About
Nature is my photographic playground. From formalized portraits of fruits and vegetables, to micro-landscapes of plant life, to wide-angle landscapes, I explore the sensuosity and drama of the natural world. My training and background as an actress laid the groundwork for my emphasis on drama and visual storytelling.
I look for new perspectives in all that fills our lives. Always a bit of the rebel, I challenge the traditional notion of beauty – exploring what is discarded as well as what is saved, what is mundane and commonplace as well as extraordinary. Organic life often takes center stage – conveying stories of vibrant life and inevitable decay, the interconnectedness of all, and binding the flora and human worlds.
Photo by Terry Dudley
Cheryl Aden
(917) 331-9678
Email: cheryladen@me.com
EDUCATION
International Center of Photography
Student and Teaching Assistant
BA, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Performing Arts
EXHIBITIONS
Art Lives Here, An Art Fair at Westbeth Gallery, New York, New York
Art Lives Here: Collecting, Fall 2024
Spliced Connector: SHIM Art Network, Summer 2024 Member Exhibition
Water and Dust, July 12, 2024 – January 10, 2025
Photo Artfolio, International Juried Exhibit
Colorscapes, April 2024
El Barrio’s Art Space PS 109, New York, New York
Women Celebrate Women, March 2024
Spliced Connector: SHIM Art Network, Winter 2023 Member Exhibition
Into Wildness, December 1, 2023 – May 30, 2024
Chateau Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
The Art of Food, Director’s Choice Award, December 2023
New York Artists Circle, Juried Virtual Exhibition
De.code, Fall 2023
Spliced Connector: SHIM Art Network, Summer 2023 Member Exhibition
Sense Making, June 2 – December 1, 2023
Westbeth Gallery, Spliced Connector, Fluid Media and Pell Lucy Collectives
Luminous Elsewheres, April 2023
El Barrio’s Art Space PS 109, New York, New York
Women Celebrate Women, March 2023
Spliced Connector: SHIM Art Network, Winter 2022 Member Exhibition
Birr, December 2, 2022 – June 1, 2023
New York Artists Circle, Juried Virtual Exhibition, Co-Curator & Artist
Seeing Music, Winter 2022
JVS Project Space, Presented by Art Lives Here, Photography Exhibit
Look This Way, October – November 2022
Gallerium.Art, Juried Online Exhibit
Cancer: Never Give Up 2022, October 2022
Chateau Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
Beauty in Decay, October 2022
Spliced Connector Group, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, New York
Inter-generational, Invitational Exhibit, August – September 2022
Cultural Center of Cape Cod, Juried Virtual Exhibition
Food Glorious Food, Summer 2022
Spliced Connector: SHIM Art Network, Summer 2022 Member Exhibition
Clean Energy, June 3 – December 1, 2022
New York Artists Circle, Juried Virtual Exhibition
I Dreamed a Garden, Spring 2022
Art Lives Here, Living With Art Salon
A Conversation Between Women, Spring 2022
Spliced Connector: Shim Art Network, Winter 2022 Member Exhibition
Everything Will Be Recognized, January 21 – May 19, 2022
New York Artists Circle, Juried Virtual Exhibition
Backordered, Winter 2021 – 2022
El Barrio’s Art Space PS 109, New York, New York
Women Celebrate Women, August 2021
New York Artists Circle, Juried Virtual Exhibition
Lost and Found: A Personal Vision, Summer 2021
El Barrio’s Art Space PS 109, New York, New York
Women Celebrate Women, August – September 2020
The USPS Art Project, Sunset Art Studios, Dallas, TX
Collaborative Work, 2020
JVS Art Project Space
Holiday Art Exhibition, Winter 2020
The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective (C4), New York, New York
Featured Artist, 2018 – 2019
Cafecito del Arte
Permanent Collection, 2018 – 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Art Lives Here, Volume 1
2024
Apples & Oranges … A Photographic Essay
2020, 2021
MEMBER
New York Artists Circle
Spliced Connector, Shim Art Network
Art Lives Here NYC