Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Solo Exhibition “Spirits and Secrets”, Postponed until April 2021, Lofts Gallery, Portland, Maine
2019 Solo Exhibition “Spirits and Secrets” 21 June -14 July, Green Lion Gallery, Bath. Maine
Group Exhibitions:
2020 “Our Maine” Group exhibition featuring 5 Maine photographers, Archipelago, Rockland, Maine. June, 24 – August 2
2020 Art2020, 25th Annual Maine Juried Open Show, with Juror Erin Hutton, Harlow Gallery, Maine, USA. June
2020 Portraits 2020 with Juror Paula Tognarelli. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
May 13, 2020 – June 13, 2020
2020 Lenscratch exhibition “The 2020 Self-Quarantining Exhibitio”, by Aline Smithson, April 1
2020 Topsham Public Library, Maine “Maine Bicentennial Exhibit”, March 1 – March 26
2020 MMPA: Celebrating 10 Years and 100 Maine Photo Collectors. MMPA Gallery,
5th Floor of Glickman Library, Portland, Maine. February 13th to May 16th
2020 “Portland 2020”, an Open juried photography show curated by Bruce Brown, Cove Street Arts, Portland Maine.
6 February – 4 April , 2020.
2019 Group Exhibition “Six and Under” 13 December – 25 January, Green Lion Gallery, Bath. Maine.
2019 Annual Photo A Go-Go photo show and community auction, The Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, ME, USA
December 13, 2019.
2019 Winter Solstice 2019 Members’ Exhibition , Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA December 10 – January 3, 2020.
2019 15th Annual National Photography Competition Exhibition, Foto- Foto Gallery, Huntington, NY. Juror: Dan Burkholder. November 30, 2019 – January 4, 2020
2019 Rockport Art Association & Museum National Juried Exhibition 2019, November 23, 2019 – January 1, 2020. Jurors : Tom Hughes and Jo Ann Rothschild
2019 “Primary Source “, Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA, curated by Paula Tognarelli
October 20, 2019 – May 31, 2020
2019 International photography exhibition “Scapes”, Juror Zsolt Bátori, PH21 Contemporary Photography Gallery,
Budapest, Hungary, September 26 – October 19
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. 4 – 28 September
2019 2nd Chania International Photo Festival, Chania, Greece, 16 – 24 August
2019 28th annual Maine Open Juried Art Show (MOJAS), Second Place, Photography category
Common Street Arts Gallery, Waterville , Maine, USA, August 12 – September 7
2019 “Maine Viewpoints: Contemporary Photography and Painting”. Thos. Moser, Freeport, Maine USA.
27 June – 31 December
2019 International group exhibition Urban Lights curated by LoosenArt, Rome, Italy
26th June – 4th July
2019 International Photography Exhibition SUBLIMATIONS Milan 2019″ 6th- 9th June, 2019
Fondazione Luciana Matalon , Milan , Italy
2019 International group exhibition “Moments of Color ” curated by Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece, June 7 – 19
2019 Group Juried exhibition “IMMERSION”, Creative Portland Art Gallery ( 25 April – October 2019)
2019 Malta Postal Museum in Valletta, Malta, Malta International Photo Award 18, February 16 – March 16th.
2019 International photography exhibition “Urban”, Juror Zsolt Bátori, February 14 – March 9th.
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
Awards and Recognition:
2021 Bronze, MIFA 2021 Architecture-Industrial
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
categories: ”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.
2018 Maine Photography Show, Finalist, Juror Peter Ralston, Maine, USA
Juror:
YGrand – International Competition “Self-Isolation 2020”
“2020 VISION: PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE” Creative Portland Art Gallery, July 1, 2020 – April 15, 2021
Olga Merrill 