SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
2023
Poignant Pics #80: On Yvette Meltzer’s “Sure,” Author: Diana Nicholette Jeon
”South x Southeast” Photo Magazine: Swifties in Atlanta. Editor: Nancy McCrary
2022
Click! Photo Festival, Revelo Plein Air Exhibition, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, Jurors: Tracey Norman-Morgan and Michael Pannier
Shootapalooza/A Murmuration of Artists, Griffin Main Gallery, Winchester, MA, September, 2022, Curator: Crista Dix
A.Smith Gallery, 12th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition of Juror’s Awards, Johnson City, Texas, July, 2022Click! Photography Festival, Revelo Plein Air Exhibition, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, Jurors: Tracey Norman-Morgan and Michael Pannier
Shootapalooza/A Murmuration of Artists, Griffin Main Gallery, Winchester, MA, September, 2022, Curator: Crista Dix
A.Smith Gallery, 12th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition of Juror’s Awards, Johnson City, Texas, July, 2022
Once Upon a Time, Griffin Museum Gallery at Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, through March, 2022, Curator: Paula Tognarelli
2021
Terrain Biennial, 2021, Keep in Touch, Evanston, IL
Critical Mass, Finalist, Top 200
Boston University Stone Gallery, A Yellow Rose Project: Response to the 19th Amendment, Curators: Frances Jakubek & Meg Griffiths
Washington & Lee University, Staniar Gallery, Lexington, VA. A Yellow Rose Project: Response to the 19th Amendment, Curators: Frances Jakubek & Meg Griffiths
2020
Center for Photographic Art 2020 International Juried Exhibition, Carmel, CA. Juror: Aline Smithson
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, A Yellow Rose Project: Response to the 19th Amendment, Curators: Samantha Johnston,
Frances Jakubek & Meg GriffithsA Yellow Rose Project: Photographic Collaboration in Honor of the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, Co-founders and Curators:
Frances Jakubek & Meg Griffiths26th Annual Juried Members Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, Juror: Alexa Dilworth
CNL Projects: ART-IN-PLACE TERRAIN EXHIBITS, Evanston, IL
“Revolutions” Evanstonmade: Evanston Art Connects
Spring Fever online exhibit, treat gallery, New York, Curator: Ruben Natal-San Miguel
2019
Primary Source, Griffin Museum Gallery at Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, through March, 2020 Curator: Paula Tognarelli
Portraits, South x Southeast PhotoGallery, Molena, GA. Curator: Nancy McCrary
In Your Mother Tongue: A Word and Image Dialogue, Griffin Museum gallery at Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, Curator: Paula Tognarelli
Diversity: Alternative Paths in Contemporary Photography, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, TX
Women, Home and the Revolution of Memory, South Bend Civic Theater, Indiana, Curator: Rita Koehler
2018
11th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards/5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography/Barcelona Foto Biennale: Honorable Mention, Category: Children, Barcelona, Spain
Walkout: 1968 - 2018, exhibition with Artists for Action Chicago, Uri Eichen Gallery, Chicago, IL
#metoo, Curated Open Call Video, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, Curator: Jane Fulton Alt
VICINITY, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, Juror: David Travis
Quién? Qué? Dónde? Griffin Museum of Photography's Lafayette City Center, Downtown Boston, MA, Curator: Paula Tognarelli
Blue, Photographic Meditations, with f8_collective, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Tree Talk Online Exhibition, Curator: Paula Tognarelli
2017
Portraits, South by Southeast, Molena, GA. Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Review Santa Fe, The CENTER for Photography, Santa Fe. NM
The Mobile View, The Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, Curator: Karen Klinedinst
What the World Needs More of... Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA. Jurors: Anita Arliss and Ruben Natal San-Miguel
Water, Chicago Area of Visual Artists, The North Shore Art League Gallery, Winnetka, IL
Evanston-made, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
CAVA Spring Member's Show, Leslie Wolfe Gallery, 1763 N. North Park Ave, Chicago, IL
Aviary Exhibition, Lafayette City Center, Downtown Boston, MA, Curator: Paula Tognarelli
What is Nature? Shootapalooza Group Exhibit, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Cyanotype Shootapalooza'17, Art Installation, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ Heritage District
Wheat-pasted Installation of Shootalapalooza Group Exhibition. Gilbert, AZ
Composed, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. & Texas Photographic Society, Juror: Sam Abell
2016
Later Impressions, CAVA Juried Exhibition, Evanston Fine Art Center, Evanston, IL
Tell Me a Story Exhibition, The B Complex Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Jurors: Anita Arliss and D. Dominick Lombardi
Water, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Juror: Richard McCabe
The Curated Fridge "On-a-Road-Trip-to-Photoville" Curator: Aline Smithson
22nd Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
Evanston-made, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Instagram Conversation with f8_collective, Photo Independent, Los Angeles, CA
Ragdale Fellow, Lake Forest, IL
One Another showing with f8_collective, Rangefinder Gallery, Chicago, IL
