Directory
Janice Mehlman
Professor
Art
- (718) 368-5731
- Janice.Mehlman@kbcc.cuny.edu
- S-257, Arts and Sciences Center
Biography
Prof. Janice Mehlman is a prominent New York Photographer. She has been exhibiting her photographs throughout the United States, Europe and South America since the early 1980's. Her work is featured in International Museum and Corporate Collections as well as in major books on The History of Photography.
Prof. Mehlman is a Full Professor of Art at the City University of New York, Kingsborough Community College. She is also the director of the Photography program within the Art Department. She received her M.F.A. from Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y. in 1983.
Links:
https://artsy.net/show/beatriz-esguerra-art-edges-of-reality-photographs-by-janice-mehlman-1
Courses
Art 51 Photography 1
Art 52 Photography 2
Art 81 Independent Study
Education
1983 M.F.A. Photography, Brooklyn College Graduate School, City University of New York
1981 Graduate Studies/Photography, C.W. Post College, Long Island University
1979 B.A. Art, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
College Teaching
Full Professor of Art and Head of the Photography Program
Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York
Selected Publications and/or Other Resources
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Beatriz Esguerra Art, Bogota, Colombia
2013 Galleria LaBottega, Marina di Pietrasanta, Italy
2010 Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Aria Art Gallery, Firenze, Italy
2008 Museo Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy
2003 Focus Gallery, London, England
2002 Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2002 Galleria La Subbia, Pietrasanta, Italy
2000 Louis Stern Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Laumont Editions Gallery in collaboration with Rosenberg+Kaufman Fine Art, NYC
1998 C.S.Schulte Gallery, Millburn, NJ
1997 Chiostro Di S. Agostino, Museo Dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta, Italy
1994 La Galleria Il Diaframma, Via Brera, Milano, Italy
1989 Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Forum Gallery, New York, NY
1986 The Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
1985 Festival International de l'Image, Nancy, France
1984 Galerie Espace Canon, Paris, France
1982 Galerie Jean Claude David, Grenoble, France
Group Exhibitions
2013 Beatriz Esguerra Art, Bogota, Colombia
2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas
2012 Beatriz Esguerra Art, Bogota, Colombia
2012 Museo di S.Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
2006 The Brooklyn War Memorial Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2005 Museo di S.Agostino, Pietrasanta, Italy
2004 Villa Cavanas, Capezzano Pianore, Pietrasanta, Italy
2003 Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2003 Ex Ospedale Lucchesi, Pietrasanta, Italy
2002 Focus Gallery, London, England
2002 Museo Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy
2002 The International Museum of Women in Art, Scontrone, Italy
2002 Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2000 Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
2000 Studio Aperto, Pietrasanta, Italy
1999 Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY
1998 Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, MT
1998 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
1998 McKee Gallery, New York, NY
1998 Elena Zang Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1998 C.S. Shulte Gallery, South Orange, NJ
1997 James A. Michener Museum of Art, Doylestown, PA
1997 Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
1997 The University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY
1996 Studio D'Arte La Subbia, Pietrasanta, Italy
1995 Franklin & Marshall College Art Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1995 Art Initiatives, New York, NY
1995 Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1994 Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA
1994 Etruscan Museum, Cortona, Italy
1994 Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT
1993 Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Swanborough Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
1992 Musee Daphinois, Grenoble, France
1990 Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
1990 Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, NY
1989 Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY
1989 The New Visions Gallery, Ithaca, NY
1988 Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Stamford, CT
1988 The Century Club, New York, NY
1987 Ledel Gallery, New York, NY
1987 The Weisner Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1987 Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
1986 Museo del Art Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1986 Certosa di Parma, Parma, Italy
1985 Proposition Architecture, New York, NY
1985 Fotoforum Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Interart de St. Amand Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Silver Image Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1984 The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1983 The Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows, NY
Books and Catalogues
2013 Janice Mehlman, Transcending Illusion" Fogher, Valentina, Galerie La Bottega, Marina di Pietrasanta
2012 DonnaScultura, 4 espressioni per 4 artiste - X edizione, Fogher, Valentina and Celli, Chiara, Chiesa e Chiostro di Sant'Agostino, Comune di Pietrasanta, Edizioni ETS, Pisa
