Who She Is
Carla Bowman-Smith, currently head of the Visual & Performing Arts Department at Malibu High School, has been a Photography and Graphic Design instructor since 1997. Previously she worked in the field of Graphic Design after receiving a BS in Art and Design with Photography Concentration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She has an MA in Education from Pepperdine University.
Awards & Recognitions
• Photographer’s Forum Best College Photography, 1993 HM
• Photographer's Forum Best of Photography 2014
• Anaheim Art Association 59th Open Juried Show 3rd Place, 2023
• Los Angeles Center of Photography, Into the Light: Analog Photography Now, HM, 2024
• Photographer’s Forum Spring Photography, 2003 HM
• Westlake Village Art Guild, HM, 2020
• Anaheim Art Association 59th Open Juried Show HM, 2023
•The Los Angeles Center of Photography. Portraits as Visual Repositories HM, 2024
• Photographer's Forum magazine's 34th Annual Spring Photography Contest, 2014 Finalist
• Westlake Village Art Guild, 3rd place, 2021
• Westlake Village Art Guild, Award of Excellence, 2024
•The Los Angeles Center of Photography. Portraits as Visual Repositories HM, 2024
1989 Peter Strauss Ranch, 1995 Cal Poly State University, Dexter Art Gallery, 1995 Earthling Bookshop & Cafe San Luis Obispo, 2000 Faculty Art Show Malibu, 2002 Graphaids Inc. Agoura Hills, 2003 Allegria Restaurant Malibu, 2003 Frascati Restaurant Palos Verdes, 5/2015 Evening under the Stars Pop Up Gallery Malibu, 8/2017 Julia Dean Gallery Hollywood, 5/2019 Radical Beauty Malibu Rising Malibu City Hall, 9/2019 Radical Beauty Part 2 Malibu City Hall, 11/2019 Agoura Hills Event Center, 3/2020 The Birds and the Bees, A Celebration of Spring in Malibu, Malibu City Hall, 6/2020 Westlake Village Art Guild Gallery, 1/2021 Westlake Village Art Guild Virtual Show, 1/2022 Westlake Village Art Guild/Thousand Oaks Gallery, 5/2022 "Malibu Perception" Malibu City Hall, 6/2022 Westlake Village Art Guild Juried Show, 10/2022 Casa Art Fest, 8/2023 Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 10/2023 Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, 1/2024 Westlake Village Art Guild/Thousand Oaks Gallery, 1/2024 Los Angeles Center of Photography, 3/2024 San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Spring Online Exhibition, 5/2024 Thousand Oaks Art Association’s 2024 Open Juried Show, 7/24 Sasse Museum of Art Pomona. 11/2024 @ San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center’s On-Line Exhibit: What Lies Beneath, November 11, 2024 Anaheim Art Association 60th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition @ Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center, 1/2025 @ Westlake Village Art Guild 8/2024-2/2025 @ The Los Angeles Center of Photography’s On-Line Exhibit: Portraits as Visual Repositories, 2/2025 @ Santa Cruz Art League Gallery: A Moment in Time, A National Photography Exhibition, Current: April 1 to May 31, 2025 Collage Artists of America, “Unexpected Outcomes” exhibit. Upcoming: May 2-28: Thousand Oaks Art Association’s 2025 Open Juried Show Upcoming: July 12 - Sept 13, 2025 at the Westlake Village Public Library.