Question 1

2024

Accepted Answer

Imagine Water
Photographs by Wayne Levin & Valerie Yong Ock Kim
Presented by The Lo`i Gallery
American Savings Bank, Honolulu, Hawai`i
*Show runs through May 2024*

“Travel Dream”
Presented by Focus PhotoLA
Exhibition at The Space at Icon, Los Angeles, California
"2023 Top 20 Finalists," Jurors: Valerie-Anne Giscard d’Estaing, Eve Schillo, Scarlet Cheng
Printed by The Icon L.A.

Question 2

2023

Accepted Answer

“Where is Now” 
Waimea Arts Council, PORTAL 2, Hawaii Island Arts Juried Exhibition

“Travel Dream”
Focus PhotoLA, Exhibition at Galerie XII, Bergamot Station 
One of 20 finalists, Jurors: Valerie-Anne Giscard d’Estaing, Eve Schillo, Scarlet Cheng
Printed by The Icon L.A.

Question 3

2022

Accepted Answer

First Place Award, "From Where Comes Joy"
"Jane Swimming Through Ice," "Learning to Cry, One Tear at a Time," Face-Mounted Acrylic Photographic Prints
"Brilliance of Now" Juried Exhibition Presented by Kalihu Exhibits, Kamuela, Hawai`i
Juror Mina Ellison, Curator, Donkey Mill Art Center

“Listening to Whale Songs,” 
“LC, The Story #22, Coming Through,” 
Liminal II, Verum Ultimum, 
Jennifer Cutshall, Curator, Online Exhibition

“From Where Comes Joy,” 
Art in the Time of Corona, Vol 3, Dap Art Curated Online Exhibition

“Sky Swimming” First Place, Narrative, 
“Chant, Stepping into Sacred,” 
“Listening to Whale Songs,” 
“Watching the Weather,” 
2nd Annual Statewide Juried Photography Exhibit, Hawai`i Island Art Alliance

“Sky Swimming” Focus Capture Inspire, 
Online Exhibition; Edward A Dixon Gallery, Dayton Ohio

Question 4

2020

Accepted Answer

"Full Moon," Scroll with Bamboo and Antique Silks, Poem, Archival Prints, "Curious," Video
"Kipaipai Fellows Curated Exhibition at Kahilu Galleries," Kamuela, Hawai`i
Juror Andi Campagnone, Curator, Lancaster Museum of Art and History

"Grandpa's Church," "Mom's Papaikou," Archival Prints
"Call+Response at Kahilu Exhibits," Kamuela, Hawai`i
Curated by Healani Johnson, Assistant Curator, Arts of Hawai‘i, Honolulu Museum of Art

Question 5

2019

Accepted Answer

From the Series Passing Notes, "Conversations," 15 Prints
Crafton Hills College, Solo Exhibit, Yucaipa, California
Curated by Snezana Petrovic, Art Dept Head, Crafton Hills College
 
"Scott Valley Pale Storm"
"Water, No Water" Photoville LA, ASMP Selection
Annenburg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California

"Only the Bones," A Book Dummy
"ReGENERATE! Book Arts in Hawaii"
A Survey of Contemporary Artist Books in the Hawaiian Islands
Presented by Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawai`i
Curated by Minny Lee and Thad Higa

Question 6

2018

Accepted Answer

“Conversations 5, 6, 7," From the series Passing Notes, Archival Prints
 2nd Place Award, "Conversations 6"
“Intersections, Considering Imbalance," Kahilu Exhibits, Juried Exhibition, Kamuela, Hawai`i
Juror Andi Campagnone, Curator, Lancaster Museum of Art and History
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“Blue Wave, Deep Water," Archival Print
“2018 Hawai`i Contemporary Art Exhibition," Hawai`i Museum of Contemporary Art, Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Henry Bianchini, Sculptor, Painter, Printmaker

Question 7

2017

Accepted Answer

“It's  Okay Now," "Every Moment Now Gone," from the series Only the Bones, Archival Prints
“Isolation,” Hawai`i Contemporary Museum of Art, Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Linda Connor, San Francisco Art Institute
 
“Wailea," "Mauamae Link," "Underworld, Mauamae",
From the series Fractured, Archival Prints
"A Climate of Change," Kahilu Exhibits, Juried Exhibition, Kamuela, Hawai`i
Juror Mike Marshall, Chair, Art Dept at University of Hawai`i Hilo

“Wayne, 11," Archival Print
“3rd Open Call”, Providence Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, Rhode Island
Juror Paula Tognarelli, Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography

