Love of architecture motivated me to pick up the camera in my hometown, Chicago, in the 1970s. Early explorations included both black and white and infrared film. In 1991, I migrated west. Even thought the Los Angeles area drives me a little nuts (yes, we all feel this way at times), I’m grateful to live in this visually insane multiverse. It is all at once grandiose, decayed, chaotic and gorgeous. The L.A. conflation of dense urban space and open land is irresistible and the photo collage form seems the best way for me to express what I see and feel.
Photocollage approach: While exploring, I snap photographs excessively and even carelessly. These random images are similar to the trash and ‘found objects’ used by assemblage artists. I dump this digital debris into my computer and stew on it, combining multiple images on the digital canvas as an intention comes into focus. The results are often a surprise - either a pleasant one or an unpleasant one…..
….but I still love straight-on image making, especially where architecture and landscapes are concerned. I also photograph mundane objects that translate in my brain into abstractions. I’ve no specific commitment to color, monochromatic or black & white photography. The images tell me their preference.
Currently serving on the City of Glendale Arts&Culture Commission and cordinates the Brand Associates’ REEL ART Film Series at Brand Library & Art Center.
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EXHIBITIONS
Solo
Arlene Vidor Photography ace/121 Gallery, Glendale CA. October 25, 2025 - November 22, 2025
Whimsical | Interspace, Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatre, Glendale, CA, September 2023 -February2024
Cactus, Splits and Coffee. KAFN Coffee Company, Glendale, CA. May -June, 2018
In the Hothouse, Antaeus Theatre, Kiki and David Gindler Performing Arts Center, Glendale CA, February-March 2018
Group
PENDING EXHIBITION: Water, New York Center for Photographic Art, New York, NY. Lil’ Ol’ Faithful, Juror’s selection; Sunnylands Revisited, Third Place.
Juror: Debra Klomp-Ching
Atlas of the Present: Collage in Photography Today, LA Center for Photography, Los Angeles, Barbara Don’s Miners Lettuce/Honorable Mention,
Juror: Paris Chong, Feb 19-May 19, 2026
Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon, The Rotting Subfloor, Juror: Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, gallery view here.
Brown, Monochromica, The Journal of Monochromatic Art, Issue 006, Brown, The Rotting Subfloor and North Yorkshire, December 20, 2025
My World is Black and White, Lioncourt Gallery, Arnol and Arch Rock, May, 2025
Motion, Decagon Online Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Swirling, September 2024
Openings, Decagon Online Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, Drain Pipe Mischief July, 2024
Casting Shadows, Photo Art Pavilion Online, Golden Hour Mesquite Flat, Golden Hour Verdugo Road, Dining Room Wall, June 14, 2024
Brand 51 National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Glendale, CA. Urban Onion. Juror: , July 8 – September 1, 2023, Juror: Ara Oshagan
International Monochrome, The Way In/Honorable Mention, 2022
Brand 50 Annual National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Glendale, CA, 2022. Fire: next time, Juror: Shannon Currie Holmes
Trees, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, North Yorkshire, Juror: Wendy Schneider, 2022
Trees, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX, Fountains Abbey, Juror: Kevin Tully, April-June, 2022
International Monochrome online, Honorable Mention, Fountains Abbey, 2021
Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers, Barcelona Spain, 2021, Honorable Mention, Photo Collage Series, 2021 Jurors: and Online only, show cancelled/pandemic
Borders: Visible and Invisible, Gimpo Art Museum and Subway System, Gimpo, Korea (4 Glendale, CA and 4 Korea Artists), Irrigate, Curated by June Hye Yeon, November 2021
Brand 49 Annual National Exhibition of Works on Paper. Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA; Elysian, Juror: Marvela Muro, 2021
Diptychs, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. Two-faced city, Juror: Kevin Tully. March - May 2021
Vistas, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. View at Dusk, Juror: . August-September, 2020
A Jury of Your Peers, LightBox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR. Honorable mention for Calaveras Split, Neon Petunia. Jurors: Applicants to exhibition voted. March-April, 2020
Gallery 43, Assembly District 43 Photography Competition, winner for Neon Petunia. Jurors: Catherine McGann. Jerry DeWilde, October, 2019
Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers, Barcelona, Spain. St. Petersburg, Shore Dune|Short Sunset (series), Stonehenge, Calaveras Split, October 2019
Light, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX. 5 o’clock dining room, Juror: Geoffrey Koslov, November 2018 - January 2019
13th Black and White Spider Awards online, Archipelago, St. Petersburg, Calaveras Split, 2018
Members Juried Exhibition Catalog, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel California, Calaveras Split, Juror: Charles Cramer, June-July, 2018
11th International Color Awards online, North Adams/Honorable mention, runners up: Through the Chute, South Adams, Gas Station 1, Huntington Split. 2017
Lens 2018 International Juried Photography Exhibition, Perspective Fine Art Photography Gallery, Evanston, IL; San Pedro Mono/Second Place, Juror: Paula Tognarelli, 2018
Vistas, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX; Siuslaw. Juror: Dan Burkholder, 2017
12th Black and White Spider Awards, online, Huntington, 2017
Quiet Landscape, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Honorable Mention, Salisbury, Jurors: Jacob and Alissa Hessler: 2017
International Monochrome online, Honorable Mention, Stonehenge, 2016
11th Black and White Spider Awards, Honorable Mentions: Better Off, Vigilance, Runners up: Back Stairs, Construction, Tube, Mendocino, TV Age, Chinatown, 2016
Alphabet, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX; San Pedro. Juror: Carol Golemboski, 2016
10th International Color Awards online, Tartu Dress Shop, Behind the Scenes, Broad Window, Sao Paulo, Diver with Petunias, The Mailbox, Tailor, Services Included, 2016
Barnsdall LAMAG, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA; Playtime at JPB, 2016
H2O, A Smith Gallery and East Main Grill, Johnson City, TX; Sunnylands. Juror: S. Gayle Stevens, 2015
10th Black and White Spider Awards, online. Runners up: Steve S, Best Reception, Inside Henry Miller, 2015
Blue, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX; Blue Henge. Juror: Arthur Meyerson, 2015
Magic, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX; Stay Out, Conjuring Gladys, Waiting for Treament. Juror: Fran Forman 2015
9th International Color Awards, Honorable Mention: Sao Paulo Market , Aqueduct, Altino Arantes View, San Pedro, 2015
Brand 42 National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA; Nancy’s Celebration, Juror: Jack Rutberg, 2014
Brand 38 National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA. Spring Bloom, Juror: Ruth Weisberg, 2009
Brand 36 National Exhibition of Works on Paper; Dennehy’s Dead Marriage (Eva Mason Award), Her Better Self (Burbank Fine Arts Federation Award), Juror: Lita Albuquerque: , 2008
Photo Chimera, 10 California Photographers, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA; Good Neighbor Suzanne, Fatal Distraction, Curator: Gloria Williams Sander, 2008
Brand 35 National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA; Into the Light, Juror: , 2007
Group Exhibitions of the Tropico Artists Collective
Tropico Artists Collective at Seeley Lofts, Glendale, CA, 2006
Tropico Artists Collective at Nickelodeon Studios, Burbank, CA., 2006
Tropico Redux, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA, 2005