solo exhibitions

2018

If Only
Orange Coast College, Art Center, Costa Mesa, CA

2017

About Face
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by Peter Mays and the LAAA committee
 
2013

Passing / Outdoors with Jamie Burris
Pop-Up Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
Lucie Foundation sponsor of an Official MOPLA Exhibition

group exhibitions

2024

A Woman's Place
The Ebell of Los Angeles
Juried by Shana Nys Dambrot, Taylor Bythewood-Porter, and Amy Scott

2023

Photo Saint Germain
Alta Vista Arts, Paris, France

Las Fotos 5th Annual Silent Auction
Las Fotos Project, Los Angeles, CA

LA Center of Photography 8th Award Ceremony and Fundraiser
Los Angeles, CA

The Found Object - Juror’s Award recipient
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Juried by Jonathan Pavlica

2022

Still Life Photography
Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece

LA Center of Photography 7th Annual Fundraising Gala
W Hotel, West Hollywood, CA

Las Fotos 4th Annual Silent Auction
Las Fotos Project, Los Angeles, CA

Art and Nature ll, The Moment of the Creation
Museo de la Naturaleza de Cantabria, España
Guest Curator: Marisa Caichiolo
Curators: Gabriel Penedo Diego and Andrea Juan

The Still Life - Honorable Mention Award
Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Juried by Kimberly Witham

2021

Herstory: Through the Feminine Lens
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
Curated by Marisa Caichiolo

Center for Photographic Art Members’ 2021 Juried Exhibition
Center For Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Juried by Susan Burnstine

2020

Vienna Exchange / Vienna - cancelled
Gallerie Steiner, Vienna, Austria
Juried and Curated by Corrina Steiner, Gallerie Steiner

LACP Members Fundraising Exhibition
artsy.net (online exhibition)
To benefit Los Angeles Center of Photography (and artist choice: Feeding America)

Seclusion
Los Angeles Art Association (online exhibition)
Juried by the LAAA Exhibition Committee

Vienna Exchange / Los Angeles
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried and Curated by Corrina Steiner, Gallerie Steiner

LA Art Show
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by Marisa Caichiolo

2019

All Women Are Dangerous II
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
Curated by Marisa Caichiolo

2019 Open Show
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Ade Omotsho, Pérez Art Museum Miami

LA Artcore 3rd Annual Photographic Competition and Exhibition
LA Artcore Gallery at the Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Sarah Lee, Sarah Hadley and Aline Smithson

2018

24th Annual Juried Show
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Juried by Richard McCabe, Curator of Photographs at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art

2017

Winter Solstice 2017
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Member Show

Los Angeles Center of Photography 2nd Annual Gala and Print Auction
Culver Hotel, Culver City, CA

California Rising
Fabrik Gallery, Culver City, CA
Curated by Chris Davies, Fabrik Media

Second Annual Fine Art Exhibition
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by Crista Dix, Founder and Director of wall space gallery

2016

Mod Squad, ArtShare LA
Los Angeles, CA
Juried and Curated by ArtShare LA

All Women Are Dangerous
Building Bridges Art Exchange, Santa Monica, CA
An Official Month of Photography Los Angeles Exhibition
Curated by Marisa Caichiolo, BBAX, Chris Davies, Fabrik Media and co-Curated by Daniel Alfonso

Open Show 2016
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Jennifer Inacio, Perez Art Museum Miami

Personal Narrative
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Juried by Susan Burnstine

Color
Southeast Center for Photo Hudson, SC
Juried by Diana Bloomfield

Above the Street Auction
ArtShareLA, Los Angeles, CA
Invited by ArtShare LA

2nd Annual Group Show
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
Juried by Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator, Griffin Musuem of Photography

Countenance Divine
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Rick Royale, Royale Projects Contemporary Art

Los Angeles Art Association's Annual Benefit Auction
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by LAAA's Exhibition Committee

Your Daily Photograph
Pop Up Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Invited by Daniel Miller, Gallery DIrector/Owner Duncan Miller Gallery/Your Daily Photograph

Photo Independent 2016
Fabrik Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Faces in the Crowd
Art Share LA, Spring 2016 Season
Juried by Art Share LA panel

2015

FotoFever 2015
Fabrik Projects, Paris, France

Chestnut
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Walter Maciel, Walter Maciel Gallery

Family Matters
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Juried by Ann M. Jastrab

Los Angeles Art Association's 90th Anniversary Benefit Auction
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by LAAA's Exhibition Committee

VS.
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Los Angeles Art Association Board, Los Angeles, CA

Photo Independent 2015
SEEN Collective, Los Angeles, CA

Ode to the Motherlode
Good Eye Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA
Curated by Melinda Fay, Owner of Good Eye Gallery

CONTEXT 2015
Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
Juried by Michal Raz-Russo, Assistant Curator, Art Institute of Chicago

Photo LA 2015
VERGE / Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Photo LA 2015
Your Daily Photograph / Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Photo LA 2015
Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Los Angeles Art Association's 2014 Open Show
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MoCA

