News 2023

Dining Room Dinghy selected for The Photo Review

June 28, 2023

Dining Room Dinghy has been selected by juror Stephen Perloff for The Photo Review 2023 'Interiors' Web Gallery.

Fauxliage—Airport Approach featured in UK Media for Earth Photo

June 8, 2023

My image Fauxliage-Airport Approach, Palm Springs, CA, is featured in The London Times, Metro UK, Earth Photo website "hero" image, and as the banner image for the presentation at the Royal Geographical Society in London.

Two of my Fauxliage images are shortlisted for the Earth Photo 2023 competition. The images will be on display at the Royal Geographical Society until August 23, 2023 and at multiple Forestry England sites throughout the next year.

Featured Article in Revista Arte Al Límite

June 3, 2023

Chilean journal Arte Al Limite has published an interview about my work including images from my latest series Rift: Unearthing the Deep Divide Along the San Andreas Fault.

Writer: Gleisy Ríos
Edition 102, June 3, 2023

Power Source selected for Landscape Perspectives Exhibition in San Rafael

June 2, 2023

Power Source, Calipatria from my series Rift: Exploring the Deep Divide Along the San Andreas Fault has been selected for the Landscape Perspectives exhibition at Art Works Downtown in San Rafael, CA.

The exhibit, Landscape Perspectives, reimagines and celebrates traditional landscape-based artwork by offering a diverse collection of expressions, approaches, and interpretations. From realism to surrealism, to abstraction, and beyond; viewers will surely enjoy this multi-dimensional experience. Juror: Kim Eagles-Smith, owner and director Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, Mill Valley CA.

Gallery 1337
1337 Fourth St.
San Rafael, CA

June 2–July 22, 2023
Thursday–Saturday, 1–8pm

Exhibiting Artists: Chris Adessa \ Sheldon Bachus \ Barry Beach \ Benjamin Benet \ Debra Bibel \ Jenny Blackburn \ John Bucklin \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Morgan Carhart \ Gail Caulfield \ Dana Christensen \ Patrick Cosgrove \ Norma Dimaulo \ Janey Fritsche \ April Gavin \ Wendy Goldberg \ Lisa Gonzalves \ Gail Gurman \ Janet Jacobs \ Clementine Keenan \ Catherine Lee \ Kathleen Lipinski \ Liz Mamorsky \ Michael Manente \ Gary Marsh \ Gail Morrison \ Kathy Pallie \ Cindy Pavlinac \ Amrita Singhal \ Sue Weil \ Rusty Weston \ Emil Yanos \ June Yokell \ Jeffrey Zalles

Fauxliage Shortlisted for Earth Photo 2023

May 31, 2023

Two of my Fauxliage images - Airport Approach, Palm Springs, CA and Superfluous Plumage, Rodeo, CA - have been shortlisted for the annual Earth Photo competition.

Photographers and filmmakers from across the globe entered their work in Earth Photo 2023, the international competition and exhibition for images that tell compelling stories about our planet. Out of over 1,400 entries, a judging panel made up of experts from the fields of photography, film, geography and environment selected the Earth Photo 2023 shortlist: 128 photos and videos by 56 photographers and filmmakers.

The shortlisted images will be available to see in the Earth Photo exhibition, opening at the Royal Geographical Society, in London, from 17 June to 23 August 2023, and five Forestry England sites across the country, from 23 June 2023 to 28 January 2024.

The exhibition will also tour to the Sidney Nolan Trust, Herefordshire, from 13 July to 30 September 2023, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, from 1 February 2024 to 1 March 2024 and Lishui International Photography Festival, China in December 2023.

Photographers: Adam Sébire \ Amna Yaseen \ Andrew Smith \ Annette Burke \ Azim Khan Ronnie \ Barbara Boissevain \ Bill Wilkins \ Billy Dosanjh \ Caleb Fung \ Carlos Carvalho \ Carol Sogard \ Clare Hewitt \ Craig Ames \ Edward Cawood \ Ellie Davies \ Emma Crichton \ Ethan Welty \ Filippo Ferraro \ Ink collective: Anna Sellen + Anne-Marie Briscombe \ James Kirkham \ Joanna Vestey \ Ju Shen Lee \ Kerry Lowes \ K M Asad \ Leah Gordon \ Liv Milani \ Liza Faktor \ Mae Macadam \ Marcel Stahn \ Marella \ Michal Siarek \ Nazanin Hafez \ Neal Haddaway \ Neil A White \ Nyani Quarmyne \ Pal Hermansen \ Pierpaolo Mittica \ Rob Kesseler \ Roberto Vamos \ Robin Dodd \ Sam Laughlin \ Sandipani Chattopadhyay \ Sandra Weller \ Sebastian Lewandowski \ Sonia Bhamra \ Subrata Dey \ Suzanne Lynda South \ Thomas Martin \ Yzza Slaoui Filmmakers: Adam Sébire \ Jana Bednarova \ Klaus Thymann \ Liana McNeill \ Michael Lisle-Taylor \ Tom Marshak

