AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

2019 12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS (Nature Nominee) Los Angeles, USA
2018 11th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS (Nature Nominee) Los Angeles, USA
13th ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (Fine Art Nominee) Beverley Hills, USA
2017    12th ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (Sport Nominee x 2) Beverley Hills, USA            
10th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS (Nature Nominee) Los Angeles, USA
2016    11th ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (Nature Nominee) Beverley Hills, USA
            DIRTBAG FESTIVAL (Second Place Photography), Community Show, Kimberley Convention Centre, Kimberley, BC.
2015   10th ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (Architectural Nominee) Beverley Hills, USA
            Px3-PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (Honourable Mention) Paris, France
            INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS (Nominee in Still Life, Food & Nature) Los Angeles USA.
2014    9th ANNUAL BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (Fine Art, Nature & Still Life Nominee) Beverley Hills, USA
            INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS (Nominee) Los Angeles USA
2013    GEORGIA O’KEEFFE MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHY, (Honourable Mention), Santa Fe USA
            BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2013, Photographer’s Forum (Black & White Finalist) USA
2012    7th BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS (Fine Art Nominee) Beverley Hills, USA
            INTERNATIONAL LOUPE AWARDS (2 Bronze Landscape & 1 Bronze People/Portraits) AUSTRALIA
            BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2012, Photographer’s Forum (Black & White Finalist) USA
            ARTS ON THE EDGE (Third Place Established Artist) Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
2011    BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2011, Photographer’s Forum (Black & White Finalist) USA
            Px3-PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE (Official Selection) Paris, France
2010    ARTS ON THE EDGE (Second Place Established Artist) Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
            VISARTS (Second Place in Photography) Artrageous Gallery, Cranbrook
2009    VISARTS (Best in Show, First & Second Place Photography) Artrageous Gallery, Cranbrook
2003    THE RIVER THROUGH ARTISTS’ EYES (First Prize) Surrey Art Centre, Surrey, BC
2002    COMPASSION PROJECT (Honourable Mention) Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver

            SOLO EXHIBITS

2020 SHINE ON, June, Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
2018    PERSONAL PORTRAITS: STORIES IN INK (Travelling Exhibit), August, Pynelogs, Invermere, BC
            PERSONAL  PORTRAITS: STORIES IN INK (Travelling Exhibit), February, Key City, Cranbrook, BC
2017    PERSONAL PORTRAITS: STORIES IN INK, (Travelling Exhibit), Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
2012    TRANSITIONS, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, AB
2010     JOURNEYS, The Key, Cranbrook, BC  
2003     LANDMARKS, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002     SILENT OBSERVER, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, BC
2001     ANIMISM – ARTISTS AMONGST OUR MIDST, Fifth Avenue Cinemas, Vancouver
1999     RELEVANCE, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
             TIME & PLACE, Gallery on 5, Hamilton Central Public Library, Hamilton, Ontario
             MASK, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas Valley School of Art. Dundas, Ontario
             THE CANDO PROJECT, Theatre Aquarius, duMaurier Centre. Hamilton, Ontario
1996     CALLING ALL ANGELS, Grain Café Gallery, Quito, Ecuador. Sponsor Canadian Embassy
             ANAQRANIQ, Art Forum, Quito, Ecuador. Sponsor Universidad San Francisco de Quito
1994     AQUACULLA: THE FRACTURED SKY, Canjarev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Catalogue)
1992     THE AGE OF DREAMS, Bangalo Gallery, Quito, Ecuador

