About me
Bio
Noelle Swan Gilbert is a Los Angeles native who has been in love with photography since she inherited her father's Argus C3 35 mm camera at the age of 12. Capturing the world through its lens changed the way she saw life around her, and Noelle was rarely without a camera in those early years.
Noelle has exhibited her work in galleries across the country and internationally, and has been featured in numerous publications including F Stop Magazine, Fraction, Lenscratch, Lightleaks, The NY Times, and Blur Magazine. Noelle was nominated for the Santa Fe Prize in Photography in 2011 by Center and was a Critical Mass Finalist in 2010.
Noelle continues to live in Los Angeles and is still rarely without a camera.
Books:
American Life, Beijing High Noon Culture & Art Corp, 2012
Santa Monica, Crussel Fine Arts Book, 2010
I Spy With My Plastic Eye II, Exhibition Catalogue, 2010
Krappy Kamera XII Exhibition Catalogue, 2101
I Spy With My Plastic Eye, Exhibition Catalogue, 2009
Hi-Quality Lo-Fi Photography, Rayko Publication, 2009
Publications and Blogs:
Terra Bella Media, "The Family" Contest 2011, February 2011*
Lenscratch, January, 2011
Blur Photo Magazine, Issue 20
Fraction magazine, Issue 12
The Storialist, July 2010
Filmwasters, February 2010
Lenscratch, February 2010
Light Leaks Magazine, Issue 14
F-Stop Magazine, June 2009
NY Times, Polling Place Project: A Cititzens Journalism Intiative
Light Leaks Magazine, Issue 10
Solo Exhibihtions:
American Life, Lishui Photo Festival, Lishui, China, 2011
The Edge of Innocence, Deborah Martin Gallery, L.A., 2009
Blue Tub, Venice, California, 2006
Group Exhibitions:
2011
Wall Space Gallery, Multiple Expoures, Santa Barbara, CA
Picture Society Inaugural Show, Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Duncan Miller Projects, Summertime, Santa Monica, CA
Blur Photo 011, International Exhibition, Zagreb, Croatia
MOPLA @ 5th & Sunset, I Spy with My Plastic Eye II, Los Angeles, CA
Rayko Gallery, 4th Annual Juried Toy Camera Show, San Francisco, CA
2010
Rayko Gallery, (Por)trait Revealed, San Francisco, CA
MOPLA @ 5th and Sunset Studios, I Spy With My Plastic Eye Show, Los Angeles, CA
Wallspace Gallery, Collectible, Terra Firma, Seattle, WA
Rayko Gallery, 3rd Annual Juried Plastic Camera Show, San Francisco, CA *
Soho Photo Gallery, 12th Annual Juried Krappy Kamera Competition Exhibition, New York, NY
2009
Photomedia Center's Juried Holga 3 Show, Photomediacenter.org
A&I Photo Gallery, I Spy With My Plastic Eye Show, Los Angeles, CA
Save Our Cemeteries Juried Exhibition, Cemeteryscape, New Orleans, LA
A Million Little Pictures, Atlanta, GA & San Francisco, CA
Rayko Gallery, 2nd Annual Juried Plastic Camera Show, San Francisco, CA
2008
The New Orleans Photo Alliance Juried Exhibition, Toy Stories, New Orleans, LA
2007
The Julia Dean Gallery, 1st Annual "Show Off" Juried Competition Exhibition, Venice, CA
The Julia Dean Gallery, 4th Annual Alternative Photography Juried Competition Exhibition, Venice, CA
The University of Maine Museum Gallery of Art, Millions Taken Daily, Bangor, Maine
The Cotillion Gallery, Grand Group Opening, Los Angeles, CA
Upstream People Gallery 8th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition
Projeck30 Gallery
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Auctions and Print Sales:
Fraction Holiday Print Sale, 2011
Stivers School for The Arts, Dayton, Ohio, 2010
Fraction Holiday Print Sale 2010
Life Supprt Japan, 2010
Permanent Collections:
Blur Photo, Croatia
Honors
Santa Fe Prize in Photography, 2011, Nomination
Critical Mass Finalist, 2010
*Merit Winner, Terra Bella Media 2011, "The Family" Contest
Honorable Mention, Rayko Gallery, 3rd Annual Juried Plastic Camera Show *
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