Cindy Bendat Photography

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Professional Affiliations

Los Angeles League of Photographers
Photographic Arts Council Los Angeles

Photography Honors/Competitions

2019 Silver Winner and Award of Distinction in the Portrait of America competition
2016 Artist competition winner for the Santa Monica Expo Transit Access Pass (TAP) Card with banners, funded by the City of Santa Monica
2012 International Photography Awards (IPA)/Lucie Foundation, 4 Honorable Mentions in Culture and Travel Professional categories, Adorned and Camouflage                
2011 Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, I Love L.A.
2009 Embracing Our Differences, No Human Being Is Illegal billboard, Sarasota, Florida
2008 Camera Arts Magazine, Preview Portfolio – Bangkok Tattoo, www.cameraarts.com
2008 Women In Photography International Juried Competition, Top 10 Winner, Make Levees Not War

Solo Photography Exhibitions

2017 Art Gallery at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Solo Exhibition, BE THE CHANGE: Los Angeles Protest Photographs 2003-2017
2016 Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, Solo Exhibition, Celebrate/Demonstrate: Photographs of Global LA

Group Photography Exhibitions

2020 Santa Ana College Santora Space, Santa Ana, On and Off the Street
2019 Fabrik Projects Gallery, Culver City, Portrait of America
2019 Progress Gallery, Pomona, On and Off the Street
2019 Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, On and Off the Street
2019 California Museum of Photography, Riverside, photo in “The Map is the Legend”, In the Sunshine of Neglect
2018 UC Riverside, Palm Desert, On and Off the Street
2018 Neutra Institute Gallery, Los Angeles, One Louder
2017 Spring Arts Collective, Los Angeles, It’s Elemental
2016 Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, Los Angeles:Detailed
2014 Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, Afterglow
2013 Medium Festival of Photography, San Diego, groupSC2009
2013 Wall Space Gallery, Santa Barbara, Boom!
2012 The Perfect Exposure Gallery, Los Angeles, Emerging L.A.
2012 Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, Filter:Unfiltered
2012 St.John’s Hospital, Santa Monica, Artwall/Community Art Gallery
2011 Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles, I Love L.A.
2010 Gallery Skart/ L.A. Center for Digital Art, Santa Monica/L.A., groupSC2009
2009 Annenberg Community Beach House, Santa Monica, 36 x 27 Beach Stories
2009 Santa Monica Pier Carousel, Pier Centennial Exhibition, LALOP at the Pier
2009 RayKo Photo Center, San Francisco, It’s Still Life
2008 Julia Dean Gallery, Venice, Show Off Exhibit
2007 Mama’s Hot Tamales Gallery, Los Angeles, Without A Paddle Part I
2007 Downbeat Café/Gallery, Los Angeles, Without A Paddle Part II
2007 Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood, LACMA Photographic Arts Council
2006 Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, Everyday L.A.
2006 Carlotta’s Passion Art Gallery, Los Angeles, The New Normalcy: Artists Examine the Post 9-11 World
2005 Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood, LACMA Photographic Arts Council
2005 Venice Arts, Los Angeles, Pier Life Exhibit
2004 I-5 Gallery, Brewery Arts Complex, Los Angeles, Site-Seen—Los Angeles
2003 Santa Monica College, Faculty/Student Exhibit

Book Contributions

2019 PORTRAIT OF AMERICA, Fabrik Media
2017 BE THE CHANGE: Los Angeles Protest Photographs 2003-2017, Art Gallery at CSUDH
2016 Celebrate/Demonstrate: Photographs of Global LA, Fowler Museum at UCLA
2012 Making the World’s Largest Photograph, Hudson Hills Press
2011 I Love L.A., Duncan Miller Gallery
2011 Santa Monica: 1950 to 2010 (Images of America), Arcadia Publishing
2009 Santa Monica Pier—A Century On The Last Great Pleasure Pier, Angel City Press
2009 Los Angeles Public Interest Law Journal, We Built America
2008 Democracy’s Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President 1789 – 2009
2007 The Legacy Project, El Toro Air Station, The Great Picture Project

International Art Fairs

2011 Pink Art Fair, Seoul, Korea

Curatorial Experience

2009 Santa Monica Pier Carousel, Pier Centennial Exhibition, LALOP at the Pier
2007 Mama’s Hot Tamales Gallery, Los Angeles, Without A Paddle Part I
2007 Downbeat Café/Gallery, Los Angeles, Without A Paddle Part II

Photography/Arts Service

Las Fotos Project, 2019
Maternal and Child Health Access, 2016
Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras, 2012
Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation, 2003-2012
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, 1994-2012
Mediators Beyond Borders, 2011
Homeboy Industries, 2008-2010
National Resources Defense Council, 2008
Save the Echo Park and MacArthur Park Boats Coalition, 2007
The Great Picture Project, El Toro Air Station, 2006
Bridges to Understanding, Dharamsala, India, 2005
California Lawyers for the Arts, 1988-2000

Charity Auctions

Liberty Hill Foundation, Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Venice Community Housing Corporation and the Los Angeles Center of Photography

Permanent Collections

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
The City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA
Beinecke Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Portfolios

Jobs Not Jail, Legalize L.A., Protest, Santa Monica Pier, Guatemala Mid-Wilshire, Cambodia Long Beach, Club Desire, Ethiopia, Flying into L.A., Bangkok Tattoo, Barbershops and Marlboro Man.