Memory Building featured in Reimagining History Exhibition at Arts Benicia

May 20, 2023

Four images from my Memory Building series are included in the Reimagining History exhibition at Arts Benicia. Overlooking the bay, the Arts Benicia venue is an historic building, the Commanding Officer’s Quarters, at the former Benicia Arsenal, CA.

The exhibition features artworks that reimagine and reconsider histories, be it of a personal nature or global scope. The juror for the exhibition is artist Sandow Birk; I particularly admire his modern interpretation of the Divine Comedy.

Exhibition Dates
Saturday, May 20th – Sunday, June 25th, 2023

Participating Artists: Kristin Anderson \ Brandin Barón \ Steve Barbaria \ Francesca Borgatta \ Ariel Bowman \ Joy Broom \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Stacey Carter \ Lisa Conrad \ Suzanne DeVeuve \ Palmer Earl \ Jane Fisher \ Jo Ford \ Tom Gehrig \ Nina Katz \ Katy Lengacher \ Roberta Levitow \ Ryan Lewis \ Fernando Lopez \ Angel Luna \ Joseph Lupo \ Don Manderson \ Eileen Starr Moderbacher \ Lawrence Montgomery \ Pamela Mooney \ Kate Moriarty \ Helene Ofwerstrom \ Jelisa Peterson \ Deborah Samia \ Freddy Santana \ Sameena Sitabkhan \ Michael Souza \ Patty Taylor \ Denise Weaver Ross \ Patrick Webb \ Jared Wickware \ Gaby Wolodarski \ Misty Youmans

Memory is a Verb at Dallas Center for Photography

April 15, 2023

Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience brings together eleven women photographic artists exploring the liminal space between time and transience. Represented in this body of work are the universal concepts of loss, mortality, and legacy, and the exploration of what inspires us to seek solace, and reexamine our histories; subsequently unearthing discoveries about ourselves, our relationships, and our place in the universe.

We are thrilled to bring this work to the Dallas Center for Photography in Texas and to have Emily Edwards (Dallas Contemporary) curate the exhibition. See more installation photographs.

Curatorial Statement by Emily Edwards

Memory as Medium

In the ever-expanding field of contemporary art, memory art has emerged as a subgenre that engulfs subject matter such as autobiography, revisionist and/or collective memory, the archive, nostalgia, repetition, history, temporality, and amnesia. It also considers the impact of museums and galleries in the construction and presentation of history and knowledge.

The medium of photography plays a vital role in this movement. Once understood as capturing and preserving singular moments in time, it is now recognized as having a multifaceted and often slippery relationship to linear and factual documentation. Contemporary artists, such as Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sophie Calle, and Carrie Mae Weems, have embraced this multiplicity by exploring how photography can construct history, memory, and the perception of time.

The artist collective Memory is a Verb situates itself within this larger contemporary movement with its exhibition Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience. The eleven female artists utilize photography to document the richness and complexity of their relationship to time and memory. The origins of memory art are rooted in processing trauma and difficult historical pasts. These photographers do this through collectively creating work in response to both the COVID-19 pandemic and the quotidian stresses of everyday living, including parenting, aging, and grieving, and seeking meaning through it all. Through their work, these eleven artists remind us all that to remember is to be human. Collectively they celebrate our shared humanity, profoundly influencing how we see ourselves and others. After these past few years of uncertainty and grief, this exhibition maps a way forward toward communal understanding and healing.

Exhibition Dates
April 15 - May 13, 2023

Memory is a Verb Artists: Elizabeth Bailey \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Dena Eber \ Sarah Hadley \ Diane Hemingway \ Susan Lapides \ Annie Omens \ Lori Ordover \ Jennifer Pritchard \ Rosalie Rosenthal \ Aline Smithson

Critical Mass 2022 Top 50 Exhibition in Seattle

March 30, 2023

The image Chuck's Corvette from my Memory Building series was selected for the Imminent Existence exhibition at Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle, WA. Imminent Existence is this year's exhibition of Photolucida's Critical Mass Top 50 artists. The curator, Arnika Dawkins (Arnika Dawkins Gallery, Atlanta), selected one piece from each of the Top 50 artist’s portfolios to be included in this gallery exhibition.

