Dale Niles
Born in Norfolk, Virginia,
Niles’ formative years were
spent with her family living in small, southern towns in
Virginia and North Carolina. Inspired by the heritage of
these locales, neighbors, and friends, she developed deep-seated southern roots that
richly inform her photography practice with visual storytelling. Niles celebrates the diverseness of the human spirit,
appreciating those qualities
that make us delightfully
unique, yet connected in
many ways, particularly through shared experiences and preserved visual memories.
Niles is now a Georgia based
artist. She is known for her
diverse photographic
interpretations from her
black/white and
color photographs to
her montage storytelling collage photographs. She received
her BA in sociology from Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory, NC. Upon graduation she interned
as a probation officer but
realized this was not her calling.
While doing several other vocations she continued her personnel interests which
included painting, sculpting
and photography, realizing
that photography was her
art of choice.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
-What Lies Within-Slow Exposures-Strickland Building-Zebulon, Georgia
-Cochran Gallery, LaGrange, Georgia
-Solidifying Roots" series at Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill, NC
-Art Clayton-Jonesborough, Georgia
-Brickworks Gallery-Atlanta Georgia
-Rankin Gallery in Columbus, Georgia
-Lamar Art Gallery in Barnsville, Georgia
-Arts Clayton, Jonesboro, Georgia
RECOGNITION
-Gold Winner PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris 2023
-Bronze Winner Budapest International Foot Awards 2022
-First Place and Gold Winner in Tokyo International Foto Awards
-Selected by Elizabeth Avedon's for her Best Photography Book 2021
-Inclusion in the 13th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show presented by the
Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson NY and the Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester MA.
-La Photo Curator-"Our Non-Human Companions-honorable mention
-Top 200 Critical Mass-Photolucida-Fading Memories
-All AboutPhoto-Fading Memories
-All AboutPhoto-What We Keep
-Texas Photographic Society-Member's Only Exhibit-Houston, TX &
Amarillo Museum of Art-Amarillo, TX -2nd place
-London International Creative competition-Finalist in create art category
-Center for Fine Art Photography-'30 over 50: In Context, Fort Collins, Colorado
-LA Photo Curator-'This Land is Your Land' exhibit-honorable mention
-SXSE Magazine-Feb/Mar Issue-Curator's Choice
-PX3 (Prix De La Photographie Paris)-Gold in fine Art/Collage and second place
in Fine Art for 'Life Revisited' Series. And honorable mention in Fine Art for 'Solidifying Root's' series
-Mayo Clinic Exhibit-Jacksonville, Florida
-A Smith Gallery-Johnson City, TX-Vista Exhibit-honorable mention
-Photo Place Gallery-'Trees'-honorable mention-Middlebury, Vermont
-Chromatic Awards-honorable mention in Fine Art
-Griffin Photography Museum-26th annual exhibit-honorable mention-Winchester, Massachusetts
-PX3 Prix DeLa Photographie Paris- Honorable mention in Fine Art/Collage for 'Animal in Redux' series
-Tokyo International Foto Awards-Bronze Award for series 'Animal Lives Redux"
-Top 10 to watch-Atlanta, Georgia
-Critical Mass Top 200-Animals Lives Redux
-Chromatic Awards-2nd place Fish Plates and Bourbon, honorable mention for
Family Bibles and Buddy and Blanche
-Virginia Twainam Smith purchase award for "Fish Plates and Bourbon"
-L.A Photo Curator-'The Animal Kingdom-honorable mention
-Atlanta Photography Group Portfolio- Atlanta
-Santa Fe Workshops-"Celebration" exhibition-honorable mention
-NYC4PA-"One"-Honorable mention
Selected Group Exhibits
-Atlanta Airport exhibit
-Choice-Atlanta Photography Group-Atlanta
-Joy and the Everyday-APG-Atlanta, GA
-The Language of Color-APG-Atlanta, GA
-Revelo outdoor exhibit-Fading Memories-Raleigh, NC
-Prix de la Photographie de Paris-silver for 'Fading Memories' series
-New Orleans Alliance-Still Life exhibit-New Orleans,LA
-Annual Paris Photo Prize Exhibition at the “Espace Beaurepaire”-Paris , France
-APG​-Catherine CouturierSelects-Atlanta, GA
-APG-Atlanta, Georgia-Directors Cut
-Griffin Photography Museum-Winter Solstice Exhibit
-Slow Exposures -"Enquires of Myth, Ritual and Narrative"-Zebulon, Georgia-
6 person show of alternative processes
-Civic Center-South Bend, Indiana
-Artfields-Lake City, SC
-WAV Venice-4 images from What Lies Within series-Palazzo Michiel Venice, Italy
​-Atlanta Airport Exhibit
-Curated Fridge-Culinary Institute of America-Napa Valley CA-Part of first Friday at Copia
-The Fence-"Animal Lives Revisited"-exhibiting in 8 cities-Brooklyn, Boston,Atlanta, Santa Fe, Durham,
Denver, Houston, Calgary (Canada), Sarasota
-TPS 27 International Competition-Bath House Cultural Center-Dallas ,TX-Portraits Yes
-A Smith Gallery-Director's Choice-Johnson City, TX
Publications
-Sept/Oct Issue of Southern Woman
-The Hand Magazine
-SXSE magazine- Sept/Oct issue-Article on What Lies Within
-The Hand Magazine-issue 31
-Shadow & Light Magazine March/April 2020 Color It Red Special edition
-Oxford America spring issue 2020
-Lenscratch article-
http://lenscratch.com/2019/08/photographers-on-photographers-emily-laux-and-dale-niles/
-Color It Red-chosen for a ten page portfolio in Light and Shadow Magazine
Permanent Collections
MOCA GA Atlanta
Ogden Museum New Orleans