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