CV
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Exhibitions
2023 If Memory Was a Layer, Solo Sideshow, Fotonostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022 Barcelona Foto Biennale, Julia Margaret Cameron and Pollux Award Exhibition, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022 Arts Umbrella Splash auction, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2022 War and Peace, ArtDoc Photography Magazine, Online
2021-2022 6th Biennale of Fine Art and Documentary Photography, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 Arts Umbrella Splash auction, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2021 Dusk To Dawn, Don't Take Pictures, Online
2021 Melancholia, FotoNostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Arts Umbrella Splash Auction Exhibition, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2020 From A Seed.... World of Botanicals, New York Center of Photographic Arts, New York, US, Online
2020 Growth, Open WallsArles, British Journal of Photography & 1854 Media in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles,
Arles Contemporain Festival in place of Rencontres d’Arles (cancelled due to Covid), France
2020 The 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona,
2020 The 14th Pollux Awards, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona
2020 The Fence, Photoville/United Photo Industries, Exposure Festival, Calgary, Canada
2019 Portal, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, USA
2019 The 13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Foto Nostrum, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Abandoned Landscapes, The SE Center of Photography, Greenville, South Carolina
2019 Unfinished Business Art Show, Los Angeles, USA
2019 Altered Realities, curated by Brooke Shaden, Photoplace Gallery, Online
2018 Semi-Final Show, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Address Assembly Design Show, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Memories, Loosen Art at the Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2018 Altered Spaces – Interventions in Landscape, Fort Langley, Canada
2018 Landscape, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
2017 Sasquatch Photographers Appreciation Show, Glazers, Seattle, USA
2017 Canada 150, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Griffin Summer Passion, Griffin Museum, Online
Podcast, Publications, Press and Exhibition Catalogues
2022 New Visionary Art Magazine Issue 3
2022 Talking Pictures, Alasdair Foster
2022 Shira Gold, Vancouver's Most Visionary Photographer, Park Magazine NY
2022 Vancouver' s "Mothpocalypse" Highlights the Fragility of Our Planet, Feature Shoot, Ellyn Kail
2021 Best Modern Photographers of December 2021, All About Photo.com, Sandrine Hermand - Grisel
2021 In Living Colour: Shots From All About Photos Latest Competition,
The Times (UK) November 11, 2021
2021 Colour Makes a Fantastic Splash at AAP Magazine #21, Sandrine Hermand - Grisel
2021 BBA Gallery, Pick of the Day Outstanding Submission, Eyes Are Dim, Berlin, August 2021
2021 Meet Shira Gold, Fine Art Photographer, Shoutout SoCal Magazine, USA
2021 Splash, Arts Umbrella, Pendulum Gallery, Canada (Exhibition Catalogue) ISSN- 2561 - 3952
2021 Melancholia, FotoNostrum Gallery, Spain (Exhibition Catalogue)
2020 Something has to Change: Portraits of growth from OpenWalls Arles 2020, 1854 Media, British Journal of Photography
2020 North by Northwest with Sheryl Mackay, CBC Radio, Podcast
2020 The Fine Art of Letting Go, feature, Dodho Magazine, digital
2020 Shira Gold Ultimate Contradictions, Beauty and Grief in the Personal and Collective Spheres feature, Foto Nostrum Magazine #2
2020 Photography As Therapy, feature, Galleries West Magazine, Peppa Martin
2020 Shira Gold, Online Artist Talk, Exposure Photo Festival/United Photo Industries, The Fence
2020 Shira Gold Inspiracie: Przyroda/Kraiobraz,Szeroki Kadr by Nikon
2020 Shira Gold, Landscape Portraits: An Intimate Journey Through Grief, Rediscovery and Change, The Female Curators
2020 Finding Her Breath, cover feature, PhotoEd Magazine issue #58, Peppa Martin
2019 Shock, L'ingresso new mondo del dolourdi Shira Gold, feature, Frizzi Frizzi Magazine, Guilia Ficicchia
2019 The Click podcast episode 7 , The Intersection of Photography, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Peppa Martin,
