ELLEN CANTOR
BIO
Ellen Cantor is a Southern California artist who uses the camera to reimagine the family photo album and objects that hold personal histories in order to explore the distillatio and persistence of memory.
She received a BS from The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and continuedher education in Interior and Architectural Design at UCLA.
Her work has been featured in 17 solo exhibitions including dnj gallery, Santa Monica, CA, The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography, and The Spartanburg Museum of Art. She was a Critical Mass finalist in 2015 and 2016. Since 2016, she has participated in over 25 national and international group exhibitions which include the Italian Cultural Exchange in Naples, Italy.
Her photographs have been published in Harper’s Magazine, Muzee Magazine and SHUTR Magazine and online in Lenscratch, f-stopmagazine, fraction magazine, rfotofolio, Voyage LA Magazine, My Daily Photograph, Lightleaked, a photo editor, Float Online Magazine and Silvershotz.
Ellen is represented by dnj gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Susan Spiritus Gallery, Newport Beach, CA and Truth and Beauty Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
AWARDS |
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2019 |
Silver Medal Award, San Francisco Bay International Photo Show, Bokeh, Bokeh, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Julie Grahame, Ann Jastrab, David Garnick, Peter Miller |
2018 |
Silver Medal Award, San Francisco Bay International Photo Show, Jurors: Debra Klomp Ching, Aline Smithson, David Garnick |
2016 |
Third Place, William J. McLaughlin Award for Photography, "21st Annual Art Exhibition at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital" Jurors: Stacie Brennan, Ernel Martinez, Lisa Murch |
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Photolucida Critical Mass 200 |
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Honorable Mention, "Play" LAMAG Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Scott Canty |
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Honorable Mention, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Tribe Exhibit, 1938/1965; 1945/1970 from Family; Juror: Blue Mitchell |
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Director's Award, TPS 25 International Exhibit; Director: Amy Holmes George |
2015 |
Julia Margaret Cameron Gala Award for Women Photographers; Juror: Laura Noble; Winner of Fine Art Competition |
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Review Santa Fe |
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Photolucida Critical Mass 200 |
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Honorable Mention, Center for Fine Art Photography, Still Life Exhibit: Bouquet, Filled With Memories; Juror: Del Zogg |
2014 |
Honorable Mention, Center for Fine Art Photography, Still Life Exhibit: Memories; Juror: Rebecca Senf |
2013 |
1st prize Digital Expressions Category, Art Ability Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Alice in Wonderland |
2012 |
2nd Prize photography, 2012 Art Ability Exhibition, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, They Told Me I Had Scoliosis |
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Director’s Award, A Smith Gallery, Imagination: They Told Me I Had Scoliosis |
2003 |
2nd prize winner, Show and Contemporary IV International Juried Art Exhibition, Betterphoto.com |
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1st prize, Small Treasures Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2019 |
Development, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Pamela Schoenberg |
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Prior Pleasures, Orange Coast Community College, Costa Mesa, CA |
2018 |
Dichotomy, dnj gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Pamela Schoenberg
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Prior Pleasures, West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood, CA, Curator: Michael Che |
2017 |
Time and Memory: In Conversation, Malaga Cove Library Art Gallery, Palos Verdes Estates, Curator: Ketzie Diaz |
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Prior Pleasures, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Curator: Hamidah Glasgow |
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Prior Pleasures, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Curator: Paula Tognarelli |
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Prior Pleasures, dnj gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Pamela Schoenberg |
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In Other Words, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Curator: Ashleigh Payne |
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Prior Pleasures, Palos Verdes Central Library, Curator: Ketzie Diaz |
2016 |
Unorthodox Anatomy, Hoyt Gallery at USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Ted Meyer |
2015 |
Prior Pleasures, Downtown Los Angeles Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Martha De Perez |
2014 |
Unorthodox Anatomy, Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA; Curator: Peggy Zask |
2011-2012 |
Unorthodox Anatomy, Gallery 339, San Pedro, CA; Curator: Lauren Kilgore |
2010 |
Dichotomy/Perception, Bergamont Station Cafe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
2009 |
Dichotomy, Studio 339, San Pedro, CA; Curator: Lauren Kilgore |
2004 |
Beyond Vision, The Loft, San Pedro, CA |
2003 |
Light and Motion, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA |
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Color and Motion, Menzie International, Los Angeles, CA |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2019 |
3rd Annual Photography Exhibit, LA ArtCore, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles; Jurors: Aline Smithson, Sarah Hadley, Sara Lee |
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Jerusalem Biennale, USC Hillel, Los Angeles, Curator: Sagi Rafael |
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Palos Verdes Summer Member Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Juror: Neil Gaiman |
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Traditions and Connections, Santa Clarita Arts, Santa Clarita, CA |
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“San Francisco Bay International Photography Competition, Bokeh Bokeh Photo, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Julie Grahame, Ann Jastrab, David Garnick, Peter Miller |
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“25th Member Exhibition,” Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Juror: Julie Grahame |
