RESUME:
Paul Mele
516-382-4304 • pmele148@gmail.com
website: paulmelephotography.com • Instagram: paulmelephotography
Gallery Memberships:
• 2016 – Present: fotofoto gallery, 14 West Carver Street, Huntington, NY.
Current Co-President 2024-2025, Vice President 2019-2024.
• 2017 – Present: Firefly Gallery, 90 Main Street, Northport, NY.
• 2017 – 2022: Soho Photo Gallery. 539 W 23rd Street, New York, NY.
Exhibitions:
2025:
• Forms and Narratives, Three Person Exhibition, Shelter Rock Gallery, Manhasset, NY.
October 28 – December 2, 2025.
• Please Come Home…You Are Missed, Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery,
Huntington, NY. October 23 – November 15, 2025.
• Urban, 7 Person Invitational Exhibition, Gallery 90, Center Moriches, NY.
September 20 – October 19, 2025.
• Confinement, Solo Photography Exhibition, Alfred Van Loen Gallery, Huntington Station, NY.
September 14 – November 27, 2025.
• Summer Jam Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
July 21 – August 23, 2025.
• Art League of Long Island’s 62nd Long Island Artists Biennial Exhibition,
Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY. May 24 – July 3, 2025.
• Winter Group Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
January 24 – March 8, 2025.
2024:
• Small Works Exhibition – Windows & Doors, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY.
November 30, 2024 – February 17, 2025.
• OH! THE HORROR! Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
October 17 – November 9, 2024.
• The Body Politic: Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY.
September 14, 2024 – January 19, 2025.
• Artist Choice, b.j. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY.
July 31 – August 25, 2024.
• Patchworks 2024: MOCA Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, MOCA Gallery, Patchogue, NY.
Curated by Lisa Petker Mintz. June 29 – August 25, 2024.
• Landscapes, Seascapes & Cityscapes, Lioncourt Gallery. Online. HONORABLE MENTION.
• Following in Their Footsteps: Inside Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, Solo Photography
Exhibition, Huntington Public Library, Huntington, NY. May 1 -31, 2024.
• Member’s Exhibition (M-Z), Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
February 6 – March 9, 2024.
• Member’s Exhibition, Mill’s Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY.
January 27 – February 24, 2024.
• Elizabeth Richard Memorial Members’s Show Well RED, East End Arts, Riverhead, NY.
January 26 – March 1, 2024.
2023:
• Art Square at Times Square: International Photography Exhibition, Art Square, Online,
December 16, 2023 – February 16, 2024. FINALIST.
• Following in Their Footsteps: Inside Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, Solo Photography
Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY. October 19 – November 11, 2023.
• The Found Object, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. Juror: Jonathan Pavlica.
September 16 – 30, 2023.
• Artist Invitational, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
July 27 – August 19, 2023.
• Confinement, Solo Photography Exhibition, Firefly Gallery, Northport, NY.
July 16 – 30, 2023.
• A Sense of Place Long Island, Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY.
Juror: Allison Cruz. July 15 – August 11, 2023. HONORABLE MENTION.
• Member’s Showcase, Huntington Art’s Council, Huntington, NY.
June 9 – July 15, 2023.
• Winner’s Showcase Exhibition, Following in Their Footsteps: Inside Ellis Island Immigrant
Hospital, Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY. January 28 – February 23, 2023.
• Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
Juror: Orin Rutchick. January 21 – February 4, 2023.
2022:
• Confinement, Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
October 20 – November 12, 2022.
• Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY.
October 1, 2022 – January 22, 2023.
• Portraits, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
August 25 – September 17, 2022.
• Artist Invitational, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
July 28 – August 20, 2022.
• Urban, Suburban, Rural 2022, NYC4PA. Online, Juror: Richard McCabe, THIRD PLACE.
• Member’s Showcase, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY.
June 10 – July 9, 2022.
• Member’s Showcase, Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY.
June 4 – July 10, 2022. Juror: Edward (Ned) Puchner. WINNER.
• “Lamented Sublime” Small Group Show, Three Person Invitational, In Absentia,
Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY. April 15 – June 4, 2022.
• Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Praxis Photo Arts Center, St. Paul, MN.
Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch. February 19 – March 5, 2022.
2021:
• In Absentia, Solo Photography Exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY.
October 15 – November 7, 2021.
