Mary Ellen Bartley
Artist / Photographer
Mary Ellen Bartley uses photography to explore the physical and formal qualities of the printed book and its potential for abstraction. By emphasizing the unique “aura” and materiality of printed matter, Bartley’s work offers a celebration of textural and tactile properties, a particularly potent act in this increasingly digital age.
Bartley continues to borrow from the conventions of abstract painting in Push 2 Stops (2014). These photographs of empty photo sleeves arranged on a lightbox recall the Suprematist paintings of Kazimir Malevich, while the handwritten annotations on the sleeves imbue the series with a sense of loss or absence.
Born in the Bronx, NY, in 1959, Bartley received her BFA from Purchase College, SUNY, and she lives and works in Wainscott, NY. Her work has been exhibited in numerous institutions including The Queens Museum, NY; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Houston Center for Photography; The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; The Watermill Center, NY; and National Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City. Bartley has taken part in numerous residencies, including at The Queens Museum, NY; Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; and Watermill Center, NY.
Recognitions include Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 Photographers in 2011, 2012, and 2013; and a first place Lucie International Photography Award in 2012 for her series Artists and Models.
Mary Ellen Bartley
Artist / Photographer
Mary Ellen Bartley uses photography to explore the physical and formal qualities of the printed book and its potential for abstraction. By emphasizing the unique “aura” and materiality of printed matter, Bartley’s work offers a celebration of textural and tactile properties, a particularly potent act in this increasingly digital age.
Bartley continues to borrow from the conventions of abstract painting in Push 2 Stops (2014). These photographs of empty photo sleeves arranged on a lightbox recall the Suprematist paintings of Kazimir Malevich, while the handwritten annotations on the sleeves imbue the series with a sense of loss or absence.
Born in the Bronx, NY, in 1959, Bartley received her BFA from Purchase College, SUNY, and she lives and works in Wainscott, NY. Her work has been exhibited in numerous institutions including The Queens Museum, NY; The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Houston Center for Photography; The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; The Watermill Center, NY; and National Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, Guatemala City. Bartley has taken part in numerous residencies, including at The Queens Museum, NY; Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY; and Watermill Center, NY.
Recognitions include Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 50 Photographers in 2011, 2012, and 2013; and a first place Lucie International Photography Award in 2012 for her series Artists and Models.
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TransmissionAug 31 – Dec 3, 2023Here is a radio tower standing tall, which looks like a monument soaring up with some revolutionary force. This is Paik’s Transmission Tower. Shown only at the Rockefeller Center, New York in 2002 and at the Sydney Opera House in 2004, it found its permanent home at Nam June Paik Art Center. (more…)
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Alex PragerPhotographerPrager’s works are in collections of National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Kunsthaus Zürich, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (more…)
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Art Prize 2024 / G. & A. Mamidakis FoundationDeadline December 15, 2023The G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize promotes and financially supports contemporary artists, with the ultimate goal of highlighting excellence in the arts. Our deep love for art, combined with the desire to support and promote the advancement of artistic creativity, led to the establishment of the annual G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize in 2019 (more…)
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Sony World Photography Awards 2023WINNERS & FINALISTS ANNOUNCEDWorld Photography Organisation’s Sony World Photography Awards is the leading competition for photographers and artists working in photography. Made up of four competitions (Professional, Open, Student and Youth), all entries are free and the top prize is $25,000. (more…)
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The Sovereign Art Foundation / Art PrizesVarious deadlines 2023The Sovereign Art Foundation runs regional art prizes that promote contemporary artists while raising funds to support expressive arts programs for children. Their supporters enjoy a remarkable opportunity to engage with the art world while supporting a worthwhile cause, and participating artists receive exhibitions, cash awards and access to a global audience. (more…)
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Salvatore Siciliano: MartyrsOct 20 – Nov 18, 2023Martyrs is a double premiere: Salvatore Siciliano’s first solo exhibition and JERGON’s first curated painting exhibition. Siciliano’s works exude his background as a choreographer and connoisseur of the pulsations of bodies, their tensions, their power, and their potential. These bodies are always excessive, always beyond themselves, coming together in a subversive encounter between the figurative and the abstract, between drawing and painting, between joy and sacrifice. (more…)
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Muriel Hasbun: Tracing TerruñoSep 29, 2023 – Jan 8, 2024Muriel Hasbun: Tracing Terruño is the first survey in New York City of the career of multidisciplinary artist Muriel Hasbun. The photography exhibition celebrates Hasbun’s dedication to exploring identity and memory, using her personal story to examine collective histories through photography, video, and installation from the late 1980s to the present. (more…)
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Thailand Biennale 2023 / The Open WorldDec 9, 2023 – Apr 30, 2024The first edition of Thailand Biennale was initiated by the Office of Contemporary Art and Culture, Thailand’s Ministry of Culture in Krabi in 2018, followed by Korat in 2021. By alternating the locations from various provinces throughout the country, the spirit of the Thailand Biennale decentralizes artistic activities (more…)
