cole thompson photography
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Chronology of Exhibitions/Awards/Publications

• Writer's Journal, Jerusalem, Israel,, May 2008

• Steam Ticket, A Literary Magazine of Poetry, Prose & Art, University of Wisconsin, April 2008

• Viewpoint 08, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX, April 2008

• Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition, 12 12 Gallery, Richmond, VA, April 2008

• Photo Spiva 2008, Joplin, MO, April 2008

• 17th National Art Exhibition, Artist's Association of Northern Colorado.  Ft Collins, CO, April 2008

• Denver International Airport, See the New West Like a Local, Denver, CO, April 2008

• C / S / V ? at Hinterland Gallery, Denver, CO, March 2008

• The Sun Magazine, March 2008

• Union Street Gallery, Dreams and Visions, Chicago, IL, March 2008

• Photo Salon- Illuminating Portrayals, Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO, March 2008

• Street Photography, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.  March 2008

• Seminole Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Sanford, IL, February 2008

• ONWARD '08, Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA, January 2008

• Pilgrimage Magazine, Back Cover, Volume 32, Issue 3.  January 2008

• In a New Direction, Wall Space, Seattle, WA.  January 2008

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Center for Fine Art Photography.  Fort Collins, CO.  January 2008

• The Sun Magazine, December 2007

• B&W Single Image Contest 2008, Gold Award.  November 2007

• CBT Bank, Solo Exhibition, Fort Collins, CO, November 2007

• The Sun Magazine, November 2007

• University of Northern Colorado, Solo Exhibition, Greeley, CO, October 2007

• Direct Art, Volume #14.  Fall 2007

• IAPP, 3rd Annual Panoramic Photography Exhibition, Honorable Mention.  New York, NY, September 2007

• Sideshow Gallery, Solo Show.  Dolores, CO, September 2007

• "Not to Scale" at the Old Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO, September 2007

• Camera Arts Magazine Spotlight, September 2007

• Combined Talents International Exhibition, FSU Museum of Fine Arts.  Tallahassee, Fl.  August 2007

• The Photographer's Forum 27th Annual Spring Photography Contest.  Fourth Place.  August 2007

• The Sun Magazine, August 2007

• The Art of Digital Imagery, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.  June 2007

• The Phyllis reed Memorial Award, LAA, June 2007

• 16th Annual Juried Photography Show, Louisville, CO.  April 2007

• The Bellevue Store, Invitational Solo Exhibition.  Bellevue, CO.  May 2007

• Open Shutter Gallery, Solo Exhibition.  Durango, CO.  May 2007

• Outside In, Flash Gallery.  Two Images Selected.  May 2007

• 2nd Annual Palm Springs Photo Festival, Slide Show Contest, Finalist.  May 2007

• "Backlit Flower" - Used in Filming "24".  April 2007

• Nominated for the Aperture West Book Prize.  April 2007

• The Art of Digital Imagery, Juror George DeWolfe.  June 2007

• The Art of Photography Show, San Diego, CA.  Juror: Tim B. Wride.  April 2007

• PhotoSpiva, Juror: John Paul Caponigro.  March 2007

• Arte Natura, SlowArt. March 2007

• Review Santa Fe, May 2007

• NCAA 16th Annual International Exhibition, April 2007

• Photo Selection Magazine, Cover Image, March 2007

• Photo Magazine, Romania, March 2007

• 49th International Award Exhibition, The San Diego Art Institute.  March 2007

• Center, Singular Image Awards, Honorable Mention, February 2007

• Nominated for the Santa Fe Prize, February 2007

• The Sun Magazine, February 2007

• Classical, Contemporary and Conceptual:  A Photographic Triptych.  Poudre River Art Center, February 2007

• Geometry, Flash Gallery, February 2007

• One on One, Solo Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography. January 2007

