CURRICULUM VITAE
DEB SCHWEDHELM, born 1969, Detroit, MI
Accolades
HONORABLE MENTION, Slow Exposures, Zebulon, Georgia, 2019
SECOND PLACE, World Photography Network, Richmond, TX, 2016
HONORABLE MENTION, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, 2016
SECOND PLACE, LA Photo Curator, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
FIRST PLACE, Regional Photo Festival, Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, 2016
THIRD PLACE, 28th Annual Members’ Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, 2015
2015 COLLECTORS' PRINT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT, Texas Photographic Society
HONORABLE MENTION, The Visual Narrative, MPLS Photo Center, 2014
HONORABLE MENTION, Portraits 2014, The Center for Fine Art Photography
JUROR'S AWARD, July, A. Smith Gallery, 2013
FIRST PRIZE, PhotoNOLA Review, 2013
TOP 50, Critical Mass 2013
HONORABLE MENTION, Center Forward 2013, The Center for Fine Art Photography
HONORABLE MENTION, Faces, A. Smith Gallery, 2013
JUROR'S AWARD, July, A. Smith Gallery, 2013
SELECTED FOR PERMANENT COLLECTION, The Center for Fine Art Photography (x2), Fort Collins, CO, 2013
SECOND PLACE, Home: Where We Live, MPLS Photo Center, 2013
HONORABLE MENTION, Picture This: What We Photograph, MPLS Photo Center, 2013
HONORABLE MENTION, Outside, Sante Fe Photographic Workshops, 2012
SECOND PLACE, Enchantment, Plates to Pixels, 2012
THIRD PRIZE, Perfect Exposures, The Perfect Exposures Gallery, 2012
JUROR'S AWARD, Play, A. Smith Gallery, 2012
HONORABLE MENTION, Play, A. Smith Gallery, 2012
DIRECTOR'S AWARD, Portraits, The Center for Fine Art Photography, 2012
HONORABLE MENTION, Portraits, The Center for Fine Art Photography, 2011
HONORABLE MENTION, Summer, Santa Fe Photographic Workshop, 2011
Exhibitions
Borrowed Time, Slow Exposures PopUp Exhibition, curated by John Bennette, September 2019
The Becoming + From the Sea, Under the Flower Moon Outdoor Installation, May 2019
From the Sea, Vermont Center for Photography, Brattleboro, Vermont, October 2017
From the Sea & Home Away, RED Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany, July 2016
From the Sea, Smith & Lens Gallery, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, February 2016
From the Sea, Baum Gallery, Conway, Arkansas, January 2014
From the Sea, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia, September 2013
Online Featured Artist Exhibition, Verve Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2013
From the Sea, New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2013
Juried Exhibitions
2021
Tenth Anniversary Exhibition: Southern Landscapes, South [x] Southeast Gallery, Juror: Nancy McCrary
2020
Phillips Mill 27th Photographic Exhibition (two selected), Phillips Mill, Juror: Emmet Gowin
Unbound 9!, Candela Gallery, Juror: Gordon Stettinus
2019
Celebrating Photography of the Rural South, Slow Exposures, Jurors: Alyssa Coppelman and Gordon Stettinius
Personal Narrative (two selected)), PhotoPlace Gallery, Juror: Ralph Hassenpflug
Diffusion X, One Twelve, Jurors: Blue Mitchell
Life of Water, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Jennifer Shaw
2018
ImageNation Paris, International Photo Expo, Curator: Martin Vegas
31st Annual Member's’ Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, Juror: Roy Flukinger
Black and White 2018, PhotoPlace Gallery, Juror: Sandrine Hermand-Grisel
2017
Water 2017, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Jennifer Murray
Portraits, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
She, A Smith Gallery, Juror: Kat Kiernan
Home Exhibition, Float Magazine, Juror: Dana Stirling
Black + White 2017, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Ann M. Jastrab
Don't Take Pictures, Juror: Kat Kiernan
2016
Portal, SE Center for Photography, Juror: Lori Vrba
Wonders of Water, World Photography Network
29th Annual Members' Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, Juror: Reid Callanan
4th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Curator: Julio Hardy
Fishing for Iconography 2 (two selected), A Smith Gallery, Juror: Amanda Smith & Kevin Tully
Black + White 2016, Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Rodney Smith
Childhood, A Smith Gallery, Juror: Tom Chambers
2016 Open Juried Exhibition, Vermont Center for Photography, Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Intimate Alchemy, Plates-to_Pixel, Juror: Blue Mitchel
Black and White: 2016, Black Box Gallery, Juror: Todd Johnson
Storytelling, LA Photo Curator, Juror: Carolyn Hampton
2015
Stories & Secrets, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Emma Powell
Simply (two selected), The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: David Carol
28th Annual Members’ Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, Juror: Keith Carter
Black & White, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Tillman Crane
Streit House Space, Summer 2015
Focal Point Q 2.15, Crusade for Art, Juror: Jennifer Schwartz
Water, A Smith Gallery, Juror: S Gayle Stevens
The Big Picture Colorado, Mr. Pool, Juror: Mark Sink
The Portrait (two selected), Blackbox Gallery, Juror: Amy Arbus
Blue (two selected), A Smith Gallery, Juror: Arthur Meyerson
2014
The Visual Narrative, MPLS Photo Center, Juror: Susan Burnstine
Black and White, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Karen E. Haas
Portfolio Showcase Volume 7, The Center for Fine Art Photography
Portraits 2014, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Amy Arbus
2013
Shadows, A Smith Gallery, Juror: Tam Bone
Curiouser and Curiouser, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Blue Mitchel
Center Forward 2013, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow
