BORN: NEW YORK, NEW YORK
EDUCATION- 1983 - Long Island University, Brookville, NY. M.A. Photography
- 1974 - Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. B.A. Design, Art History
- 2008 - USC IGM Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – "Transformation: Capturing The Moment"
- 2003 - Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY - "Chance Encounters"
Port Washington Media Center, Port Washington, NY - "The Color of Shape" - 1999 - Beacon Gallery, Bellport, NY - "Mythscapes"
- 1993 - Hewlett–Woodmere Gallery, Hewlett, NY - "Recent Photographs"
- 1992 - 92nd Street Y, New York, NY - "Images of Russia"
Foyer Gallery, Freeport, NY - "Images of Russia" - 1991 - Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY - "Images of Russia"
- 1990 - Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY - "City/Countryscapes"
- 1989 - Art Upstairs Gallery, E. Williston, NY - "City/Countryscapes"
- 1988 - East End Arts, Riverhead, NY
- 1986 - Hempstead Library, Hempstead, NY
- 1985 - Chemical Bank, Freeport, NY - "Ancient Ruins"
- 1984 - Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
Hutchins Gallery, Greenvale, NY
- 2009 - International Center of Photography, New York, NY - "Clues to Identity"
Calumet Gallery, New York, NY - "Iceland" - 2008 - Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY - "Artists On Location"
Umbrella Arts, New York, NY - "Celebrating The Silver Print"
Chelsea Space Gallery, New York, NY - "2007 NewWork 2008" - 2007 - Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN - "Women Only! In Their Studios", Traveled to eight museums thru 2008
- 2006 - Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY - Art That Covers The Earth"
ArtWorks Gallery, Cold Spring, NY - "the Naturals"
Wild Wood Gallery, Beacon, NY - "Journeys"
Garrison Art Center, NY - "Spring 2006 Members Show"
ArtWorks Gallery, NY - "Mixed Media: Travels Thru Europe"
St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York, NY - "Compassion"
Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY - "Home". - 2005 - Imaging Arts Gallery, Tappan, NY - "Photography
Origins To Now"
Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NY - "The Handmade Print"
Show Walls, New York, NY - "Eyewitness"
Westchester Community College, Peekskill, NY - 2004 - Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
Germaine Keller Gallery, Garrison, NY - 2003 - VanBrunt Gallery, Beacon, NY - "Photography Show"
The Gallery, Stamford,
NY Putnam Art Council, Mahopac, NY - 2002 - Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
thesight6.com
Weill Cornell Medical Library, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, NY, NY - "Life of the City"
Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY - "Point of View"
Perkins Center For The Arts, Moorestown, NJ - "A Tribute to NY" - 2001 - Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Modernage Gallery, New York, NY - "WTC - Before & After"
Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, NY - "Arthur Leipzig: A Tribute to Influence"
Sink Gallery, Denver, CO - "Summertime" - 2000 - Gallery Sink Denver, CO - "Off the Highway"
Soho Photo, New York, NY
thesight5.com
St.Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Beacon Gallery, NY - "Chance Encounters" - 1999 - BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY - "Photography’99"
- 1998 - thesight.com -
"Invitation"
Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Richmond, VA - "Off the Highway 98"
B.J.Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY - "Photography Invitational"
Ashford Warburg Associates, New York, NY - "Only in New York"
Cornell Medical Library, New York, NY
John Cleary Gallery, Houston, Texas - "Rite of Spring" - 1997 - thesight.com.
