Exhibits Awards & Exhibitions

GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS

• United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County Regional Artist Project Grant (2015)
• United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County Regional Artist Project Grant (2010)

 

CURATED EXHIBITS

• Smithsonian Institution Museum of Main Street “Crossroads: Change in America” National Traveling Exhibit (2018-2025)
• Tyler White Gallery “Focused on Healing” curated exhibit – Greensboro, NC (April 12 – May 11, 2013)

 

SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITS

• Page-Walker Arts + History Center “VENTURE” Solo Exhibit – Cary, North Carolina (October 25 – November 28, 2016)
• Brew Coffee Bar – Featured Artist – Raleigh NC (February 1 – 28, 2015)
• United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County Solo Exhibit – Raleigh, NC (September 25, 2014 – November 20, 2014)
• Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery “Near and Far: American Perspectives” featuring artists David Stickel and Sterling E. Stevens – Hillsborough, NC (August 30 – September 21, 2013)
• The Virginia Gail Collection, Featured Artist Solo Show – Chapel Hill, NC (December 10, 2010 – February 10, 2011)
• Port City Java – Featured Artist – Raleigh NC (November 3, 2010 – January 27, 2011)
• Edgeoffice “DARE TO REVEL” Solo Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (July 2 – 23, 2010)
• Page-Walker Arts + History Center “FORAY” Solo Exhibit – Cary, North Carolina (March 26 – April 26, 2010)

 

FEATURED ARTIST EXHIBITS

• Ravenscroft School Gallery, Counterparts Exhibition – Raleigh, North Carolina (August 18 – September 30, 2015)
• Visual Art Exchange Featured Member Exhibit – Raleigh, North Carolina (February 7-27, 2015)
• Visual Art Exchange Featured Member Exhibit – Raleigh, North Carolina (February 4-24, 2011)

 

GROUP SHOWS, COMPETITIONS, AND AWARDS

• A Photographer’s Place Monochrome Juried Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2025)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2020)
• Through This Lens Gallery Will Grossman Memorial Photo Competition, Durham, North Carolina (2018)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2017) HONORABLE MENTION “Home Sweet Home”
• Maria V. Howard Arts Center 60th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (2017)
• Visual Art Exchange Annual SCOPE: The Southern Landscape Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2017)
• Fine Art League of Cary Annual Juried Show – Cary, North Carolina (2017)
• 311 Gallery Juried Photography Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2016)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2016)
• Durham Art Guild 62nd Annual Juried Art Show – Durham, North Carolina (2016)
• Visual Art Exchange Annual SCOPE: The Southern Landscape Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2016)
• Fine Art League of Cary Annual Juried Show – Cary, North Carolina (2016) HONORABLE MENTION “Homestead”
• United Arts Council MJH Gallery Regional Project Artist Exhibit – Raleigh, North Carolina (2016)
• Visual Art Exchange Annual Contemporary South Juried Art Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2016)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2015)
• Visual Art Exchange Annual SCOPE: The Southern Landscape Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2015) MERIT AWARD “Finished”
• Raleigh Fine Arts Society North Carolina Artists Exhibition – Raleigh, North Carolina (2015)
• East Carolina University Wellington B. Gray Gallery 9th Photographic Image Biennial Exhibition – Greenville, North Carolina (2015)
• Visual Art Exchange Annual Contemporary South Juried Art Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2015)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2014)
• Village Art Circle “Carolina On My Mind” 1st Annual Juried Art Show – Cary, North Carolina (2014) SECOND PLACE “WHEEEEEEEEEE”
• Durham Art Guild 60th Annual Juried Art Show, Durham, North Carolina (2014)
• Through This Lens Gallery Will Grossman Memorial Photo Competition, Durham, North Carolina (2014)
• Fine Art League of Cary Annual Juried Show, Cary, North Carolina (2014) HONORABLE MENTION “Sawtooth”
• Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition – Watkinsville, Georgia (2014)
• Visual Art Exhange “MOVE” Juried Art Show – Raleigh, North Carolina (2014)
• Charlotte Fine Art Gallery “Urban Rhythm / City Lights” Juried Show, Charlotte, North Carolina (2013)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2013)
• Visual Art Exchange 24th Annual N.E.W. Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2013)
• Visual Art Exchange “If You Build It” Juried Art Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2013) FIRST PLACE “Sawtooth”
• Maria V. Howard Arts Center 56th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (2013)
• Fine Art League of Cary Annual Juried Show, Cary, North Carolina (2013)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2011)
• Visual Art Exchange Artist Forum Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina (2011)
• Visual Art Exchange 22nd Annual N.E.W. Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2011) THIRD PLACE “One Chicago Moment”
• Raleigh City Museum “Portraits of Raleigh” Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2010)
• Apex Arts Council Juried Art Show, Cary, North Carolina (2010) THIRD PLACE “Humble Abode II”
• Maria V. Howard Arts Center 53rd Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (2010)
• Fine Art League of Cary 16th Annual Juried Art Show, Cary, North Carolina (2010)
• Visual Art Exchange “Road Show” Juried Art Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2010)
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2009)
• Durham Art Guild 55th Annual Juried Art Show, Durham, North Carolina (2009)
• The Lodi Project Architectural Spaces Curated National Art Exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina (2009)
• Southern Appalachian Artist Guild National Juried Show, Blue Ridge, Georgia (2009)
• Candler Field Museum Slow Exposures Show, Williamson, Georgia (2009)
• Emerge Gallery Schwa Show National Juried Art Exhibition, Greenville, North Carolina (2009)
• Fine Arts League of Cary 15th Annual Juried Art Show (2009) GENERATION BRANDS AWARD “This White House”
• Art League of Hilton Head National Juried Art Exhibition, Hilton Head, South Carolina (2009) HONORABLE MENTION “Taxiing”
• Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition, Watkinsville, Georgia (2009)
• Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Dimensions National Juried Show, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2009)
• Wilmington Art Association Annual Juried Spring Art Show, Wilmington, North Carolina (2009)
• Raleigh City Museum “Portraits of Raleigh” Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2009)
• ArtSync Magazine Cover Contest Finalist (2008) FIFTH PLACE of 12,000 entries
• Cary Photographic Artists Annual Juried Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2008)
• Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association National Juried Show, Blue Ridge, Georgia (2008)
• Visual Art Exchange 19th Annual N.E.W Juried Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2008)
• Arts Council of Moore County Juried Fine Arts Festival, Southern Pines, North Carolina (2008)
• Fine Arts League of Cary 14th Annual Juried Art Show (2008)
• Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Dimensions National Juried Show, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2008)
• Point of View Photography Gallery Metro Triangle Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2007)
• Visual Art Exchange 18th Annual N.E.W Juried Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2007)
• Arts Council of Moore County Juried Fine Arts Festival, Southern Pines, North Carolina (2007) THIRD PLACE “Humble Abode II”
• Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition, Watkinsville, Georgia (2007)
• Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Dimensions National Juried Show, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (2007)
• Fine Art League of Cary Member Show, Cary, North Carolina (2006) FIRST PLACE “Humble Abode II”
• Durham Art Guild 52nd Annual Juried Art Show, Durham, North Carolina (2006)
• Fine Art League of Cary Juried Photography Exhibition, Cary, North Carolina (2006)
• Visual Art Exchange 17th Annual N.E.W Juried Show, Raleigh, North Carolina (2006)
• Southworks National Juried Art Exhibition, Watkinsville, Georgia (2006)
• Fine Arts League of Cary Juried Member Exhibit, Cary, North Carolina (2005) SECOND PLACE “Unreal”
• Jordan Hall Art Center, “It’s an Abstract!” Show, Cary, North Carolina (2005)
• Athens Photography Guild Exhibit, Athens, Georgia (2005) THIRD PLACE “When Heaven Breaks”