FotoFever 2014
VERGE / Duncan Miller Gallery, Paris, France

Verge Bergamot
Duncan Miller Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

Visual Mixtape
LACP, Los Angeles, CA

Open Show Los Angeles
Duncan Miller Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Presenter and Speaker

Los Angeles Center of Photography 1st Annual Gala and Print Auction
private home, Brentwood, CA

Los Angeles Art Association's 2014 Annual Benefit Auction
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by LAAA's Exhibition Committee

Verge 2014
Duncan Miller Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

LACP Grand Opening and First Members Show
Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Paul Kopeikin of Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Cultural Excavation
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Elizabeth James of Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA

All New Verge
Duncan Miller Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Photographs from Your Daily Photograph
Duncan Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Photo Independent 2014
VERGE / Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Open Show 2014
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Juried by LAMAG Board Members

FROM HER
Pico House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Curated by Khue Jacobs, El Pueblo Historical Monument

2013

Los Angeles Art Association's 2013 Open Show
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Jenny Gheith, Assistant Curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

FIGURES l CONTEXTS
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Juried by Cig Harvey

Street Shooting in Los Angeles and Around the World
Los Angeles Center for Photography, Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Art Association's 2013 Annual Benefit Auction
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by LAAA's Exhibition Committee

MOPLA Pin Up Show
Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Juried by Lucie Foundation

Gleaming Apollo
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Shula Nazarian of Shulamit Gallery, Venice, CA

Photo LA 2013
Emerging Focus: Top Ten Portfolios, Emerging Focus, Los Angeles, CA
chosen by Emerging Focus Committee

2012

Family Exhibition
Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI
Juried by Aline Smithson, Photographer, Founder and Editor, Lenscratch, Educator

Los Angeles Art Association's 2012 Open Show
Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Rebecca Morse, Associate Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art

The Next: Emerging LA Artists
The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Filter: Unfiltered Exhibition
Filter Photo Festival 2012, Maria’s Bar, Chicago, IL
Juried by Filter Photo Committee

PERCEPTIONS 2012: New Work From 10 Southern California Photographers
Julia Dean Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

books/publications

Paula Riff: works on paper
Photographs and Text by Paula Riff
Design and Production by Susan Swihart
Give ‘Em Hell Press  ©2021

Fisheye Photo Book Volume ll
Un An De Photos Sur fisheyemagazine.fr 2018

Family Matters
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Juried by Ann M. Jastrab

#photography
featured photographer - Issue #12 March 2015
Curated by Genea Bailey and Daisy Ware-Jarrett
http://issuu.com/hashtagphotography/docs/issue12

FIGURES l CONTEXTS
PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont
Juried by Cig Harvey

 

online exhibitions

Center for Photographic Art - 2019 International Featured Online Exhibition, November 2019
Curated by Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography

Your Daily Photograph - New Pictoralists, January 26, 2018
Curated by Art critic Shana Nys Dambrot and photographer Osceola Refetoff

Griffin’s 23rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Online Exhibition, July 8, 2017
Griffin Museum of Photography
Curated by Paula Tognarelli
griffinmuseum20th.com

Your Daily Photograph, July 27, 2016
Curated by Duncan Miller Gallery
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Your Daily Photograph, June 19, 2016
Curated by Duncan Miller Gallery
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Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography / New Directions
Newest member of online artists gallery and Featured Artist week of August 10, 2015
during this week, also artist takeover of the DCCP instagram account

Your Daily Photograph, September 20, 2014
Curated by Duncan Miller Gallery
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Your Daily Photograph, July 24, 2014
Curated by Duncan Miller Gallery
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Your Daily Photograph, June 22, 2014
Curated by Duncan Miller Gallery
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20th Annual Juried Exhibition, Virtual Gallery
Griffin Museum of Photography
Curated by Aline Smithson
griffinmuseum20th.com

Your Daily Photograph, April 11, 2014
Curated by Duncan Miller Gallery
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Your Daily Photograph, October 3, 2013
Curated by Shana Nys Dambrot
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Inclusion in LensCulture.com
www.lensculture.com/susan-swihart

Inclusion in Art Photo Index
www.artphotoindex.com/susanswihart

F Stop Magazine
group exhibition - Issue #53 Serial Photography, June/July 2012
www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/53/groupexhibition.html

F Stop Magazine
group exhibition - Issue #52 Open Theme, April/May 2012
www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/52/groupexhibition.html

F Stop Magazine
group exhibition - Issue #51 The Portrait, February/March 2012
www.fstopmagazine.com/pastissues/51/groupexhibition.html

 

recognitions

Honorable Mention: The Still Life
Praxis Gallery, 2021

Directors Choice: Color
Southeast Center for Photography, 2016

Finalist
Critical Mass, 2014

Exhibition Award
Open Show 2014, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

Finalist
Critical Mass, 2013

Emerging Focus: Top Ten Portfolios
Emerging Focus Exhibit Space at Photo LA, Los Angeles, CA