Water!, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Wally Mason
Faces, A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Craig Barber
July (three selected), A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Christy Karpinski
Open Water, Kiernan Gallery, Juror: Jennifer Schwartz
Home: Where We Live, MPLS Photo Center, Juror: David Fraher
TPS 22: The International Competition, One year TX galleries tour, Juror: Blue Mitchel
International Portrait Exhibition, 12 12 Gallery, Juror: Stephen Perloff
The Magic of Light, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Aline Smithson
Picture This: What We Photograph (two selected), MPLS Photo Center, Juror: Cig Harvey
2012
Outside, Sante Fe Photographic Workshops, Jurors: Amy Silverman, Debra Klomp Ching, Darren Ching, Eddie Soloway and Reid Challanan
Enchantment (three selected), Plates to Pixels, Juror: Blue MItchell
The Unreal (two selected), The Kiernan Gallery, Juror: Ken Rosenthal
New Images, Gallery Photographica, Juror: Rose Morasco
Spooky Show IV, Lightbox Photographic, Juror: Russell Joslin
Center Forward, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Ann Jastrab
Perfect Exposures, The Perfect Exposures Gallery
Portraits, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Jurors: Aline Smithson, Amber Terranova, Andrew Smith and Reid Callanan
Play (five selected), A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Angela Bacon Kidwell
Photoplace Open, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Kyohei Abe
In Your Dreams, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: Susan Burnstine
Family Dynamics, The Kiernan Gallery, Juror: Henry Horenstein
The Four Seasons, Photoplace Gallery, Juror: David Middleton
Members Only Show, Texas Photographic Society, Juror: Henry Horenstein
Portraits (two selected), The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Anna Walker Skillman
2011
Dreams, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Aline Smithson
Summer, Santa Fe Photographic Workshop
Summer Photo Show 2011 (two selected), The Lunchbox Gallery
Texas Photographic Society 20: The International Competition, A. Smith Gallery, Juror: Arno Rafael Minkinen
America (two selected), A. Smith Gallery, Juror: D. Clarke Evans
Black and White, The Vermont Photography Workplace, Juror: Dan Burkholder
Black and White (two selected), The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Catherine Edelman
Home Is Where the Camera Is (two selected), The Vermont Photography Workplace, Juror: Julie Blackmon
2010
Wide Awake Dreaming, The Vermont Photography Workplace, Juror: Russel Joslin
Photos with Words, The Vermont Photography Workplace, Juror: Liz Lee
Texas Photographic Society 24th Annual Members' Only Show, Martin Museum, Jurors: Dr. Clark Baker, Susan Mullally & Susan Dunkerley Maguire
Nostalgia, Vermont Photography Workplace, Juror: Larissa Leclair
Uncommon Portraits, Vermont Photography Workplace, Juror: Cig Harvey
Childhood: An International Exhibition
Texas Photographic Society, Juror: Jaimie Lee Curtis
2009
Portraits (three selected), The Center For Fine Art Photography, Juror: Mary Ellen Mark
International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Juror: Andy Adams
Show Off: The JDPW Annual Alumni Exhibit, Julia Dean Gallery
Hot New Pics (two selected), Center Gallery
The Art of Photography Show, Lyceum Theatre, Juror: Charlotte Cotton
Teaching + Speaking Engagements
Deb Schwedhelm Photography Retreats and Mentoring, 2013 - Present
Illuminate Classes Online Teacher [Project Development & Fine Art and Embracing Your Inner Artist], 2016 - Present
The Wondering Light Instructor, Goa, India, 2019
Photostock Festival Presenter, 2018
Yeah Field Trip Presenter, 2016
Bloom Forum Online Teacher, 2013-2016
Wallflower Friends Retreat Teacher, 2010-2012
NAPCP Guest Speaker, 2011, Vail, CO
Books
WAAR JE OOK HEEN GAAT, 2016 (cover image)
WERKDRUCK, Gallerie Vevais, Germany, 2015 (available for purchase HERE)
Photographing Your Children: A Handbook of Style and Instruction, 2013
365 Gratefuls, 2012 (numerous pages)
Lensbaby: Bending Your Perspective, 2nd ed., 2012 (numerous pages)
Publications & Press
aint-bad No. 15: An Independent Publisher of Contemporary Art, Jurors: Oriana Koren and Danielle Scruggs, March 2021
Avanti Press Greeting Card, 2019
SHOTS, Issue 141/Home, Fall 2018
The Photographer’s Revolution Podcast #6, June 2018
Photo.com, Feature, October 2017
Dodho Magazine, May 2017
Mozi Magazine, Travel Issue, November 2016
SHOTS, Issue 132, June 2016
SHOTS, Issue 131, March 2016
Musea Podcast Interview #83, November 2015
CNN Feature, September 2015
The Ones We Love, August 2015
Feature Shoot, June 2015
Lensculture, Feature, May 2015
Lenscratch, 2014
photofocus, Photographer of the Week, November 2013
Gente Di Fotografia, Numero 56, August 2013
Rangerfinder, July 2013
Babiekins Magazine, July 2013
Click Magazine, May 2013
athenna, Black and White Children Photography Feature, May 2013
PDN: Emerging Photographer, April 2013
One, One Thousand 2 Year Anniversary (Juror: Maggie Kennedy, one of four portfolios selected), January 2013
SHOTS Portfolio Issue, Winter 2012
Babiekins Magazine, November 2012
F-stop Magazine, November 2012
Society Magazine, September 2012
Refresh Magazine, September 2012
Let the Kids, Feature, July 2012
Lensbaby Interview, July 2012
The Foundation for Tomorrow Media Kit, 2012
TGen Today, November 2011
Sunset Life, October-December 2011
Lensbaby Interview, September 2011
Military Spouse Media Kit, 2008
Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2007
Snap Magazine, June - August 2007
Military Spouse Magazine, April, May & June 2007