Olga Merrill
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 “Maine by My Eyes”, Picker Room Gallery, Public Camden Library, Camden, ME, USA.
2022 “Enigma” Griffin Museim of Photography, Winchester, MA, USA
2022 “Mystic Vision”, Sweethaven Gallery, Newburyport, MA.,USA
2021 “Mystic Lands and Seas”, Lofts Gallery, Portland, ME, USA
2020 “Beyond the Edges”, Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME, USA
2019 “Spirits and Secrets”, Green Lion Gallery, Bath, ME, USA
Group Exhibitions (Selected):
2022 “Vantage Point/ The view from here” Lafayette City Center Passageway,
Griffin Museum of Photography, curated by Crista Dix,
2022 “Celebrating 50 Years of Fine Art and Craft” Thos. Moser,Freeport, Maine, USA,
2022 “Color Theory” Lafayette City Center Passageway, Griffin Museum of
Photography, curated by Crista Dix, March 18 – June 13, 2022
2022 “Abstract Mind” CICA Museum, South Korea.
2021 Winter Solstice 2021 Members’ Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA, USA
2021 LACP’s Sixth Annual “The Creative Portrait”, LACP, LA,Juror Aline Smithson
2021 “Our Maine” group exhibition, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, Maine
2021 Group Show, Gallery “Victoria”, Samara, Russia. August.
2021 “The Art of Light and Water in Maine”, Thos. Moser, Freeport, Maine, USA,
2021 “The Permanent Photography Collection: Recent Acquisitions in the
Stephen K.Halpert Photography Collection at UNE”, UNE Art Gallery,
2021 Group exhibition “Word Wide”, Cove Street Arts, Portland, Maine, curated by Bruce Brown
2021 27th Griffin’s Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Juror Arnika Dawkins.
2021 Group exhibition “Splash”, Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center,
Boston, MA, curated by Paula Tognarelli.
2021 7th Annual Group Show, Davis Orton Gallery, NYC. Juror: Paula Tognarelli
Executive Director & Curator: Griffin Museum of Photography
2021 “2020 Top 40 Images Submitted to L.A. Photo Curator & N.Y. Photo Curator Exhibition”
by Laurie Freitag Founder/Director L.A. Photo Curator & N.Y. Photo
2020 International Juried exhibit ” Black and White 2020″, Juror Dan Burkholder, NYC4PA,USA
2020 Winter Solstice 2020 Members’ Exhibition , Griffin Museum of Photography, MA, USA.
2020 International Juried Exhibit “APERTURES 2020”, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, MA. USA.
2020 CPA International Juried Exhibition,CA, USA.Nov.14-Dec.20,2020 Juror Aline Smithson.
2020 International photography exhibition “Dis/harmony”, Juror Zsolt Bátori, PH21, Hungary.
2020 “Our Maine” featuring 5 Maine photographers, Archipelago, Rockland, ME. USA.
2020 Portraits 2020 with Juror Paula Tognarelli. The Center for Fine Art Photography, CO, USA.
2020 “Portland 2020”, an Open juried photography show curated by Bruce Brown. Cove Street Arts, ME, USA.
2019 Winter Solstice 2019 Members’ Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, USA.
2019 15th Annual National Photography Competition Exhibition, Foto- Foto
Gallery, Huntington, NY. Juror: Dan Burkholder.
2019 Rockport Art Association & Museum National Juried Exhibition 2019,
Jurors : Tom Hughes and Jo Ann Rothschild
2019 “Primary Source “, Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center,
Boston, MA, curated by Paula Tognarelli.
2019 International photography exhibition “Scapes”, Juror Zsolt Bátori,
PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary,
2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Exhibition, Silver Award. Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon,
Ann Jastrab, Julie Grahame, David Garnick. Bokeh Bokeh Photo/ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2019 2nd Chania International Photo Festival, Chania, Greece.
2019 28th annual Maine Open Juried Art Show (MOJAS), Second Place,
Photography category, Common Street Arts Gallery, ME.USA
2019 International group exhibition Urban Lights curated by LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
2019 International Photography Exhibition SUBLIMATIONS Milan 2019″ Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milan, Italy
2019 International group exhibition “Moments of Color ” curated by Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece.
2019 Group Juried exhibition “IMMERSION”, Creative Portland Art Gallery, ME.USA.
2019 Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta, Malta International Photo Award 18,
2019 International photography exhibition “Urban”, Juror Zsolt Bátori,
PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2018 International Exhibition “Abstract” theme, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
2018 Maine Photography, BRAF Gallery in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, USA
Public Collection:
University of New England, ME, USA.
Awards :
2021 Honorable Mention TIFA 2020 Fine Art, Abstract.
2020 Honorable Mention BIFA 2020 Architecture, Cityscapes
2020 1st Place Winner, International Juried exhibit ”Black and White 2020″, Juror Dan Burkholder, NYC4PA, USA
2020 Honorable mention, CPA International Juried Exhibition,
Carmel, CA, USA. Nov. 14 – Dec. 20, 2020 Juror Aline Smithson.
2020 2nd Place, International Juried Exhibit “APERTURES 2020”,
2020 13th Annual International Color Awards, Nominee in Abstract, Fine Art Category. Amateur
2020 "Monochrome Photography Awards" International Black&White
Photography Contest, Honorable Mention in Amateur Nature Category
2019 Chromatic awards – Annual, International Color Photography Contest
Amateur Category, Honorable Mention (Cityscapes, Abstract)
2019 14th Pollux Awards, non-Professional section, Winner “Cityscapes” Category, Honorable Mention: ”Black
and White ”, “Abstract”, “Open Theme”. Jurors : Ken Light, Simon Bainbridge, Yoav Friedländer & Dana Stirling.
2019 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, non-Professional section, honorable mention,
categories: ”Black and White ”, “Fine Art ”, “Landscape and Seascapes”, “Nature”, “Open Theme”.
Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Rebecca Robertson, Analy Werbin.
2019 1st place winner,15th Annual National Photography Competition
Exhibition, Foto- Foto Gallery, Huntington, NY. Juror: Dan Burkholder
2019 Monovisions Photography Award, Honorable Mention – Fine Art.
2019 San Francisco Bay International Photography Competition, Silver Award
Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab, Julie Grahame, David Garnick
2019 1st Edition Umbra International Photograph Awards, 1st, 2nd place Fine Art Abstract Category,
3rd place Fine Art Digital Manipulation ( non professional )
2019 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers non professional section,
honorable mention category”Abstract”, honorable mention category “Cityscapes”.
2019 Featured on YourDailyPhotograph.com
2019 5th edition of FAPA – 2018/2019, Nominee in Cityscape category
2018 Malta International Photo Award 18, Top 15 winning the second overall prize, Abstract Category
2018 International Exhibition “Abstract theme “ Juror’s Choice Award,
Juror Ross Anderson, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
2018 4th edition of FAPA – 2017/2018, Nominee in Abstract category.
Public Project :
2020 “Public Health Project”, Portland, ME USA