Curatorial Statementfrom Arnika Dawkins

We’re in a mess right now.

Things that we relied on in the past are being turned upside down. The right to live your life as you wish is challenged left and right. Since the beginning of time, artists have responded to their life and times. They are the ones that are bold and creative enough to make a public statement about their views, whether it is for the sake of beauty, stress, strife, injustice, understanding or any other myriad of things. It is their commentary that we are able to enjoy and ponder.

The artists chosen in this exhibition dare venture to express themselves. I am interested in tying together a cohesive perspective found in this collection of images and continuing the visual dialogue that can be explored if we all take a moment to stop and look.

Exhibition Dates
March 30 – June 4, 2023

Participating Artists: Debra Achen \ Debe Arlook \ Christine Back \ Donna Bassin \ Lois Bielefeld \ Emily Buckley \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Granville Carroll \ Jo Ann Chaus \ Tianqiutao Chen \ Yu-chen Chiu \ Marcus DeSieno \ Nykelle DeVivo \ Brianna Dowd \ Gary Emrich \ Hossein Fardinfard \ Harry Fisch \ Fran Forman \ Jason Gardner \ Sam Geballe \ Lauren Grabelle \ Arielle Gray \ Sarah Grew \ Maxine Helfman \ Jeffrey Heyne \ Charise Isis \ Robert Kalman \ Sergey Karpov \ Andrew Kung \ Eric Kunsman \ Alain Laboile \ Jena Love \ Christos Palios \ Mark Peterman \ Walter Plotnick \ Jason Reblando \ Geralyn Shukwit \ Seok-Woo Song \ Fazilat Soukhakian \ Liz Steketee \ Elizabeth Stone \ JP Terlizzi \ Raymond Thompson Jr. \ Vaune Trachtman \ Ian Van Coller \ Preston Wadley \ William Warren \ Ingrid Weyland \ Becky Wilkes \ Man Zhu

Memory is a Verb featured in Dallas Hotel Magazine

March 27, 2023

It's the Year of Women at Dallas Center for Photography

Dallas Hotel Magazine features the Dallas Center for Photography's women centered programming in 2023. Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience, a traveling exhibition of 11 female photographic artists, will be on view this spring from April 15 - May 13, 2023.

''We were exploring what inspires us to seek solace, re-examine, and reclaim our histories. Two years later, our journey of encouragement and growth comes to life in Dallas. Now more than ever, it is important to highlight women’s visual narrative and continue the long history of women photographers telling their stories their way.'' – Jennifer Pritchard, Memory is a Verb Artist

''It is thrilling that DCP is dedicating 2023 to exhibitions by women, sharing women’s stories, and acknowledging their growing presence in the photo world.'' – Aline Smithson, Memory is a Verb Artist

Memory Building is a finalist for Hellerau Portrait Award

March 17, 2023

My Memory Building portfolio is a finalist for the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award in Desden, Germany. Created in 2015, this is a major thematic exhibition organized by HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts. Hundreds of photographers from 53 countries submitted works on the subject of “SURFACE”. The 2023 exhibition features the works of 32 finalists. The primary exhibition is held at the Technische Sammlungen Dresden – Museum of Science and Technology in Dresden.

Exhibition Dates
March 17 – June 11, 2023

Finalists: Joel Bolonick \ Therese Debono \ Sibylle Feucht \ Aaron Ricketts \ Sitara Thalia Ambrosio \ Hermann Bredehorst \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Kasper Christiansen \ Massimiliano Corteselli \ Amilton Neves Cuna \ Corina Gertz \ Milan Gies \ Eva Gjaltema \ Andrea Graziosi \ Geraldine Haas \ Shinichi Ichikawa \ Nancy Ludwig \ Susanne Middelberg \ Ekaterina Mukhortova \ Michaela Nagyidaiová \ Arseniy Neskhodimov \ Nicola Petrara \ Toni Petraschk \ Lisa Pram \ Ann Prochilo \ Emma Sarpaniemi \ Ursula Sokolowska \ Cecilia Sordi Campos \ Ivonne Thein \ Amy Touchette \ Sebastian Wells & Vsevolod Kazarin \ Guanyu Xu

Memory Building featured in All About Photo

March 4, 2023

My Memory Building portfolio is featured in the far-reaching online magazine All About Photo. Since its creation in 2013, All About Photo presents an international perspective on contemporary photography, with an eye toward beauty, artistic significance and timeless quality.

