MARY CIULLO is a fine art photographer based on Long Island and educated at The International Center of Photography in New York City. Her work is focused on the natural world and its effect on us. How we see the planet, relate to it and allow it to touch us are all themes explored in her photographs. Her curiosity in the environment, whether urban, suburban or rural is where she finds the quiet inspiration to capture her subject's fleeting moments and reveal the presence of their spirit, soul, grandeur, serene beauty or personal stream of consciousness. Her images, both figurative and abstract, captured through her unique eye, possess an energy that beckons the viewer to feel their emotive qualities.
Mary developed a compelling interest in photography early in life, however, that interest went unexpressed for years until she decided to pursue it professionally. Since 2014, her work has been featured in over twenty-five juried group exhibitions, judged by such notable jurors as W. Allard, D. Burkholder, C. Minguez Carrasco, B. Erickson, S. Hermand-Grisel, A. Jastrab, L. Moya, A. Myerson, A. Overtoom, K. Rossow, A. Smithson, S. Spiritus, C. Tapp, L. Volpe, and D.H.Wells among others.
Her photographs have been exhibited nationally at Los Angeles' 1650 Gallery, Fort Collins' C4FAP Gallery, Middlebury's PhotoPlace Gallery and Essex Junction's Darkroom Gallery. Having been awarded Darkroom Gallery's 'Master'designation in 2016, Ken Signorello notes, as a Master her work "...is consistently excellent photographic work that jurors repeatedly select due to content, concept, mastery of formal photographic elements and creative approach."
"Mary shows a deep passion and a human connection in all of her photography, something often lacking in a photographic art-world over-run by trends, concepts and glitziness," says David H. Wells, I.C.P. faculty member and publication photographer.
You can see more of her work at www.maryciullo.com and www.instagram,com/maryciullophotography/ and can reach her by email at [email protected] to inquire about exhibitions and purchase prints.
A Partial List of Recent Shows featuring her work, Awards her work has received, and Reviews she has attended:
"Color", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (July 2021) curated by Arthur Meyerson
"Finding The Light", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (January 2021) curated by Laura Moya
"Landscape", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (August 2020) curated by Ann Jastrab
"Trees", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (April 2020) curated by Wendi Schneider
"Contemporary Landscape", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (October 2019) curated by Jacob & Alissa Hessler
FILTER PHOTO FESTIVAL Portfolio Review, Chicago, IL (September 2019)
PHOTOLUCIDA Portfolio Review, Portland, OR (April 2019)
"A Color Moment", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (March 2019) curated by Arthur Meyerson
"Travel: Places and Faces", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (November 2018) curated by Krista Rossow
"In The Zone-B&W Photography", 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, (November 2017) curated by Andrew Overtoom
"Multiples", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (September 2017) curated by William Albert Allard
"Landscapes 2017", The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO (May 2017) curated by Lisa Volpe
"Chiaroscuro", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (April 2017) curated by David H. Wells
"The Color of Light", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT (March 2017) curated by Arthur Meyerson
"Le Paysage", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (February 2017) curated by Sandrine Hermand-Grisel
"Man in the Landscape", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, (September 2016) curated by Brett Erickson
”Manus et Pedibus”, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (June 2016) curated by Tim Booth
"Construct: Art in Architecture", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (May 2016) curated by Carlos Minguez Carrasco
"Chroma", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (March 2016) curated by Susan Spiritus
"Photo Noir", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, (March 2016) curated by Aline Smithson
”Landscape: Earth and Sky”, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, (October 2015) curated by Alissa & Jacob Hessler
”Nocturne”, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (September 2015) curated by Lance Keimig
"Splash: The Fluid World of Water", 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, (Sept. 2015) curated by Andrew Overtoom
"Going Places", Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT, (September 2015) curated by Carlan Tapp
"Natural Realm", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (June 2015) curated by Dan Burkholder
"Far Away Places", Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT, (November 2014) curated by David H. Wells
"Juried Art Show", Citigroup, NY, First Place, (December 2012) curated by Suzanne Lemakis
"Juried Art Show", Citigroup, NY, Finalist, (December 2011) curated by Suzanne Lemakis
PUBLISHED:
University of Pennsylvania website - 2008, 2009, 2010
The Woodford Sun, Kentucky - July, 2010