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“Circles and Squares” Rick Wester Fine Arts, Inc., New York, New York, Curator: Rick Wester |
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Los Angeles Center of Photography Fine Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, Juror: Susan Spiritus |
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PHOTOVILLE, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Aline Smithson |
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Center For Photographic Art Members’ 2019 Juried Exhibition, Carmel, CA; Jurors: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal, Rfotofolio |
2018 |
Los Angeles Art Association 2018 Open Show, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Juror: Cynthia Corbett, Director, The Cynthia Corbett Gallery, London |
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What’s New 2? dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Curator, Pamela Schoenberg |
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What's New?, dnj gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: Pamela Schoenberg |
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CA 101 2018; Redondo Beach, CA Curator: Nina Zak Laddon |
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Don’t Shoot Me Down! Shock Boxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, Curator: Peggyy Zask |
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Not Always So, The Loft Studios and Art Gallery, San Pedro, Juror: Scott Canty
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Bunk, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Juror; Alix Sloan, Sloan Fine Art |
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Flashpoints: A Collective Response, MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, Curator: Georgia Freedman Harvey and Anne Hromadka |
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Bread and Salt, Hillel, USC, Los Angeles, Curator: Georgia Freedman-Harvey |
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Fresh, SBC/SOLA Gallery, Los Angeles, Curator: Fatemeh Burnes and Peter Frank |
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Not Always So, The Loft Studios and Art Gallery, San Pedro, Juror: Scott Canty |
2017 |
Open Show 2017, Los Angeles Art Association, Juror: Anna Katz, Assistant Curator MOCA |
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South Bay Focus 2017, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, Curator: Emily Gonzalez-Jarrett |
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The Creative Portrait, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, Juror: Ann Jastrab |
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Celebrating the Creative Process, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Kat Kiernan |
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Ambiguous Realities, ART1307 Cultural Institution, Napoli – Italy, Curator: Cynthia Penna |
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Personal Vacations, LAAA Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Chris Davies |
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Phenomena, Neutra Gallery, Glendale, CA, Southern California Womans Caucus For Art |
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Neighborhood Girls + Feminine Group Show, Hive Galery, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Ellen Schinderman |
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Cut It Out, Art Share, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Shana Nys Dambrot, Heidi Johnson, and Rick Robinson |
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FRESH, SBC: SOLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: Fatemeh Burnes and Peter Frank |
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WATERSHED, Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem, Israel, Curators: Anne Hromadka and Georgia Freedman Harvey |
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Ambiguous Realities, Italian Cultural Exchange, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, Los Angeles; Curator: Cynthia Penna |
2016 |
Size Matters, Medium Festival of Photography, Low Gallery, San Diego, CA; Juror: Allie Haeusslein, Diretor Pier 24, San Francisco, CA |
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Ayeka, Valley Beth Sholom, Encino, CA, Curator: Anne Hromadka |
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Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA |
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Cob Gallery: 10 Castle Street, Dorset, UK; Curator: Cassie Beadle; Director: Victoria Williams |
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“PLAY” 2016 Open Call at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, Juror: Scott Canty |
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The Curated Fridge, Yorgos Efthymiadis, Director, Curator: Paula Torgnarelli, Director, Griffin Museum of Photography |
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CA101, Redondo Beach Art Group, Redondo Beach, Curator: Nina Zak Laddon |
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First Annual Fine Art Exhibit, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow, Director, The Center for Fine Art Photography, |
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The Lives of Books, Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami, FL, Curator: Dina Mitrani |
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TPS 25: The International Competition, Texas Photographic Society, Alpine TX, Juror: Rixon Reed, Director, Photo-Eye, Santa Fe, NM |
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Tribe, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR, Juror: Blue Mitchell, founder One Twelve Publishing; Honorable Mention |
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2016 Open Juried Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, VT, Juror: Paula Torgnarelli, Director, Griffin Museum of Photography |
2015 |
Scarred For Life: Remnants of Trauma into Objects of Beauty, Virginia Teach Carillon School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, Curator: Ted Meyer |
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2nd Annual Open Call Juried Exhibition, Peter Miller Fine Art, Providence, RI, Juror: Paula Torgnarelli, Director, Griffin Museum of Photography |
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Keepsakes, Davis Orton Gallery, Portfolio "I Can Only Remember What I Don't Forget," Hudson, NY, Curator: Karen Davis |
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Still Life, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Del Zogg |
