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  • 2024
    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.
  • 2023
    “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.
  • 2022
    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
  • 2020
    "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
  • 2019
    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
  • 2018
    “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 ​ “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
  • 2017
    “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
  • 2016
    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
  • 2015
    “Lisa Pulling Waves" Fifth Annual Exposure Award, Candid Collection, Musee de Louvre, Paris, France ​ "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 ​ "Wailea Dark 2013," Archival Print "Minan Gallery 2015 Call for Artists," Ventura, California Juror Nancy Pham, Director, Minan Gallery
  • 2014
    "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
  • 2013
    "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 ​ "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 ​ "Ashley, Kaunaoa Bay," Archival Print “LACDA 2013 Salon”, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, California
  • 2012
    "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 ​ "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 ​ "One Kiawe" "Juried Volcano Arts Exhibition," East Hawai`i Cultural Center, Hilo, Hawai`i ​ "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
  • 2011
    ​"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
  • 2010
    "The Chant," "Alealani" "Faces of Hawai`i Juried Exhibition," HIART Magazine, IDSPACE, Volcano, Hawai`i Juror Kapulani Landgraf, Artist ​ "Light Speed Matter, A Still Place Waiting" Solo Exhibition, W.M. Keck Observatory, Kamuela, Hawai`i
  • 2007
    "Winter Group Show," Bohemia Gallery, Ashland, Oregon
  • 2005
    "Recent Work, Valerie Yong Ock Kim and Mark Berndt" Two-Person Exhibition, The Reel Thing of California, Santa Monica, California ​
  • 2004
    "Tails" Solo Exhibition, Parker Ranch, Kamuela, Hawai`i
  • 2003
    "Elements of Dreams" Solo Exhibition, Kahilu Theatre, Kamuela, Hawai`i ​
  • 2001
    "Seen Life" Solo Exhibition, Atch-Kotch, Hollywood, California
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