Hewlett - Woodmere Gallery, Hewlett, NY - "Recent Photographs"
Phillips Mill, New Hope, PA - "PMPE Exhibition"
Nassau Community College, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, NY - "All Americans"
Shockoe Bottom Art Center, Chester, VA. - "Off The Highway 97"
Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepie, NY - "PHOTOWORKS" - 1996 - Naproskovo Museum, Prague, Czech Republic - "Portraits" travelling to the Severoceske Museum, Liberec N. Bohemia
The Art Center of Douglas County, Castle Rock, CO - "A Floral Arrangement"
Nassau Community College, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, NY, "The Photo Alliance" - 1995 - The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA - "Works on Paper"
Photogroup FAKT, Brno, Czech Republic, "Man & People at the End of the 2nd Millenium"
The Art Center of Douglas County, Castle Rock, CO. - "SurReal Estate"
University of Bridgeport, Bernard Arts & Humanities Center, Bridgeport, CT - "Explorations: Shades of Difference"
Howland Art Center, Beacon, NY - "The Eye Behind the Camera"
Exposure 2, Atlanta, GA -"A National Electronic Exhibition"
St. John’s University, NY - "National Works on Paper"
Arc Gallery, Chicago, IL - "National Exposure III"
Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL - "The Art of Photography" - 1994 - Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ - "National Biennial Photography Exhibition"
Northport/BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY – "Invitational" - 1993 - Met Life, 200 Park Ave Windows Art Exhibition, New York, NY – "Architectural Studies"
- 1992 - Jewish Community Center, Houston FotoFest, Houston, TX
- 1991 - Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY "Invitational Exhibition"
Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA
PA Mill Pond House, St. James, NY - 1990 - Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY - "Works on Paper""
Konica Plaza, Tokyo, Japan - "Women of Vision"
Nikon House, New York, NY - "Women Photographers: New York/Tokyo Our Illusions and Reality"
Gallery North, Setauket, NY - "Black and White Photography" - 1989 - Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, NY - "Selected Photographs from the Permanent Collection"
Haines Lundberg Waehler Exhibition, New York, NY - 1988 - Museum Für Photographie, Braunscheweig, W. Germany - "American Photography Today"
- 1987 - Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY - "Excellence in Photography"
East End Arts and Humanities Council, Riverhead, NY - Juried Exhibition (Award)
Mills Pond House, St. James, NY - Juried Exhibition - 1986 - Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY – "New & Noteworthy"
Freeport Public Library, Freeport, NY
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY - "Top of the Eighties"
Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
Juried Exhibition, Mills Pond House, St. James, NY - 1985 - Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY – "A Photographic View"
- 1984 - Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
Mills Pond House, St. James, NY
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY - 1983 - Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York.
C.W. Post Gallery, Brookville, NY
Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY (Award) - 1982 - Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY (Honorarium)
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY - "The I of the Camera"
- 2001 - "Rocky Mountain News" - August 17, 2001 - Review of "Summertime" exhibition at Sink Gallery, Denver, CO - photograph
- 2000 - "Newsday" - February 4, 2000 - Review of Beacon Gallery, Bellport,NY written by Ariella Budick
- 1994 - "Second National Biennial Juried Photography Exhibition", 1994 exhibition brochure Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ – photograph
"Hunterdon County Democrat" - October 27, 1994 - Review of Hunterdon Art Center National Biennial Photography Exhibition - photograph
"New York Times" - September 4, 1994 – Review of exhibition at Northport B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, written by Helen Harrison, photograph
"Newsday" - August 6, 1994 - Review of exhibition at Northport B.J.Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, written by Elizabeth Wix
"The Northport Journal" - July 29, 1994 – Review of exhibition at Northport B.J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY, written by George Wallace - 1993 - "New York Times" - October 17, 1993 – Review of exhibition, "Recent Photographs" at Hewlett–Woodmere Gallery, NY, written by Helen Harrison, photograph
- 1992 - "Long Island Arts & Entertainment", Radio Interview, WHPC Nassau Community College, August 28, 1992
