Biography

Dreamer • Photographer • Filmmaker • Inventor

Parker J Pfister (b.1968) is an American portrait and art photographer residing in Asheville, NC.

Exhibitions

1981 - Highland County Fair • Photography Grand Prize • Hillsboro, OH

1981 - Ohio State Fair • Photography Grand Prize • Columbus, OH

1981 - Worlds Fair • Photography Silver Medal from Eastman Kodak • Knoxville, TN

2001 - FRC (Family Resource Center) Benefit Auction • My piece raised $4600 • Bend, OR

2005 - Group show • GroveWood Gallery, Grove Park Inn • Asheville, NC

2011 - HATCH Festival Solo Exhibition • City Wide • Asheville, NC

2012 - Solo Portrait Show • Parker/ Priddy Gallery • Asheville, NC

2013 - Open Doors Art Affair • My piece raised $3400 • Asheville, NC

2015 - Featured Artist and Donor raising over $6000 • Asheville Art Museum Fundraising Gala •

Asheville, NC

2015 - Group Exhibition Curated by The Lucie Foundation • COP21 United Nations •

Paris, France

2016 - Group Exhibition Curated by The Lucie Foundation • The C40 Mayors Summit • Bosque

de Chapultepec • Mexico City, Mexico

2017 - Beyond the Air We Breath • Group Exhibition Curated by The Lucie Foundation • Royal

Society of Photography • Bangkok, Thailand

2018 - Group Exhibition Curated by The Lucie Foundation • The Climate Smart Evolution •

Bologna, Italy

2018 - Constraints Solo Exhibition • Parker/Priddy Gallery Asheville, NC

2020 - Favorite Photo online Exhibition • LensScratch

2021 - Portrait Awards Editors Choice • LensCulture

2022 - Zeitgeist Group Show • Photo Nola Festival • City Wide • New Orleans, LA

2023 - Landscapes Group Show • A.Smith Gallery • Johnson City, TX

2023 - Water Group Show • A.Smith Gallery • Johnson City, TX

2023 - Group Show • The Marque Gallery • Asheville, NC

2023 - Portrait Awards Editors Choice • LensCulture

2024 - Phase 2 Group exhibition • The Radical Hotel • Asheville, NC

2024 - Featured Artist • RSS (Refugee Support Services) Fundraising Event • Charlotte, NC

2024 - Monochrome Group Show • Photoplace Gallery • Burlington, Vermont

2024 - Beyond AVL • Hurricane Helene Relief Group Show Ponce City Market • Atlanta, GA

2024 - Convergence Solo Exhibition • Mars Landing Gallery • Mars Hill, NC

2024 - Critical Mass • Photo Lucida • Five pieces in the top 200

2025 - Phase 3 Group exhibition • The Radical Hotel • Asheville, NC

2025 - Helene Relief Group Show • The Outpost Galleries • Asheville, NC Show

2025 - Portrait Identities Group Show • Photoplace Gallery • Burlington, Vermont

2025 - Ruins Group Show • Photoplace Gallery • Burlington, Vermont

2025 - Staying Strong: In the Wake of Helene • Group Show • Asheville, NC

2025 - In The Nude • Chateau Gallery • Group show • Louisville, KY

2025 - Human Nature • Table Gallery/ Restaurant • solo show • Asheville, NC

2025 - Editors Choice • Art Photography • LensCulture

Publications

2005 - Group Collection • Hurricane Katrina Relief Book

2024 - Published Piece • Shots Magazine

2025 - Published Piece • Shots Magazine

2024 - Published Piece • The Hand Magazine

Leading Education

2003-2009 - Selected as Ambassador of Canon Explorer of Light Program

2005-2009 - Selected as Ambassador of Canon Printmaster Program

2005-2008 - Adobe Ambassador for Lightroom

2009-2012 - Presented for Nikon

2004 - Standing in the Shallow End • Keynote Speaker • WPPI • Las Vegas, NV

2005 - Standing in the Shallow End • Keynote Speaker • Imaging USA • Nashville, TN

2007 - Photography is Art • Keynote Speaker • Hair of the Dog • Brisbane, Australia

2009 - Being B&W in a Saturated World • Keynote Speaker • WPPI • Las Vegas, NV

2013 - Looking Past the Obvious • Keynote Speaker • Mystic Seminars • Mystic, CT

2014 - Seeing Past the Obvious • Keynote Speaker • Imaging USA • Phoenix, AZ

2015 - Seeing Past the Obvious • Keynote Speaker • WPPI • Las Vegas, NV

2016 - Do The Work • Keynote Speaker • WPPI • Las Vegas, NV

2017 - Standing in the Shallow End • Keynote Speaker • Imaging USA • San Antonio, TX

2018 - Do The Work • Keynote Speaker • Imaging USA • Nashville, TN

2018 - Simplicity via Complexity • Closing Speaker • Portrait Masters • Phoenix, AZ

2021 - Alternative Process in a Digital Age • Keynote Speaker • Imaging USA • San Antonio, TX

2022 - Do The Work • Keynote Speaker • PPSC • Greenville, SC

2024 - Keynote Speaker • Create Mornings AVL • Asheville, NC

2024 - Group Speaker • The Lobby • Asheville, NC

2024 - Keynote Speaker • Kinship Photography Collective • Asheville, NC

2007 - Present - Lead Workshops and Retreats on the Creative Process • Sold out past retreats held in Australia, France, Scotland, Iceland, Spain, Canada, Joshua Tree, The Badlands of SD, Oregon Coast, and a few here in Asheville, NC Just to name a few.