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Jerusalem Biennale 2015, Jerusalem, Israel, Jurors: Anne Hromadka and Georgia Freedman-Harvey |
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Los Angeles/Jerusalem Biennale 2015, Hillel USC, Los Angeles, CA, Jurors: AnneHromadka and Georgia Freedman-Harvey |
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CA 101, Redondo Beach Art Group; Redondo Beach, CA; Curator: Nina Zak Laddon |
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Review Santa Fe, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM, |
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Bound and Unbound III,University Libraries, University of South Dakota; Vermillion, SD; Juror: Sandra Brooke |
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Photo Independent, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Julia Dean and Sarah Hadley |
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small time, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825; Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Chris McCall |
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Common Goods, Visual Arts Exchange, Raleigh, NC, Jurors: Jonathan Brilliant, Joyce Watkins, Matt McConnell |
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Marvelous Things: The Art of Still Life, PhotoPlace, Middlebury, Vt., Juror: Aline Smithson |
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Beyond Words, Contemporary Book Art, Foothill Gallery, Golden CO, Juror: Alicia Bailey |
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The Art of Our Consumption, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO, Juror: Roscoe Wilson |
2014 |
Visual Mixtape, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA |
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Still Life, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Juror: Dr. Rebecca Senf |
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Yeosu International Art Festival and 5th International Biennale, Artsonje Center, Seoul,Korea; Curator: Sun-jung Kim |
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All Themes Considered, South Bay Contemporary, Rolling Hills Estates, CA; Juror: Scott Canty |
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CA101 2014, South Gallery, Redondo Beach, CA; Curator: Nina Zak Laddon |
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Center Forward 2014, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Curator: Hamidah Glasglow, Director |
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First Annual Members’ Show, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA ; Juror: Paul Kopeikin |
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Prior Pleasures, HaleARTS Space, Santa Monica, CA; Curator: Michael Hale |
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Abracadabra, Myth, Magic & Monsters, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Anne Hromadka |
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Alternate Realities II, Arena Gallery, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA; Curator: Aline Smithson |
2013 |
Alternate Realities, Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA; Curator: Aline Smithson |
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In Motion, South Bay Lexus, Torrance, CA; Curator: Max Presneill, Curator Torrance Art Museum |
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South Bay Focus, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Curator: James MacDevitt, Curator Cerritos College |
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Art Ability, 2013, Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Malvern, PA; Coordinator: Rachel McCay |
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Curiouser and Curiouser, Photographic Dreams and Fiction, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT; Curator: Blue Mitchell, Editor Diffusion Magazine |
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Annual Juried Show, Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA; Curator: Sylvia White |
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The Photographic Self, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Curator: Carla Williams |
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Gleaming Apollo, LAAA/Gallery 825, LA, CA; Curator: Shula Nazarian |
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Creative Powers: Selections from Art Ability, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; Curator: Susana Saunders |
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Anatomies, Galerie Nadine Feront, Brussels, Belgium; Curator: Hadelin Feront |
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Memories, WUHO Gallery, LA, CA; Curators: Lesley Krane, MFA, Associate Professor of Photography at CSUN and Niku Kashef, MFA, President of SCWCA |
2012 |
Visual Variations, Platt/Borstein Gallery, American Jewish University, LA, CA Curators: Judy Miller and Beverly Kurtz [3 person exhibition] |
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Back To Back: 6 images from “Unorthodox Anatomy” UCLA Learning Resource Center,LA, CA; Curator: Ted Meyer |
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All Media Juried Show, Los Angeles Art Association, LA, CA; Curator: Rebecca Morse, LACMA |
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The Next: Emerging LA Artists, The Perfect Exposure Gallery, LA, CA; Curator: Aline Smithson |
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South Bay Focus 2012, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; Curator: Grace Kook-Anderson, Laguna Art Museum |
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L’aura borealis, 100 Ways to View the Muse, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Curator: Bondo Wyszploski, Editor of Easy Reader |
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Alternative Realities, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT; Juror: Laura Moya |
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Out There, LAAA/825, June, Curators: William Escalera and Francisco George |
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Imagination, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Curator: Aline Smithson |
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Off the Hook, PS Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA, Curator: Peggy Zask |
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International Show, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; Juror: Isabelle Lutterodt |
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TPS20-The International Competition, Texas Photographic Society, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX; Juror: Arno Rafael Minkkinen |
