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Peppa is a gallerist, curator, art advisor and artist consultant, reviewer, career professional photographer, and independent writer on art and culture. 

Peppa was founder and director of Truth and Beauty, (2006 - 2020) a commercial studio and storefront gallery of photography in Vancouver which closed in May 2020, and repositioned online as The Commotion Digital Gallery.

 
 
 

TRUTH AND BEAUTY EMBARKS NOW ON A NEW PATH FOR THE NEW DECADE.

INTRODUCING A DYNAMIC NEW DIGITAL PLATFORM:

T H E C O M M O T I O N
by Truth + Beauty

This new, all-digital platform expands our viewing audience, art network and global reach, while carrying forward the values, integrity, and pursuits that the urban gallery proudly possessed. Think of THE COMMOTION as Truth and Beauty's spirit ascended to 'the cloud', residing now as an integrated commercial virtual photography salon, operating in a sustainable sphere on the web.

Our Four Foundational Pillars :

The Print Room

Online Viewing Room

Culture

Community

The Commotion Digital Gallery represents the work of 90+ independent, international photographers, and hosts digital exhibitions; talks and instructional workshops on Zoom; a podcast; and a variety of engaging public programmes. Peppa conducts portfolio reviews for individual photographers, groups and review festivals, provides mentorship and a host of advisory services on career objectives and development - in person, or remotely.

Member & Professional Affiliations:

  • Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA)

  • Vancouver Association for Photographic Arts (VAPA)

  • Wedding and Portrait Photographers Int’l (WPPI)

  • Professional Photographers Association of BC (PPABC)

  • World Photography Organization

  • CARFAC BC (Canadian Artists’ Representation)

  • Founding Member - Canadian Freelance Guild

  • Portfolio Reviewer - Photolucida Festival 2017, 2019 | Portland, Oregon

  • Portfolio Reviewer - Critical Mass | Photolucida 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

  • Portfolio Reviewer - InFocus | Edmonton Alberta

  • Advisory Board Member - Photolucida | Portland, Oregon

  • Member, Past Vice President - BC Association of Travel Writers | Press Accreditation

  • Immediate Past Board Member - Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD) London UK

  • Immediate Past Chair - Global Chapter, Association of Women Art Dealers (AWAD) UK

  • The Clarion List

  • Foreword Essayist for ‘City in Flux’ photobook by Carolina de la Cajiga, 2018

  • Guest Essayist to the ‘Rule Breakers” feature for “Don’t Take Pictures” Photography Magazine

  • Guest Essayist for the “Shape/Shift Report”, The Audience Issue #51

  • Juror - Chester Fields Youth Photography Competition | Polygon Gallery 2019

  • Panelist - Sunday Art Salon at ‘UnderExposed’ Exhibition | 100 Braid St Studios 2019

  • Host - The Click, The Commotion podcast on photography

  • Juror - Fifth Annual Autumnal Exhibition, September 2019 | ARTHOUSE.NYC

  • Coordinator, Presenter - Saturday Salon Public Programmes

  • Speaker - Public events and private groups

  • Commission - Artist’s Portrait, Album/CD cover for “Long Hot Summer Days” by Jim Byrnes

  • Commission - Author’s Portrait, Book Cover for “Show Me the Honey”, written by Dave Doroghy, Published by TouchWood Editions

  • Commission - Authors Portraits and supporting Editorial Photographs for “Building Community : Defining, Designing, Developing UniverCity”, by Ecotone Publishing

  • Contributing Writer - PhotoEd Magazine, Galleries West, DZine Trip, Matte Black, Travel Thru History, Curated. by The Covert Collective, Don’t Take Pictures

  • Co-editor and Contributing Curator - Curated. by the Covert Collective