Joanne Mulberg’s work reflects the changing cultural landscape of Long Island. It carries a variety of impulses densely pressed into the slenderness of a photograph. The love of light, the immediacy of a moment, the sudden spirit of humor, and a grace that does not injure or deform that which she sees.
As one of the photographers working in the 1970's, Mulberg focused on contemporary life in preserving raw portraits and critiques of the suburban landscape that surrounded her. The so-called American dream is revealed in her photographs of towns, country clubs, golf courses and estates, horse shows, and more. In addition she has also photographed the Pines and Cherry Grove in Fire Island in the seventies and eighties. Those photographs show a carefree time before the AIDS epidemic where the gay community was free to express themselves openly. As a master color printer, having printed for years for Joel Meyerowitz, she has made her images speak of the color and light as close to what she saw at the time of making each image. Her collection of work speaks of Mulberg’s connection to the land and place she calls home.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY, "Locally Sourced: Collecting Long Island Artists"
2001 303 Gallery, New York, NY, "Overnight to Many Cities"
1999 B.J. SPokes Gallery, Huntington, NY
1998 Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY "Country Pleasures/Views of Long Island"
1995 Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY, Selected Works from the Permanent Collection
1991 Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY, "Long Island Landscape Photographers"
1988 Midge Carr Art Center, N.Y. Institute of Technology, New York, "Color in Photography"
1988 Witkin Gallery, New York, "Trains, Boats, and Planes"
1988 The Seagrams Collection, New York, "Windows on the World"
1987 Witkin Gallery, New York, "Chairs"
1987 The Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona, "The American Independents"
1986 Photokina Exhibition, Cologne, Germany, "50 Years of Modern Color Photography"
1986 Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, New York
1986 Wunsch Arts Center, Glen Cove, New York, "Twelve in Focus"
1985 Shore Gallery, Fire Island, New York
1984 Middendorf Gallery, Washington, D.C., "New Color/New Work"
1984 Marin Community College, Kentfield, California
1982 New York University, New York, "Response to Nature" by Mary Lublin
1981 The America-House, Berlin, Germany
1981 Witkin Gallery, New York, "12th Anniversary Exhibition"
1981 Traveling Exhibition, "The New Color" by Sally Eauclaire
1981 CAPS Fellowship Recipients, New York, "22 Photographers"
1980 C.W. Post College, Greenvale, NY, "A Century of Photography"
1980 Galerie Rudolf Kitchen, West Germany
1980 Sprengel Museum Hanover
1977 Traveling Exhibition, "Warm Truths & Cool Deceits" by Max Kozloff
1976 Bard College, New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1983 Sea Cliff Photo Gallery, Sea Cliff, NY, "Running Threads"
1981 Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn, NY
PUBLICATIONS
1989 Long Island Monthly "Famous Long Island Mothers"
1988 Newsday Magazine "Jones Beach Blues"
1987 "American Independents" Eighteen Color Photographers by Sally Eauclaire
1986 "50 Years of Modern Color Photography" by Manfred Heiting
1984 "The New Color/New Work" by Sally Eauclaire
1981 Lens on Campus "Light Moves"
1981 "The New Color" by Sally Eauclaire
1979 Lens on Campus "Pieces of Reality"
1979 Lens magazine "The Gallery"
COLLECTIONS
Joseph E. Seagrams
Bankers Trust
First Boston Corp.
Coca Cola Corp.
Hecksher Museum
TEACHING
1987-1989 Photography Instructor, SUNY at Old Westbury, NY
1982-1989 Photography Instructor, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
1980 Photography Instructor, Usdan Center for the Arts, Wyandanch, NY
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
The Cooper Union, New York, NY BFA 1976