Resume
Paula Riff
paulariff.com
paulariffstudio@gmail.com
2021
Halide Projects, Philadelphia, PA, TBA 2021
“Solo Exhibition”, Invitation by Halide Projects
2020
Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA, Feb. 2020
“Winter Blues, Contemporary Cyanotypes”, Invitation by Ann Jastrab
Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA, July 2020
“UnBound9!”
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sept. 2020
“Ctrl +P” Exhibition”, Invitation by Edelman Gallery
SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2020
"Solo Exhibition”, Invitation by Kai Caemmerer
2019
Awards
Museum Purchase Award at Medium Photo Festival 2019
Critical Mass Top 50 Portfolio 2019
Solo / Two Person Exhibitions
A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
”Musubu” Two person show with Paula Riff and Reiko Yagi, Sept. 2019
Solo Exhibition Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester, MA, April 2019
Down Garden Paths, “Shibui” . April, 2019
Invitation by Paula Tognarelli
Sloan Projects, Los Angeles, CA,
Night Fever: Two person Show, Feb. 2019
Invitation by Hannah Sloan Projects
The Print Center Philadelphia, PA
Work available in Print Shop Jan. 2019
Art on Paper Fair, Invitation by The Print Center, NY, March 2019
Group Exhibitions
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
“All Women Are Dangerous II” Dec. 2019
Halide Projects, Philadelphia, PA
”Living Image”
Obscura Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
“one of a kind”, Nov. 2019
Invitation by Jennifer Schlesinger
Center for Photographic Arts, Carmel, CA
2019 International Juried Exhibition, Nov. 2019
Medium Photo Festival, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
Size Matters, Oct. 2019
Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh: 2019 Finalist, July 2019
Candela Books + Gallery, Richmond, VA
UNBOUND 8!, July, 2019
Norton Museum of Art West Palm Beach, Fl
Invitation Group Exhibition: Out of the Box: Camera-less Photography, Feb. 2019 .
Publications
F-Stop Magazine Featured Artist, Interviewed by Christy Karpinsky, Oct. 2019
Catalyst: Interviews Featured Photographer Interview by Michael Kirchoff, Sept. 2019
One Twelve Publishing: Diffusion X Blue Mitchell, Owner, Publisher
Analogue Forever Magazine Featured Photographer Interview by Michael Kirchoff, March 2019
All About Photo Featured Photographer, Interview by Ann Jastrub, May 2019
Rfotofolio Featured Photographer Interview by Connie & Jerry Rosenthal, May, 2019l
What Will You Remember: Spot Light by Elin Spring, “May best photo picks”, 2019
Boston Globe Sunday Edition: Feature by Mark Feeny, ‘At the Griffin Museum’ of Photography, April 2019
2018
Awards
Critical Mass Top 50 Portfolio 2018
Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers 2018
Finalist in the Alternative Process Category - Barcelona, Foto Biennale 2018
Publications
Lenscratch Featured Photographer Invitation by Creator & Founder Aline Smithson
The Hand Magazine Issue #22 Owner, Publisher Adam Finkelston
The Hand Magazine Issue #20 Owner, Publisher Adam Finkelston
One Twelve Publishing Poignant Portfolio no. 5, Owner, Publisher Blue Mitchell
Musee Magazine Woman Crush Wednesday Interview by Yanika Anukulpin
Voyage LA Magazine Interview by Sarah Abrams
Solo / Two Person Exhibition
Litmus Gallery Invitation by Click! Photo Festival, Raleigh, NC
Group Exhibitions
Medium Festival of Photography San Diego, CA
Size Matters Curated by Brian Paul Clamp
The Curated Fridge Somerville, MA
Summer 2018 Show Curated by Ann Jastrab
Corden/Potts Gallery San Fransisco, CA
The Tipping Point Juried by Ann Jastrab
Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester, MA
24th Juried Exhibition Juried by Richard McCabe
Los Angeles Center of Photography Los Angeles, CA
Fine Art Members Show Juried by Scott B. Davis
The Center for Fine Art Photography Fort.Collins, CO
1st Annual Members Show Juried by Brian Paul Clamp
