"The virtue of the camera is not the power it has

to transform the photographer into an artist,

but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.”

Brooks Atkinson, American theater critic.

• Boca Raton JCC Museum & Gallery
  Fine Art Photo Exhibition
  January 8 – February 5, 2026
  Opening Reception: Thursday, January 8, 2026, 3 – 6 p.m.
  Monday-Friday: 12 noon. – 4 p.m.
  Toby & Leon Cooperman Campus
  21050 95th Avenue S.
  Boca Raton, Fl

Concurrent:
MEMOIR BOOK SIGNING & TALK:
“Child of Silence: A Blessing & Disguise”
Author: H. Allen Benowitz

 www.H-AllenArt.com         https://www.childofsilence-ablessingindisguise.com

• St. Stephens Art & MakersFest
  Presidents Day Weekend
  Dates: Saturday-Monday, February 14-16, 2026
  Hours: 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  2750 McFarlane Road
  Coconut Grove, FL 33133
  [Adjacent to the Coconut Grove Arts Festival]

• H. Allen Benowitz on South Florida Business Tonight 3-24-15

• Morocco in Review
• In the Beginning...
• 2013-2017 Years in Review
• Philanthropies
• Testimonials
• Resume

• January 2024 – Brickell Festival of the Arts, Miami, FL 
• February 2024 – Boca Raton Museum Festival of the Arts on Mizner, Boca Raton, FL
• February 2024 – Coconut Grove Festival of Art Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
• March 2024 – Under the Oaks Arts & Crafts Festival, Vero Beach, FL
• March 2023 - Las olas Arts Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• March 2023 - Under the Oaks Arts & Crafts Festival, Vero Beach, FL
• February 2023 - Boca Raton Museum of Art Arts Festival
• February 2023 - The Wirtz Gallery, South Miami, FL
• January 2023 - Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Coral Gables, FL
• January 2023 - Panter, Panter & Sampedro Fine Art Show @ Pinecrest Gardens
• April-May 2022 - 17th Annual Art Competition & Gallery Exhibition,  Studio 18 in the Pines
• February 2022 - Coconut Grove Arts Festival
• February 2022 - Boca Raton Museum Art Festival in Mizner Park
• January 2022 - Panter, Panter & Sampedro [Pinecrest Gardens] Fine Art Show
• December 2021 - Downtown Delray Beach Art Festival on 4th
• July-August 2021 – Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association
• January 2020 – Pinecrest Fine Art Show
• March 2019 - Las Olas Art Fair Part
• January 2019 - Boca Raton Art Show
• December 2018 - Spectrum-Miami/Art Basel
• March 2018 - Downtown Naples Art Festival
• March 2018 - Las Olas Art Fair Part II
• January 2018 - Beaux Arts Festival
• December 2017 - Coconut Grove Art Festival Gallery
• December 2017 - Spectrum-Miami/Art Basel
• March 2018 - Las Olas Art Fair II
• April 2017 – Yacht Harbor Arts & Crafts Show, Islamorada, FL
• March 2017 – Las Olas Art Festival II, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• February 2017 – Naples National Art Festival, Naples, FL
• January 2017 – Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Coral Gables, FL
• November-December 2016, Spectrum-Miami, Art Week Miami/Art Basel, Miami, FL
• August 2016, Toe River Arts Council, "Asia," Spruce Pine, NC
• April 2016, Las Olas Art Festival II, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• March 2016, Retrospective Exhibition, Cricket Club, Miami, FL
• March 2016, Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts, Naples, FL
• March 2016, Sarasota Spring Fine Art Festival, Sarasota, FL
• January 2016, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• December 2015, Spectrum-Miami-Art Week Miami/Art Basel, Miami, FL
• September 2015, Amsterdam Whitney gallery, Chelsea, NY
• March 2015, Las Olas Art Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• March 6 - May 24, 2015, Coral Gables Museum, ARTCycle
• March 6-8, 2015 Featured Artist, "People of the WOrld" Coral Gables Museum
• February 21 - 22 2015, South Miami Rotary Art Festival
• January - February 2015, "Exotic People of the World - Face-off" Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery
• December 3-7, 2014 Spectrum-Miami - Art Week Miami/Art Basel
• June-August 2014, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
• March 2014, Las Olas Art Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• February 2014, South Miami Rotary Art Festival, S. Miami, FL
• January 2014, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• December 2013, Spectrum-Miami, Wynwood, FL
• August 2013, Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville, NC
• April 2013, ArtSight Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
• February 2013, Boca Raton Museum of Art Art Festival, FL
• January – February 2013, Brockway Memorial Library, Miami Shores, FL
• January 2013, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• March 2012, Las Olas Art Fair, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• January 2012, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• January 2012, Boca Raton Museum of Art Art Festival, Boca Raton, FL
