Exhibition History & Community Work

Exhibitions of Rhea Pappas’s fine art photography, newest first, followed by community work. Television profiles, including Minnesota Original, are on the Features page.

Solo exhibition, 2018 Reflections
Lanesboro Arts Exhibition Gallery, Lanesboro, Minnesota. Opened August 18, 2018, and was on view through October 14. A solo gallery show of the underwater portrait series: water, introspection, strength, humanity’s relationship with natural water resources, and local connections.
Solo exhibition, 2015–2016 Surfacing
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, Minnesota, October 23, 2015–January 10, 2016. Photographs of women underwater, in the museum’s emerging-artist series and at the close of its 2015 Underwater Photography Series, as part of its regional aquatic-focused visual art programming.
Institutional showcase, 2012 Coffman Art Gallery
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. An institutional showcase of underwater photography with aquatic themes and environmental design.
Group exhibition, 2011 Cult Sisters II
Cult Status Gallery, Minneapolis. A group show of Twin Cities artists, with an opening reception on May 14, 2011, and a closing reception on June 17, 2011.
Solo exhibition, 2010 Beneath the Surface
Icebox Gallery, Northrup King Building, Minneapolis, May 15–July 31, 2010. Large-scale prints of women floating and posing underwater: weightlessness, vulnerability, and feminine power. Twenty-three archival inkjet prints, 30 by 40 inches.
Exhibition Rogue Buddha Gallery
An exhibition at Rogue Buddha Gallery, Minneapolis.
Community work Lowertown St. Paul
Gallery walks, open studio tours, the Lowertown Art Crawl, and community arts education workshops.