Recent Published Work & Awards

• PDN Photo Annual 2011, "Well You Build It Up, You Wreck It Down" Series, Photo District News, May 2011
• B&W; Magazine, Spotlight Portfolio 4-Page Spread, December, 2010, Issue #79
• Photo Art, Cover and 10-Page Spread, Sept/Oct, 2010, Vol 1 Number 5. Thailand
• Photographs used on the Front & Back cover of The Long Center for the Performing Arts promotional brochure. 2009.
• Cover Art for a French novel, by author Cécile Ladjali Ordalie. 2009.
• View Camera Magazine January/February 2009-6-page spread.
• Cover Art, "Perfecting", by author Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer. 2009.
• Photo Life's Image International 2008 Photo Contest, 7th Place, Photo Life, March 2009.
• Light Leaks Magazine, Special Issue: Polaroid, Issue 11, Winter 2008.
• Shots Magazine Issue 99, Spring 2008-Portraits.
• PhotoLife MagazinePhotoLife's Image International 2007 Photo Contest, Photo Life, March 2008, Cover Photograph and Grand Prize Winner
• Photographer's Forum, 27th Annual Spring Photography Contest, 2nd Place, Fall 2007.
• Silvershotz Magazine Winter 2007, UK, Vol 4, Edition 3, 8 page featured Portfolio.
• Black & White Photography Magazine September 2007, GMC, UK. 8-page feature/interview.
• International Photography Awards 2007, Honorable Mention in Fine Art, Portrait Category.
• Nominated for the Aperture West Book Prize, Aperture Foundation, 2007.
• Shots Magazine Issue 96, Summer 2007.
• Third Place, The Berenice Abbott Prize for an Emerging Photographer, Juried by Keith Carter, Douglas Kirkland, Gerd Ludwig of National Geographic, Amy Kawadler, Canon’s Professional Markets Rep, January 2007.
• The Sun, Issue 373, January 2007, p.14.
• Photo Life's Image International 2006 Photo Contest, Photo Life, March 2007
• Shots Magazine Issue 94-The Annual Portfolio Issue, Winter 2007, pp16-19.
• Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Fall 2006, Cover, p.16-27.
• 2006 Featured Artist, Collectors Print Program, Texas Photographic Society.
• Photography Now-100 Portfolios, An International Survey DVD-ROM juried by curators from Europe, Japan, and the United States, December 2006.
• B&W; Magazine, Special Portfolio Issue, June 2006, p.122, 123.
• Shots Magazine, Issue 91, Spring 2006, p.33.
• The Sun, Issue 363, March 2006, p.14.
• Santa Fe Center for Photography's Singular Image Award-3rd Place B&W;, Santa Fe, New Mexico, February 2006
• PDN's World In Focus Photography Contest, Photo District News, February 2006
• Photo Life's Image International 2005 Photo Contest, Photo Life, Vol. 31, March 2006, 1st Place Nature's Wonders
• Photographer's Forum, 25th Annual Spring Photography Contest, 3rd Place, Fall 2005.
• 2005 PDN Photo Annual, May 2005.
• Polaroid's P Magazine, Issue #28, May 2005.
• Photo Life's Image International 2004 Photo Contest, Photo Life, Vol. 30, March 2005, p.40.
• American Photo, Hottest New Talent: our biggest photo contest ever, November 2004, p.61.
• Portfolio, Photographer's Forum, September 2004, p.35.
• Photography, CMYK, issue #24 p.47, issue #25 p.46, issue #26 p.48.
• Epson Contest Winners-1st Place People category, Photo District News EDU, Vol. 3, issue 1, 2004, p.28.
• Finch Paper Calendar Competition, April Spread, 2004.
• Photo Life's Image International 2003 Photo Contest, Photo Life, Vol. 29, March 2004, p.33.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2010 Works by Polly Chandler L. Nowlin Gallery, Austin, TX
• TCC PHOTO | GALLERY Photographs by Polly Chandler showing from January 19 - March 28, 2008, Longview, Texas.
• 2004 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Gallery HQ, Carbondale

