Fellowships

Fulbright Grant  - Travel Grant to Spain

Grants

Illinois Arts Council Agency

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs

Awards

2024 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Honorable Mention - Culture/Life Style

2023 Refocus Awards - People

2023 International Color Awards - Nominees - Architecture and Fashion

2022 Refocus Awards - One Shot Photo Contest  Nominee

2021 Black & White Spider Awards - Honorable Mention-Architecture, Nominee - Wildlife

2021 NYC4PA - “Got the Shot” Digital Exhibit and Book

2020 Black & White Spider Awards - Honorable Mention and Nominee - Abstracts

2019 International Black & White Spider Awards - Nominees - Abstract and Architecture

2018 International Black & White Spider Awards - Honorable Mention - Architecture

2017 International Color Awards Honorable Mention - Abstracts, Nominee -  Sports

2016 Black & White Spider Awards Nominees in Architecture

2016 Art Slant/Chicago Showcase Award Photography

2015 International Black & White Spider Awards - Nominees in Fine Art Architecture and Wildlife

2015 International Color Awards - Nominee in Silhouette and Sport

2015  Artslant Chicago Showcase winner - New Media

2014  Illinois Arts Council Grant for exhibition prints

2014  Artslant Chicago Showcase winner - New Media

2014  Art Slant Chicago Showcase winner - Abstract

2013  Black & White Spider Awards - Three Nominees Abstracts,  Nominee Architecture

2013  Masters Cup International Color Photo Competition - Nominee-Abstracts

2012  International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention - Fine Art/Abstract series

2011  The Art-Exchange - Winner of  “Your Art on Your Website” Competition

2010  First Place-Alteration of Reality - Fort Dearborn International Photography Competition

2009  Black & White Spider Awards - Nominee - Abstracts

2009  International Photography Awards- Honorable Mention/Fine Art

2009  PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Honorable Mention/Profession     

2007  International Color Awards Masters Cup - Two Nominees in Sports  

2007      Black & White Spider Awards - Architecture, Abstracts, Silhouettes, Sports

2006  Adobe Digital Imaging International Competition - Honorable Mention

2004  Adobe Digital Imaging International Competition - Honorable Mention

2003  International Photography Awards - Portraits-Honorable Mention

2003  Honored by the Women’s Apparel Board as Contributor to the Arts in Chicago

2001  Finalist in the Millennium Project - Worldwide project involving 3000 photographers

2000  Participant in City 2000 Project - documenting Chicago in the year 2000

1999  ASMP/Fuji Astia Competition - Grand Prize  

1993  Communication Arts Photo Annual  

1992  Named Illinois Artisan by the State of Illinois

1992  Studio Magazine Awards - Two Merit Awards        Group

1991  Best of Show - Silver - Creative People Awards - Chicago  

1990  Best of Show - Creative People Awards - Chicago

1989      Third Place - Impact Through Applied Photography National Competition

1980      Special Merit Award - Ilford International Competition

1977 Special Merit Award - Eastman Kodak Competition

1977 First Place - Chicago Daily News Competition  

Special Projects:

Rizhao in the Eyes of Foreign Photographers  2007 - One of ten photographers invited by the Chinese government to photograph the city of Rizhao

Co-organizer - “The Millennium Project Exhibit” O’Hare Airport - Chicago  2001

Producer - Lecture Series -Fort Dearborn Chicago Photo Forum  2000

Producer - "24 Hours in Chicago”  1987

Organized 24 hour photo shoot of Chicago in which 87 photographers created l4,000 im ages resulting in a traveling photo exhibit and calendar -fundraiser for not-for-profit photo group

Solo Exhibitions:

2014 Hyde Park Art Center/Bridgeport Coffeehouse - Chicago, IL  "River Ice"

2013 Millennium Fine Art Gallery - Chicago, IL  “Shape, Rattle & Roll”

2003  Richard J. Daley Civic Center - Chicago, IL  “My Chicago”

1993  University Club of Chicago - Chicago, IL

1990  FCB Center, Chicago, IL

Group Exhibitions:

