Awards, Honors & Activities
2021
Circle of Protection, Bunnell Street Art Center, curator Asia Freeman, Homer Alaska
Drawdown Peatlands Exhibit Pratt Museum, Homer Alaska
Artist in Residency, Bunnell Street Art Center, Homer Alaska
Why We Won't Just Leave - what Alaska is telling us about Climate Change,
SPARC Gallery (Social and Public Art Resource Center), Venice CA, curator Lindsay Carron
From Fairbanks w/love, Lemonadester Mobile Art Gallery, 2019 Rasmuson Foundation Awardees
2020
Simply BIG 1970 - 2020, Large Artworks from the Alaska State Museum Collection
Extra Tough Women of the North, Anchorage Museum Rasmuson Center, curator Francesca Du Brock
2019
Activator, Artists Thrive platform - Emily Tremaine Foundation
Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Project Award
SEED Lab Artist (Solutions for Energy and Equity through Design), dates TBA
Bloomberg Philanthropies, Public Art Challenge
in partnership with the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, and City of Anchorage.
2018
Anchorage Museum Polar Lab Artist-in-Residency, dates TBA
Alaska State Parks, Kachemak Bay State Park, Artist-in-Residency
2017
Alaska State Council on the Arts Career Opportunity Grant
International Photography Awards (IPA), Honorable Mentions (five)
2016
Santa Fe Art Institute Artist-in-Residency Fellowship Award
US Fish and Wildlife Services, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Artist-in-Residency,
Henshaw Creek, Saaggedlekkaakk'et Culture and Science Camp, AK
2015
The Theo Westenberger Estate, Art and Activism, recognition award photo contest.
The Theo Westenberger Estate, Art and the Environment, recognition award photo contest.
US Fish and Wildlife Services, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Artist-in-Residence
2014
Elmer E. Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship Award
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency Fellowship Award
Creative Capital Professional Development Program for Artists,
Rasmuson Foundation & Alaska State Council on the Arts Scholarship
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve Artist-in-Residence Award
US Fish and Wildlife Services, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge Commission
Alaska State Council on the Arts & National Endowment for the Arts
Career Opportunity Grants (awarded 1996, 1999, 2004, 2012, 2014)
2008
Elmer E. Rasmuson Foundation - Project Grant Award
Prix de la Photographie Paris 3 - Honorable Mention
Rarefied Light, Alaska Photographic Center - David Hilliard Solo Exhibit Award 2008;
Best of Show 2002; Honorable Mentions 1995, 1999, 2000, 2008; accepted 2003, 2004
2007
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center - Solo Exhibit Award
2006
Masters of Color Photography, International Color Photography Awards - Nominee
2005
International Photography Awards (IPA) - Honorable Mention
Women in Photography International (WIPI) - Honorable Mention
2004
Alaska Photographic Center - Excellence in Fine Art Photography Alaska Award
2002
Alaska Juried Works on Paper, Bunnel Street Center for the Arts - Juror’s Choice
2000
15th Annual 64th Parallel Show, Civic Center Art Gallery - Second Place
1999 Patterns of Influence Show, Civic Center Gallery - Second Place, Honorable Mention 1998
1996
Santa Fe Photographic Workshop - Canon Scholarship Award for Emerging Professional Photographers
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 Body of Evidence Bunnell Street Arts Center, Homer AK
2010 Restorations Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK [catalogue]
2009 New Work The ANNEX Gallery and Art Space, Fairbanks AK
2008 Ghost Town Fourth of July David Hilliard Award, Alaska Pacific University AK
2005 New Transgressions Fine Arts Gallery Salve Regina University, Newport RI
2004 Recent Work International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK
2004 Recent Work Well St. Art Company, Fairbanks AK
2003 Absence of Dialogue Carr Gottstein Gallery, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK
2002 Recent Work Galeria El Encanto, San Jose del Cabo BCS, Mexico
1999 Past Transgressions Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks AK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Fairbanks Five, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK (curated by Graham Dane).
