Based on the experience of growing up in two political systems during the times of the Cold War and paradoxic shifting norms within their societies, I am interested in the psychological aspects of contemporary culture; how changes caused by forces outside our control, man made or natural, influence our social structures, single and/or collective emotional states and the human soul.
Together with language, in terms of how it impacts and represents our consciousness, change generates lots of questions around topics of loss, the unknown, and death in its varied forms.
Awards 2019
◦ Artist in Residence Winter 2019, VSC Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, VT
◦ Honorable Mention for “Purity”, IPA, International Photography Awards, Los Angeles CA
◦ Honorable Mention for “Dialog (Dialogue)”, IPA, International Photography Awards
Los Angeles CA
2018
◦ BAiR, Artist in Residence Winter 2018-2019, BANFF Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
2017
◦ Shortlisted, Belfast Photo Festival 2017, Belfast, IRL
◦ Juried Winner, 9th ArtSlant Prize, juried by Malose Malahlela, Natalia Zuluaga and
Nathaniel Hitchcock
2016
◦ Residency - 3rd Street Studios Program, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
◦ Showcase winner, 9th 2016 ArtSlant Prize Showcase in new-media, juried by Chelsea Guerdat, Andrew Lee and Agustina Ferreyra
◦ Showcase Winner, 5th -8th ArtSlant prize
2015
◦ Inclusion, 2015/16 Prequalified Artist Pool, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco CA
◦ Finalist, Immigration / Emigration Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2014
◦ Honorable Mention, IPA, International Photography Awards
2013
◦ Showcase winner, 5th ArtSlant Prize, juried by Neysa Page-Lieberman, Darren Jones, Deb Klowden Mann
◦ 1st place, Paul Sack Building Award for Black & White Photography, San Francisco, CA
2011-13
◦ Scholarship of Merit, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2012
◦ Honorable Mention, Paul Sack Building Award, San Francisco, CA
◦ Honorable Mention, PX3-Prix de la Photographie Paris, Paris, France
2009
◦ Semi Finalist, Photofestival Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
2005
◦ Material Grant, KODAK GmbH, Germany
