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 bAshley 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