• March 2011, Las Olas Art Fair, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• January 2011, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• December 2010, Art Basel Week - Borinquen Art Project Gallery, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
• May – October 2010, Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL Photo
• April – September 2010, Miami Magic City Casino, “Life in Cuba – Cars of Cuba,” Miami, FL
• March 2010, Key Biscayne Art Festival, Key Biscayne, FL
• February 2010, Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL
• January 2010, Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• December 2-6, 2009, Art Basel Week – Borinquen Art Project, Miami Design District, Miami, FL Photo
• October 29-November 30, 2009, “From the Lens of Photographer H. Allen Benowitz,” Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery,      Miami, FL
• Feb 14 - Mar 27 2009, “Life in Cuba 2008; The Cars of Cuba,” Miami Art Space, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
• October 17, 2008, "Adventure Travel"; Landscape, The Design Gallery, 7 South Main Street, Burnsville, NC
• September 6, 2008 Exhibition, Andrews Art Museum, Valleytown Cultural Arts and Historical Society, Andrews, NC
• August 31, 2008, One-Day Exhibition, Altapass Apple Orchard, 1025 Orchard Road,Milepost 328.3 on The Blue Ridge Parkway, Little Switzerland, NC
• April 22 - May 19, 2008Exhibition, The Design Gallery, 7 South Main Street, Burnsville, NC
• January - March, 2008, "Retrospective Exhibition", The Design Gallery, 7 South Main Street, Burnsville, NC
• January 2008, "Greece & Turkey" Exhibition, Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL
• November 14, 2007, "Adventure Travel   " Lecture & Slide Show Presentation, Arts & Minds Albanico Theater, sponsored by Culture in the City, Coconut Grove, FL
• September 2007, GroveHouse Artists, [Juried] Group Exhibition, Brickell Center, Miami, FL
• Sunday, March 11, 2007, Gifford Lane Art Stroll, Coconut Grove, FL
• February 23, 2007, "Morocco Lecture & Slide Show Presentation," RoundTable, Old Grove, Coconut Grove, FL
• February 10 - 11, 2007, "Adventure Travel," Coldwell Banker Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach, FL
• October 2006, "India" Exhibition, Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL
• February - May 2005, Retrospective Exhibition, Business Centers Int'l, Espirito Santo Plaza, Miami, FL
• February 6 - 28, 2004, Gallery Exhibition, Serious Studios, Miami Design District, Miami, FL
• February 6 - 7 - 8, 2004, FAB Fest, Ocean Drive, South Beach, Miami Beach, FL
• February 14 - 15 - 16, 2004, Washington Mutual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL Photo
• September 2004 - January 2005, "Medieval" Exhibition, Darby Technology Center, Coral Gables, FL
• October 2004, "America/Amerikaans" Exhibition, Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL
• October-November 2004, "Existing and New Work" Exhibition, Tropicolor Photo, Miami Beach, FL
• Award winning photoo Behind The Wall.
• "Behind The Wall," photograph selected by Holocaust Remembrance Project, Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation, Inc., Annual Awards Dinner, Washington, D.C., Thursday, July 17, 2003; honored by Hon. William S. Sessions [former Director, FBI] gifted to Keynote Speaker, Dr. Michael Berenbaum [former President, Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, former Director, United States Holocaust Museum Research Institute, and consultant to Steven Spielberg.]
• Photography Exhibition May 2-31, 2003 - Gallerie Vincent, Streets of Mayfair, Coconut Grove, FL

• Featured Profile, 74th Edition of Marquis Who's Who in America; 2021-2022
• Photo Competition-Exhibition: Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, seven juried featured images; July-August 2021
• 1st Place Photography, Pinecrest Gardens Fine Arts Show; January 2020
• Black & White Spider Awards International Photography Competition – 2nd Place – Merit of Excellence in People; Nominee in Photojournalism; January 2020
• Cigar Lady II" featured in Winners Book, Black & White Spider Awards Competition, Vol.2; February 2020
• Published: Art & Beyond Magazine; February 2020
• Boca Raton Museum of Art –Signature Juried member, Artist Guild; March 2020
• Published: Spring 2020 Issue of World of Art Contemporary Art Magazine, MoMA | Museum of Modern Art.
• 13th Annual International Color Awards competition Honoring Color Photography: Nominee Awards in six separate categories: Aerial; Americana; Children of the World; People; Photojournalism; Wildlife; March 2020
• Published: Invited Artist, World of Art Magazine; April 2020
• Published: 14th Black & White Spider Awards Video Series; Certificate of Achievement:14th Annual Black & White Spider Awards; April 2020
• Published: Artavita - Worldwide Art Magazine; May 2020
• Photo Competition: 15th Black & White Spider Awards; Four winners; Certificate of Achievement; Fall 2020

• Recipient of the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and is featured in the 10th edition of Who’s Who in American Law.