"New York Times" - April 12, 1992 – Review of exhibition, "Images of Russia" at Foyer Gallery, Freeport, NY, written by Phyllis Braff, photograph - 1990 - "Three Village Herald" - March 7, 1990 – Review of exhibition, "Black and White Photography" at Gallery North, Setauket, NY, written by Susan Bridson
"The Hampton Chronicle" - December 13, 1990 – Review of exhibition, "Works on Paper" at Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, written by Robert Long - 1988 - "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung" - February 6, 1988 – Review of exhibition, "American Photography Today" at Museum Fur Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany, written by Jochen Stockmann
"Braunschweiger Zeitung" - June 25, 1988 – Review of exhibition,"American Photography Today" at Museum fur Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany, written by Dirk Sangmeister, photograph
"New York Times" - August 21, 1988 – Review of solo exhibition at East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY, written by Helen Harrison - 1987 - "New York Times" - January 25, 1987 – Review of juried exhibition at Mill Pond House, St James, NY written by Helen Harrison
- 1986 - "Newsday" - August 2, 1986 – Review of exhibition, New & Noteworthy" at Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, written by Karen Lipson
"New York Times" - April 20, 1986 - Review of exhibition, "Top of the Eighties" at Discovery Gallery, Glen Cove, NY, written by Helen Harrison, photograph
"Newsday" - June 7, 1986 - Review of exhibition at Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY written by Karen Lipson - 1985 - "Newsday" - September 1985 - Review by Karin Lipson
- 1984 - "New York Times" - December 2, 1984 - Review of exhibition at Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY, written by Helen Harrison, photograph
- 1982 - October 1982 - Review of work, written by Fern Schad, Light Gallery, New York, NY
- 2010 - Dutchess Community College - January 28, 2010 - Lecture
- 2006 - "Black and White Spider Awards" - Honorable Mention Fine Arts - Publication: 2007 Calendar
"Women Only! In Their Studios", exhibition brochure - photographs - 2004 - Conversation Series: Artists Talk, Bulldog Studios, Beacon, NY
- 2003 - Port Washington Media, Port Washington, NY - August 1, 2003 - Lecture
- 2001 - Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Center, Alexandria, VA - December 13, 2001 - Lecture
Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY - March 28, 2001 - Lecture - 2000 - -Professional Women Photographers, New York, NY - November 1, 2000 - Lecture
Shots #68 - June, 2000 - page 30
Park West Camera Club, New York, NY - February, 2000 - Lecture - 1999 - Second Friday Art Salon, Oyster Bay, LI - March 12, 1999 - Lecture
- 1998 - Radio Interview, WHPC Nassau Community College, with Dr. Stella Russell, Nov.16, 1998
- 1995 -"Work on Paper", exhibition catalog, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA - photograph
- 1994 - "Second National Biennial Juried Photography Exhibition", exhibition brochure from Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ – photograph
- 1992 - "Long Island Arts & Entertainment", Radio Interview, WHPC Nassau Community College, August 28, 1992
- 1990 - "Women Photographers: New York/Tokyo, Our Illusions and Reality", exhibition catalog from Nikon House, New York, NY
"Women of Vision", – exhibition catalog from Konica Plaza, Tokyo, Japan - photograph
"Positionen" - VHS Stuttgart, Germany, – Soft covered book celebrating 150 years of photography – 3 pages, 2 photographs. This book was edited by Volker Schobel and Wolfgang Klenk - 1989 - Radio Interview, WCWP Long Island University, with Shirley Samburg, November 30, 1989
- 1988 - "American Photography Today" – exhibition catalog from Museum Fur Photographie, Braunscheweig, Germany – photograph
- 1985 - "A Photographic View: Joan Powers - Lucille Tortora" - Exhibition catalog from the Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY
- 1982 - "The I of the Camera" – exhibition brochure from the Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY - photograph
- The Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
- Museum Für Photographie, Braunschweig, Germany
- Kodak Laser Videodisc
- Library of Photography, Permanent Archives, Houston, TX
- Fine Arts Museum of Long Island Permanent Collection, Hempstead, NY
- Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
- Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- Murdoch Magazines, Secaucus, NJ
- Additional Corporate and Private Collections
- 1986-present: Curator of Independent Exhibitions
- 1999-2001: Director, Beacon Gallery, Bellport, NY
- 1986-1992: Curator of Photography, Fine Arts Museum Of Long Island, Hempstead, NY
- 1982-1992: Staff photographer, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, Hempstead, NY