Gallery 1/1 Seattle, WA
2nd Anniversary Show, Gallery Owner, Director Dan Shepard
Griffin Museum of Photography Winchester, MA
Tree Talk Curated by Paula Tognarelli
2017
Publications
The Hand Magazine Issue #18
The Hand Magazine Issue #16 Owner, Publisher Adam Finkelston
Group Exhibitions
Tilt Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
Who's in the House Invitation by Melanie Craven
Center for Fine Art Photography Fort Collins, CO
Small Works Juried by Kat Kiernan
Yixian International Photo Festival Yixian, China
Invitation by Guo JIng
Center for Photographic Art Carmel, CA
International Juried Show Juried by Phillip Brookman
LightBox Photographic Gallery Astoria, OR
Fairy Tales & Nuclear Bombs Juried by Diane Fenster
Light Leaked
Travel & Discovery Curated by Ashley Kauschinger
Gallery 1/1, Seattle, WA
Summer Salon Exhibition, Gallery Owner, Director Dan Shepard
DNJ Gallery, Bergamot Station - Santa Monica, CA
Los Angeles Center of Photography Members' Exhibition, Juried by Paula Tognareli
Don't Take Pictures, Cyanotypes: Beyond the Blue, Curated by Kat Kiernan
Plates to Pixels, 10th Annual Juried Showcase
A Visual Armistice, Publisher, Curator by Founder, Creator Blue Mitchell
Griffen Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Aviary, Curated by Paula Tognarelli
Art Intersection Gallery – Gilbert, AZ
“Light Sensitive” 2017 – Celebrating Images from the Darkroom, Juried by: Ann Jastrab
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
All Women Are Dangerous, Curated by: Maria Ciachiolo, Chris Davies, Daniel Alfonso
Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Photography Re-Imagined VI: Visual Story Telling, Juried by Cig Harvey
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Still Life: The Ordinary Made Extraordinary, Juried by Kate Breakey
San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
2017 Southern California/ Baja Biennial Show
Invitation by Ginger Shulick Porcella
2016
Publications
The Hand Magazine Issue #12 The Hand Magazine #11
Owner, Publisher: Adam Finkelstein
Group Exhibitions
SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
COLOR, Juried by Diana Bloomfield
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
blue 2, Juried by Melanie Walker
LightBox Photographic Gallery Astoria, OR
Remnants: On the Edge of Avant-Guard & Antiquarian Photography
Juried by Kaden Kraztner & Nadezda Nikalova-Kraztner
Gallery 1/1 Unique Photographic Art Seattle, WA
Los Angeles Pop-Up Show Gallery Owner, Director Dan Shepard
Tilt Gallery Scottsdale, AZ
Infinite Possibility: Art of Tomorrow, Juried by: Claire C. Carter, Honorable Mention
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
fishing for iconography, Gallery Owner, Director, Amanda Smith & Kevin Tully
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
old, Juried by Ann Jastrab
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
red, Juried by Aline Smithson
Atomic Gallery Albuquerque, NM
Selected images from The Hand Magazine #11 Owner, Publisher Adam Finkelston
Photo Independent 2016 Los Angeles, CA
2015
Featured photographer LACP Member online gallery month of October 2015
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
abstraction, Juried by Eddie Soloway
Black Box Gallery Portland, OR
“Viewpoint: Landscape and Architecture", Juried by Laura Valenti
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
family Juried by Emma Powell & Kirsten Hoving
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops annual “travel” exhibition June 2015
A Smith Gallery Johnson City, TX
travel, Juried by Alison Wright
Memberships
Member of PACLA, Photographic Arts Council LA
Member of Los Angeles Center for Photography
Member of Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Member of Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Member of Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Member of Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