Awards
2023 Photolucida Critical Mass Finalist
19th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Honorable Mention
Juror’s Award, A Sense of Place, Withinsight Gallery, Juror Susan Burnstine
Solo Exhibitions
2023, We Share The Same Breath, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
2022, Suspended, Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
Juried Group Exhibitions
2024 Medium Photo, Size Matters, Juror Crista Dix, San Diego, CA
Center For Photographic Art, Members Exhibit, Juror Catherine Couturier, Carmel, CA
Center for Fine Art Photography, Wonder, Juror Douglas McCulloh, Fort Collins, CO
Float Magazine, Distant Dialogues, Jurors Lisa Beard, Mica McCoy and Vann Powell
2023 A Smith Gallery, Imagined, Juror Susan Burnstine, Johnson City TX
Silver Eye Center for Photography, In Dreams I Walk With You, Juror Helen Trompeteler, Pittsburgh PA
Dallas Center For Photography, Hold Up Half The Sky, Juror Aline Smithson, Dallas TX
FotoNostrum, Julia Margaret Cameron Award - Fine Art Series, Juror Barbara Davidson, Barcelona Spain
PhotoPlace Gallery, Portals: Windows, Mirrors and Doors, Juror Laura Moya, Middlebury VT
WithInsight Gallery, A Sense Of Place, Juror Susan Burnstine, Chicago IL
AIR Studio + Gallery, Visual Expressions, Glencoe IL
2022 SxSE Gallery, Constructions/Connections, Juror Jennifer McClure, Molena GA
PhotoPlace Gallery, Dreams and Imaginings, Juror Susan Burnstine, Middlebury VT
AIR Studio + Gallery, Finding the Light, Glencoe IL
2021 SE Center for Photography, Portals, Juror Rebecca Sexton Larson, Greenville SC
2020 Perspective Gallery, Vicinity, Juror Jennifer Murray, Evanston IL
SE Center for Photography, Light, Juror Christa Dix, Greenville SC
2019 Iannelli Studios, Chicago Photographic Arts Society (CPAS) Exhibition, Park Ridge IL
Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College, Des Plaines IL
Illinois Skyway Competition, Jurors Mark McKernin, Brian Malnassy
2018 Perspective Gallery, Vicinity, Juror David Travis, Evanston IL
2017 Perspective Gallery, Vicinity, Juror Melissa Ann Pinney, Evanston IL
Chicago Botanic Gardens, Focusing on Nature, Glencoe IL **Best in Show
North Shore Art League, CPAS Exhibition, Winnetka IL
David Adler Music and Arts Center, CPAS Exhibition, Libertyville, IL
2016 Chicago Botanic Gardens, Focusing on Nature, Glencoe IL
2015 David Adler Music and Arts Center, CPAS Exhibition, Libertyville IL
Chicago Botanic Gardens, Focusing on Nature, Glencoe IL
Publications
Black + White Photography Magazine (UK), Issue No. 286, February 2024
Shots Magazine, Issue No. 162, Moving Pictures, Winter 2024
NewCity Art, A Review of “Connection/Disconnection” at Perspective Gallery, Susan Aurinko, January 10, 2024
NewCity Art, Of Life And Seasons, Susan Aurinko, November 10, 2023
A Smith Gallery, Imagined The 27, October 2023
NewCity Art, Defining Inspiration: A Review Of A Sense Of Place, Susan Aurinko, January 24, 2023
Education
2015-2019 Oakton Community College - Digital Processing, Color Management, Photographic Lighting,
History of Photography, Alternative Processes, Medium Format Photography
2016 Certificate of Photography, Fine Art Track, Chicago Botanic Gardens
MBA, University of Minnesota
BA, Urban Planning, University of Illinois
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Perspective Gallery, Evanston IL
Filter Photo Chicago
Los Angeles Center for Photography
Medium Photo San Diego
Center For Photographic Art, Carmel CA
Griffin Museum of Photography
Chicago Photographic Arts Society