GINA CHOLICK PHOTOGRAPHY

Gina Cholick is a Los Angeles based photographer and artist. She balances her creative fine artwork and commercial lifestyle work, sometimes blurring the lines of life and art. Her use of vast and epic locations with a thoughtfully placed human element into the vista are magical and ethereal. Her commercial work focuses on subjects of active lifestyle, tourism and human connection to nature and one another, using light and space as her guide.

Gina’s fascination with photography began when taking a summer class as a child in South Dakota. She was instantly hooked by the magic of the darkroom. Through her camera, she discovered a new sense of adventure and connection to nature. After receiving a BA at Montana State University School of Film and Photography, she began her career working as a lighting tech and producer in Seattle before moving to Los Angeles to enjoy the sunny days and join the thriving art community.

Her personal work has been exhibited nationally in shows at the Los Angeles Center of Photography, the Robert Berman Gallery, The Center for Fine Art Photography, PhotoPlace Gallery, SE Center for Photography, Fabrik Projects Gallery, Tilt Gallery, the San Diego Art Institute and Krowswork Gallery. She was a finalist for Critical Mass in 2017.

Select client list includes: Disney, Google, National Geographic, Warner Brothers and The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

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Group Exhibit List

2021 Memory, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC //Curator: Fran Forman
2021 Emerge, Midwest Center for Photography, Witchita, KS // Curator: Linda Robinson
2020 Portal, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC // Curator: Jane Szabo
2020 Portraits of Self-Isolation, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT // Curator: Aline Smithson
2019 Common Threads, Los Angeles, CA // Curator: Richard Chow
2018 Love it and Leave With It, Pop Up Event Portland, OR // PhotoLucida
2018 Spring 2018, Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA // Curator: Francine Weiss
2018 Photos in the Balinese Hut, Shed Collective Pop Up, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Capturing the Light, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT // Curator: Laura Moya
2017 California Rising, Fabrik Projects, Culver City, CA // Curator: Chris Davies
2017 Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft Collins, CO // Curator: Hamidah Glasgow
2017 Photography Re-Imagined V: Visual Storytelling, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ // Curator: Cig Harvey
2017 The Face, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT // Curator: Catherine Just
2017 Los Angeles Center of Photography Members Exhibition, DNJ Gallery, Santa Monica, CA // Curator: Paula Tognarelli
2016 Southern California/Baja Biennial, San Diego Art Institue, San Diego, CA // Curator: Ginger Shulick Porcella
2016 Dreams, Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft Collins, CO // Curator: Jennifer DeCarlo
2016 Photo Noir, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT // Curator: Aline Smithson
2016 Photo LA, Los Angeles Center of Photography booth, Los Angeles, CA
2015 In This Frame, Los Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Los Angeles Center of Photography First Members Show, Los Angeles, CA // Juror: Paul Kopeikin
2014 New Bed, / Collaboration with Nicole Shaffer, Krowswork Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Emerging Focus, Los Angeles, CA // PhotoLA
2013 Desire, Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA // Mopla
2013 LA Street Shooting, Julia Dean Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Women in Photography First Nature, Broadway Art Space, Santa Monica, CA // Curator: Tatiana Bottom

Online Features / Publications

2021 Self-Portrait Issue #106 F-Stop Magazine // Curator: Christy Karpinski
2018 Self-Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery // Curator: Aline Smithson
2018 Soma featured on Bokeh Bokeh Photo // Curator: David Garnick
2018 Focus: Shadow & Light, Black Box Gallery // Curator: Todd Johnson
2017 Inspirational Souls, Featured Artists you Need to Know
2017 Mirror Mirror, Black Box Gallery, Curator: Amy Arbus
2016 Inquietude Featured on New Directions Gallery, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography
2016 Member of the Month Los Angeles Center of Photography
2016 Secrets & Mysteries, (honorable mention) LA Photo Curator online exhibition, Curator: Susan Swinhart
2015 Inquietude Featured on Lenscratch

Awards

2017 Critical Mass top 200 finalist
2016 Honorable Mention Dreams, Center for Fine Art Photography // Curator: Jennifer DeCarlo
2013 PhotoLA Emerging Focus Grand Prize Winner
2013 Emerging Focus Top Ten Portfolio Reviews // PhotoLA

Education
Montana State University / BA, Photography graduated with high-honors

Member Affiliations
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Center of Photographic Arts
Griffin Museum of Photography