Debra Achen

Selected Exhibitions

• 2024 - Two-Person Exhibition, "2023 (S)Light of Hand Award Winners," Photographer's Eye Gallery, Escondido, CA.
• 2024 - Juried Exhibition, "40 Over 40," South X Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA. Curator: Elizabeth Avedon
• 2024 - ImageMakers Group Exhibition, "Frame of Mind," Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA

• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "Center Forward 2023," Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Jurors: Hamidah Glasgow and Charles Guice. Awarded Honorable Mention. View Online.
  
• 2023 - ImageMakers Group Exhibition, "Frame of Mind," Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA.
• 2023 - Group Invitational, "Shallow Anchors,"  Upstart Modern Gallery, Sausalito, CA. 
• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "Water," New York Center for Photographic Art, Juror: Crista Dix, Exec Dir. Griffin Museum of Photography. 
• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "(S)Light of Hand,"  Director's Award, Photographer's Eye Gallery, Escondido, CA. Juror: Ann Jastrab, Exec Dir. Center for Photographic Art.
• 2023 - Juried Exhibiiton, "water," A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Juror: Elizabeth Avedon, independent curator and book designer.
• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "2023 Members' Juried Exhibition," Awarded Best in Show, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. Juror: Hamidah Glasgow, Executive Director, Center for Fine Art Photography.
• 2023 - Photolucida's Critical Mass Top 50, "Imminent Existence," Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA.
• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "LENS 2023," Perspective Gallery, Evanston, IL. Juror: Crista Dix, Executive Director Griffin Museum of Photography. 
• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "The Artist Intervenes," Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Juror: Aline Smithson, Editor Lenscratch
• 2023 - Juried Exhibition, "open | unfiltered," A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, Juror: Kevin James Tully, Gallery Director

• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "Project 2022," Los Angeles Center of Photography. Juror: Ann Jastrab, Exec Dir. Center for Photographic Art.
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "Shape - Barcelona," Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona Spain. Jurors: Zsolt Bátori, Borbála Jász
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "Comeback," Los Angeles Center of Photography Members' Exhibition. Juror: Samantha Johnston
• 2022 - Solo Exhibition, All About Photo September, Online. Curator, Christy Karpinski, Founder and editor of F-Stop Magazine.
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "Unbound 11!" Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA. Juror: Gordon Stettinius View Online.
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "Center Forward 2022," Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, CO. Jurors: Alyssa Ortega Coppelman and Christy Havranek. Awarded Honorable Mention. View Online.
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "2022 Members' Juried Exhibition," Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. Juror: Crista Dix, Executive Director Griffin Museum of Photography. 
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition,"Dynamic: Shadow and Light,"  Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR. Juror: Todd Johnson. View Online.
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, 2021 Rfotofolio Selections + Interview, Jurors: Diana Bloomfield, Ann Jastrab, Connie & Jerry Rosenthal.
• 2022 - Juried Exhibition, "12th Annual Photobook Show," Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Jurors: Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis. View Online Catalogue.

• 2021 - Invitational, December Volunteer Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA. 
  
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "12th Annual Photobook Show," Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY. Jurors: Paula Tognarelli and Karen Davis. View Online Catalogue.
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "Shape - Rome," CSF Adams / KromArt Gallery, Rome, Italy. Juror: Zsolt Bátori. View Online.
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "The Shape of Things," Praxis Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. 
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "In Celebration of Trees," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Catherine Couturier.  View Online.
  
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "Monochrome," PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Juror: Zsolt Bátori. View Online.
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "7th Annual Group Show," Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY. Juror: Paula Tognarelli. View Online.
• 2021 - Juried Exhibition, "diptych," A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Juror: Kevin James Tully. View Online.