             GROUP EXHIBITS


2019    TPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (Travelling Exhibit) Options Gallery, Odessa, Texas
2018    TPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (Travelling Exhibit) October-December, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, Texas            
            TPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (Travelling Exhibit) June-August, Sabine Street Studios, Houston, Texas
            TPS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION (Travelling Exhibit), May, Bathhouse, Dallas, Texas (Catalogue)
2016     MANUS ET PEDIBUS, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, Vermont, USA (Catalogue)
             UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlesbury, Vermont, USA (Catalogue) 
             IN CELEBRATION OF TREES, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlesbury, Vermont, USA (Catalogue)    
2015     OPEN, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, USA (Catalogue)
             BLACK & WHITE, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins USA
             ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON ART SALE EXHIBIT, Hamilton, Ontario
             IN FOCUS, Centre 64, Kimberley, BC    
2014     RMG Exposed, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
             WINTER SALON, Photohaus Gallery, Vancouver BC
             SEAN NOS, Pynelogs Gallery, Invermere, BC
             SUMMER SALON, Photohaus Gallery, Vancouver, BC               
             MORE TREES, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, USA (Catalogue)
2013     BY DESIGN, Pynelogs Gallery, Invermere, BC
             ARTS ON THE EDGE, Centre 64, Kimberley, BC    
             WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES, Pynelogs Gallery, Invermere, BC                                                                                                                                                              
 2012    RAILS TO TRAILS, presented by Art Kharma, The Key, Cranbrook, BC
             RAILS TO TRAILS, presented by Art Kharma, Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
             OPEN, Pynelogs Gallery, Invermere, BC
2011     INNOVATIONS,  Pynelogs Gallery,  Invermere, BC.
             MUSIC IN THE AIR,  Artrageous Gallery, Cranbrook
             ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT, Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
             WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES,  Pynelogs Gallery, Invermere, BC
             VISARTS,  Artrageous Gallery, Cranbrook, BC
             INSPIRATION EXPOSED, The Key, Cranbrook, BC
2010     ART AT THE FORT COMES TO TOWN, The Key, Cranbrook, BC
             INNOVATIONS,  Pynelogs Gallery,  Invermere, BC
             ART AT THE FORT, Fort Steele Heritage Town Gallery, BC
             WINGS OVER THE ROCKIES, Pynelogs Gallery, Invermere, BC
             ART OF DANCE, Centre 64, Kimberley, BC
2009     THE FORT COMES TO TOWN, The Key, Cranbrook, BC
             ART AT THE FORT, Fort Steele Heritage Town Gallery, BC
2008     DIRT BAG FESTIVAL, Featured Photographer, McKim Theatre, Kimberley, BC
             2ND  ANNUAL OPEN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT, The Key, Cranbrook, BC
2007     FIRE & ICE, Artrageous Gallery, Cranbrook, BC
2004     ARTS 2004, Surrey Art Centre, Surrey, BC
             CHEAPER THAN A ONE NIGHT STAND: PART 6, Elliot Lewis Gallery, Vancouver, BC
             VIEWSCAPES, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
             SEEING IN BLACK AND WHITE, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003     WINTER SALON, Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, BC
             LIFE THROUGH THE LENS, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver, BC
1999     Y2K, Hamilton Artists INC. Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
1998     ABOVE GROUND, Bank of Montreal Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario. 
             PERU (Annual Month of Photography), Sponsor Photographic Arts Institute. Lima, Peru
             HUGO PERALTA/NEAL PANTON, Galeria Imagenes, Quito, Ecuador
1997     EROTICA,  Banco Comercio Gallery, Sponsor Photographic Arts Institute. Lima, Peru. 
1996     SALON DE LOS DESNUDOS,  (5 City Tour) Sponsor Posada de los Artes Kingman. 