• Benowitz’s fine art photography has been featured on NYC prime time Manhattan TV media’s Kristal Hart Show on January 12, 2016. New York TV personality and producer, Ms. Kristal Hart conducted video interviews at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in Chelsea and showcased Mr. Benowitz’s interview and the works of other fine artists:

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery: 

• Two of my photographs are featured for publication in the May/June 2015 issue of Art & Beyond Magazine. To view the digital version of “Kathmandu Man”and“Halo,” turn to page 38: http://ww.artandbeyondpublications.com/online_mag/2015/05/mayjune-2015/
• I am pleased to announce the national and international representation of my work by two respected galleries.

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery

ArtQuenchGalleryRepresentation

• I am honored to announce that I have been selected among the 100 Nominees to be awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Artavita’s International Photo Competition, in recognition of “Cigar Lady I.”  You may view my contest portfolio entries by clicking on the link: http://www.artavita.com/contests/12/browse?artist_id=2986
• Visual works of art selected for inclusion in the International Contemporary Artists art book, Volume VIII, entitled  “An Exploring Journey to Art,” release November 2014 
• Art Business News’ Top Emerging Artists for 2014, Featured Artist, "featured artist" fall edition.
• Lecture, “The Road to Morocco,” Yancey Public Library, Burnsville, NC October 2014
• Awarded Special Recognition in the top 12 winners of the Juried International Photo Competition, American Institute of Architects, June 2014
• International photo competition, has been selected as a Chosen Artist published in the Special Nude and Figurative Art issue of Art & Beyond Magazine 2014 [Black Light Dancers].
• Awarded Special Recognition in the top 50 of the Art Quench Gallery 2014 Juried International January Art Competition:  index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=63
• Selected a winner for an architectural entry [“La Medina Archway I”] in global competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, July 2014.
• Publisher’s Choice Award, Art & Beyond Magazine, July-August 2014; [“Hot Rod; Cigar Lady”].
• Global Competition: Nominated Finalist - 5th Annual Masters Cup - 2011 International Color Awards Honoring Color Photography 3 categories: Architecture – “Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao”; Children of the World – “Boy Band”; People – “Cigar Lady”
• October 13, 2011, Lecture Slide Show Presentation: (Poster) "People of the World" and "The Magic of Photography,"  Yancey County Public Library, Burnsville, NC
• Third Place Award in an all-media competition at the Rossetti Fine Art Gallery in Pompano Beach, FL, April 21, 2011
• WLRN’s ArtStreet Project: A biographical look “Into The Lens of Photographer H. Allen Benowitz” featuring photographs from Cuba, Morocco, India, and other parts of the world. [WLRN-TV is a PBS affiliate in South Florida

• November 2010, Juror, Photography Competition, Grovehouse Artists, “A South Florida Moment,” Coconut Grove
• November 15, 2010, WLRN Public Television, ArtStreet Interview, “How a business man turned his passion for photography into a fulfilling business,” Miami, FL
• February 2010, MiamiArtZine.com< Art Reviews: Coco Art Fair; “The 47th Coconut Grove Arts Festival", Coconut Grove, FL
• February 2009, Press Release, Miami Art Guide, "Life in Cuba 2008", Miami Art Space; Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL
• Cuba As It Is"; Miami, FL
• January 2009, Press Release<, "Photographer to exhibit at Miami Art Space in Wynwood Art District", Miami, FL
• October 2008, Competition: 2nd Place, Annual Photo Contest. Altapass Orchard, Blue Ridge Parkway, Little Switzerland, NC.
• April 2008, “Fog City” photo co-featured in Miami Monthly Magazine: A Miami Moment: “Out of the Fog,” Miami, FL
• February 2008, "Dalmatian Rooster" photo featured in Miami Monthly Magazine: A Miami Moment: "Flaming Feathers," Miami, FL
• Board of Directors, Bakehouse Art Complex, 2007-2008, Miami, FL
• January 3, 2008 with Patricia Andreu, South Florida Today, NBC6, Miramar, FL
• January 25, 2008, Feature article "Gables Gallery Walk: A (Free) Night of Sensory Delights in Coral Gables"; Miami Beach, FL
• December 2007, featured in Miami Monthly Magazine: "Cavernous Cappadocia - Exploring an Ancient Underground Community"
• April 2007, featured in Miami Monthly Magazine: "Indelible India - A Photographer's View of the People and Places of Rajasthan"
• 300 persons attended H. Allen's Morocco Lecture & Slide Show Presentation, February 23, 2007, RoundTable, Old Grove, Coconut Grove, FL
• H-AllenArt has been featured in Coastal Elegance & Wealth Magazine

