I picked up a camera in July 2018, and haven’t put it down since. My work revolves around joy and finding poetry in the everyday.
I am inspired in part by Anthony Doerr’s “The Memory Wall,” where an old woman slipping into dementia chooses to have her memories extracted (via holes drilled in her brain!) and stored on retrievable cassettes. Photography is a far less dramatic (and decidedly less invasive) means of memory preservation.
I have lived in the Seattle-area for almost 40 years. My undergraduate degree is in Computer Studies from Northwestern University and I have a Masters in Business Administration from University of Washington.
I would like to thank Brett Erickson, Daniel Gregory and George Nobechi for their continued wisdom and support.
AWARDS
October, 2023, Director’s Award, Poetry of the Ordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury Vermont
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EXHIBITIONS
April 14-28, 2025, Finalist, NEW YORK ANNUAL Women Street Photographers Exhibition, El Barrio’s Artspace 109, New York City, New York
February 9-March 15, 2025, Featured Artist, Landscapes in Light, Domicile Gallery, Seattle, Washington
January 1-25, 2025, On-Line Annex Gallery, Street + Night + Architecture, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
December 6-27, 2024, Online Gallery, Poetry of the Ordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont. <link>
December 1-25, 2024, Exhibition Gallery, Color Photography: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
September 1-25, 2024, Exhibition Gallery, Shadow and Light, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
August 16-18, 2024, Kenmore Art Show, Arts of Kenmore, Kenmore, Washington. <link>
August, 2024, Exhibition Gallery, Summer, The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina. <link>
July, 2024, Exhibition Gallery, Color’24, The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina. <link>
June, 2024, Exhibition Gallery, Sense of Place, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont. <link>
May, 2024, Karuizawa FotoFest, Karuizawa, Japan. <link>
October, 2023, Exhibition Gallery and Online Gallery, Poetry of the Ordinary, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury Vermont.
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October, 2023, Online Gallery, Contemporary Landscape, The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina. <link>
August, 2023, Online Gallery, In Praise of Trees, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont <link>
May, 2023, Exhibition Gallery, Focus, Trees and Water, Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon
May, 2023, Exhibition Gallery, Color Exhibition, The SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina <link>
June, 2022, Honorable Mention, Urban, Suburban, Rural 2022, NYC4PA <link>
December, 2021 - January 2022, Exhibition Gallery, Vistas, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
April, 2021, Group Show, Louisville Photo Biennial, Asia Institute, Louisville, Kentucky
PUBLICATIONS
Kushins, Jordan. “Garden Getaways.” Better Homes and Gardens, Apr. 2024, p. 107 - Bellevue Botanical Garden
February 12, 2024, Fotonostrum Magazine, 22nd JMCA Special Issue; February 12, 2024; pp 254 & 271, Honorable Mention in 2 categories
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