• 2020 - Juried Exhibition, "trees," A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Juror: Kevin James Tully. View Online.
• 2020 - Invitational, September Volunteer Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA.
• 2020 - Juried Exhibition, "Monochrome," PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Juror: Zsolt Bátori. View Online.
• 2020 - Juried Exhibition, "Landscape," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Ann Jastrab. View Online.
• 2020 - Juried Exhibition, "The Shadow Aspect,"  Praxis Photographic Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. 
• 2020 - Juried Exhibition, "Water: Element of Change," Onsite and Online Galleries, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Hannah Frieser
• 2020 - Juried Exhibition, "The Art of Photography," Valid World Hall Gallery, Barcelona, Spain. Juror: Zsolt Bátori View Online.

• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Patterns & Shadows 2019," New York Center for Photographic Art. Juror: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography. Honorable Mention
  
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Forward the Tradition," PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Juror: Zsolt Bátori View Online.
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Forgotten," Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. Juror: Jeff Rich 
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Trees," L.A. Photo Curator. Juror: Dulce Stein, awarded Best Series. View Online Exhibition.
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "In Statu Nascendi," PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Juried with the Faculty of Art and Creative Industries of the Budapest Metropolitan University. View Online.
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "portal," A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas. Juror: Ann Jastrab. View Online.
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Water 2019, Online Gallery," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Elizabeth Avedon
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "The Window," N.Y. Photo Curator. Juror: Deb Schwedhelm. Honorable Mention. View Online Exhibition.
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Momentum 2019," New York Center for Photographic Art. Juror: Debra Klomp Ching of Klompching Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Juror's Selection and Honorable Mention recognitions. 
• 2019 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2019 Members' Juried Exhibition," Carmel, CA. Jurors: Connie and Jerry Rosenthal of Rfotofolio. 

• 2018 - Juried Exhibition,"Center for Photographic Art, 2018 International Juried Exhibition, Online Gallery" Carmel, CA. Juror: Eve Schillo, Assistant Curator of Photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
• 2018 - Juried Exhibition, "Celebrating Women, Online Gallery," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Joyce Tenneson
• 2018 - Invitational Group Exhibition, "Fire and Water" at The Weston Gallery, Carmel, CA.

• 2017 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2017 International Juried Exhibition, Online Gallery" Carmel, CA. Juror: Philip Brookman, Consulting Curator, Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• 2017 - Juried Exhibition, The Weston Collective Online Photography Competition, Honorable Mention
• 2017 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2017 Members' Juried Exhibition," Carmel, CA. Jurors: Elizabeth Corden and Jan Potts of Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco. 
• 2017 - Invitational Group Exhibition, "The Elementalists," Three-artist exhibition with William Giles and Carol Henry at Carmel Visual Arts, Carmel, CA.
• 2017 - Juried Exhibition, "The Color of Light, Online Gallery," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Arthur Meyerson
• 2017 - Juried Exhibition, "The Photographic Nude 2017," LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR. Juror: Kim Weston View Online Gallery

• 2016 - Juried Exhibition, "Night Photography: Dusk to Dawn, Online Gallery," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Lance Keimig
• 2016 - Group Exhibition. "Polished: Mirrored Photography," a FotoSága Women's Photography Exhibit at Marjorie Evans Gallery, Carmel, CA.
• 2016 - Juried Exhibition, "Energy & Stillness: A National Abstract Exhibit," Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA. Juror: John Maxon
• 2016 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2016 Members' Juried Exhibition," Carmel, CA. Juror: Heather Snider
• 2016 - Juried Exhibition, "New Wave, An Aquatic Exhibition," sponsored by the Arts Council for Monterey County. At The Press Club, Seaside, CA. Jurors: Chris Winfield, Karen Crews Hendon, Mel Barrett View Online Gallery

• 2015 - Juried Exhibition, "Center for Photographic Art, 2015 International Juried Exhibition", Carmel, CA. Juror: Robert Hirsch
• 2015 - Juried Exhibition, "Grotteschi: Exploring Hieronymous Bosch" International Juried Exhibition, Carmel Visual Arts, Carmel, CA. Jurors: Ted Orland and Carol Henry (Images also selected for the exhibit catalog cover and promotional materials.