Sydney Solis
Photography and Paper/Photo Collage Artist
My photography has appeared in Kyoto Journal, Taiken Japan, Depth Psychology Insights, The Bakersfield Californian and more. Peruse my portfolio on Adobe, see my Japan travel photographs at Sydney in Osaka and my photographs and collage art on Fine Art America. I have some photo/video haiku and film poems of Japan on YouTube.
ART EDUCATION
- Older sister, childhood home, collage made from magazine cuttings, Boulder, Colorado 1975
- Father, childhood basement darkroom, Boulder, Colorado 1979
- Photographer and Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, Platt Junior High School, Boulder, Colorado 1980
- Photography classes Centaurus High School, Lafayette, Colorado 1983-1984
- Photography class, University of Colorado, Boulder 1987
- Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California 1988-1989
- Denver Botanic Gardens – Paper and Book Arts – 2000
- Techniques, critiques and advice from artist friends Wendy Rochman and Angela Beloian – Boulder, Colorado 2005-2010
- Planta Papel – Paper making and Book making classes from plants, Buenos Aires, 2010-2011
- Cindy Male – Art and Yoga Workshop – St. Croix, USVI 2011
- Anna Tomczak – Cyanotype, Photo Transfer and Encaustic workshops, DeLand, Florida 2014 -2015
- Robin Whatley – Collage, Art Students League of Denver March 2026
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1989-1991 The Photo Works Photography Studio, Assistant, Boulder, Colorado
- 1990-1992 Freelance Wedding Photographer Denver, Colorado
- 1991-1992 Freelance photographer The Aurora Sentinel
- 1991-1992 Art Director Metrosphere Art Journal
- 1991-1994 Photographer The Metropolitan Student Newspaper
- 1996-1997 News Photography Stringer The Bakersfield Californian
- 2018-2019 Contributing photographer and writer Kyoto Journal and Taiken Japan
- 2018-2019 Educator and Photo Tour Guide, Community House and Information Center, Kobe, Japan.
SHOWS
- June 17, 1990 – One-Woman Show: Artwork by Sydney Solis at Penny Lane Coffee House, Boulder, Colorado
- 1991 Metropolitan State College of Denver Student Art Show
- May 17, 2012. One-Woman Show: Order from Chaos – The Maria Henle Studio, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- May 10, 2013 – Group Show: For Our Animals. The Maria Henle Studio, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
- May 2018 – Group Show – Resurrection- Tavares City Hall, Tavares, Florida
- May 2019 One Woman Show: Personal Mythology The Mythic Yoga Studio and Gallery, Orlando, Florida
- Feb. 2026 Sync Gallery International Juried Art Show
- July 2026 Core Art Space, Lakewood, CO, Red White and Blue Juried Show
- July 2026 Edge Gallery, Lakewood, CO, On Edge Annual Juried Exhibition
- July 2026 Views of Osaka, Robert Anderson Gallery, Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
• Raven and Crow: The Mythology, Art and Science of Our Favorite Black Bird by Ellen W. Williams 2025
AWARDS
- Osaka Metro Nine Photography Contest, Osaka, Japan 2019
- First Prize Transitions Abroad College Photography Contest, Matador, Mexico City 1991
- First Prize Rocky Mountain Collegiate Award Special Effects Photo 1994
- Second Prize Positively Pets Photo Contest, Denver, CO 1991
MEMBERSHIPS
• Colorado Photographic Arts Center