• 2010 "Juried Photography Exhibition",Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY. Juried by Harvey Stein
• 2010 Texas Photographic Society's 24thAnnual Members Only Show, Martin Museum of Art at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Juried by Dr. Clark Baker, Susan Mullally and Susan Dunkerley Maguire
• 2009 TPS 18: The International Competition, Dougherty Art Center in Austin, TX. Juried by Cig Harvey
• 2009 "Imagine" Photography Exhibition, Deborah Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Juried by Susan Burnstine, Fine Art Photographer, Best of Show
• 2009 'For the Love of Polaroid', SAANS Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah. curated by Shalee Cooper
• 2009 Texas Photographic Society's 23rd Annual Members Only Show, Dishman Art Center in Beaumont, Texas. Juried by Keith Carter
• 2008 "National Juried Photography Exhibition '08", 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Juried by Carol McCusker, Curator of Photography, Museum of Photographic Arts.
• 2008 TPS 17: The National Competition, Dougherty Art Center in Austin, TX. Juried by Lisa Sutcliffe
• 2008 '08 Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR. Juried by TJ Norris: New media artist and curator.
• 2008 "29th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition", First Prize, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY. Juried by Christopher James: Chair of the photography program at The Art Institute of Boston
• 2008 Photowork '08, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried by Donna Ruskin: from the International Center of Photography, NY.
• 2008 "In A New Direction" , Wallspace Gallery, Seattle, WA. Juried by Clint Willour, Director, Galveston Arts Center
• 2008 Onward Photography Competition , Project Basho, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Andrea Modica, Associate Professor at Drexel University
• 2007 National Photography '07, The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY. Juried by Stan Bowman, Emeritus Professor of Art/Photography & Digital Imaging at Cornell University
• 2007 "National Juried Photography Exhibition '07", 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Juried by Brian Paul Clamp, owner of CLAMPART, a gallery in New York City's Chelsea District.
• 2007 TPS 16: The National Competition, St. Edward’s University Art Gallery in Austin, TX. Juried by Michelle Dunn Marsh: Associate Publisher for Aperture Magazine and is the Director of Aperture West .
• 2007 25th Annual Members Exhibition, Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX.
• 2007 Indwelling, The Copper Union, New York, NY. Juried by Joyce Tenneson: Award winning Fine Art Photographer.
• 2007 Texas National, The Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. Juried by Suzanne Bloom and Ed Hill.
• 2007 The Art of Photography Show, Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA. Juried by Tim Wride.
• 2007 Photowork '07, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried by Asher E. Miller: Research Associate at The Metroplitan Museum of Art, NY.
• 2007 6th Annual International Photography Competition, Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, MD. Juried by Catriona Fraser.
• 2007 6th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Texas Women's University, Denton, TX. Juried by Katherine Ware.
• 2007 Texas Photographic Society's 22nd Annual Members Only Show, San Antonio, Texas. Juried by Kathy Vargas: Assistant Professor of Art and Chair of Art and Music University at the Incarnate Word.
• 2007 "Visual Edge 2007: Handcrafted", Viewpoint Photographic Art Center, Sacramento, CA.
• 2006 "National Juried Photography Exhibition '06", Best of Show, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Juried by Stephen Perloff, founder and editor of The Photo Review.
• 2006 TPS 15: The National Competition, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, TX. Juried by Harris Fogel: Chairman, Media Arts Dept, University of the Arts, philadelphia, PA .
• 2006 "Photography Now", Award of Merit, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA. Juried by Henry Horenstein.
• 2006 "People, Places and Things", The Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO. Juried by Andrew Darlow.
• 2006 Golden Light Awards "The Annual Photographic Print Competition", Honorable Mention in the Portraits & People Category, Rockport, ME. Juried by Kathy Ryan, The New York Times Magazine Photo Editor, Catherine Johnson, Vice President and Senior Art Buyer of Arnold Worldwide, and Tim Whelan, Book Seller and Photographer.
• 2006 2nd Annual National Juried Exhibition, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR. Juried by Christopher Rauschenberg and Jennifer L. Stoots.
• 2006 FotoFoto "2nd Annual Juried Competition Exhibition", Huntington, NY. Juried by Fran Kaufman.
• 2006 Silver Print Competition, Ilford Photo & Calumet Photographic Silver Conference, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
• 2006 The Art of Photography Show, San Diego, CA. Juried by Arthur Ollman.
• 2006 The Intimate Portrait, 1st Place, St. James, NY. Juried by Joyce Tenneson: Award winning Fine Art Photographer.
• 2006 Photowork '06, 3rd Place, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried by Alison Morley: Chair, Photo Journalism & Documentary, International Center of Photography.
• 2006 5th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Denton, TX. Juried by Blake Fitch.
• 2006 Texas Photographic Society's 21st Annual Members Only Show, Honorable Mention, Santa Monica, CA. Juried by Richard Newman: Education Coordinator for Calumet Photo.
• 2006 "National Juried Photographic Exhibition", Toledo Friends of Photography, Toledo, OH. Juried by Kathy Vargas.
• 2005 "14th Annual Fall American Photography Competition and Exhibition", Hubbard Museum of the American West, Ruidoso Downs, NM. Juried by Richard T Bryant.
• 2005 High and Dry, A photographic exhibition of landscape & peoples of the world's dry lands, Texas Tech University. Juried by Joel Salcido: Texas based fine art and commercial photographer.
• 2005 TPS 14: The National Competition, 3rd Place, Design Center of Austin, Austin, TX. Juried by Ben Breard: Owner/Director, AfterImage Gallery.
• 2005 FotoFoto "Your Best Shot Competition", Huntington, NY. Juried by Lois Greenfield.
• 2005 Texas National, The Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX. Juried by James Surls.
• 2005 Viewpoint 2005, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX. Juried by Ava Bonar.
• 2005 The 11th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Juried by Andy Grundberg: critic, curator, author and arts administrator.
• 2004 High and Dry, A photographic exhibition of landscape & peoples of the world's dry lands, Texas Tech University. Juried by Patrick Nagatani: professor in the department of Art & Art History at the University of New Mexico.
• 2004 Spectra 04, National Photography Triennial, Silver Mine Guild Arts Center. Juried by Barbara Hitchcock: Curator and Cultural Affairs Director, Polaroid Corporation.
• 2004 TPS 13: The National Competition, Design Center of Austin, Austin, TX. Juried by Sue Brisk: the Editorial Director for North America with Magnum Photos.
• 2004 TPS: National Student Photography Competition, will travel to college and University Galleries for 2 years. Juried by Keith Carter: author and photographer.
• 2004 Viewpoint 2004, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX. Juried by Roy Flukinger: Senior Curator of Photography & Film at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin, TX.