A Hope, A Prayer and a Dream - Wheat Pasting Exhibit, Houston, TX
2015
Greetings From, 5 Press Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2nd Annual Photography Now Group Exhibition, ZIA Gallery, Winnetka, IL
Fishing for Iconography Wheat Pasted, Johnson City, TX, Jurors: Amanda Smith and Kevin Tully
Shootapalooza Alumni Exhibition art wall @ PSB, Johnson City, Texas Jurors: Judy Sherrod, Amanda Smith & Kevin Tully
Open Studios Evanston, 1402-1/2 Greenleaf, Evanston, IL
Spring Show, Chicago Alliance of Visual Artists, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL
Photo Independent Art Fair, exhibiting Revolutions and Picasso's Playground with the f8Collective, Los Angeles, CA
LENS 2015, Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL, Juror: Paul Berlanga
Sky Exhibition, Griffin Museum’s satellite gallery at Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, Curator: Paula Tognarelli
2014
Revolutions, nest art galleries, 900 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
The Winter Solstice Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Juried Exhibition, Juror's Award for Artistic Excellence, Later Impressions, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Conversations, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Jurors: Lisa M Robinson and Ken Rosenthal
20th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Juror: Aline Smithson
Magic, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Juror: Fran Forman
Spring Show 2014, Senior Artists Network, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Wondrous Indeed, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Juror: Phillip Toledano
Picasso's Playground exhibited in High Noon Gallery at photo la, Los Angeles, CA, Curator: Yan Li
Transformation: The Ordinary Made Extraordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Ellen Jantzen
2013
Curiouser and Curiouser, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Blue Mitchell
Shadows, 2 Honorable Mentions, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Juror: Tami Bone
19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Juror: Kathy Ryan
Multiple Exposures Group Show, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
Object Exhibition, wall space gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Smile, A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror: Susan Barnett
2012 - 2013
Step by Step, Texas Photographic Society 21: International Competition - Third Place
City Pix - Chicago City Hall Exhibition - Angel on the Picasso - Chicago, IL
Seen in France Solo Exhibit, Creperie Saint-Germain, Evanston, IL
2012
Imagination, Juror's Award. A. Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror: Aline Smithson
2011
Beginnings, Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago, IL, Filter Photo Festival, Jurors: Barbara DeGenevieve & Christy Karpinski
PUBLICATIONS
2019
”SouthxSoutheast” Photo Magazine: Picasso’s Playground
”A Life” included in Best Photo Picks/What Will You Remember? Selected by Editors: Elin Spring & Suzanne Revy
Don’t Take Pictures, “Seeing Red” Curator: Kat Kiernan
2018
YourDailyPhotograph.com, Light in the Dark, Guest Curated by Jamie Johnson. 2018-09-04
The Mockingbird - The Deja Vu Issue - Revolution Series images, page 95
LENSCRATCH Photographers on Photographers: Yvette Meltzer on Tonika Lewis Johnson
Musee Magazine - Issue 20 - Motion Spotlight Artist - Revolution Series images
SHOTS Independent Journal of Black & White Photography Issue No. 140 - Forces of Nature: Afternoon Rain
F-Stop Photography On-line Magazine Issue #90 Group Exhibition: Land, Sea, Air: Rising Tides, Italy, Over the Italian Alps, and Rocky Mountain High, Colorado
LENSCRATCH Good Manners On-line group exhibition Juror: Christy Havranek
2017
YourDailyPhotograph.com, DISAPPEARING contest winner: Disappearing Reality November 2016
YourDailyPhotograph.com, TRANSPORTATION contest winner: Critical Mass
2016
YourDailyPhotograph.com, SEEING RED contest winner: "A Rose Blooms in Winter"
2015
YourDailyPhotograph.com, OUT OF ELEMENT contest winner, "Revolutions 13"
YourDailyPhotograph.com, PARIS contest winner: "Further Than the Eye Can See"
YourDailyPhotograph.com, Signage exhibit: I Have a Dream
SHOTS Journal of Photography - Issue No. 128 - “Nature’s Temptation”
F-Stop Photography On-line Magazine Issue #71 Group Exhibition: Humans vs. Nature
LENSCRATCH - The 2014 Filter Photo Festival Review written by Yvette Meltzer
2014
Image 37, posted by filterphoto, 2014
YourDailyPhotograph.com, Skylight, Guest Curator: Paula Tognarelli
YourDailyPhotograph.com, Revolutions 6, Guest Curator: Christy Karpinski
F-Stop Photography On-line Magazine Issue #66, June - July Road Trip Group Exhibition: Up on the Hill and Runaway Elephant
Slate: Behold Photo Blog, Revolutions, Who Knew Laundry Could be so Beautiful? by David Rosenberg
F-Stop Photography On-line Magazine Issue #65, June - July Group Exhibition: Antique Napkins and Dominick’s No More
F-Stop Photography On-line Magazine Issue #64, April - May "The Natural World" Group Exhibition: Private Parts and Earth, Sea, and Sky
LensCulture Feature - Editor's Pick: Revolutions
2013
F-Stop Photography On-line Magazine Issue #61 October-November "Cities" Group Exhibition: Critical Mass and Further Than the Eye Can See
Selected images from Revolutions featured in Art Photo Index
Revolutions featured in People's Photography, China
2012
Revolutions featured in Aline Smithson's Lenscratch