Exhibitions

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2025​

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"Silence", Juried Theme Gallery First Place Winner - Arizona Photography Alliance online exhibition (https://azphotoalliance.org/silence-juried-theme-gallery-first-place-winner-dora-duan/) Feb, 2025

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Living Image 2024-2025 - The Halide Project featured artist, 2/15-3/31/2025 Philadelphia.

Annual juried exhibition of traditional/historic photographic processes. Juror: Adam Finkelston - Owner and publisher of The Hand Magazine. 

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Cyanotype Currents: Contemporary Abstractions in Cameraless Photography, The Griffin Museum of​ Photography Online Exhibition March 16 - April 30, 2025

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2024

 

Triton 2024 annual 2D art competition, group exhibition juried by Aly Gould, Executive Director of Pacific Art League in Palo Alto. "Away" was awarded 2nd place in the Photography category (https://www.tritonmuseum.org/salon-2024) 05/25/2024 - 09/08/2024

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The Living Image - 2023/2024, The Halide Project, Philadelphia. Juried by Ann Jastrab. March 2nd -April 14.

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Center for Photographic Art Members' 2024 Juried Exhibition, online gallery. Juror: Catherine Couturier, 4/20-6/2, 2024 (https://www.photography.org/events/2024-members-juried-exhibition-espfa)

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Solo exhibition: "Unsettled" March 27- May 1, 2024. Stan State University Art Gallery.

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17th International Color Awards winner with an honorable mention in the Fine art category.

 

A Smith Gallery, "Tree" online exhibition, juried by Wendi Schneider, 4/14-5/23, 2024 (https://asmithgallery.com/current-exhibition/)

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2023

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International Alternative Processes 2023 exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery New York, juried by Elizabeth Avedon, Nov. 15th - Dec. 2nd. 

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2023 CPA's 8x10 Fundraising Auction and Exhibition Sept 8 -Sept 28, 2023

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Art Fluent "INNER SENSE" online exhibition, 09/2023

https://art-fluent.com/gallery/inner-sense/

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Personal Territory: LACP Annual Members Exhibition: 09/14/23

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Members Exhibition 2023 at Pacific Art League:https://www.pacificartleague.org/members-exhibit2023 

May 5-May 23, 2023

668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301
 

Dallas Center for Photography’s exhibition "Hold Up Half the Sky", juried by Aline Smithson. 

Jun 10- July 1, 2023. 4756 Algiers, Dallas TX, 75207

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PhotoPlace - “Portrait Self and Others” gallery exhibition. Dec29 2022- Jan20, 2023, juried by Aline Smithson

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2022

PhotoPlace Gallery exhibition - "Dreams and Imaginings", April 28th- May 27th, 2022, juried by Susan Burnstine (https://photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/dreams-and-imaginings/gallery/exhibition-gallery)

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2021

Online Group exhibition - 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award - Fine Art/Single (https://www.thegalaawards.com/17th-jmca-non-pro-documentary-reportage-to-fine-art)

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Solo Exhibition at Triton Museum of Art, Sept. 18th - Jan 16th, 2022 (https://www.tritonmuseum.org/on-view)

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Online Group Exhibition - "Toy Stories” September 2021(https://www.analogforevermagazine.com/online-exhibitions/toy-stories-september-2021)

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2021 CPA Members’ Juried Exhibition Juror: Susan Burnstine, Merit Awards. (Apr. 10, 2021 - May 9 2021) (https://photography.org/event/2021-members-juried-exhibition/)

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A Smith Gallery “open theme | unbound”group exhibition, director's award. (July 31- August 28, 2021)

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The Image Flow's 5th Annual Alternative Process Photography Exhibition, juried by Niniane Kelley, Brian Taylor and Ed Carey. (Apr. 2021- May 2021)

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Analog Forever, Winner of "A Certain Kind of Blue", online exhibition, (Mar. 2021)

 

2020

 

PX3 PRIX Paris “State of The World” finalist (https://px3.fr/winners/curator/2020/1-91550-20/) online exhibition