2009 Janice Mehlman, Aria Art Gallery Catalog, Firenze
2008 Janice Mehlman Phototgraphs, Carved in Light, Serafina, Antonella,Museo Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza
2005 Donna Scultura, 4 espressioni per 4 artiste, Fogher, Valentina and Celli, Chiara, Chiesa di S.AgostinoComune di
Pietrasanta, Edizioni Monte Altissimo, Pietrasanta
2004 Artisiti in Villa Cavanis, ASARTshow, Fogher, Valentina, Capezzano Pianore, p. 54
2002 Janice Mehlman Photographs, Light Waves, Rosenblum, Naomi,
Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art, New York, Galleria La Subbia, Pietrasanta,
Focus Gallery, London
2002 Rose's Choice, Alviani, Lino, Museo Internazionale Della Donna N'ell'Arte,
Scontrone, Abruzzo, pp.80-83
2002 ASART Catalogue 2002, una presenza nell'Arte, Edizioni Monte Altissimo, p. 75
2000 Beautiful Things, Original Art From The Artists of Guild.Com, Guild Publishing, p.32
1999 Who's Who of American Women, 21st Edition, Marquis, New Providence, NJ
1997 Janice Mehlman Photographs, Cordoni, Giuseppe, Chiostro Di Sant'Agostino,
Museo Dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta
1997 A World History of Photography, 3rd Edition, Rosenblum, Naomi, Abbeville Press,
New York, NY, pp.605 and 612
1994 A History of Women Photographers, Rosenblum, Naomi, Abbeville Press,
New York, NY, p. 245
1994 How to Look at Photographs, Finn, David, Harry N. Abrams, New York, NY, pp. 18-19
1994 Influenced by Architecture: Ten Artists, Fitchburg Art Museum, Melrod, George, Fitchburg, MA (catalogue)
1994 La Grande Mela in Toscana, Mostra per L'UNICEF, Todisco, Alfredo,
Comune de Cortona, Etruscan Museum, Cortona (catalogue)
1990 Exits and Entrances: Fifty Photographers, Metzger, Robert,
Center Gallery, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, p. 44 (catalogue)
1988 The New York Art Review, Krantz, Les, American References, pp. 882-883
Articles and Reviews
2014 WUM What's Up Miami, Brooklyn Based Photographer Janice Mehlman brings her unique
vision to Bogota, Colombia, An on-line journal for the arts, September 2014
2013 OutLuk, Lucca, Transcending Illusion, le fotografie di Janice Mehlman, Sept/Oct 2013
2013 Full Magazine, Janice Mehlman Intervista esclusiva, 8 ottobre, 2013
2013 El Tiempo, Encuentros, Exposicion colectiva de fotografos internacionales
y colombianos, 02, de Mayo, 2013
2011 Living Tuscany, Giunchi, Sara, Ron and Janice Mehlman in a Nutshell, Pushing
Art Forward, Itinerari d'autore, anno V-numero 37, ottobre 2011, pp.25-29
2011 Ginko Cultura e News, Ghini, Morgana, Mehlman, Ron and Janice,
Apparte L'Arte, No 4, 16 Luglio, 2011, p12
2008 RD'Arte, Corinto, Gian-Luigi, Janice Mehlman Carved in Light,
Lucca , revista trimestrale - gennaio, febbraio, marzo, pp.
2008 Il Tirreno, Rosi, Angela, Janice Mehlman, fra luci e ombre,
Viareggio, Sabato 2, Febbraio, p.X
2008 La Nazione, Battista, Rosella, La realta trasfigurata "Seravezza fotografia",
Viareggio, Domenica, 20 Gennaio, p.XIX
2005 The Wave, Hartenstein, Susan, From The Artists' Studio,
Queens, NY, November 25th, p.22
2003 Abstract Art On Line, Walentini, Joseph, Janice Mehlman- Sculptured Light,
Artist Profiles, February, pp.1-3
2002 Abstract Art On Line, Walentini, Joseph, Janice Mehlman at Rosenberg + Kaufman,
Gallery Views / Midtown, October 18th, pp.3-4
2002 La Nazione, Benvenuti, Michele, Apre Mostra che andra in Usa,
Pietrasanta, Arte, 20 Luglio, p.13
2002 Il Tirreno, Serafina, Antonella, A Pietrasanta un tris di mostre,
Versilia Cultura, 18 Luglio, p.27
2002 Arte, Qui Pietrasanta, Janice e Ron Mehlman, L'astrazione naturale arriva da New York, Arte e Mercato, Luglio p.150
2000 Abstract Art On Line, Walentini, Joseph, (Un) Resolved at Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art,
Gallery Views / Downtown, January 15
1998 Philadelphia Inquirer, Sozanski, Edward, Tracing the Evolution of the Painted Photo, Art Section, Sunday, December 14, 1997, p. F14
1998 Photodom Magazine, Kuo-Chang Chi, Janice Mehlman, Tapei, Taiwan, pp.36-40
1997 Il Tirreno, Rosi, Angela, Le statue e le fotografie di Ron e Janice Mehlman,
La Mostra, Versilia, July 9, p.6
1996 The Dana Room Gallery 1995-1996 Year In Review, Anahi Vargas, "A Shared Perspective", Franklin Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, p.3
1995 Sinopia, Rosi, Angela, Una Prospettiva Condivisa, Periodico Versiliese D'Arte E Cultura, Lucca, December, P.8
1995 Il Tirreno, Rosi, Angela, "Storia" di Ron and Janice Mehlman, Da New York a Pietrasanta, tra fotografia e scultura, Pietrasanta, September 6, p.20
1994 Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Magiera, Frank, Museum's Exhibits Span the Centuries, Worcester, MA, Entertainment Section, October 28, p. C3
1994 The Boston Globe, Campbell, Robert Artists Under the Influence in Fitchburg,
Boston, MA, October 25
1994 The Worcester Phoenix, Nigrosh, Leon, Building Blocks: Architecture Meets Art at the Fitchburg Art Museum, Worcester, MA, Art Section, September 30, p. 12
1987 The New York Times, Fraser, Gerald, Home Grown: Review of Weisner Gallery Exhibition,
New York, NY, Going Out Guide, June 13, p. 11
1994 Lombardia Oggi, Guidobono, Raffaella, Storiche Indagini all Anfitrione Colombo, Nonsolmostre, March 29
1993 The Cape Codder, Dumas, Carol K, Photography Walks Alone,
MA, Arts and Entertainment Section, August 17, p. 3
1989 Ithaca Journal, Clough, Wendy, Five Artists Form New York Connection,
Ithaca, NY.