              PRINT, TV, MULTIMEDIA & PUBLICATIONS


2017      ADORE NOIR: Black and White Fine Art Photography Magazine, "Lifelines" Feature & Interview, Issue 41 December 2017.
              Blank Spaces: Canadian Artists, Authors,Photographers and Poets, "Lifelines," Volume 2, Issue 1,  September 2017.            
              Michael Redfern, "Tattoo Extravanganza at Centre 64, " Cranbrook Townsman. Cranbrook, BC. January 6, 2017.
              Michael Redfern, "Tattoo Extravanganza at Kimberley's Centre 64," The Bulletin. Kimberley, BC. January 6, 2017.
2016      The 2015 Favorite Photograph Exhibit, Lenscratch Fine Art Photography Daily Blog. January 1, 2016.    
2015      E. Roydon, Special Feature, Stark Magazine No. 42, December 2015.
               Online Gallery Series, Stark Magazine Web Feature, North Carolina, USA December 2015.    
2014       More Trees, Exhibition Catalogue, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, USA. March 2014.
2013       Photographer’s Forum, Best of Photography 2013 Book, Photographer’s Forum, USA. December 2013.
               Cover, The Columbia Valley Pioneer, September 13, 2013.
               Kaity Brown, “Art Walk 2013,” Daily Townsman, July 4, 2013.    
2012       Photographer’s Forum, Best of Photography 2012 Book, USA. December 2012.
               Portia Priegert, “Transitions,” Galleries West Magazine, Calgary, AB. August 2012.
               Don Patterson, “Station highlights transitions across the great divide,” Okotoks Western Wheel, August 1, 2012.
               Michael Redfern, “Big Winner’s at Art’s On the Edge,” Daily Townsman, August 14, 2012.
               Joshua Estabrooks, “Reuters Photojournalist Showing at Pynelogs,” The Columbia Valley Pioneer, July 6, 2012.
               Allan Boss, Transitions, Culture Program Guide, Okotoks, Spring/Summer 2012.
 2011      Photographer’s Forum, Best of Photography 2011 Book, USA. December 2011.
               Michael Redfern, “Eye Spy,” Articulate Magazine, Columbia Basin, BC. Spring/Summer 2011.
2002       Contributor, “Capturing the Essence,” Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News, February 1, 2002.
               Paul McGrath, “Life Through A Lens,” North Shore News, North Vancouver, January 11, 2002.
2000       Contributor, Ripe Web Magazine, Vancouver, BC
1999      DATAHORSE Company, Large Format Calendar 2000.
Anya Wassenburg, “Time and Place: The Photography of Neal Panton,” ArtsBeat. Hamilton, Ontario. June-July 1999.
               Jacqueline Lealess, “Southern Exposure: Six years of Separation,” Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario. Spring 1999.
               Sandee Ewasiuk, “Putting the freeze-frame on live theatre,” Hamilton Spectator. April 24, 1999.
               Kerry Corrigan, “Sinister Superstar,” View Magazine, Hamilton, Ontario. April 1-7, 1999.
               Sherri Tedenko, “Seeing The Jungle Through The Trees,” ID Magazine, Guelph, Ontario. January 21,1999.
               Stephen Beecroft,“Photographer works to save his beloved lands,” Hamilton News, Hamilton, Ontario, January 20, 1999.
               Doug Foley, “Focus on the rainforest – a ‘new set of eyes,” Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ontario. January 16, 1999.
1998       Victoria Miecznikowski, “Look Walk and Talk,” ArtsBeat Magazine. Hamilton Ontario. October-November 1998.
               Milennio - Biography/featured photographer, CD-ROM Magazine. Quito Ecuador. May 1998.
1997       Enrique Planas, “When Eros Is A Photographer,” El Sol, Lima, Peru. December 13, 1997.
1996       Interview, Caminos de la Cultura, Ecuadorian Culture & Arts TV Program, Quito, Ecuador. July 1996. 
               Maura Black, “A Message To All Angels,” Mango Magazine, Quito, Ecuador. July 1996.
               Contributor, “The Photography of Neal Panton: A Legend without Words,” Hoy, Quito, Ecuador. January 11, 1996.
               Contributor,  “A Photographer Who Captures Myths,” El Comercio, Quito, Ecuador. January 10, 1996. 
               Contributor, “Art Corner: The Photography of Neal Panton,” Hoy, Quito, Ecuador. 
1994       Aquaculla: The Fractured Sky, Exhibition Catalogue, Canjarev Dom, Ljubljana, Slovenia. June 1994.
               Aleksandra Schuller, Interview, Osmi Dan, Slovenian Culture & Arts TV Program. Ljubljana, July 8, 1994. 
               Barbara Stuvik, “The Expressive Effect of Exotica,” Delo, Ljubljana , Slovenia, July 20, 1994.
               Mira Novak, “Embracing Silence with a Primordial Heart, ” Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 1994.

                                   PERMANENT COLLECTIONS


                       2016    East Kootenay Regional Hospital – Intensive Care Unit, Cranbrook, Canada
                       1999    Du Maurier Centre, Hamilton, Canada
                       1997    Café Cultura Hotel, Quito, Ecuador
                       1997    Photographic Arts Institute, Lima, Peru  
                                   
                                   TEACHING


                     1995-8   Full Time Faculty, Professor of Photography and Visual Literacy, 
                                   Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador.    

                                    THEATRE & DANCE PHOTOGRAPHY


                       2015     The Optimist, Wild Theatre, Cranbrook, BC 
                       2012     The Seminar, Poiema Productions, Cranbrook, BC
                       2005     Pledge Your Allegiance, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
                       1999     Jesus Christ Superstar, Tivoli Theatre, Hamilton 
                      96-98     Tose Enriqueta Si Te Alivia, Sabor A Miel, Grupo El Callejon de Agua. Quito, Ecuador
                      92-97     La Pluma, El Pais Inhospitable, El Jardin de Pulpos, Grupo Malayerba. Quito, Ecuador
                      1997      Jacchigua – Jacchigua Ballet Andino. Quito, Ecuador
                      1996      Mamallacta, Grupo Humanizarte. Quito, Ecuador
                                    La Desmemoriada, Carla Barragan. Quito, Ecuador 
                      1995      La Edad de la Ciruela, Rossana Iturralde & Lissette Cabrera. Quito, Ecuador
                                    Banco de Sangre, Cristoph Baumann. Quito, Ecuador

                                    SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS

2019 Lifelines 
2015     Sean Nos
                       2014     Vera        
                       2012     No Ordinary Place & Transitions            
                       2010     Milestones            
                       2009     First Thoughts        
                       2006     Barcelona            
                       2005     Mexico