Thomas Mezzanotte

Thomas Mezzanotte has been exploring the potentials of the photographic medium for over 35 years. Educated at the University of Bridgeport. He became the director of the University’s Carlson Gallery in the 1980’s. As a Connecticut Commission of the Arts Master Teaching Artist, he conducts workshops at schools across Connecticut and at universities across the country. His work has been exhitbited at many galleries and museums around the United States including NY University, the Santa Fe College of Art , The Elizabeth Leach Gallery in Portland, Oregon, George Eastman House, the John Stevenson Gallery in Chelsea, NY and at the William Benton Museum in Storrs, CT.

Mr. Mezzanotte has received numerous grants and awards including three individual artist grants from the state of CT and a Director’ Choice Award from the Edward S. Moore Foundation. He was a resident artist at the The Weir Farm in 2001, the Mcoll Center in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2005 and held the Dayton Artist Residency at Connecticut College in New London, Connecticut in 2007-2008.

  • 2012 Untitled - Photographs by Thomas Mezzanotte - Umbrella Arts Gallery - NYC

    ​2010 The Autobiography of an Effort: An Introspective - Fairfield Art Center - Fairfield, CT

    2010 Mezzanotte - 22 Haviland Street Gallery - South Norwalk, CT

    2007 Light and Image Thomas Mezzanotte and the Camera Obscura - Manwaring Gallery and Toor Cummings Gallery - Connecticut College, New London CT

    2006 ​The Constructed Image - Fairfield Art Center Fairfield CT

    2006 OpticOrum – DeutschesHaus – New York University, NYC

    2001 Darkling Blues – Hays Gallery – Silvermine Guild New Canaan CT

    2000 Laurence Photographic – Portland OR

    1998 New Now – New Britain Museum of American Art – New Britain CT

    1996 The Discovery Museum – Bridgeport CT

    1994 The Connecticut Commission on the Arts Gallery – Hartford CT

    1992 Greenwich Arts Council – Greenwich CT

    1991 New England Photographic Workshop – Photographic Arts Gallery, New Milford CT

    1991 Connecticut Photographic Gallery – Danbury CT

    1990 The Carriage Barn Gallery – New Canaan Society for the Arts, New Canaan CT

    1988 The Carlson Gallery – The University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport CT

    1987 Young and Rubican – Park Avenue NYC

    1985 The Bridgeport Arts Council Gallery – Bridgeport CT

    1984 Gallery Five – Walstrom Library, Bridgeport CT

  • 2012 Alumni Art Show - University Art Gallery - The University of Bridgeport - Bridgeport CT

    2011 ​“Trail Mix: An Eclectic Exhibition of Bridgeport Artists” BACC Arcade Gallery - Bridgeport CT

    ​2011 Small Works - Ulla Surland Gallery 11 - Fairfield CT

    ​2009 Presenting the Artists of American Fabrics - City Lights Gallery - Bridgeport, CT

    2008 Faculty Exhibition - Manwaring Gallery Connecticut College - New London, CT

    2008 Light and Image: The Object in View - Cummings Gallery Connecticut College - New London, CT

    2008 Tracing Identity - The Connecticut Commissions on Culture and Tourism Gallery - Hartford, CT

    2007 ​​Sun Pictures to Mega Pixels - Williamsburg Art and Historical Center - Brooklyn NY

    2007 Camera Works - Ridgefield Guild of Artists - Ridgefield, CT

    2006 ​Local Color – Black Rock Art Center, Bridgeport CT

    2004 Mirror, Mirror:Self Portrait, Self Image – William Benton Museum of Art – Storrs CT

    2003 Crossings – Dutchess Community College, Pougheepsie NY

    2003 Artists In Residence Show – McColl Center for Visual Arts – Charlotte NC

    2002 Platinum: A Rare Passion – Gallery Sink, Denver CO

    2002 Weir Farm Visiting Artists – Burt Chernow Gallery , Housatonic Community College Bpt. CT

    2001 Poured on A Plate – Contemporary Collodion Imagery, George Eastman House Rochester NY

    2001 Fellowship Artist Exhibit – Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Hartford, CT

    2001 Across the Great Divide: Artists of Silvermine -The Gallery at Onatru, South Salem NY

    2000 EDGE – Bruce Kerschner Gallery, Fairfield CT

    2000 Images “2000” - Shoreline Alliance for the Arts, Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT

    2000Timeless Light: Contemporary Platinum Prints – Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland OR

