About Dorothea Eiben

Dorothea Eiben explores her environment to create luminescent color images that have been described as embodying the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi. Her work has focused on capturing the essence of places and objects that have been abandoned as no longer useful -- illuminating the exquisite nature of impermanence. These images evoke the spirits of these objects, allowing them to live on even as our attention turns from the old in favor of the new. Her more recent work extends this exploration of spirit and memory to the natural world.

Selected Honors & Exhibits

2022

• Cecil College of Art | 365 Project Group Exhibit 2022 | North East, Maryland

2021

• Cecil College of Art | 365 Project Group Exhibit 2021 | Online Exhibit
• Lincolnville Church | Group Exhibit: A Day in the Life of Lincolnville, Maine

2016

• BRAF Gallery | Maine Photography Show, Honorable Mention | Boothbay Harbor, Maine

2015

• Prairie Village Museum | Ghosts of Hope featured artist | Rugby, North Dakota
• Carnegie Visual Arts Center | Alabama Revisited: Recent Photographs of Alabama's Past | Decatur,  Alabama

2014

• WallWork Gallery | Very Revolutionary Montpelier: Through the Eyes of Tillman Crane & Friends | Rockport, Maine

2013

• Tillman Crane & Friends "A Day in the Life: Montpelier | Thomaston, Maine
• Sally D Francisco Gallery | Actuators in Photography juried show | Layton, New Jersey

2010 

• Catskill Art Center | Tillman Crane & Friends | Livingston Manor, New York 

2006

• Maine Media Workshops | Golden Light Award | Rockport, Maine