity" exhibition for Autumn 2017 @ the curated fridge. Juror Brian Paul Clamp from ClampArt
2017 PORTRAITS exhibition @ South x Southeast photo Gallery, Molena, GA. Juror Elizabeth Avedon
2017 PHOTO ’17 Exhibition, Multiple Exposures Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Juror Molly Roberts Senior Photography Editor for National Geographic
2017 4th Open Call, Providence Center for Photographic Art, Juror Julie Grahame
2017 "Art as Response” Exhibition, Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins CO, Juror Christy Havranek, Director of Photography Huffington Post
2017 George Harris Selects Exhibition, AGP Gallery, Atlanta. Juror George Harris curator at High Museum
2017 KLPA Portrait Prize 2017 White Box Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
2017 2017 Aperture Summer Open: On Freedom. Aperture Gallery, New York
2017 " The Women's Show", South x Southeast photogallery Molena, Georgia. Juror Molly Roberts
2017 "Off the O'clock 2017" APA Los Angeles, curated by Elizabeth Avedon
2017 PhotoSpiva Joplin, MO. Mar 4 – Apr 30. Juror Örjan Henriksson
2017 LENS2017, Perspective Fine Art Photography, March 2 - 26. Evanston, IL
2017 Billboard SV Screen Showcase MOPLA Marriott Hotel, Jan. 23-29. Los Angeles, CA
2017 "Singular/Signature" exhibition @ The The Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
2017 "Earth" Exhibition at A SMith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2017 “PORTRAITS 2017” exhibition @ The Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO.
2016 “Light” exhibition at ASmith Gallery, Johnson City Texas
2016 CPA International Juried Exhibition, Center Photography of Art, Carmel CA
2016 TPS 25 International Competition,Texas Photographic Society Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Texas
2016 New Directions 2016 Exhibition, Barrett Art Center Poughkeepsie, New York
2016 Davis Orton Gallery Group Exhibition, Hudson New York
2016 NHAA Annual Parfitt Group Exhibition, Portsmouth Hudson New Hampshire
2016 “habitat” exhibition at ASmith Gallery, Johnson City Texas
2016 ARTifact exhibition, The Darkroom Gallery, Vermont
2016 22 Juried Exhibition Griffin Museum Winchester MA
2016 TPS 25 International Competition,Texas Photographic Society, Museum of Big Band,Alpine Texas
2016 We AMERican exhibition, Independent Station Projects gallery, New York
2016 DIVERSE / CITY exhibition MOPLA, L.A.
2016 Onward Compé ’16, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA
2016 PHOTOSPIVA, Joplin MO
2016 Transitional Landscapes, The Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
2016 "TYPECAST" exhibition, Hillyer Art Space Washington DC
2016 LENS 2016, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
2016 “Culture"” exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Vermont
2016 2016 Open Juried exhibition Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT
2016 "SIMPLY" Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
2016 Portraits 2016 Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
2016 DIVERSE / CITY exhibition, Lucie Foundation @ POTO LA
2016 Generation X exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery Brooklyn, New York
2015 Specturm Miami Booth 315, Art Bisel, Miami, Florida
2016 The 28th Annual Members' Only Show juried by Keith Carter, TCC Photo Gallery, Longview Texas
2015 The Photo Review 2015 Competition, Gallery 1401, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 2nd Open Call Exhibition, Peter Miller Fine Art Gallery, Providence RI
2015 ART FOR AIDS exhibition, San Francisco
2015 Memories, Stories, Histories 2015, The Center for Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
2015 Maggie Diaz Prized for Women Photography, BrightSpace Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015 "Reveal" Exhibition, The Darkroom Gallery, VT
2015 18th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC
2015 "War & Peace" exhibition. The Darkroom Gallery, VT
2015 21 Juired Show Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA
2015 Head On Photo Festival Landscape in NSW Parliament House, Sydney
2015 Head On Photo Festival Portrait in Museum of Sydney
2015 YourDailyPhotography.com Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 MOPLA group exhibition, Santa Monica, Los Angeles
2015 "Chronograph" Exhibition. Darkroom Gallery, Vermont
2015 “Treasure” Exhibition. A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
2015 “CONTEXT” Exhibition. Darkroom Gallery, Vermont
2015 Rock ‘n’ Roll. MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
2014 Member Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, Odessa, TX
2014 Bokeh Gallery, Daysfold, Victoria, Australia
2014 “Young Men Big Dream” Colors of Life Exhibition, Washington DC
2014 Travel. Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco
2014 "Portfolio ShowCase Volume 7", Center for Fine Art Photography, CO. 12 Image Portfolio Book & Exhibition
2014 "Emerging Focus" @ photo LA, Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA
2014 "PORTFOLIO 2013 Exhibition" Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta GA
2014 "Faces" Exhibition, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
2013 “Celebrations" exhibition A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
2013 The Art of Photography Show 2013, International exhibition, San Diego Art Institute
2013 Global Vision 2013 World Affairs Council, San Francisco, CA
2013 26th Annual Members Only Show Texas Photographic Society Member Exhibition Islander Art Gallery
2013 "Faces", A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas.
