Selected Awards and Recognitions

International Magazine Placement (2023)

• Shots Magazine, "Double Vision", Spring Edition 2023, Issue 159
  
• artwork: "Torn and Frayed"

2nd Place, Nature and Landscape Photography (2022)

• Lincoln Gallery (Loveland, CO) "National Photography Show" (Loveland, Colorado)
• artwork: "High and Lonesome"

Artistic Achievement Award (2019)

• Louisville Art Association "Fall Member's Art Show" (Louisville, Colorado)
• artwork: "Waiting for Spring"
• from the juror: "These concave shapes are unusual in nature... giving the piece an interesting sort of tension."

Fresh Vision Award (2019)

• Boulder County "Land Through the Lens" (Boulder, Colorado)
  
• artwork: "One Less Mouse"
  
• award given "... for an image that invites new possibilities of seeing the environment differently than from a habitual way of seeing."
  

(SALT) Magazine Online Review (2019)

• article: "On Edge: A Gallery" 
• artwork: "Hail to the Chief"
• Alec Peterson: "... Pierman’s entry in the gallery is captivating. The feeling of being confused, weary, and caught between an urban and a natural setting sticks in your mind."

Mayor's Choice Award (2018)

• 40 West Art Gallery "Black, White, Metal II" (Lakewood, Colorado)
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White"

First Place, Photography (2018)

• exhibit: Gallery 1505 Spring Art Show (Denver, Colorado)
  
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White"

Honorable Mention (2017)

• Aurora History Museum "Gateway to the Rockies" Art Show, (Aurora, CO)
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White" 

Exhibit Catalog Cover Image (2017)

• Black Box Gallery "Shades of Gray" (Portland, Oregon)
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White"

Selected Juried Art Shows

Louisville Art Association (Louisville, CO)

• Exhibit: National Art Show (Spring, 2023)
• artwork: "High and Lonesome"

Lincoln Gallery (Loveland, CO)

• Exhibit: "Monochrome" (Spring, 2023)
• artwork: "New Love, Old Love" (artistic merit award)
• artwork: "Landscape Study #42"

Praxis Photo Arts Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

• Exhibit: "Landscapes" (December, 2021)
• artwork: "April Showers in Zion"

Praxis Photo Arts Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

• Exhibit: "Mono-Kromatik" (Summer, 2021)
  
• artwork: "Waiting for Spring"

Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Denver, Colorado)

• Exhibit: "Members Show" (May, 2021)
• artwork: "April Showers in Zion" (special mention)
  

Praxis Gallery (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

• Exhibit: "Making Strange" (September/October, 2020)
• artwork: "They Are Watching"

Lone Tree Arts Center (Lone Tree, Colorado)

• Exhibit: "Exploring the Light" (Fall, 2020)
• artwork: "Caught in the Grip of Winter"

Louisville Art Association (Louisville, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Member's Fall Art Show (Fall, 2019)
• artwork: "Waiting for Spring" (Artistic Achievement Award)

Louisville Art Association (Louisville, Colorado)

• Exhibit: National Art Show (August, 2019)
• artwork: "The Matrix Beckons", "Caught in the Grip of Winter", and "Washing Away Her Sins"

Black Box Gallery (Portland, Oregon)

• Exhibit: Color Burst (May, 2019)
• artwork: "Crested Butte Fall View"

Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Denver, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Member's Art Show (May, 2019)
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White"

Lone Tree Arts Center (Lone Tree, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Exploring the Light (March, 2019)
• artwork: "The Matrix Beckons"

Littleton Museum (Littleton, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Eye of the Camera / Evoke (February, 2019)
• artwork: "The Matrix Beckons"

Edge Gallery (Lakewood, Colorado)

• Exhibit: On Edge (February, 2019)
• artwork: "Hail to the Chief"

40West Art Gallery (Lakewood, Colorado) 

• Exhibit: Black, White, Metal II (December, 2018)
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White" (Mayor's Choice Award), "This Old House", and "They Are Watching"

Aurora Artists Guild (Aurora, Colorado) 

• Exhibit: Gateway to the Rockies (October, 2018)
• artwork: "Changing of the Seasons" and "Room with a View"
  

Louisville Art Center (Louisville, Colorado) 

• Exhibit: National Fine Art and Photography Show (September, 2018)
• artwork: "The Solitude of the Colorado Desert" and "Winter Dream in Black and White"
  

Core New Art Space (Denver, Colorado) 

• Exhibit: Black and White Juried Show (July, 2018)
• artwork: "They Are Watching"

Colorado Photographic Arts Center (Denver, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Annual Members' Show (June, 2018)
• artwork: "Washing Away Her Sins"

Lone Tree Arts Center (Lone Tree, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Exploring the Light  (March, 2018)
  
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White"

Gallery 1505 (Denver, Colorado)

• Exhibit: Spring Art Show (April, 2018)
  
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White" (First Place, Photography category)

Littleton Museum (Littleton, CO)

• Exhibit: Eye of the Camera: Past Due (February, 2018)
  
• artwork: "This Old House"

SYNC Gallery (Denver, CO)

• Exhibit: SYNChronocity (February, 2018)
• artwork: "Washing Away Her Sins"

Black Box Gallery (Portland, OR)

• Exhibit: Black and White: 2018 (February, 2018)
  
• artwork: "The Solitude of the Colorado Desert"

Aurora History Museum (Aurora, CO)

• Exhibit: Gateway to the Rockies Art Show (September, 2017)
  
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White" (Honorable Mention), "Winter Storm Approaching", and "Crested Butte Fall View"

Black Box Gallery (Portland, OR)

• Exhibit: Shades of Gray (August, 2017)
  
• artwork: "Winter Dream in Black and White" (this was the cover image for the exhibit catalog)

SPARK Gallery (Denver, CO)

• Exhibit: Paradox (August, 2017)
  
• artwork: "Washing Away Her Sins"