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UPCOMING or HAPPENING & EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Cut By in Los Angeles, April 30 - May 30, 2026
Blue Sky Gallery in Portalnd OR, September
Griffin Museum of Photography, Westchester, MA, November
RECENT EVENTS
2026
The Cut By, MAKiNG iT, Los Angeles, CA. April 30 - May 30,
Materias Primas Studio, MAKiNG iT, Cathedral City, CA. March 27 - April 18
2025
MAKiNG iT, Paris Photo, Damiani Books, Nov. 13-16
Elle Persiste/ She Persists, Alta Vista Arts, Paris, Nov. 8th opening | 7-15th, Rue Chapon, 8
A YELLOW ROSE PROJECT,
The Griffin Museum of Photography, Over 100 women responding to the 19th Amenedment, October 2 – November 30
2024
MAKiNG iT an intimate documentary of the seattle scene 1992-2008, Leica Gallery London, UK
A Thousand Beautiful Lies, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
EDUCATION + WORK
1995-Present
Working Artist
1997-2013
Freelance Photographer, Art Director, and Producer
1995-2000
Owner/Designer, Tryke Works a design and manufacturing wholesale business.
1992
Bachelor of Art in Studio Art, emphasis in Textiles & Design, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
SOLO & 2 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
MAKiNG iT, Materias Primas Studio, Cathedral City, CA
2024
MAKiNG iT, Leica Gallery London, UK
A Thousand Beautiful Lies, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2023
Photo London Art Fair, Somerset House, Virginia Visual Arts, UK
2021
Without Words, The LODGE, Los Angeles, CA
The Other Art Fair, Saatchiart.com, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
2020
Without Words, Shanghai International Photo Show, China
2015
Nuclear Family, WallSpace Gallery, Seattle, WA
Nuclear Family, WallSpace Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2014
Visitor, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2009
Ruby & Willie, WallSpace Gallery, Seattle, WA
2006
Ruby & Willie, Gallery 63Eleven, Seattle, WA
2005
Ruby & Willie, New Space Photo Center, Portland, OR
2004
West Africa, Alibi Room, Seattle, WA
2003
Rose Wallpaper, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
Rose Wallpaper, 619 Western Ave - 4th floor, Seattle, WA
The Chair, Rose Club, Seattle, WA
Twenty-Eight, The Mark Gallery, Olympia, WA
2001
Twenty-Eight, Consolidated Works, Seattle, WA
Laundry, The Little Theatre Gallery, Seattle, WA
MASK, Alibi Room, Seattle, WA
2000
MASK, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Twenty-Eight, Healey Gallery, Seattle, WA
1998
Alone, Alibi Room, Seattle, WA
1997
Alone, Habitude Gallery, Seattle, WA
1995
Ten Short Stories, Light House, Seattle, WA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Reservoir collaborative project with 40 international photographers respond to Loneliness & Well Being, Exhibition at Los Angeles Center of Photograpy, January 29th - March 16th, L.A., CA.
2025
Elle Persiste/ She Persists, Alta Vista Arts, Paris, Nov. 8th opening | 7-15th, Rue Chapon, 8
A Yellow Rose Project, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Over 100 women responding to the 19th Amendment
October 2 – November 30, 2025
Milan Photo Fair, Alta Vista Arts, Milan, Italy
Critical Mass Top 50 exhibition, Atlanta Photography Group, GA
Slow Exposures, Pike County, GA
2024
A Thousand Beautiful Lies, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO., featuring artwork by acclaimed artists Shayla Blatchford, Abbey Hepner, Bootsy Holler, Kei Ito, Patrick Nagatani, and Will Wilson.
Becoming: The Feminist Image, PhotoSC.org, Columbia, SC, Juried by Elizabeth Avedon
Expand and Contract, LACP, Los Angeles, CA
Honorable mention, Juried by Dr. Rotem Rozental
2023
Sunshady Days, Photo Center NW, Seattle, WA
Sunshady Days: A 50 Year Photo Retrospective of Bumbershoot, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA
Family Photos, Curated by Brian Clamp, South X Southeast, Molena, GA
2022
International Juried Exhibition for the 10th Anniversary, New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror Elizabeth Avedon, New York, NY
Arte en la Naturaleza II, Museum of Nature of Cantabria, Spain
It's a Dog's Life! SXSE Photo Gallery, Molena, GA
2021
HERSTORY: Through the Feminine Lens, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Curated by Marisa Cachiolo, Santa Monica, CA
International Juried Exhibition, Jurors Debra Klomp Ching & Darren Ching, CfPA in Carmel, CA
Creative Portraiture, LACP, Juror Aline Smithson, Los Angeles, CA
The Exhibition Lab, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
The Artist Intervenes, LENSCRATCH, Los Angeles, CA
The Poetry of the Ordinary, Juror Douglas Beasley, PhotoPlace Gallery, VT
Art In The Plague Year, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
2020
Members Exhibition, Center for Photographic Arts, Jurors Ann Jastrab & Laura Sackett Carmel, CA
A Yellow Rose Project, Spectra Gallery in the Honors College, The University of New Mexico, NM
A Yellow Rose Project, Colorado Photographic Art Center, Denver, CO
Members, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Anteroom, The Lodge, Los Angeles, CA
Portfolio, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Members, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Female Focus, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror Lisa Volpe, Fort Worth, CO
A Smith Gallery, Juror Elizabeth Avedon, Johnson City, TX
2019
FotoFever, WallSpace Creative, Paris, France
LACP Members Exhibition, Juror Douglas McCulloh, Executive Curator, DNJ Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Contemporary Portraiture Exhibition, Center For Fine Art, Fort Collins, CO
Center For Fine Art Open Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO
Dive In Exhibition, Don’t Take Pictures Gallery, New York, NY
Photoville LA, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
SeeMe Exhibition, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Photo LA, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
