Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Bachelor of Science, 1990 Brown University, Providence, RI
Doctor of Medicine, 1994 Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI
Photography at Rhode Island School of Design (1990)
Fine art photography workshops/mentoring with Aline Smithson at the Los Angeles Center of Photography 2015-present
Portraiture classes with Ken Merfeld
Photography workshops with Cig Harvey, Frank Ockenfels, Julia Blackmon, Keith Carter, and Peter Hurley among others.
Awards:
12th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Honorable Mention in Portrait Category for series from Hair Stories, 2018
Silver Medal Award, San Francisco Bay International Photo Show, 2018
Honorable Mention, Portrait Category, Neutral Density Photography Awards 2017
Honorable Mention, Fine Art Category, Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016
Honorable Mention, Portrait Category, Neutral Density Photography Awards 2016
Honorable Mention, The Human Face, TeraBella Media 2016 World Photography Network
Honorable Mention, Red Competition, Nature Category, Prix De La Photographie Paris 2016
Honorable Mention, Portrait Category (Amateur) Monochrome Awards 2015
Merit Award Winner, Reflections, TeraBella Media 2015 World Photography Network
Honorable Mention, iShow, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI, August 2015
Juried Exhibitions/Shows/Presentations:
2020
Shutterbug Photography Exhibit, San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center, Tarzana, CA, 1/7/20-2/1/20 Juror: Nancy Kaye
2019
Who are you? Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO, November 29, 2019 – January 4, 2020 Juror: Roula Seikaly
Winter Solstice Show, The Griffin Museum Winchester, Massachusetts 12/10/19-1/3/20
Contemporary Portrait Photography,San Joaquin Delta College, November 21-December 13, 2019 Juror: Aline Smithson
LACP First Annual Photo Book Competition, Los Angeles, CA, September 2019 Jurors: Douglas Stockdale and Gerhard Clausing
Women’s Stories (Untold) Text and Image Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS, September 6-27, 2019, Jurors: Alexi Berry and Linda Robinson
In Your Mother Tongue: A Word and Image Dialogue, Griffin Museum of Photography (Lafayette City Center) Boston, MA. June 29-September 14, 2019, Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Aging as Art Photography Show, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA (July 2019) and Newport Beach Central Library, Newport, CA (August 2019) Jurors: Michele Cardon, Jacques Garnier, Laurel Hungerford, Laurie Mirman, and Barbara White
Radio Interview WNYC/NPR on the Brian Lehrer Show for Hair Stories, May 2019
Unapologetically Feminine: Beauty, Power, and Appearance in Science and Medicine, Panel Discussion co-hosted with Hilary Friedman, Brown University Office of Women in Medicine and Science, May 2019
6th Open Call for Contemporary Photography, RI Center for Photographic Arts, Juror: Aline Smithson
Startup Fair Los Angeles with the Los Angeles Center of Photography 2/15-2/17, The Kinney Venice Beach Hotel.