2013 CITY STREETS|COUNTRY ROADS, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont. Jurors: Rebecca, Alex Webb
2013 Place/Non-place Juried Exhibition Venice Arts Gallery, Venice, CA. Juror Elysa Voshell
2013 “Stand against Racism” Photographic Resources Center at Boston University, permanent archives.
2013 PhotoSpiva International Contest, Joplin, MO. Juror: Natasha Egan. Director of Museum of Contemporary Photography.
2013 “Face to Face” invitation exhibition, Texas Tech University, International Culture Affairs, Director Jane Bell.
2013 "Picture This: What We Photograph" MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, MI. Juror: Cig Harvey
2013 CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, Carmel, CA.
2013 Encore: A Look at Music, The Kiernan Gallery On-Line exhibition, Lexington, VA
Publication/Press:
2019 Exposure Photography Festival Open Call Canada on ARTSY Live 2019
17-18 Featuring 17 images from "Facets of India" Portfolio on PAPIERS Magazine La revue de France Culture N. 23 France
2017 KLPA 2017 "Defining Family" book - First Place in Open Category
2017 Featured on Elizabeth Avedon Journal on 30 Augus 2017.
2017 Featured on the cover for The European Photography 101 issue, June 29 Berlin Germany
2017 The European Photography 100, Collection Book December Berlin Germany
2017 "SHE / They" selected images projection for MOPLA 2017, Marriott Hotel Los Angeles
2016 "IDENTITY" Slideshow Night at Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles
2016 fotoMAGAZIN - July, Germany
2016 Second That Emotion! "DAVEY from SHE/They" featured on Elin Spring Blog for Griffin Museum 22nd Juried Exhibition
2016 "We AMERIcan" on SLATE Magazine/Blog by David Rosenberg, July
2016 "The Nature of the Subject", Special featured and Interviewed on World Photography Organization June 15.
2015 LensCulture - Featured in 21st Century Street Photography 250 New Examples
2015 Photojournalism Now BlogSpot for " California & American Pride" for Auckland Festival May 28.
2014 AI-AP American Photography 30th Anniversary Annual Book & the Archive
2014 Portfolio Volume 7 Showcase The Center for Fine Art, CO.
2012 IDENTITIES NOW: Contemporary Portraits Photography, Pete Hay Halpert Fine Art, NY
2011 DIGI PHOTO Jan/Feb Issue - Special feature interview & images
2011 B&W Single Image contest 2011, B&W Magazine Special Issue #80, Dec 2010, USA
2010 Taipei Times Review
2010 "Liberty Times 17 Sep 2010", Taiwan
2010 The Robert Cornelius Award WPGA Award Book. UK
2010 "The Julia Cameron Award 2010", United Kingdom
2010 "Photographer's Forum" — Best of Photography 2010. Hard cover. Santa Barbara, CA, USA
2010 Color Portfolio Contest 2010 Color Magazine Special Edition September, Los Angeles, USA
2009 Facet of India, People of Divine, Hardcover, Blurb.
2009 Dagblad van het Noorden. Groningen, The Netherland
Collections
Private collection, San Francisco
Private collection - Beverly Hills
ACS, Redwood City CA
Art for AIDS, San Francisco
The Photo Review Benefit Auction
Arab American Culture Center, Houston, TX
The Center of the Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
Colors of Life non-profit organization, WASH DC
Texas Tech University International Cultural Center
... and other private collections
Personal Assistant
2007-2008 Eli Reed. Photographer for Magnum Photo Agency.
Mentorships, Workshops, and Projections, Review
2019 Los Angeles Center of Photography Portfolio Review, L.A.
2019 Arles, les Rencontres de la photographie Folio Review, Arles
2018 Review Santa Fe reviews & Public Viewing, Santa Fe
2018 Artist Talk at Mirage Gallery Kyoto Japan
2018 "Transcend" at Mirage Gallery Kyoto Japan, interviewed by Elizabeth Avedon Journal 6.13.20182018 Portfolio presentation "SHE" invitation by Eli Reed at UT Texas
2017 Self-Book Publishing with Elizabeth Avedon
2017 Review Santa Fe 100 Photographers, Santa Fe
2017 LACP Portfolio Review, Santa Monica
2017 Selected Portfolio, CENTER Review Santa Fe 100
2017 PhotoLucida Review, Oregon
2016 Review with Elizabeth Avedon, Griffin Museum
2016 Meeting Place @FotoFest Houston
2015 Workshop with Stephen Dupont, BIFB Australia
2015 BIFB Projection "Facet of India" & "POW WOW", People of Eagle Winds
2013 FotoVisura Editing Workshop
2013 Kaunas Photo Festival "Celebration", Kaunas, Lithuania
2011 Stuart Franklin, Magnum Photographer.
2011 Ian Berry, Magnum Photo. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
2009 Stuart Franklin, Magnum. “Passing Through” - Nooderlicht PhotoFest. The Nederland
2009 David Alan Harvey, “American Family” San Francisco, CA
2007 India Expedition with Steve McCurry
07-08 Eli Reed, Magnum
Education
George Washington University
Corcoran School of Art
Kyushu College of Design
Taiwan Christian College