2016 De-colonizing Alaska Alaska Humanities Forum, Anchorage AK; Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK;
Bunnel Street Center for the Arts, Homer AK; Corcoran Gallery of Art & Design, WA/DC; Museum of the North, Fairbanks AK;
Valdez Museum & Historical Archive, Valdez AK. (curated by Asia Freeman [catalogue] ).
2015 LIVING ALASKA: A Decade of Collecting Contemporary Art for Alaska Museums.
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK; Museum of the North, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AK.
(curated by Sven Haakanson on behalf of the Rasmuson Foundation Art Acquisition Fund [book] )
2015 Arte por al Ambiente Grupo de Artevismo, Todos Santos BCS, Mexico.
2012 True North: contemporary art of the international circumpolar north,
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK (curated by Julie Decker [book] )
2009 49/50 Celebration of Alaska's 50 Years of Statehood, Kenai Visitor & Convention Center
SPILL 20th Anniversary of Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill, Bunnell Street Center for the Arts
Renew Museum of the North, Fairbanks AK
2008 Rarefied Light Alaska's premier statewide photography show, sponsored by the Alaska
Photographic Center (acceptances 2006, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1995).
DOLL International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK
Prix de la Photographie Paris 3 International on-line - Honorable Mention
Out of the Box Bunnel Street Center for the Arts, Homer AK
2007 BONES Well Street Art Company, curated Elizabeth Eero-Irving
Alaska Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities, center piece invitational
2006 Masters of Color Photography - International Color Photography Awards - Nominee
SKIN International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK
(curated by Julie Decker [catalogue] )
Rarefied Light Alaska's premier statewide photography show, sponsored by the Alaska
2005 International Photography Awards (IPA) - International on-line - Honorable Mention
Women in Photography International (WIPI) - Honorable Mention
New Directions, Lasting Legacy : Contemporary Art Collection, Anchorage Museum
of History and Art
Forces at Work ... art and spirituality, HERA Gallery, curator Cynthia Farnell, Wakefield RI.
2004 Patterns of Influence Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2003 Alaska Digital Print Exchange 2003 Portfolio - Collections: Alaska Museum of History
and Art; Juneau State Museum, AK
Double XX Alaskan Women Artists Exhibit, Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks AK
2002 Letters Home International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Anchorage AK
SoNot Anchorage II Carr Gottstein Gallery, Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage AK
Alaska Juried Works on Paper Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer AK (Juror’s Choice)
Digital Day in the Life of Well St. Art Company digital photography show, Fairbanks AK
2001 Blank Slate #3 “Bipolar International” simultaneous art show with live digital link Alaska
to MacMurdo Sound Base Camp, Antarctica. www.esteralaska.com
SoNot Anchorage Out North Contemporary Theatre Company, Anchorage AK
SoNot Tok the Alaska Arts and Humanities Forum, Tok AK
2000 9th Annual Images of the Virgin Exhibition International Galeria Tonantzin,
San Juan Bautista CA (Artweek, Dec. 2000)
Looking North Museum of the North permanent collection, Fairbanks AK
15th Annual 64th Parallel Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks AK (Second Place)
Alaska Positive Alaska State Museum, Juneau AK
Northwest Womens’ Exhibit Wiseman Gallery, Portland OR
RAW SoNot, Annex Gallery and Art Space, Fairbanks AK
1999 Patterns of Influence Civic Center Gallery, Fairbanks AK (Second Place,
Honorable Mention 1998) Fairbanks AK
1998 Altered Visions Polaroid Corp., Macri Gallery, Portland OR.
Public Collections
Alaska Contemporary Art Bank, Anchorage AK
Alaska Sate Museum, Juneau AK
Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, Anchorage AK
Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK
US Fish & Wildlife Service, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Fairbanks AK
National Park Service, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Bettles AK
Pratt Museum, Homer