“Mauamee Link," Archival Print
"Abstract Sanctuary 4," Juried Exhibit, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Juror Jennifer Cutshell
 
“Wet Streets Seattle," Archival Print
"International Juried Photography Exhibit," Dab Art & H Gallery + Studios, Ventura, California
Juror Yessica Torres
 
“Wayne, 8," Archival Print
"In the Deep End," Gallery 114, Portland, Oregon
Juror Joanie Krug, Artist

Question 8

2016

Accepted Answer

11 Prints from the Series What the Ocean Sees
“The Splendor of Light," The Mezzanine Gallery at Pauahi Tower, Honolulu, Hawai`i
Juror David Behlke, Prof of Humanities, Gallery Dir, Koa Art Gallery

Question 9

2015

Accepted Answer

“Lisa Pulling Waves"
Fifth Annual Exposure Award, Candid Collection, Musee de Louvre, Paris, France
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"On One Foot, Queen's Bath," Archival Print
"New Directions '15," Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Juror Janet Bishop, Weisel, Family Curator of Painting and Sculpture, SF MOMA
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"Wailea Dark 2013," Archival Print
"Minan Gallery 2015 Call for Artists," Ventura, California
Juror Nancy Pham, Director, Minan Gallery

Question 10

2014

Accepted Answer

"Toward One Tree, Queen's Bath," Archival Print
"Go Figure," Black Earth Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Juror Sean Ulmer, Director, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

"Hapuna 3 Waves," Archival Print
2014 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Willie Cole, Visual Artist, New York City

Question 11

2013

Accepted Answer

"Wailea Swimmers," "Kailua Shore, Oahu," "Chasing Photons," Archival Prints
"Hawai`i Photo Expo," Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Anne Lyden, Associate Curator of Photographs, J Paul Getty Museum
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"InsideOutside," "Between," "Underwater Forest, Pa'auilo," Archival Prints and Photographic Cast Glass
“Juried Spring Arts Festival," East Hawai`i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Allison Wong, Deputy Director, Honolulu Museum of Art
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"Ashley, Kaunaoa Bay," Archival Print
“LACDA 2013 Salon”, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California

Question 12

2012

Accepted Answer

"Light Speed Matter, A Still Place Waiting," Prints, Cast Glass and Video
"Solo Artist Exhibition 2012," Hui No`eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, Hawai`i
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"Waimea House, Rain & Speed," "Wet Streets Seattle"
"Beyond the Image, A Celebration of Hawai`i's Fine Art Photographers," Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawai`i
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"One Kiawe"
"Juried Volcano Arts Exhibition," East Hawai`i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai`i
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"Pohakea Mauka Road," Photographic Cast Glass, "MIO 1, Swiftly," Archival Print
"Juried Spring Arts Festival," East Hawai'i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Jim Jensen, Curator, Honolulu Museum of Art

Question 13

2011

Accepted Answer

​"Sherwood Forest," Photographic Cast Glass, "Blue Wave Deep Water," "Mana Road," Archival Prints
1st Place Award
"Juried Fall Arts Festival," East Hawai'i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai`i
Juror Darrell Orwig, Artist, Director, Maui Arts and Cultural Center
 
"Light Speed Matter, A Still Place Waiting," Archival Prints, Photographic Cast Glass
Solo Exhibition, IDSPACE, Volcano, Hawai`i

Question 14

2010

Accepted Answer

"The Chant," "Alealani"
"Faces of Hawai`i Juried Exhibition," HIART Magazine, IDSPACE, Volcano, Hawai`i
Juror Kapulani Landgraf, Artist
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"Light Speed Matter, A Still Place Waiting"
Solo Exhibition, W.M. Keck Observatory, Kamuela, Hawai`i

Question 15

2007

Accepted Answer

"Winter Group Show," Bohemia Gallery, Ashland, Oregon

Question 16

2005

Accepted Answer

"Recent Work, Valerie Yong Ock Kim and Mark Berndt"
Two-Person Exhibition, The Reel Thing of California, Santa Monica, California
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Question 17

2004

Accepted Answer

"Tails"
Solo Exhibition, Parker Ranch, Kamuela, Hawai`i

Question 18

2003

Accepted Answer

"Elements of Dreams"
Solo Exhibition, Kahilu Theatre, Kamuela, Hawai`i
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Question 19

2001

Accepted Answer

"Seen Life"
Solo Exhibition, Atch-Kotch, Hollywood, California

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