2021 exhibits & awards

Spider Awards Finalist, “Prom Dress without a Prom”

 

2015 exhibit

Solo Show, Palm Beach,  “The Best of durga” 2015

Moved from Florida to South Carolina farm

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2014 exhibits, awards, achievements, press

solo show, NAWA Gallery NYC,, “As we Are” March 2014

solo show, ATHENS Greece, Darkroom Gallery, “Time Tells”

Art of Association, Lighthouse Art Center, 2nd place ‘Artisans”

Palm Beach State College Invitational, “Bark” Florida USA, 2014;

CAGO Award 2014, 1st place, “California Chicken Trainer”

LightSpaceTime Gallery, 1st place 2014;

ONE EYELAND Award 2014

The NATIONAL Association of WOMEN ARTISTS, New York USA, 2nd prize

Bristol Salon UK, 2014 Gabriella & Handmaidens, Merited 

Netherlands Salon, Merited 

LIGHTHOUSE ArtCenter, “Go Figure” and “SPOTLIGHT on New Talent” exhibits 2014

Los Angeles International Art Fair, 2014

RED DOT ART FAIR, Miami 2014 

BREWHOUSE Gallery, Lake Park, FL, 2014

Wellington Art Society Exhibit, 2014                                                                                             Photography Instructor  ARMORY ART CENTER, 2014      

Photography Instructor MacARTHUR Beach State Park   

Photography Instructor Jonathan DICKINSON State Parks

Photographer of the Year MULFUCO Uruguay                                  

Voted Palm Beach Studio of the Year                                           

permanent collection, MALAFOCO Project, Montevideo, Uruguay, Allegory series, 2014                   permanent collection, International Museum of Digital Art, Santa Fe, Argentina, Allegory series, 2014

Press; “Art Society To Feature Photographer Durga Garcia” Town  Crier, march 7 2014.                     Press; Art Hive Magazine April 2014

    

2013 exhibits, awards, achievements, press

REDDOT Art Fair, Miami December 2013 Allegorical series 

Miami Rum Club Distillery "Endangered” Exhibit 2013

Florence Design Week, Florence, Italy, May 2013

MPLS Photo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2013

Studio Vogue, Toronto Canada June 4 - 21, 2013  

    with an Octaptych “Learning to Dance into the Storm” on 8      wood panels

Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2013   

    “One Dozen Body Shapes”                                                           

Webber Gallery Invitational Exhibit, Florida 2013 

Goggle Works Center for the Arts, Reading PA  “Exposed” 2013  

    with “One Dozen Body Shapes” on paper and “Learning to Dance  into the Storm” on wood 

N.A.W.A Gallery, NYC  “Clothing Optional” 2013 

    “Affinity” & “Rueben’s Door”   2nd place                                                        National Photography & National Digital Imagery Competition, Palm Beach State College’ third Place 

Darkroom Galley “Make Believe” Exhibit, Vermont,2013

Lighthouse ArtCenter “SPOTLIGHT on New Talent” Nov2013

ARTASCENT, December 2013, Silver medal, “SisterHood” & “Girls Lost”

Wrekin Salon UK 2013, "Allegory of the Banyan Tree" "Allegory of the       Handmaidens"  "Kathleen" all merited

Oxford International Salon 2013, “SisterHood” & “Banditas”     merited.                                                   Professional Photographers Guild Print Competition, 2013, "Taming Pearl, Texas White Horse Ranch" and "Decisions"  all Merited Awards                                                                                        TZIPAC EROS Awards 2013, "Trio" 3rd Place, "Reuben's Door" & "One Dozen Body Shapes" Finalist Award                                                               

ZEBRA Awards 2013, "Jasmine" Finalist Award.                               

PPA Southeast Region Print Competition, 2013, "One Dozen Body Shapes" and "Wilda, the Unicorn" all Merited Awards.                       

