Education
1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Timeless Engagement, Writer’s Block Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 Timeless Engagement, side gallery to Helmut Newton:Private Property Exhibition, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2020 Intimate Conversations, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR
2019 Timeless Engagement, Umpqua Arts Center, Roseburg, OR
Timeless Engagement, Access Art, Lake Oswego,OR
Verdure, Bedizen, Portland, OR
2018 Verdure, Portland Art Museum Grounds Cafe, Portland, OR
Invitational Exhibitions
2026 2026 Photographic Exhibition, Oregon Art Center, Portland, OR
Cascade Aids Project Art Auction, Portland, OR
The Spring Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR
Portrait Exhibition, Oregon Art Center, Portland, OR
Flora Galore, KBM Gallery, Hollywood , CA online
19th Annual CVG Show, Collective Vision Gallery, Bremerton, WA
2025 Fall Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR
San Diego Museum of Art Artist Guild International Exhibition, San Diego,CA
All Stars Exhibition, Lakewood Center For the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
23rd and 24th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum,
Art League of Hilton Head 2025 Biennale,Art League Gallery,Hilton Head, SC
Art About Agriculture Traveling Tour, Giustina Gallery at the LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
The Spring Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR
Cascade Aids Art Project Auction, Portland, OR
2024 Fall Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland OR
Visual Poetry, Oregon Society of Artist Gallery, Portland, OR
22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Ekphraestival, Writer’sBlock Gallery, Portland, OR
Ekphraestival, Soliloquy Fine Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
Crowned Splendor, Giustina Gallery, The LaSells Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis,OR
Collaborative Exhibition between Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery and Oregon Society of Artist, Oregon Society of Artist Gallery, Portland, OR
The Spring Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Magnus Opus, Sacramento Fine Arts Center, Sacramento, CA
2023 Counter Point, Soliloquy Fine Arts Gallery, Portland, OR
19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Book Release Exhibition,”Wide World of Photography,FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
London Art Biennale, Chelsea Hall, London, England
Art About Agriculture, Giustina Gallery at the LaSells Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
The Spring Show,Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Botanical, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Fine Arts Juried Show, Northwind Fine Arts Gallery, Saranac Lake, NY
Artist Guild Spring Exhibition, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego,CA online
2022 7th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Gala Awards FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Art In Oregon Holiday Art Show, Mary Elizabeth Gallery, Oregon City, OR
The Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Connections, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR, online
Planetarium, Gallerium Art, Ontario, Canada
4th Botanicals, Art Room Gallery, online
8th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, online
Diversia Woman 2022, Exhibizone, online gallery and publicatioSpring Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland,
2021 6th Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary Photography Gala Awards, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Women’s Work 34th Anniversary Exhibition, Old Courthouse Art Center,Woodstock,IL Spring to Life, 311 Gallery,Raleigh, NC
Blooms, Kansas City Stockyard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Photography: Your Vision, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Open Show Award Winners, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego,OR
17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum, The Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Black and White Art Show, Grey Cube Gallery, online gallery
Botanicals, Art Room Gallery, online
Monochrome, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
LA Artcore 4th Annual Photographic Competition and Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
Women’s Work 33rd Anniversary,Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock,
2019 Open Show Award Winners, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego,
5th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Portland Open Studios, My Studio, Portland, OR
Northwest Viewing Draws, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Spring Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Northwest Viewing Draws, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
West Coast Biennial at Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA
Open Show Award Winners, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2018 Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
4th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
Flower Power, Linus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Artworks Northwest, The Arts Center Gallery, Roseburg, OR
Spring Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Northwest Viewing Draws, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Fall Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
New Members Show, Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Members Salon, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
2016 Members Salon, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
Awards
2026 Honorable Mention, 2026 Photographic Exhibition, Oregon Art Center, Portland,OR
Best of Show Photo-Digital Art, 19th Annual CVG Show, Collective Vision Gallery, Bremerton, WA
2025 Blue Ribbon Award For Artistic Achievement, Lakewood Center For The Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2024 Best of Show, Visual Poetry, Oregon Society of Artist, Portland, OR
2023 Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
2022 Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series, 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
1st Place, Curator’s Choice, Cascade Aid’s Art Auction, Portland, OR
2021 Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series,18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
1st Place, Best of Show, Boise Art Museum Art in the Park, Boise, ID
2020 Honorable Mention, Fine Art Series,17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Curator’s Choice, Cascade Aids Art’s Auction,Portland,OR,
Yellow Ribbon, Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Gallery Choice Award, Women’s Work 33rd Anniversary,Old Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Il
2019 Honorable Mention, Fine Art,15th Julia Margaret Cameron Award,FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography, Barcelona, Spain
Honorable Mention, 5th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs,CA,
Blue Ribbon Award,Open Show, Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2018 Blue Ribbon Award,Open Show,Lakewood Center for the Arts,Lake Oswego, OR
Honorable Mention,4th Annual Leaves and Petals, Fusion Art, Palm Springs,CA
Private Collections
Mercy Hospital, Roseburg, OR,Timeless Engagement, OR, Acquired 2018
J. Buckley of Washington, DC, Acquired 2018, 2021
Publications
Fretta Cravens,”The World of Photography,” FotoNostrum publication, 2023, Pages 58 – 59
“Women”,Diversia Magazine , Volume 21, March 8,2022, Page 4
“Fretta Cravens,”FotoNostrum Magazine,Volume 24, February 19,2022, Pages 48-61
Arts Festivals
2025 Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR
Rain Spark, Lakewood Center For The Arts, Lake Oswego
2024 Audubon Wild Arts Festival, Hillsboro, OR
Local 14, Portland, OR
Writer’s Block Open Gallery Festival, Writer’s Block Gallery, Portland,OR
2023 Anacortes Arts Festival, Anacortes, WA
Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR
Best of The Northwest, Seattle WA
Art By Design,Seattle Seattle Design Center, Seattle,WA
2022 Audubon Wild Arts Festival, Portland,OR
Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
Indian Wells Art Festival,Palm Desert, CA
2021 Boise Art Museum Art in the Park, Boise, ID
Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, 2017 Ketchum, ID
Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA
2019 Art in The Pearl, Portland, OR
Arts Fair Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, WY
Edmonds Arts Festival, Edmonds, WA
2018 Arts Fair Jackson Hole, Jackson Hole, WY
Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR
Best of the Northwest, Seattle, OR
2017 Sun Valley Center Arts and Crafts Festival, 2017 Ketchum, ID
Bellevue Art Museum Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA
Salem Art Fair and Festival, Salem, OR
Chicago Botanical Garden Arts Festival, Glencoe, IL
Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2016 Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR
Bellevue Festival of the Arts, Bellevue, WA
Lake Oswego Festival of Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
Current Representation:Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery,Portland, OR