Artist statement
The pictures that I make are not necessarily about the subject(s) as much as they are about seeing a work of art. I attempt to find an aesthetic that will go beyond what is being photographed. And help the viewer to see more than the content of the image. In most cases the pictures are about how the built environment that dominates our lives.
I do not photograph people usually, and instead show what people have made or done and by doing so, people are always in my images even if they are absent. You can think of these images as bearing witness to what people build.
Philip MalkinFebruary 2022
"Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual."
- Edward Weston
News and Exhibitions:
(May 2024) VMS Gallery, Bellevue, WA (group photography show)
- note: curator and exhibitor
(April 2024) "Synchronicity", LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR (juried photography show)
(March 2024) 42nd National Juried Photography Exhibition, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
(February 2024) VMS Gallery, Bellevue, WA (group photography show)
- note: curator and exhibitor
(August 2023) "10x10x10xTieton", Tieton, WA (juried art show)
(July 2023) 2023 The Photo Review International Competition
(June 2023) "Momentary Magic", VALA Art Center, Redmond, WA (juried art show)
(March 2023) Juried Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
(August 2022)"10x10x10xTieton", Tieton, WA (juried art show)
(June 2022) 2022 Kent Summer Art Exhibition (juried art show)
(January 2022) 12th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
(November 2021) 12th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
(August 2021) 2021 The Photo Review International Competition
(July 2021) "Landscape and Architecture", Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (juried photography show)
(June 2021) Era Living, Seattle, WA (juried art show)
(April 2021) Juried Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
(August 2020) 2020 The Photo Review International Competition
(July 2020) "Landscape and Architecture", Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (juried photography show)
(August 2019) "The Power of Small Things", Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA (juried art show)
(April 2019) Included in book: "Weaving Global Minds Generative Systems", Editor: Sonia Landy Sheridan
(March 2019) Juried Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
(February 2019) Black & White Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (group photography show)
(August 2018) 2018 The Photo Review International Competition
(August 2017) 10x10x10xTieton, Tieton, WA (group art show)
(July 2017) Narrative Photography, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR (group photography show)
(March 2017) Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers program, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
(May 2015) East Shore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, WA (group photography show)
(October 2014) Blick Art Materials, Seattle, WA (group photography show)
(February 2014) Included in the book: "Art at the Dawning of the Electronic Era: Generative Systems" , pages 14, 17, 18, 64, 65, 88, and 91.
(September 2013) Appointed to Bellevue Arts Commission, City of Bellevue, WA
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(June 2013) "Harvesting the Wind," Executive Producer (Winner 34th Annual Telly Award)
(November 2011) Named to ArtsFund of King and Pierce Counties, WA
(February 2011) "Portable Postcard Exhibition 2" organized by Sonia Landy Sheridan
(2010) "Sixteen Scarfs by Generative Systems Artists" curated by Sonia Landy Sheridan
(2009) "The Power of Snoqualmie Falls," Executive Producer (Nominated, Emmy Award)