• Artists' Showcase, Camera Arts Magazine, January 2007

• The World's Greatest Black & White Photography, January 2007

• Pilgrimage Magazine, Back Cover, Volume 32, Issue 1.  January 2007

• Popular Photography 2006 Annual Readers Picture Contest, January 2007

• American Photo, Images of the Year, Personal Work, Honorable Mention, January 2007

• Texas Photographic Society, 22nd Annual Member's Show.  December 2006

• Black and White Spider Awards, Photographer of the Year, 2nd Place Merit of Excellence, December 2006

• Black and White Spider Awards, Six Nominations and two 2nd place Awards, December 2006

• The Sun Magazine, December 2006

• Wee: A Small Works Exhibit at Flash, December 2006

• Photo Life, Image International 2006.  1st & 9th places.  December 2006

• Photographer's Forum 26th Annual - Fourth Place, B&W.  December 2006

• Best of Photography Annual 2006, December 2006

• The Photoshop Heretic, Popular Photography and Imaging, December 2006

• B&W Single Image Contest 2007, 3 honorable mentions.  November 2006

• Artists' Showcase, November 2006

• The Eternal Waltz of Seasons - A Poetry Chapbook, November 2006

• 3rd Annual Member's Show, The Center for Fine Art Photography.  Juror Sue Brisk.  October 2006

• Popular Photography and Imaging, October 2006

• The Sun Magazine, October 2006

• Serendipity, Arts Alive, September 2006

• The Art of Decadence, Gallery Row, September 2006

• Snap to Grid, LACDA, September 2006

• The Sun Magazine, September 2006

• Denver International Airport Exhibition.  September 2006

• Photography Now!  Juror: Henry Horenstein.  September 2006

• Gallery 101, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art.  September 2006

• Studio Tour, MOCA.  September 2006

• 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, August 2006

• Working With Artists, Denver, CO.  August 2006

• Texas Photographic Society - TPS15 - The National Competition, Juror Harris Fogel.  August 2006

• People, Places and Things, Juror Andrew Darlow.  August 2006

• Women of the World, Juried Exhibition, Best of Show, Ashland, OR.  August 2006

• Rooted In Nature, Four-Artist Invitational Exhibition, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO.  August 2006

• On the Edge, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.  Juror: Stephen Perloff.  July 2006

• The Sun Magazine, July 2006

• Ruminate Magazine, Featured Artist.  July 2006

• SOHO Photo National Competition, New York, NY.  Juror: Gerard Vezzuso.  July 2006

• THRee artist exhibition at the Niche.LA gallery, Los Angeles, CA.  Juror: Marcella Sanchez.  July 2006

• Golden Light Award, Single Photographic Image Competition, honorable mention, Nature and Wildlife.  June 2006

• The Sun Magazine, four images published.  June 2006

• Photo Works of the 21^st Century, Fort Collins, CO - Juror: Robert Stevens.  June 2006

• Environments, The Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA with an honorable mention.  May 2006

• Cole Thompson Solo Exhibition, Opera Galleria, Fort Collins, CO.  May 2006

• The Great Outdoors, Old Forge, NY.  May 2006

• B&W Magazine, Spotlight.  April 2006

• Positive/Negative, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.  Juror: Ellen Fleurov.  April 2006

• The Art of Photography Show, San Diego, CA.  Juror: Arthur Ollman.  April 2006

• Top 40, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA  Juror: Rex Bruce.  March 2006

• The Santa Fe Center for Photography Singular Image Competition, Honorable Mention.  February 2006

• Focus Magazine's Focus Gallery in the January/February issue.  January 2006

• B&W Magazine, Annual Portfolio Contest 2006, chosen as one of 30 photographers out of 900.  January 2006

• The Sun Magazine, December issue.  December 2005

• International Show, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.  Juror: Hal Gould.  November 2005

• Abstractions, Fort Collins, CO.  Juror: Vered Galor.  September 2005

• B&W Magazine, Single Image Contest 2006.  One Silver and two merit awards.  September 2005

• The Sun Magazine, June 2005

• Landscapes of Desire exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO.  March 2005