PWP Spring International 2013, "Someone's Daughter" Honorable     Mention                                     Bristol Photography Salon UK 2013,  "One Dozen Body Shapes" and “Jasmine"  merited               Palm Beach State College’s third National Photography & Digital Imagery Competition,  2013   NUDE 2013, "One Dozen Body Shapes”, ”Reuben's Door" "Affinity"  & Reuben's Garden" all awarded                                                      

ARTAVITA, "Learning to Dance into the Storm" 4th Place award 

LightSpaceTime Gallery,  All Women, "Wilda, the Unicorn" 3rd Place and Figurative, "TRIO" Honorable Mention                            

NAWA Galley Exhibit, NYC,  November 2013.                                        

Darkroom Galley “Make Believe” Exhibit, Vermont, October 2013    

Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida  June 2013 “One Dozen Body Shapes”                         National Assc of Women Artists Gallery, NYC, 2013         

ARTASCENT 2013, Silver medal;                                                                                                                           photography instructor Jonathan DICKINSON State Parks,     monthly Photo-Talk-Walks               Published: Best of Photography 2013 Book, "Jasmine"                                                                                 Published: NUDE 2013 magazine, 4 images                                               

Published: ART278 magazine, December 2013, 2 pages                        

Published: ARTASCENT magazine, December 2013, 2 page critique; 

 

2012 exhibits, awards, achievements, press 

GALA Awards, 2012 Fine Art Competition. “Jasmine” Honorable Mention Award 

TZIPAC EROS AWARDS 2012, “One Dozen Body Shapes”

8th Image Salon DELFT, Holland 2012, "Atlantis Beauty", Fotobond Honorable Mention

The 22nd Annual All Florida Juried Art Show, 2012, “Learning to Dance into the Storm”, 1st place award, Court House Cultural Center Galleries, Stuart, Florida 

Lighthouse ArtCenter exhibits, Tequesta, Florida

The von Liebig Art Center exhibit, Naples, Florida 2012

Darkroom Gallery exhibits, Vermont, 2012

Boca Raton Museum of Art exhibit, Boca Raton, Florida 2012

Palm Beach Photographic Centre annual, Palm Beach, Florida

Jonathan Dickinson State Park Photographic Competition, 2012,  "Canoes on the Loxahatchee", 1st place award

LightSpaceTime Gallery, 2012, Special Recognition Award, 2013 All Women,"Wilda, the Unicorn" 3rd Place Award. 2013     Figurative, "TRIO" Honorable Mention Award 

PPPBG 2012, End of the Day, merited

Nude Night Orlando 2012 Old Armchair Series

Press “Artist Showcase Light Space & Time,  AUGUST 2012

Press Photographers FORMUM, 2012  

Press WPGA Fine Art, 2012

 

2011 exhibits, awards, achievements, press 

Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, 2011, 

Collaboration 2011

Nude Night Orlando  2011 virgin in banyan tree & undressing red

Palm Beach Photographic Centre annual, Palm Beach, Florida, 2011, 

Artists Association of Jupiter, “Small Spaces, Big Ideas”  2011

     & “Gray Area” 2011 

Dixie Art Loft  2011 Exposed Sports: Golf “Heads Up” & underwater Series

Palm Beach Airport 2011 Atlantis Beauty

Miami/Palm Beach Inter-Guild Competition 2011, *"Spider Girl",  Best of Show Digital 

TZIPAC EROS Awards 2011, "Spider Girl" & "Old Armchair", both  award winners 

The Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, 2011, "Whats for Dinner"

Florida Professional Photographers Print Competition, 2011, "Spider Girl" & "Norm Gitzen's Necklace", Merited

Lighthouse ArtCenter, Tequesta, Florida  2011

LightSpaceTime Gallery, 2011

Brooks Institute Gallery 27 FORUM Magazine exhibit 2011, "SpiderGirl "Santa Barbara CA

permanent collection, Center for Fine Art Photography, Colorado, “Old Tree Reflections”, accepted 2011

Published; Best of Photography 2011 Book, "Spider Girl" published

Published; FORUM Magazine, 31st Annual Photography Contest     2011, 4th place award "Spider Girl", (14,000 entries)

    

2010 exhibits & awards

National photography Digital Imagery Exhibition, Palm Beach College, “Atlantic Beauty", 1st Place Award, 2010

Court House Cultural Center Galleries, Stuart Florida

LightSpaceTime Gallery

Nude Night Tampa  2010 “Until Ever After” series

Lighthouse ArtCenter, Landscapes: Painters of Scenery 2010,     "Lunar Celebration”; Mutable Sins 2010, "Until Ever After";     Hocus Pocus 2010, "Toths Bird" & "Unlucky Brides”; Contempo, 2010 "Underwater Blue" & "Undressing Red"

Moe’s Art Theater, Unlucky Brides Series 2010 

Palm Beach College exhibit, 2010    

    

2009 exhibits

Palm Beach Photographic Centre annual, Palm Beach, Florida

Court House Cultural Center Galleries, Stuart Florida