2023 Bridgeport Art Center "Homogeneous Hues"

2023 Harold Washington Library, Chicago "Images of the Chicago Blues and Jazz Festivals

2023  Palm Beach Photographic Center, Palm Beach, Florida

2023  Bridgeport Art Center - “Currentz”  Chicago, IL

2022  Hyde Park Art Center - SIP Exhibit, Chicago IL

2020  Bridgeport Art Center - “APA  7th Annual Artist’s Perspective” Chicago, IL

2020  Bridgeport Art Center - “Tenants Exhibit” - Chicago, IL

2020  Palm Beach Centre for Photography “FOTOfusion” exhibit - West Palm Beach, FL

2019  Gallery 1070 “Photography and Sculpture” Chicago

2019 - Bridgeport Art Center - Residents Exhibit, Chicago

2018 - Bridgeport Art Center, ChicagoINsideOUT, Chicago,

2018 - Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL  - Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum

            "Celebrating 131 Years + 1"

2018 - Palm Beach Photographic Centre, Palm Beach, Florida

2017 - Fulton Street Gallery, Chicago - Unpresidented

2017 - Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago Resident Artist Showcase

2017 - Palette & Chisel Academy of Fine Arts - Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum

           "Celebrating 131 Years"  Chicago

2017 - Rogers Park Police Station "Tactical Viewing" Chicago

2017 - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art "Electron Salon"

2016 - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art  Snap-to-Grid

2016 - Filter Photo "Power and Politics"  Latitude, Chicago

2016   Zhou Brothers "Lexicon,"  Chicago

2016 - Bridgeport Art Center "Spontaneous Exposure " Chicago

2015 - Palm Beach Photographic Center, Florida

2015 - Bridgeport Art Center - Bridgeport Artists Exhibit, Chicago

2014 - Hyde Park Art Center - Bridge Program Exhibit, Chicago

2014 - Martha Schneider Gallery - ASMP "Existence" Exhibit, Chicago

2014 - Hyde Park Art Center - Front & Center Exhibit, Chicago

2014 - Bridgeport Art Center - 2nd Annual Competition, Chicago

2012 - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art - Snap-to-Grid Exhibition,  Los Angeles, CA

2012 - Chicago Community Bank - Chicago, IL - Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum Exhibit for Chicago Artists Month

2012 - Raymond James - Chicago, IL

2011 - Raymond James Art Exhibit - Chicago, IL

2011 Morpho Gallery - Chicago, IL  Winners - Fort Dearborn-Chicago Photo Forum’s  International Competition

2010 Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago, IL  GraphiStudio Exhibit

2008 Center of Fine Art Photography - Fort Collins, CO

2005  Around the Coyote - Chicago, IL

2002  The Other Boat Show - FlatFile Gallery - Chicago, IL - Featured Photographer

2002 The Illinois Artisans’ Exhibit - James R. Thompson Center- Chicago, IL

2001 The Millennium Project - O’Hare Airport - International Terminal -Chicago, IL

2000 Farnsworth House Exhibit by Chicago Architectural Foundation - Chicago, IL

1996 Causes Exhibit - Marshall Field’s on State Street - Chicago, IL

1995 The Concept House - River Woods, IL

1994 True Colors Exhibit - Partners Against Racism - House of Language - Chicago, IL

1992 Art Gallery of Ontario - Toronto, Canada

1992 Creative People Awards - Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery - Chicago, IL

1992 Eastman Kodak Exhibit - Photo Midwest - McCormick Place - Chicago, IL

1992 Visions of Hope - United Way Traveling Exhibit

1990 ASMP Exhibit - Chicago, IL  The 150th Year

1992  Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery - Chicago, IL  Creative People Awards Exhibit

1991  Chicago Architectural Foundation - C. D. Peacock - Chicago, IL

1991 Creative People Awards Exhibit - Erie Street Gallery - Chicago, IL

1990 The Chicago Show 2 - Willie Gallery - Chicago, IL

1988 State of Illinois Building -Chicago, IL  24 Photos from 24 Hours in Chicago,

1989 Dearborn Station - Chicago, IL 24 Photos from 24 Hours in Chicago

1988 City Hall - Chicago, IL 24 Photos from 24 Hours in Chicago

1977 Eastman Kodak International Gallery - New York, NY

1977 Photographics Gallery - Chicago, IL