701 Nardo Road
Encinitas, California 92024
U.S.A
Tel: 336 391.0695

Hello, I’m Southern California based photographer and artist Mickey Strider. Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, I made my way to the San Diego area after stops in New York City, Richmond, Virginia and Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Before embarking on my still photography career, I spent many years working in various roles on the film crews of commercials, music videos, television shows and films. Also a veteran of the advertising community, I have served as producer and Head of Production at several ad agencies across the country working on campaigns for brands such as Chrysler, Merrill Lynch, Wild Turkey Bourbon, Asics, Adidas Golf, Wall Street Journal, Petco and Newcastle Brown Ale, to name a few. The daily problem-solving under tight deadlines continues to serve me well. I learned to be extremely resourceful, flexible and adaptable on a broad range of projects, and thrive working under those conditions no matter where in the world I happen to be.

In addition to my commercial photography, my fine art photography is regularly exhibited in galleries and museums across the country and lives in the homes of many collectors, as well as being featured in several publications. When I'm not out shooting I also dabble in what I have to call home taxidermy with my Salton Sea Fish, a collection of mixed-media pieces created using sun-dried tilapia found along the abandoned shores of the desert sea.

Currently residing in Encinitas, California with my wife, 3 kids and 4 dogs, you are most likely to find me with a camera to my eye along with a never-ending drive to create inspiring and moving work. Thank you for stopping by to check out my images. I hope we get the chance to meet and make some great work together.

Peace. 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART CIRCLE GALLERY - AMERICAN LANDSCAPES (Annapolis, Maryland)
ROCKPORT CENTER FOR THE ARTS - SEASCAPES (Rockport, Texas)
STILLPOINT ART GALLERY - NEVER ENOUGH NATURE (Online / Maine)

2012
1650 GALLERY - SKYWARD (Los Angeles, California)
LIGHT SPACE + TIME GALLERY - SEASCAPES
LINUS GALLERY - THE LONELY PLANET (Pasadena, California)
MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART CIRCLE GALLERY - FOCAL POINT (Annapolis, Maryland)
ARTSPACE - INTERNATIONAL JURIED PRINT + PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION (Richmond, Virginia)
SD COUNTY FAIR - INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY + FINE ART COMPETITION - (Del Mar, California)
DARKROOM GALLERY (Essex Jct., Vermont)

2013
BLACK BOX GALLERY - SHADES OF GRAY (Portland, Oregon)
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS - 102nd ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION (Mystic, Connecticut)

2015
HOUSE OF BLUES - RAWartists : GRANDEUR (San Diego, California)
BLACK BOX GALLERY - SHADOW + LIGHT (Portland, Oregon)
BLACK BOX GALLERY - PORTRAITURE : People In Photography (Portland, Oregon)

2016
APA : AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS - OFF THE CLOCK (Los Angeles, California)
BLACK BOX GALLERY - NARRATIVE: PEOPLE, PLACES + THINGS (Portland, Oregon)
ARTS DISTRICT LOS ANGELES PHOTO COLLECTIVE - COLOR POP (Los Angeles, California)
MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART CIRCLE GALLERY - AMERICAN LANDSCAPES (Annapolis, Maryland)
APA : AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS - UNTITLED (San Diego, California)

2017
OPEN SHOW SAN DIEGO (San Diego, California)
BLACK BOX GALLERY - SHADES OF GRAY (Portland, Oregon)
ACADEMY CENTER OF THE ARTS - 2017 NATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION (Lynchburg, VA) MARYLAND FEDERATION OF ART CIRCLE GALLERY - AMERICAN LANDSCAPES (Annapolis, Maryland)
APA : AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS - UNTITLED (San Diego, California)

2018
APA : AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS - OFF THE CLOCK (Los Angeles, California)


PUBLICATIONS + AWARDS

PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2011 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2012 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2013 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY
LIGHT + COMPOSITION MAGAZINE - PHOTO OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2013

PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2014 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY (HONORABLE MENTION)

CHANGE SEVEN MAGAZINE 1.3 - WINTER ISSUE - OCTOBER 2015

CREATIVE QUARTERLY, No. 43 - SUMMER 2016
PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2016 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY

CREATIVE QUARTERLY, No. 48 - WINTER 2017
EDGE OF HUMANITY MAGAZINE - JULY 2017
2017 MUSE CREATIVE AWARDS - 1 PLATINUM WINNER + 2 GOLD WINNERS
ONE EYELAND - PHOTO OF THE DAY - MAY 21 2017
ONE EYELAND - PHOTO OF THE DAY - MAY 23 2017
ONE EYELAND - BEST OF THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS ANNUAL - 2017
2017 BLACK + WHITE SPIDER AWARDS - 3 NOMINATIONS
PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2017 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY
CREATIVE QUARTERLY 100 BEST OF 2017 ANNUAL

2018 COMMUNICATION ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL - SHORTLIST 
2018 APA (American Photographic Artists) AWARDS - 2nd Place
PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM MAGAZINE - ANNUAL 2018 BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY
ONE EYELAND - BEST OF THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHERS ANNUAL - 2018