Exhibit at Photo LA at the Barker Hanger, Santa Monica, CA 1/31-2/3, Curated by Claudia James Bartlett
3rd Annual Photo Competition, LA ARTCORE, Los Angeles, CA Jurors: Sarah Lee, Sarah Hadley, Aline Smithson
Solo Show of Hair Stories at Brown University’s Warren Alpert Medical School Feb-May with Book Signing May 24, 2019
2018
The Creative Portrait, Los Angeles Center of Photography Dec-Feb 2019, Jurors: Nicholas & David Fahey
Artist Talk at Los Angeles Center of Photography, October 2018, Presented Generation 1.75
Punctum Exhibit, PH 21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Portraits Exhibition, The Griffin Museum of Photography (Lafayette City Center), Winchester, MA. Juror: Paula Tognerelli
Home Exhibition, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC, Juror: Aline Smithson
Portraits Exhibition, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror: Alyssa Coppelman
Open Show Pasadena/East LA, Armory Center for the Arts, March 8, 2018, Presented Hair Stories
Open Show LA at Fabriks Projects Gallery, February 7, 2018. Presented Hair Stories
2017
2017 Women's Group Photography Show, "A Room of One's Own", The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LACP Fourth Annual Members’ exhibition, dnj Gallery in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica CA, Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Portraiture: Mirror Mirror, Black Box Gallery, On-Line Annex Exhibition and printed catalogue, Juror: Amy Arbus
3rd Open Call Exhibition, Providence Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Photography Re-imagined VI: Visual Storytelling, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Juror; Cig Harvey
2016
Emotion, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Juror: Karen Divine
A Sense of Place, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Jane Fulton Alt Exhibiton and printed catalogue
Black and White 2016, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, Juror: Rodney Smith
Texas National 2016 Exhibition, SFA Art Galleries, Nacogdoches, TX, Juror: Abelardo Morell
Dreamlike Landscapes, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, Exhibition and exhibition catalogue
2015
Aesthetics, Black and White Photography, The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Black and White Photography Online Exhibit, Photography Center of Cape Cod,
Juror: Andy Howard
Splash, 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Your Move Dance Photography and Competition, Art House Productions Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, Finalist
Dualities, Mills Pond House Gallery, 34th Annual Juried Photography, St. James, NY, Jurors: Melanie and Michelle Craven
iShow, Van Vessem Gallery, Tiverton, RI, Honorable Mention
Mobile Magic XX, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR, Juror: Aline Smithson
Portraiture: Pictures in Photography, Black Box Gallery, On-line Annex Exhibition and printed catalog, Juror: Kelli Pennington
Street Photography Online Exhibit, Photography Center of Cape Cod Juror: Shiv Verma
Non-Juried Group Exhibits:
2018
It’s Personal: Photography from the Inside, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Fresh, 15 Personal Projects, Los Angeles Center of Photography, CA
2016
Mixed: Nine Photographic Visions, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Street Shooting in Los Angeles and Around the World, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Publications:
Marie Claire Italia, Feature on Hair Stories, September 2019
PhotoBook Journal, Review on Hair Stories, September 2019
F-Stop Magazine, Book Review on Hair Stories, July 2019
UCLA Health Online, for Pink Portrait Project June 2019
El Pais, Feature on Hair Stories, June 2019
Daily Beast, May 2019
Feature in birdinflight.com (May2019)
Feature on Speigel.de (May 2019)
Featured Interview Bontena.com (May 2019)
Amica.It. Hair Stories (26 Feb 2019)
Hair Stories published by Damiani Editore, (hardcover), Introduction by Emily Lambert-Clements. Essay by Esther R. Berry, Statement by Rohina Hoffman, Photographs Rohina Hoffman, with accompanying insert (March 2019)
Featured in Brown Medicine Fall 2018 for Hair Stories
Feature on Lenscratch for It’s Personal: Photography from the Inside Group Show September 2018
Shots Magazine, Issue No. 138, Winter 2018: Offerings
Feature on Edge of Humanity for Mothers and Daughters, December 15, 2017
The 2017 Photographic Conversations Exhibition, Lenscratch, September, 2017
Feature on Lenscratch for Hair Stories, August 31, 2017
Feature for Mothers and Daughters livrephotofr.com, April 2017
The 2016 Favorite Photographs Exhibition, Lenscratch, January
The 2016 Animals Among Us Exhibition, Lenscratch, November
The 2015 Masks Exhibition, Lenscratch, October
The 2015 Cell Phone Exhibition, Lenscratch, May
The 2015 Hair Exhibition, Lenscratch, April
The 2015 Signs of Spring Exhibition, Lenscratch, March
Memberships/Affiliations:
Los Angeles Center of Photography (Charter member), Los Angeles, CA
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
Center, Santa Fe, NM
West Valley YMCA Board Member, Reseda CA
Pink Portrait Project