Selected Bibliography
2018 Conservation Tales, Bees – Tom J. McConnell
2017 Making a Difference, Wildlife Conservation Stories, Detroit Zoological Society

Selected Awards
2026 WPY61 Peoples Choice Award Nominee
2025 NANPA Top 100 2025 Showcase
2024 NANPA Top 100 2025 Showcase
2024 Cupoty 06 Shortlist
2022 Lawrence Street Gallery “Think Small” Honorable Mention, Ferndale, MI 2022 CUPOTY 04 Shortlist
2021 CUPOTY 03 Shortlist
2021 NANPA Showcase Competition 2022 Top 250
2020 NANPA Showcase Competition 2021 Top 250

Selected Projects
2023 ESA Calendar – Selected for 2024 Calendar
2022 “Overlooked” outdoor large format exhibition on Belle Isle, Detroit, MI 2021 ESA Calendar – Selected for 2022 Calendar
2020 Huron Valley Council for the Arts “C-Art”, Highland, MI
August 2018 Documentary – Oakland University, Cross Pollination – connecting research, education, and community engagement, Detroit, MI
February 2018 Keynote speaker at Benefit for Pollinators, a night of Art and Science (Oakland University), Rochester, MI
June 2017 Wildlife Interpretive Gallery “Partula Snail Exhibit – Video and Stills of Partula Snail” Detroit Zoological Society, Royal Oak, MI
May 2016 Detroit Zoological Society with the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services at Salina Intermediate School, Dearborn, MI for The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Taught macro photography to students grades 4-6, student work then showcased at the Detroit Zoo Gallery, Detroit/RoyalOak, MI

Selected Talks
2025 “A Closer Look” AADL Pittsfield Branch, Ann Arbor MI
2024 “Beyond the Blooms” Michigan Garden Club District 1 Fall Seminar – Keynote Speaker
2024 “Beyond the Blooms” Grosse Point Garden Center Annual Meeting – Keynote Speaker
2024 Belle Isle Nature Center – Belle Isle Speaker Series: Featuring Joseph Ferraro
2023 Belle Isle Nature Center – A Macro Photography Primer : An evening with the artist Joseph Ferraro

Solo Exhibitions
2025 Matthaei Botanical Gardens “Closer”, Ann Arbor, MI
2022 Belle Isle Nature Center “Overlooked”, Detroit, MI
2021 U of M Gifts of Art Gallery “Up Close”, Ann Arbor, MI
2021 Huron Valley Council for the Arts “Bugs Among Us”, Highland, MI
2020 Ferndale Public Library “Joseph Ferraro – Macro Photography”, Ferndale, MI 
2020 Belle Isle Nature Center “Overlooked”, Detroit, MI
2019 Popps Emporium “Macro View”, Hamtramck, MI
2019 Belle Isle Nature Center “Pollinator Portraits”, Detroit, MI
2012 Scarab Club “Shadowboxes” Emerging Artists Series, Detroit, MI 
2006 Motor City Brewery “DAMAGED”, Detroit, MI

Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Huron Valley Council for the Arts “Portraits of the Overlooked”, Highland, MI
2025 Detroit Contemporary featuring the Pioneer Building “ACTUALLY WORKING”, Detroit, MI
2023 Detroit Contemporary “Actual Size Biennial”, Detroit, MI
2022 Lawrence Street Gallery “Think Small”, Ferndale, MI 
2021 Detroit Contemporary “Actual Size Biennial”, Detroit, MI
2020 Huron Valley Council for the Arts “Our Changing Climate”, Highland, MI 
2020 Hatch Art Center “Hatchback 14”, Hamtramck, MI
2019 Matthaei Botanical Gardens “Perspective: Small art exhibit”, Ann Arbor, MI 
2019 Scarab Club “Wild”, Detroit, MI
2018 Matthaei Botanical Gardens “Beautiful Bugs art exhibit”, Ann Arbor, MI 
2018 Pioneer Art Building “18th Annual Open House”, Detroit, MI
2018 Belle Isle Nature Center “Bee Fest”, Detroit, MI
2018 Belle Isle Nature Center “Birds and Bees”, Detroit, MI
2017 Pioneer Art Building “17th Annual Open House”, Detroit, MI 
2017 Belle Isle Nature Center “Bee Fest”, Detroit, MI
2016 Pioneer Art Building “16th Annual Open House”, Detroit, MI 
2016 Belle Isle Nature Center “Bee Fest”, Detroit, MI
2016 Cass Cafe “The Pioneers”, Detroit, MI
2015 Pioneer Art Building “14th Annual Open House”, Detroit, MI 
2014 Paint Creek Center for the Arts, “Material/Photo”, Rochester, MI 
2013 Anton Art Center “Aglow”, Mt. Clemens, MI
2013 Rivers Edge Gallery, “Pure Genius”, Wyandotte, MI
2012 Scarab Club “99th Annual Scarab Club Gold Medal Exhibition”, Detroit, MI 
2011 The Mexicantown International Mercado Gallery “SWAN Members Exhibition”, Detroit, MI
2011 Ladybug Gallery “Actual Size”, Detroit, MI
2010 Ladybug Gallery “SWAN Members Exhibition”, Detroit, MI 
2006 Susanne Hillberry Gallery, “Scott Hocking Collaboration”, Ferndale, MI