• 150 persons attended H. Allen's opening reception Friday, May 2, 2003, Gallerie Vincent, Streets of Mayfair;  opening photo
• H. Allen's closing reception, Gallerie Vincent, Streets of Mayfair; closing photo
• November 2003 "WHAT'S HAPPENING": Journal of Court Reporting, National Court Reporters Association, by Vivien Spitz
• March 2003 featured among One Ear Society All-Member Awards winners, Coconut Grove Times, Brickell Post, and South  Miami Times, Miami, Florida
• March 2003 Spotlight Article: Journal of Court Reporting, National Court Reporters Association, by Aimee Suhie
• February 2003 Competition: 2nd Place Black/White Photography, One Ear Society All-Member Awards “Lakeside Solitude,” ChengDe, People's Republic of China, February 2002
• January 2003 Photographer, Galerie Modus, Paris, exhibition art work of Claude Le Boul, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida
• November 2002 Exhibition: Portrait Invitational, One Ear Society - Israeli Scholar, airport at the Sea of Galilee; Tiberias,  Israel, 1991
• Published: SE Florida Style & Design Magazine, Summer 2019.
• 2nd Place – Merit of Excellence in People: “Cigar Lady II”; Nominee in Photojournalism – “Behind the Wall”; International Award Honoring Black & White           Photography, Fall 2019.
• 1st Place Photography, Pinecrest Gardens Fine Art Show; January 2020.
• Black & White Spider Awards International Photography Competition – 2nd Place – Merit of Excellence in People: “Cigar Lady II”; Nominee in Photojournalism:     “Behind the Wall”; January 2020.
• Cigar Lady" featured in Winners Book, Black & White Spider Awards Competition, Vol.2, February 2020.
• Published in Art & Beyond Magazine – Featured: “Blue Ridge Bride”; “Everglades Alligator”; February 2020
• Boca Raton Museum of Art –Signature Juried member, Artist Guild [Juried Photo Submissions: “Double Mimes”; “Mud Puddle”; “Cloud Revelation”; “Old Town”]; March 2020
• Published: Spring 2020 Issue of World of Art Contemporary Art Magazine, MoMA | Museum of Modern Art.
• 13th Annual International Color Awards competition Honoring Color Photography, Nominee Awards in six separate categories: ‘I am in the Public Eye’ – Aerial;     ‘Country Barns & Pasture – Americana; ‘Happiness Children II’ – Children of the World; ‘Street Life IX’ - People ; ‘Mandala Sand Art Ceremony’ -Photojournalism; ‘The Culprit’ – Wildlife”; March 2020
• Published: - Invited Artist, World of Art Magazine; April 2020.
• Published: 14th Black & White Spider Awards Video Series; Certificate of Achievement: 14th Annual Black & White Spider Awards; April 2020.
• Published: Artavita - Worldwide Art Magazine May 2020
• Art & Culture Center of Hollywood –Annual Exhibition & Benefit “Exposed”; fall 2020; “Black Light Dancers I”]
• Photo Competition: Four winners, 15th Black & White Spider Awards; Certificate of Achievement; Fall 2020
• Photo Competition: Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, seven featured image