 

PRESENTATIONS

• “Design in Reverse” Bristol Camera Club (January 13, 2025, Bristol, PA)
• “Simplifying Architecture” Durham Photography Club (November 20, 2023 Durham, NC)
• “…Am I Just Taking Pictures?” Austin Foundation for Architecture Design Talk Series (November 8, 2023, Austin, TX)
• “To Architecture and Back” Cape Fear Camera Club (September 13, 2021, Wilmington, NC)
• “Studying our Built Surroundings” Bristol Camera Club (December 13, 2021, Bristol, PA)
• “Photographing Architecture: Building Portraiture” Capital City Camera Club (August 2, 2021 Raleigh, NC)
• “Capturing the Spirit of a Space” Society for Environmental Graphics Design (December 8, 2020, Nashville, TN)
• “Art & Design: Photographing Architecture and the Built Environment” Chapel Hill Camera Club (August 14, 2020, Chapel Hill, NC)
• “Stories: Knowledge | Resilience | Inclusion” Texas State of Architects Convention (October 24, 2019 Galveston, TX)
• “Environmental and Design Photography” Wake Forest Camera Club (August 10, 2019, Wake Forest, NC)
• “The Art & Design of Photographing Our Built Environment” Durham Photography Club (June 17, 2019, Durham, NC)
• “12 Days on the San Francisco Bay” Cary Photographic Artists (August 12, 2015, Cary, NC)
• “My Decade Journey From Point-and-Shoot to Professional” Capital City Camera Club (June 2, 2014, Raleigh, NC)
• “So…You Just Take Pictures of Buildings?” Cary Photographic Artists (February 7, 2014, Cary, NC)
• “Capturing Architecture & The Built Environment” Avent Ferry United Methodist Church (June 22, 2013, Raleigh NC)
• “A Few of My Favorite Things” Cary Photographic Artists (April 18, 2013, Cary NC)
• “Capturing Nature & Landscapes” Avent Ferry United Methodist Church (March 9, 2013, Raleigh NC)
• “Sterling E. Stevens Design Photo” Triangle Women’s Initiative for Leadership and Learning (April 25,2012, Durham NC)