1989 The Ithaca Times, Ball, Margaret, The New YorkConnection, Ithaca, NY, April 6, p. 22
1987 The Grapevine, Mogensen. Else, Stylistic Traditions, Ithaca, NY, April 20-26
Syracuse New Times, Keene, Molly, New Visions Gallery Makes a New York Connection, Syracuse, NY, April 26
1986 Claron Art Y Antiquedades, Makarius, Sameer, Fotoforum, USA, Musetra Norteamericana En El Museo de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30, p.12
1985 Artspeak, Bolding, Edward, Nine Sets of Photographs, New York, NY,
Vol. VI, No. 12, March 1, p.5
The Herald, Standish, Elizabeth, Photography Exhibition Opens At Houghton House, Geneva, NY, October 30, p. 10
1984 France Photographie, A L'Espace Canon, Les Fenetres de Janice Yablon Mehlman, Paris, France, June, p. 71
Photo Argus, Fenetres de Janice Yablon Mehlman, April, p. 27
1982 Le Dauphine, Les Arts, Grenoble, France, June 7, p.7.
Les Affiches de Grenoble, Deux Expositions a ne Manque sous Aucun Pretexte Chez Jean Claude Davide, Grenoble, France, June 11, p. 32
1981 Contact Sheet, Architectural Photography Which Inspires the Intellect,
A Minolta Publication, Issue 23, Fall/Winter, p6.
Media Events
1997 Tele Nuovi Orizzonti, Italian Television, channel 67, July 19, 8:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. ( exhibition review and interview )
1985 Italian National Radio, Il Paginone da New York, March 19, 4:00 PM
( exhibition review and personal interview )
Public and Corporate Collections
Bamberger Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Banca Di Credito Cooperativo della Versilia, Pietrasanta, Italy
Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France
Bloomingdale's Corporation, New York, NY
The Boston Company, Boston, MA
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Center For Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
Charter Financial Corporation, New York, NY
Chudnow Manufacturing Company, Oceanside, NY
Citibank, New York, NY
Coville Photographic Collection, Bloomfield, MI
I.B.M. Corporation, Westchester, NY
The International Museum of Women in Art, Scontrone, Abruzzo, Italy
Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Pfeizer Corporation, New York, NY
Ralph Lauren, New York, NY
Robertet Flavors Inc., Piscataway, NJ
Rudin Management Corporation, New York, NY
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
Sun Chemical Corporation, Tenafly, NJ
Universita di Parma Centro Communicazione, Parma, Italy
Weston Hotel, Copley Place, Boston, MA
Wallace Foundation, Scottsdale, AZ
Awards Recognition, Distinctions and Grants
2009 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
“Spatial Poetry, Explorations with Light”
2007 Kingsborough Community College, Fellowship Leave Award
2007+2008 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
“Carved in Light: Explorations in Photography”
2005+2006 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
Sculptured Light: A Photographic Investigation
2005 Kingsborough Community College, Scholarly and Applied Research Award
Sculptured Light: A Photographic Investigation
2003+2004 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
Luminescent Fields of Illusion: A Photographic Exploration
2001+2002 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
Light Waves, A Photographic Exploration
2001 Kingsborough Community College, Scholarly and Applied Research Award
Rhythmic Modulations of Shadow and Light: A Photographic Investigation
1999+2000 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
Architecture/Body, Photographic Modulations of Light
1996 PSC-CUNY Research Award, The City University of New York,
Ambiguous Space, Real Space, A Photographic Exploration
1991 William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Award, Nominated for Project:
Italian Light, Italian Architecture, A Time Exposure
1988 Women's Research and Development Fund, The City University of New York
Creative Endeavors Grant
1983 The Silver Mountain Foundation, New York, NY, Curatorial Grant
Historical Photographic Exhibitions