Memory Building wins 3rd place in Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition

February 27, 2023

Images from my Memory Building series won third place in the 18th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Exhibition and Endowment at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX. Established in 2001, the annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition provides a national venue for the exhibition of artistic expression as seen through the eye of the camera. Each year, a distinguished female curator serves as juror for the exhibition and selects images from entries submitted by photographers throughout the United States. The juror for the 2023 exhibition is Shana Lopes, PhD, Assistant Curator of Photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Exhibition Dates
February 27 – April 7, 2023

Artists in 2023 Exhibition: Olivia Arratia \ Elizabeth Bailey \ Brandin Barón \ Nathan Bolton \ Amanda Breitbach \ Emily Buckley \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Lauren Cardenas \ Suzanne Elise \ Jessica Fuentes \ Richard Gilles \ Kendall Gilliam \ Iris Gray \ Sylvie Harris \ Ashleigh Howard \ Megan Jacobs \ Rachel Jessen \ Amy Kim \ Diane Meyer \ Ania Moussawel \ Vivien Qian \ Andre Ramos-Woodard \ Kathryn Rodrigues \ Krista Svalbonas \ Lacey Terrell \ Annie Vetter \ Johanna Warwick

Memory is a Verb at Oceanside Museum of Art

January 28, 2023

Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience brings together eleven women photographic artists exploring the liminal space between time and transience. Represented in this body of work are the universal concepts of loss, mortality, and legacy, and the exploration of what inspires us to seek solace, and reexamine our histories; subsequently unearthing discoveries about ourselves, our relationships, and our place in the universe.

We are thrilled to bring our inaguaral exhibition of this work to the Oceanside Museum of Art in California and to have Marisa Caichiolo (Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA) curate the exhibition. See more installation photographs.

Curatorial Statement by Marisa Caichiolo

Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience is a new group exhibition to be showcased at the Oceanside Museum of Art reflecting on memory, nostalgia, time, and human identity through the lens of eleven female photographers.

The exhibition is deeply rooted in the profound disruption caused by the pandemic –a period that forced artists from different backgrounds and regions across the country to search within themselves as they embarked on a humbling human journey beautifully captured in photography, video, and interactive installations.

The resulting exhibition will allow visitors to engage in the creative process not only through sight but through sound as well.

Ultimately, the project’s goal is to reflect on how memories are formed, whether they exist as fixed reflections of reality or are subject to transformation over time. The featured artworks suggest that even concepts as universal as memory may change, shift, and re-define themselves as time goes by, and this often happens in provoking, powerful, and unimaginable ways.

Unsurprisingly, the past has its own unique way of infiltrating the present moment and forces all of us to re-examine the nature of our memories. Each art piece featured in this exhibition embarks on its own quest to recall the past–be it through an exploration of gender, discrimination, identity, diversity, patriarchy, violence, love, loss, death, family, or environmental issues– in order to deliver a timeline of events that viewers can reflect on.

But the idea that memory exists in the present moment is something that can also be applied to all the artworks presented. As a cohesive collection of works, the exhibition grounds memory as a vital concept in our fast-moving world.

Exhibition Dates
January 28 - May 14, 2023

Memory is a Verb Artists: Elizabeth Bailey \ Annette LeMay Burke \ Dena Eber \ Sarah Hadley \ Diane Hemingway \ Susan Lapides \ Annie Omens \ Lori Ordover \ Jennifer Pritchard \ Rosalie Rosenthal \ Aline Smithson

Memory is a Verb in San Diego Magazine

January 28, 2023

The image My Playhouse is included in the Memory is a Verb listing in San Diego Magazine for the Oceanside Museum of Art Exhibition.

Memory Locks at Oceanside Museum of Art

January 28, 2023

Oceanside Museum of Art invites visitors to unlock the past with their new exhibition, Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience.

We invite you to explore time and memory with us.

Think about how your memories shift or change as time moves away from the present in our now open exhibition, Memory is a Verb: Exploring Time and Transience; where 11 female photographers explore the redefining effects and powers of time.

Then go and literally explore memory as a verb. Pick up a “memory lock” at the Museum Store and leave it at the “Love the O” sculpture. How will this action redefine itself in your memory?