Group Exhibitions

• 2011 "Dream Allegory", Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR. Juried by Blue Mitchell, Founding Editor of Diffusion Magazine.
• 2008 "Collectible" , Artists, Ideas, Photographs. 11 November - 31 December. Wallspace Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Plates To Pixels Featured Artist June-July 2008.
• 2008 "Tres Chicas”, Watson Studio Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Curator: Carol Watson.
• 2008 Women Shooting Women, Contemporary Interpretations of Formal Portraiture, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY. Curated by Karen Florek.
• 2008 "The People's Gallery Exhibition" Austin City Hall, Austin, TX.
• 2007 "The Looking Glass", Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA.
• 2007 "5X7 Art Splurge and Exhibition" Arthouse at The Jones Center, Austin, TX.
• 2007 "Tunnel Vision: Parading Down the Aisle " Volitant Gallery, Austin, TX.
• 2007 "The People's Gallery Exhibition" Austin City Hall, Austin, TX.
• 2006 "5X7 Art Splurge and Exhibition" Arthouse at The Jones Center, Austin, TX.
• 2006 "Intuition" F8 Gallery, Austin, TX.
• 2005 F8 Gallery, Austin, TX.
• 2005 9th Annual Art Ball, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
• 2003 "F-Thirty something", Art Alley, Carbondale, IL.
• 2003 25th Annual Student Purchase Awards, Art Alley, Carbondale, IL, Purchased.

Education

• 2004 M.F.A. Mass Communications and Media Arts:
  Specialized in Photography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• 1997 B.A. Graphic Design, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Magna Cum Laude
• 1997 B.A. Art, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Magna Cum Laude