BIO
Hawkins Biggins is a visual being who has practiced the art of photography since high school. A graduate of Boston’s New England School of Photography, Hawkins was delighted to return home to pursue her passion for photography on Oahu in 2008. Being back in Hawaii she has pursued her creative dream working as a commercial photographer, artist and teacher.
Over the last ten years Hawkins has enjoyed teaching and leading workshops and photowalks at a variety of venues in Honolulu. For over ten years she relished teaching middle schoolers the art of seeing at her alma mater Mid Pacific Institute in the summers. In 2022, she began sharing her love of photography teaching classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
When she is not behind a lens, you can find her playing board games with her teenage son, on a photowalk with her iPhone, with her nose in a book, dreaming about traveling or lacing up her hiking boots to commune with nature and get muddy along the trail.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Hawkins is drawn to photograph nature and the urban environment because it epitomizes the dichotomy of the struggle of modern existence between isolation and intimacy. She focuses on finding connection and a sense of order in the chaotic cityscape. In an effort to compile the three dimensional experience into one frame, her most recent Digital Art work utilizes layering techniques in Photoshop to create composite images. Working with both nature and architecture, her images blend the natural and man made environment into its essential colors, shapes, forms and textures to in an effort to capture a stronger sense of place.
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITS
2025
Botanical - Juror: Wendi Schneider - PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i - Downtown Art Center, Honolulu
Monochrome - Juror: Douglas Beasley - PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury
2024
Artists of Hawai’i - Juror: Tom Klobe - Downtown Art Center, Honolulu
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i - Downtown Art Center, Honolulu
2023
Artists of Hawai’i - Juror: Tyler Cann - Downtown Art Center, Honolulu
2020
New Normal: Contemporary Photography from a Pandemic in the Pacific - The ARTS at Marks Garage
2019
Show Up! - Honolulu Country Club
2017
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i - The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu
Lost & Found - Honolulu Country Club
2016
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i - The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu
2008
Eco/Logic : hybrid exhibit: artists/activists/community - The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu
DARKNESS - Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu
SELECTED INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITS
2022
Punahou Art Gallery Show - Punahou School, Honolulu
2019
Punahou Art Gallery Show - Punahou School, Honolulu
2018
Shaloha: A Jewish Women Artists Exhibition - HiSAM Museum Gallery Shop x Mori, Honolulu
2017
Mixed Media Miniature Show - Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu
2016
Phone Camera Show - The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu
2015
Redrawn, Reformed, Revealed, Remixed - Temple Emanu-El, Honolulu
2013
Small Photo Show - Fishcake, Honolulu
LIGHT - Pauahi Tower, Honolulu
Phone Camera Show - South Street Gallery, Honolulu
2012
Phone Camera Show - South Street Gallery, Honolulu
2012
Together - Honolulu Club
Exploring a Sense of Place - Spaulding House Café, Honolulu
2010
Phone Camera Show - Lama Library, Kapiolani Community College, Honolulu
2009
The Architecture of Change: Exploring the Past within the Present - Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery
2008
Ocean and Surf: Photographic interpretations of Hawaii’s Waters - Wolf Sub Zero, Honolulu
A Sense of Place: a six person photographic exploration of Hawai‘i - Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu
2005
Dreaming . . . Contemporary photographers working in COLOR - Wolf Sub Zero, Honolulu
2004
A Relative Affair: Featuring works by artists who are family members - Gallery ‘Iolani, Honolulu
SELECTED ONLINE EXHIBITS
2021
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i 2021 - Pacific New Media, Honolulu
2020
Punahou Art Gallery Show - Punahou School, Honolulu
AWARDS
2025
Botanical - Honorable Mention, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury
2020
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i - Kaimuki Camera Award, Honolulu
2016
Contemporary Photography in Hawai’i - Pegge Hopper Gallery Award, Honolulu
ARTISTS TALKS
2024
Composite Imagery and Native vs. Invasive Species Series - Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa
2023
iPhone Photography & Photoshop Express for Hawaii Macintosh & Apple Users Society Annual Mactoberfest Event in Honolulu Hawai’i
2017
Phone Photography 101: Creating Compositions Along the Trail - Hawaiian Trail and Mountain Club, Waimanalo Clubhouse, Hawai’i
2013
Aim & Shoot: Find Your Photographer’s Eye - National League of American Penwomen Honolulu Branch Pen Women Meeting at Alan Wongs in Ala Moana Shopping Center, Hawai’i
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS/CLASSES
2025
Intro to Smartphone Architectural Photography Workshop at The Liljestrand House on Tantalus, Oahu, Hawai’i
Advanced Smartphone Photography Class at The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Hawai’i at Manoa Spring Semester
Smartphone Photography Class at The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Hawai’i at Manoa Spring Semester
2024
Smartphone Photography Class at The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Hawaii at Manoa Fall Semester
2023
iPhone Photography Class at The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Hawaii at Manoa Spring Semester
2022
Developing Your Creative Eye: Photography & Lightroom Class at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at University of Hawaii at Manoa Fall Semester
2016
Showcasing Your Projects Through Photography at the Building Industry Association of Hawaii Headquarters in Waipahu on Oahu
2015
Exploring Architectural Photography: Historic Kaka’ako Photography Workshop and Tour Historic Hawaii Foundation and Kaka’ako Agora, Honolulu, Hawaii
2014
Botanical Photography Tips at Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Photo Book Design Class and the Art of Seeing, Summer School Sessions at Mid Pacific Institute, Manoa, Hawaii