2010 |
Nature Revisited, MaGriffe Gallery, San Pedro, CA [2 person exhibition] |
2009 |
Photography, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Curator: Phil Lohmann |
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Aurora 2009, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, LA, CA |
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All-Media Library Exhibition, Palos Verdes Library, Palos Verdes, CA |
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Goddess of Love, Los Angeles Art Association/ Gallery 825, LA, CA; Juror: Andi Campognone |
2008 |
Novella, Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825, LA, CA; Juror: Meg Linton, Director, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art & Design |
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Juried Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Juror: Barry Krammes |
2007 |
Blooms, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Bridges Gallery, Los Angeles City Hall,LA, CA; Curator: Mary Oliver and Jacqueline Draeger |
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Art International, A Fine Art Fair, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Pasadena Center,Pasadena, CA; Curator: Scott Canty |
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Healing: A Contemporary View, Galerie Lakaye in conjunction with The Craft and Folk Art Museum, LA, CA; Curator: Carine Fabius, Galerie Lakaye |
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Abstraction, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Juror: Gary Chassman |
2006 |
Photography, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Curator: Scott Canty and Phil Lohmann |
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New Works, TAG, LA, CA; Juror: Laddie John Dill |
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All Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, Juror: Mike McGee |
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Pure and Nimble, Gallery 825, LA, CA; Juror: Kristi Engle |
2005 |
Looking At Art, City of Los Angeles, Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA |
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Celebrate, Flash Gallery, Signal Hill, CA |
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Art in the Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula Library, Palos Verdes, CA |
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City of Los Angeles Municipal Juried Show, Barnsdall Park, LA, CA |
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Gallery 825 Southern California Juried Show, LA, CA; Juror: Wesley Jessup |
2004 |
Petite Works, Gallery 825 Annex, Bergamont Station, LA, CA |
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White Planes, Gallery 825, LA, CA |
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Spectra ’04, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Juror: Barbara Hitchcock, Curator and Cultural Affairs Director, Polaroid Corporation |
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10th Annual National Juried Photo Competition, Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, TX; Juror: Brandon Gouthier |
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On Site at the Gate 2004, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA; Juror: Meg Linton |
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National Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM; Juror: Christopher Cook;Curator, Sioux City Art Center |
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Texas National, 2004 Exhibition, Nacogdoches, TX; Juror: Ed Moses |
2003 |
4 Women, 4 Visions II, Malaga Cove Library, Palos Verdes Estates, Palos Verdes, CA |
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Made In America, Second City Council, Long Beach, CA; July; Juror: Darlene de Angelo,Curator Huntington Beach Art Center |
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America, Second City Council, Long Beach, CA; Juror: Wesley Jessup, Executive Director,Pasadena Museum of California Art |
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On Site at the Gate 2003, Angels Gate Annual All-Media, San Pedro, CA |
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All California Juried Exhibition, San Pedro, CA; Juror: Jay Belloli, Director of Gallery Programs, Armory Center for the Arts |
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Hats Off, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Curator: Scott Canty |
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Open National Exhibit, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA; Juror: Suzanne Muchnic, Art writer, Los Angeles Times |
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Women’s Festival of the Arts, The Second City Council, Long Beach, CA; Juror: Ruth Weisberg, Dean of Fine Arts, USC |
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New Photography Exhibition, LA County Fair, Pomona, CA; Juror: Paul Bielenberg, Steve Thomas, Curator of Collections, UCR/Cal Museum of Photography; Sheila Pinkel, Pomona College, Jack Butler, Cal State LA |
2002 |
New Photography Exhibition, LA County Fair, Pomona, CA; Juror: Mark Johnston, Artist, Anne Lyden, Asst. Curator, J Paul Getty, LA, Victor Raphael, Artist, Lary Wiese |
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Small Treasures Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Juror: Michelle DePuy Leavitt |
2001 |
Four Women, Four Visions, Malaga Cove Library, Palos Verdes Estates, CA |
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All Media Juried Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, CA; Juror: Joni Gordon, Director Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles |
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PRESS |
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2018 |
Harper’s Magazine, October 2018, “The Printed Word in Peril” by Will Self; Prior Pleasures used as illustrations |
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Muzeé Magazine, Issue 20 Motion, August 2018 |
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Voyage LA Magazine www.voyageLA.com |
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SHUTR Magazine“Manipulations” www.shutr.photo; article about Prior Pleasures |
2017 |
Easy Reader, “Slipping Under the Covers…and glancing between the lines with Ellen Cantor" by Bondo Wyszpolski, February 16, 2017 |
2016 |
This Week Blog, The Beauty of Childhood Books, August 10, 2016, http://theweek.com/captured/640321/vintage-beauty-childhood-books |
2015 |
Slate/Behold Blog, Mesmerizing Photos That Capture the Thrill of Reading, Sept. 2, 2015 – Read
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