IPA "Honorable Mention" (https://www.photoawards.com/winner/?compName=IPA+2020) online exhibition 

 

2019

 

A 2D Art Competition & Exhibition, Awarded “Best in Show” in Photography. Triton Museum of Art, Nov. 9th 2019 - Jan. 26th, 2020

 

22nd Annual APA SF “Something Personal” exhibition, 2nd place. (https://sf.apanational.org/events/entry/view-the-2019-apa-sf-something-personal-exhibition-online-gallery/)

 

“Unique: Alternative Processes 2019”, Nov. 8th, 2019 - Jan. 5th 2020. A Smith Gallery. 

 

“Color” Exhibition, SE Center for Photography, Aug. 2nd -31th, 2019. 

 

Spring Show 2019, Academy of Art University, 2225 Jerrold Avenue San Francisco, CA 94124. May-June 2019

 

3rd Place, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Photography Exhibition, March 2019

 

2018

 

PhotoPlace Gallery, “Fictional Narrative” Exhibition, 3 Park Street Middlebury, Vermont  05753 (Dec. 6th, 2018 - Jan. 5th, 2019, https://photoplacegallery.com/online-juried-shows/fictional-narrative/)

 

Blank Wall Gallery, “Conceptual” Exhibition, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, 11361 - Athens - Greece. (Nov. 16th - 28.)

 

Runner-up Creative Quarterly 53 (January 2019, as well as online gallery January 2019: https://cqjournal.com/gallery/53/duan-dora-0491)

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“Across the Bridge”, 668 Sutter St. San Francisco, Aug. 9th - 30th, 2018

 

“Memory of Place”, SE Center for Photography, July 6th - 28th, 2018

 

2018 Spring Show, Academy of Art University, 2225 Jerrold Avenue San Francisco, CA 94124. May-June 2018

 

Black Box Gallery. 811 East Burnside St. #212 Portland, Oregon 97214, Mar. 1-20.

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2017

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Honorable Mention, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Photography Exhibition, Nov. 3-23

Spring Show 2017, Director’s Choice. Atelier Gallery, Academy of Art University.

79 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105. June-Sep 2017

 

Blank Wall Gallery, Fine Art Exhibition, 55 Fokionos Negri Street, 11361 - Athens - Greece. 26 May – 8 June 2017

 

Spring Show 2017. Director’s Choice, Academy of Art University, 2225 Jerrold Avenue San Francisco, CA 94124. May-June 2017

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Awards

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2023

16th Annual International Color Awards: Nominee in Fine Art | "Winter Dance" and "Seen"

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The 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers with "Honorable Mention" in Fine Art category.

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2022

APA Something Personal awards 2022 Top 100, two entries were selected

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15th Annual International Color Awards: Nominee in Fine Art | Confused

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Creative Quarterly 2021, 100 Best Annual Award in Photography Category, "Not There" also was selected for the top 100 cover.

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2021 "Off The Clock" Award Winner(APA LA) 

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"Artist of The Month" February 2021 (https://www.artjobs.com/op/artists/unite-states/43302/dora-duan)

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7th Fine Art Photography Awards, Professional category, Conceptual Nominee, (https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2020-2021/professional/conceptual/hm/13656)

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14th International Color Awards Nominee, "Gaze" in Fine Art category.

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2020

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APA National Awards winner, Conceptual/Altered 3rd place (https://apanational.org/awards/gallery/2020-apa-awards-gallery/all/) 

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9th Annual APA LA “Off The Clock” award winner.

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Minimalist Photography Awards 2019, Conceptual Category, “Memories” was selected as honorable mention. 

Fine Art Photo Awards Nominee, 5th FAPA, London, Fine Art Professional in Conceptual category (https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2018-2019/professional/conceptual/hm/8242)

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2018

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Fine Art Photo Awards Nominee, 4th FAPA, London, Fine Art Professional in Fine Art category (https://fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gallery/fapa-2017-2018/professional/fine-art/hm/5587)