• Galerie Vincent, Coconut Grove, FL 2003
• One Ear Society, Coconut Grove, FL 2002/2003
• Serious Studios, Miami Design District, FL 2003/2004
• FAB Fest, South Beach, FL 2004
• Washington Mutual Coconut Grove Arts Festival, FL 2004
• Darby Technology Center, Coral Gables, FL 2004/2005
• Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL 2004 • Tropicolor Photo, South Beach, FL 2004
• Espirito Santo Plaza [Business Centers Int'l], Miami, FL 2005
• The WIT Gallery, Lenox, MA 2005, 2006
• Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL 2006
• Coldwell Banker Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami Beach, FL 2007
• Gifford Lane Art Stroll, Coconut Grove, FL 2007
• Group Exhibition, GroveHouse Artists Gallery [Juried], St. Stephens Church, Coconut Grove, FL 2007
• Books & Books, Coral Gables, FL 2008
• The Design Gallery, Burnsville, NC 2008
• The Altapass Orchard, Little Switzerland, NC 2008
• Andrews Art Museum, Andrews, NC 2008
• Miami Art Space, Wynwood Art District, Miami, FL 2009
• Coconut Grove Arts Festival Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL 2009
• Borinquen Health Care Art Project Gallery, FL 2009
• Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL 2010
• Coconut Grove Arts Festival, Coconut Grove, FL 2010
• Key Biscayne Art Festival, Key Biscayne, FL 2010
• Miami Magic City Casino Solo Photography Exhibition: “Life in Cuba – Cars of Cuba,” Miami, FL 2010
• Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery, “Through The Lens of H. Allen Benowitz: People of the World,” Boca Raton, FL 2010
• Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL 2011
• Las Olas Art Fair, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2011
• Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL 2012
• Boca Raton Museum of Art Art Festival, Boca Raton, FL 2012
• Las Olas Art Fair, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 2012
• Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL 2013 
• Boca Raton Museum of Art Art Festival, Boca Raton, FL 2013
• ArtSight Gallery, Coral Gables, FL 2013
• Toe River Arts Council, Burnsville, NC August 2013
• Spectrum-Miami, Wynwood, FL December 2013
• Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL January 2014
• South Miami Rotary Art Festival, S. Miami, FL February 2014
• Las Olas Art Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL March 2014
• Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL June-August 2014
• Spectrum-Miami, Wynwood, FL December 2014
• Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery November 2014-January 2015
• “Exotic People of the World – Face-Off” Nathan D. Rosen Museum Gallery January-February 2015
• Featured Artist, “People of the World” Coral Gables Museum March 2015
• Coral Gables Museum, "ARTcycle," Coral Gables Museum March-May 2015
• Las Olas Art Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL April 2015
• Lecture & Slide Show Presentation, Asia: Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bhutan; Singapore Yancey County Public Library,Burnsville, NC October 2015
• Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY,September 10, 2015
• Spectrum-Miami-Art Week Miami/Art Basel, Miami, FL December 2015
• “Exotic People of the World – Face-Off” D. Nathan Rosen Museum Gallery,
• Boca Raton, FL, January-February 2015
• Beaux Arts Festival, Coral Gables, FL January 2016
• Sarasota Spring Fine Art Festival, Sarasota, FL March 2016
• Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts, Naples, FL March 2016
• Retrospective Exhibition, Cricket Club, Miami, FL March 2016
• ARTCycle 2016, Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL March 2016
• Featured Artist, “People of the World” Coral Gables Museum, Coral Gables, FL March 2016
• Las Olas Art Festival II, Ft. Lauderdale, FL April 2016
• Toe River Arts Council, "Asia": Sri Lanka-Nepal-Bhutan-Singapore," Spruce Pine, NC August 2016
• December 2016 – Spectrum-Miami/Miami Art Week/Basel
• January 2017 – Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Coral Gables, FL
• February 2017 – Naples National Art Festival, Naples, FL
• March 2017 – Las Olas Art Festival II, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
• April 2017 – Yacht Harbor Arts & Crafts Show, Islamorada, FL
• November 2017 – Sonesta Celebrates Award-Winning photography of H. Allen Benowitz, Coconut Grove, FL
• Festival, Coral Gables, FL
• March 2018 – Las Olas Art Fair Part II, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• March 2018 – Downtown Naples Art Festival, Naples, FL
• December 2018 – Spectrum-Miami/Miami Art Week/Basel
• January 2019 – Boca Raton Art Show, Boca Raton, FL 
• March 2019 – Las Olas Art Festival II, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
• January 2020 – Pinecrest Fine Art Show, Miami, FL 
• July-August 2021 – Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association 
• January 2022 – Panter, Panter & Sampedro [Pinecrest Gardens] Fine Art Show 
• February 2022 – Coconut Grove Arts Festival 
• April-May 2022 – 17th Annual Art Competition & Gallery Exhibition, Studio 18 in the Pines 
• December 2022 – Downtown Delray Beach Art Festival on 4th 
• January 2023 - Panter, Panter & Sampedro Fine Art Show @ Pinecrest Gardens 
• January 2023 - Beaux Arts Festival of Art, Coral Gables, FL 
• February 2023 - The Wirtz Gallery, South Miami, FL 
• February 2023 - Boca Raton Museum of Art Arts Festival 
• March 2023 - Las olas Arts Festival, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 
• March 2023 - Under the Oaks Arts & Crafts Festival, Vero Beach, FL