2018
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Members Exhibition, Juror, Catherine Couturier, Los Angeles, CA
American Photography 34, New York, NY
2017
FotoFever, Building Bridges Art Exchange, Paris, France
California Rising Exhibition, FABRIK Media, Los Angeles, CA
Recollections Exhibition - New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
All Women Are Dangerous Exhibition, MOPLA & Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
The Quiet Landscape Exhibition, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2016
Creative Portrait Exhibition, LACP, Juror Greg Gorman, Los Angeles, CA
Truth is Stranger than Fiction, MOPLA & Glassell Commons Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
FotoFever, FABRIK Media, Paris, France
Photo Independent, Los Angeles, CA
2014
WET/DRY Exhibition, 446 Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Six Shooters - a photographic conversation, Venice Arts, CA
2013
Stories, Memories and Histories, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror Regina Azenberger, CO
Creatures, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
Family Exhibition, Detroit Center on Contemporary Photography, Juror Aline Smithson, Detroit, MI
iSpy Exhibition, Kiernan Gallery, VA
2012
Both Sides of the Lens: Self-portraiture, Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
2011
Dream Exhibition, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror Aline Smithson, Fort Collins, CO
Summertime Exhibition, Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
re: FOCUS, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2008
Grammy Museum Opening, Los Angeles, CA
2006
New Directions, WallSpace Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005
Natural Selection, Blue Earth Alliance, Seattle, WA
2004
Animals, New Space Photo Center, Portland, OR
2001
Beneath the Surface, Photo Center Northwest, Juror Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos, Seattle, WA
2000
Alumni 100th Anniversary Exhibition, WWU Gallery, Bellingham, WA
1998
Illumination, Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996
La Obra Delicada, 619 Gallery, Seattle, WA
RECOGNITION
2024 - Critical Mass Top 50, Photolucida, Portland OR
2024 - Honorable Mention, Expand & Contract, LACP, Los Angeles, CA, Juried by Dr. Rotem Rozenta
2022 - Awarded First Place, International Juried 10th Anniversary Best Shot, New York City for Photographic Art, Juror Elizabeth Avedon, New York, NY
2022 - Curators Choice at SXSE Magazine, Molena, GA
2021 - Awarded Second Place, International Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art Juried by Debra Klomp-Ching and Darren Ching
2021- Honorable Mention, LACP Creative Portraiture, Juried by Aline Smithson, Los Angeles, CA
2020 - Awarded Best of Show, Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA
2020 - Critical Mass Top 200, Without Words, Portland, Or
2018 - Awarded Second Place, LACP, Juried by Catherine Couturier, Los Angeles, CA
2011 - Finalist for Critical Mass Top 50, Visitor, Portland, Or
2007 - Awarded Best Feature, Society of Photographic Journalism, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
2006 - Honorable Mention, Fashion Feature, AAN, Seattle Weekly
2002 - Awarded Best Feature, Society of Photographic Journalism, Seattle Weekly
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
MAKiNG iT book in the permanent collection
The Griffin Museum of Photography
TREASURES book in the permanent collection
House of Lucie Center for Photography
Griffin Museum of Photography
California Museum of Photography
Grammy Museum - Pearl Jam live photograph
BOOKS
2025 - MAKiNG iT: an intimate documentary of the seattle indie, rock & punk scene, 1992-2008
2019 - Treasures: Objects I've Known All My Life, Monograph, BearHeart Publishing
2011 - The Italy Diary, Monograph, Self Published
2005 - Ruby & Willie: My Grandparents' Home, Monograph, Self Published
Works included in:
2022 - Friend of the Artist Vol. 15
2014 - Portfolio Showcase, The Kiernan Gallery
2012 - Contained Beauty: Photographs, Reflections, Swimming Pools, Debbi DiMaggio
2012 - iSpy: Camera Phone Photography, The Kiernan Gallery
2011 - Pearl Jam Twenty, Simon & Schuster
2011 - Retrospective Book, New Space Photo Center
2009 - Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, ECW Press
2000 - Fashion Images DeMode No. 5, STEIDL
LECTURES - TALKS - TEACHING
2025 - Artist Talk, MAKiNG iT book
Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA
Easy Street Records, Seattle, WA
Third Place Books, Seattle, WA
House of Koko - London, UK
Paris Photo - Book Signing, FR
Leica Gallery - New York, NY
2024 - Artist Talk, CONTAMINATED at Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2023 - Artist talk, NAT Residency with Circle SMPro Art, Spain
2023 - Artist Talk, Following Instinct, SXSE, Molena, GA
2021 - Open Show #61, Without Words, Los Angeles, CA
2020 - Artis Talk, CHAT CHAT, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2020 - Lecturer, Aline Smithson - Shooting with Intention, LACP, Los Angeles, CA
2020 - Photo Book Roundtable: From Gallery Walls to Printed Pages, FOCUS Photo LA, Santa Monica, CA
2019 - Open Show #55, Treasures, Los Angeles, CA
2019 - Artist Talk & Book Signing, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2019 - Artist Talk & Book Signing, Chevalier Books, Los Angeles, CA
2019 - Lecturer, LACP, Aline Smithson - Shooting with Intention, Los Angeles, CA
2014 - Lecturer, WallSpace Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 - Lecturer, LACP, Aline Smithson - Next Step II, Los Angeles, CA
2006 - Lecturer, North Seattle Community College, Photography I, Seattle, WA
2003 - Lecturer, Lady Fest - Women Artists, Seattle, WA
2002 - Teaching, Portraiture II, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002 - Teaching, Portraiture I, Black Lab Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 - Lecturer, Western Washington University, Tom Johnston - Art Dept., Bellingham, WA