• Fragile; 8th Annual LIM Arts Members’ Exhibition, Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY.
August 20 – December 19, 2021.
• Patchworks 2021: MOCA Annual Juried Members’ Exhibition, Patchogue, NY.
Curated by Deborah Rubin-Katz. July 17 – August 22, 2021.
• Pure Imagination, Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
July 1 – 24, 2021.
• Strength & Vision II, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
March 11 – May 1, 2021.
• 83rd Artist Member’s Exhibition, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY.
March 6 – April 10, 2021.
• Land, Sea and Sky, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
January 25 – March 11, 2021. HONORABLE MENTION.
• Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
January 16 – 30, 2021.
2020:
• GRiM, Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
December 3, 2020 – January 30, 2021.
• Beyond the Veil & NYC 2020, Solo Photography Exhibitions, by Invitational,
Huntington Art Center, Huntington, NY. November 1, 2020 – March 31, 2021.
• Members’ Showcase, Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY.
July 11 – August 8, 2020.
• Domicile, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX.
June 26 – August 9, 2020.
• Decay Corrosion Rust, NYC4PA. Online. Juror: Darren Ching
April 2020. JUROR’S SELECTION.
• 82ND Member’s Exhibition, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY.
March 7 – April 18, 2020.
• Figuratively Speaking, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
February 24 – March 12, 2020.
• This Land Is Our Land, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
Juror: Sandra Carrion. January 11 – February 7, 2020. HONORABLE MENTION.
2019:
• Members’ Exhibition, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
December 14, 2019 – Januray 5, 2020.
• Harvest of Artists, b.j. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY.
November 29, 2019 – January 3, 2020.
• Freeze & Counter Point, Three Person Exhibition, In Absentia, Alfred Van Loen Gallery,
Huntington, NY. Curated by Deborah Katz. November 9 – December 4, 2019.
• Salon Des Refuses Exhibition, Michael Braceland Gallery, East Patchogue, NY.
October 24 – November 8, 2019.
• EXPOsure 2: Group Exhibition by fotofoto gallery Artists, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
October 2 – 26, 2019.
• Return to Desolation: Within the Remains Part 2, Solo Photography Exhibition,
Soho Photo Gallery, September 9 – 28, 2019.
• 41st Annual Open Exhibition in Photography, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
July 15 – August 2, 2019.
• Laughing Out Loud, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
Juror: Alex Ferrone. June 29 – August 4, 2019.
• Time, A Juried National Fine Art Exhibition, Mills Pond Gallery, Saint James, NY.
Juror: James H. Ruben. May 4 – June 1, 2019. HONORABLE MENTION.
• In Absentia, Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
April 24 – May 18, 2029
• 81st Artist Member’s Exhibition, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY.
March 9 – April 6, 2019.
• SCNY Open & Members Photography Show, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
January 7 – 24, 2019.
• 59th Long Island Artists Exhibition, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
Juror: Tim Newton. January 1 – February 10, 2019. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
• Be Real, Hampton’s Art Hub. Online Juried Exhibition.
January 2019.
2018:
• 63rd Members’ Exhibition at the Art League of Long Island, Art League of Long Island,
Dix Hills, NY. November 3 – 25, 2018.
• Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY.
August 4 – November 11, 2018.
• Annual Photography Open Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
July 23 – August 3, 2018.
• Joint Venture: A Group Exhibition of Photography by fotofoto gallery Artists. fotofoto gallery.
Huntington, NY. May 20 – 26, 2018.
• Return to Desolation: Within the Remains Part 2. Solo Photography Exhibition, fotofoto gallery
Huntington, NY. May 3 – June 23, 2018.
• GRiM, Solo Photography Exhibition, Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY.
April 3 – 28, 2018.
• Within the Remains, Solo Photography Exhibition, The Solarium at Houghton Hall,
St. James, NY. April 2018.
• The Art of the Narrative, The Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY.
Juror: Rena Silverman. January 13 – February 10, 2018. AWARD OF EXCELLENCE.
2017:
• A Closer Look: fotofoto gallery Artists’ Group Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
November 1 – 25, 2017.
• Within the Remains, Solo Photography Exhibition. fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY.
March 1 – 25, 2017.
• Iphoneography Exhibition, Plymouth Center for the Arts. Online. Plymouth, PA.