    1999 Spectra '99 – National Photography Biennial, New Canaan, CT

    1999 100 Years of Photography – Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT

    1999 Bunch – Untitled Space, 220 College Street, New Haven, CT

    1999 Image “99” - The Shoreline Alliance for the Arts, The Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT

    1999 Vintage 99 New Images – The Platinum Gallery, New York NY

    1998 New Members Show – Silvermine Guild Arts Center

    1996 The Spices of Life – The Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford CT

    1995 Inspiring Mystery – The Connecticut Commission on the Arts 30th Anniversary

    1995 Celebration, The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT

    1994 New Artist 1994 – Photography Outside Tradition The Gloria Wilcher Memorial Exhibition, The Throne – Sagendorph Art Gallery – Keene State College, Keene NH

    1994 The Currier Gallery of Art – Manchester NH

    1993 Unfettered Photographs – Carriage Barn at Waverly, New Canaan, CT

    1993 In the Raw – The Gallery, Pound Ridge NY

    1992 Barnum Festival Juried Art Exhibit – The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport CT

    1992 Peekskill Invitational Art Exhibit – Peekskill NY

    1991 Portraits in Process – The Pump House Gallery, Hartford CT

    1991 Annual Staff Exhibition – Photographic Arts Gallery, New Milford CT

    1990 The Connecticut Vision – Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury CT

    1989 Barnum Festival Juried Art Exhibit – The Discovery Museum Bridgeport CT

    1988 The Stamford Arts Association Invitation Show – Stamford CT

    1988 The University of Bridgeport Juried Photographic Exhibit – Gallery Five, Bridgeport CT

  • 2010 Artist of the Year - Fairfield Art Center - Fairfield Connecticut

    2007-08 Dayton Resident Artist - Connecticut College - New London CT

    2006 Artist Fellowship Grant – Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism

    2003 Resident Artist – McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC

    2000-01 Weir Farm Visiting Artist – Weir Farm, Wilton CT

    2000 Artist Fellowship Grant – Connecticut Commission on the Arts

    2000 First Honors – Images “2000” - The Shoreline Alliance for the Arts

    1999 First Honors – Images “99” - The Shoreline Alliance for the Arts

    1997 Director's Choice Award – Edward S. Moore Foundation

    1997 Project Grant – Connecticut Commission on the Arts

    1992 & 89 Best in Photography – Barnum Festival Juried Art Exhibit
    The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport CT'

  • ​"Artist of the Year: Thomas Mezzanotte" Venu Nov.-Dec. 2010 54-59

    "Focus On: Thomas Mezzanotte" UB Knightlines Fall 2010: Cover, 42-43

    "Working Hands." Connecticut Colleges and Gardens Nov. 2010 59

    “Fairfield Artist of the Year Stretches Bounds of Photography” The Hour [Stamford] Oct. 21, 2010: C1

    ​"Whirlwind in Fairfield" Fairfield County Life Oct. 2010: 8-11

    “Pinhole Photography” Focal Press 4th Edition 2009 151- 152

    "Focusing on Photography" The Advocate [Stamford] Apr. 13, 2009: 1 and A4

    "Connecticut College Magazine" Camera Obscura Throws Light on the Origins of Photography Fall 2007: 15 and Back Cover

    “Thomas Mezzanotte” Pinhole Journal Vol22 #3 Dec. 2006 9-14

    “Behind the Lens” Fairfield Citizen news Nov. 8 2006 A19, A23

    "Eight Artists Cross the Border" The New York Times July 15, 2001​

    “The Painting of Photography” The Portland Oregonian April 16, 2000 E5

    “Real Painting, Really”, The Hartford Advocate, May 25, 2000 33

    “Alternative Photography de Santa Fe”, Karl Koenig, View Camera Magazine Nov/Dec 1999 57

    “The Art of Enhanced Photography” - James Luciana, Judith Watts, Rockport Publisher Inc. Gloucester, MA – 1999. The Transformed Image – 9-10, 12, 32-37, 140

    “Investing in Dreams” Connecticut's Commitment to Imagination 1995 CT Commission on the Arts,

    “Compost #3” Fall 1993, Cover, 6, 24, Jamaica Plains, MA.

    Connecticut Magazine, January 1992, 21.

    “Photo &Sculpture at Carriage Barn” The Norwalk Hour, May 23, 1990 1.

    “Photos that Show Glamour and Grit” Zimmer William, The New York Times, Nov. 3, 1985 CT sec. 33.