Shawn Saumell

selected juried exhibitions

2012

"1st Cell Phone Camera Competition," The Worldwide Photography Gala Awards. "Honorable Mention Award"

"Juried Photography Exhibition," The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. Juror: Donald Lokuta, Professor at Kean University.

"Still Life: The Art of Arrangement," The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA. Juror: Jason Landry, Owner/Director of Panopticon Gallery.

"NewTexas Talent XIX," Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX. Juror: Lollie Tompkins, Visual Arts Coordinator at Booker T. Washington

"Alternative Realities," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Laura Moya, Executive Director of Photolucida

"23rd International Juried Exhibition," Viridian Artists, New York City, NY. Juror: Chrissie Iles, Curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art

2010

"Abstraction in Photography," PhotoPlace Gallery, MIddlebury, VT. Juror: Stephen Strom

"Skim," Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA.
    Best of Show

"The Human Landscape," Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY. Juror: Tim Slowinski

"Juried Competition," University Art Gallery, Las Cruces, NM. Juror: Ray Parish

"Hunting Art Prize," Decorative Center, Houston, TX.
Jurors: Sarah Cash, Bechhoefer Curator of American Art at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Rita Aida Gonzalez, Assistant Curator, Contemporary Art, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Lorelei Stewart, Director of Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

"Southern New Mexico and El Paso," Preston Contemporary Art Center, Mesilla, NM. Juror: Joshua Rose

"National Wet Paint Exhibition," Zhou B. Art Center, Chicago, IL. Juror: Sergio Gomez, MFA

2009

"Alternative Processes," PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Juror: Blue Mitchell

"Breaking Boundaries II," International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China. Juror/Curator: Susan Dooley

"Untitled," Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX. Jurors: Warren Hooper and Nance Renauld

"D Art Slam," Fashion Industry Gallery (F.I.G.), Dallas, TX. Curators: D Magazine, F.I.G., and chosen panelists

"El Corazon," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curator: Jose Vargas

2008

"Hidden between Covers," The Arts Gallery, Plano, TX. Curator: Elizabeth Mellott-Carreón, Professor

"Eclectic Transitions From Artistic Minds," Hilton Bella Harbor Hotel Fine Art Gallery, Rockwall, TX. Curator: Vicki Hoarty, Hilton Art Liaison

"17th Annual La Virgen de Guadalupe," Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curator: Jose Vargas

"Not Titled," Oxide Gallery, Denton, TX. Jurors: Darren Heppel, Warren Hooper, Rhonda Sherrill, and Nance Renauld

"22nd Dia de Los Muertos," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curator: Enrique Fernandez- Cervantes

"Voertman Annual Juried Exhibition," Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX. Juror: Holly Johnson, Director of Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX

"'Til We Meet Again," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curator: Enrique Fernandez-Cervantes

2007

"21st Dia de Los Muertos," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curator: Enrique Fernandez- Cervantes

"Alternative Processes," The Center for Fine Arts Photography, Fort Collins Contemporary Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO. Chosen as one of 51 artists out of 700 entries nationwide. Juror: Elizabeth Spungen, Executive Director, The Print Center, Philadelphia.

"Voertman Annual Juried Exhibition," Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX. Juror: Marty Walker, Director, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX.

2005

"19th Dia de los Muertos," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Curator: Enrique Fernandez-Cervantes

"Project: M.A.S.A.," Gallista Gallery, San Antonio, TX.

2004

"Inaugural Exhibition," Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. Chosen as one of 33 out of 333. (catalogue) Jurors: Dr Shifra M Goldman, Ms Tere Romo, Dr Tomas Ybarra-Frausto

"Viewpoints," THE ARTS Gallery, Plano, TX. Juror: Don Schol

2003

"Calavera," Ice House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX.

"17th Dia de los Muertos," House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX.

"Elemental 2," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX.

2002

"16th Dia de los Muertos," Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX.

2001

"Thresholds," THE ARTS Gallery, Plano, TX -"Best of Show." chosen out of over 350 entries Juror: John Pomara, Professional Artist and Professor, University of Texas at Dallas.