2019 Ruby Slippers and Retrotopia: Lensculture Winners,, The Guardian, United Kingdom, Mee - Lai Stone,
2019 Abandoned Landscape, Southeast Centre for Photography (Exhibition Catalogue) , Greenville, South Carolina
2019 Janet Smith, Collage, Clouds and contemplation meet at West of Main Art Walk, Georgia Straight, Canada
2019 Creating Pause and Reflection, feature, Jewish Independent, Canada, Cynthia Ramsay
2018 Memories , Loosenart (Exhibition Catalogue), Rome, Italy
2018 Landscapes, Blank Wall Gallery (Exhibition Catalogue) ISBN 978-1-38-837531-7, Athens, Rome
2018 Black, Artascent Magazine, Toronto, Canada
2014-18 Sasquatch! Music Festival online publications and website
1998 The Truth is Out There, The Peak Magazine, Singapore
Awards
2023 Finalist, If Memory Was a Layer, FRESH 2023, Klompching Gallery
2022 Honourable Mention, By a Thread Professional (series), Fine Art, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, Bare Essentials, Professional (series), Pandemic/New Normal, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2022 Finalist, This Too Shall Pass, Object category, Carte Blanche, Lucie Foundation
2022 Nominee, Bare Essentials (series), Professional, Open Theme, Fine Art Photo Awards
2022 Nominee, By a Thread (series), Professional, Nature, Fine Art Photo Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See (single), Still Life, International Color Awards
2022 Honourable Mention, Bare Essentials (series), Fine Art, Annual Photo Awards
2021 Honourable Mention, Longing, Professional, Fine Art, Monochrome Awards
2021 Honourable Mention, So Far I Just Can't See (single image), Professional, Nature/Other, ND Awards
2021 Award of Merit, Eyes Are Dim, All About Photos.com Issue 21 Color
2021 2nd Place Winner, Eyes Are Dim, Untangled Tomorrow, This too Shall Pass (single image), Still Life, Pollux Awards
2021 Short List for Exhale, Night Life Collection, Life Framer
2020 Honourable Mention, The Fine Art of Letting Go (series),Professional, Fine Art, Still Life, International Photography Awards (IPA)
2020 Winner for Longtime Longing (single image), 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles, OpenWalls Arles, Arles Contemporain, Arles, France
2020 1st Place Winner, Free Hugs, From a Seed.... The World of Botanicals, New York Centre of Photographic Arts, New York, USA
2020 Nominee, The Fine Art of Letting Go (series), Professional, Fine Art Photography, Fine Art Photo Awards
2020 Honourable Mention, The Fine Art of Letting Go (series), Fine Art, 14th Pollux Awards, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Honourable Mention for Shock (series), Fine Art, 14th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Honourable Mention, Shock (series), Nature, Trees, International Photography Awards (IPA)
2019 Finalist, Shock (series), Art Photography Awards, Lensculture, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 Honourable Mention, Reflect, Transform, Become, Women Seen by Women, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Barcelona, Spain
2019 Nominee for Isolation (series), Nature, FAPA - Fine Art Photography Awards
2018 Vancouver Semi-Finalist for Exhale, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Gallery Jones, Vancouver, Canada
2017 Distinguished Artist, ArtAscent Magazine, Toronto, Canada
2016 Honourable Mention, Reflect, Transform, Become, Family of Man, International Photography Awards (IPA)
Art Donations
2023 (October) Arts Umbrella, Splash art auction, Vancouver, BC
2022 Arts Umbrella, Splash art auction, Shedding Light, Vancouver, BC
2022 BC Women's Women's Foundation, Changemakers Market, Vancouver, BC
2022 WAVAW, Sold auction, Easy Does It, Vancouver, BC
2021 Vancouver Police Foundation, Out of Reach, Vancouver, BC
2021 Arts Umbrella, Splash art auction, Current Fixation, Vancouver, BC
2020 Arts Umbrella, Splash , Unravel and Drift, Vancouver, BC
2020 Dream Gala, JDRF, Underneath it All, Seattle, USA
2018 Art of the Steal, Artists For Progress auction, Seattle, USA
2018 Music - Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery Auction for Festival Harikud, Vancouver, BC
2014 Westside Family Place, Vancouver, Canada
2014 Artists for Education, Vancouver, Canada
Commissions
2020 Cut From The Same, Two Pieces of Cloth, Cover art, Vancouver, Canada
2018 Sway, Earls corporate collection, Earls Ambleside, West Vancouver, Canada
2018 Selected print works, Adam Zacks Productions, Sasquatch! Music Festival greenroom, Quincy USA