27th Annual Members Juried Show | Levin, Merrill, Terlizzi & Tramontozzi

Join us Thursday July 22nd at 7pm Eastern for a conversation with four of the highlighted awardee’s from the Griffin Members show, juried by Arnika Dawkins of Arnika Dawkins Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia.

This event is FREE to Griffin Museum members. $10 for Non Members. Interested in Membership and its benefits? See more about what the Griffin offers here

The artists featured –

Nadine Levin –

© Nadine Levin, “Water Like Ballerinas 04,” 2017, Honorable Mention

Nadine Levin is a San Francisco Bay Area photographer. Nadine received her first camera at the
age of 8 and fell in love with photography. School and a public service career interrupted her
pursuit of photography. Starting in 2010, Nadine returned to her love of photography and made
images exclusively with film until 2014 when she started shooting digitally.
Nadine views herself as an eclectic subject matter photographer. Her motivation for making an
image is that there needs to be an element of humanity present. The element of humanity does
not always translate into a human or animal in an image and some images are about
conceptualizing the invisible and finding metaphors in an image. In the last 3 years Nadine has
focused on travel, documentary, conceptual, abstract and intentional camera motion
photography. She is currently working on a project documenting the meaning behind the
objects left behind by two generations of woman in her family.

Her work has been included in juried exhibits locally, regionally and nationally and as part of online exhibits. Several of her images are held in private collections and at the California Wellness Foundation’s Los Angeles office.

Olga Merrill –

© Olga Merrill, “Part of You – 8,” 2018, Honorable Mention

Olga Merrill is a self-taught visual artist primarily using the medium of photography. She uses photography as a tool – like an instrument to make music or a brush for painting – to create an image of her vision, with a dreamy and indirect relationship to external reality. Some images are essentially representative photography of the world around her that nevertheless dissolve into the wonder of abstract pattern, while others are complex manipulations of the ordinary visual world that use intentional camera movement, multiple exposures, and well planned color palettes to reflect her vision, dreams and feelings.

Merrill’s work has been part of group shows and festivals nationally and internationally, including NYC Center of Photography (USA), Davis Orton Gallery (USA), Foto-Foto Gallery (USA), Griffin Museum of Photography (USA), Praxis Gallery (USA), PH21 Gallery (Hungary), Malta Postal Museum (Malta), Fondazione de Matalon (Italy), Rockport Art Association & Museum (USA), Blank Wall Gallery (Greece), online shows at Center for Photographic Arts (USA), Center for Fine Art Photography (USA), among others.

Merrill was the1st Place Winner, International Juried exhibit ” Black and White 2020″, NYC4PA; 1st place winner, 15th Annual National Photography Competition at Foto-Foto Gallery, 2019; Silver Award at San Francisco Bay International Photography Competition, 2019; Juror’s Choice Award at International Exhibitions, Praxis Gallery, 2018. She was featured in l’Oeil de la Photographie, Dodho and YourdDailyPhotograph, Edge of Humanity, Shadow and Light magazine, Fine Art Photo (N29) among others. Merrill graduated from Samara State University of Economics, Samara State University, Russia. She lived in Russia until 2013. Her life changed in 2015 when her vision of the world became though lenses. She current resides in Maine, USA.

JP Terlizzi –

© JP Terlizzi, “Common Thread,” 2020, Honorable Mention

JP Terlizzi is a New York City photographer whose contemporary practice explores themes of memory, relationship, and identity. His images are rooted in the personal and heavily influenced around the notion of home, legacy, and family. He is curious how the past relates and intersects with the present and how the present enlivens the past, shaping one’s identity.

© Donna Tramontozzi, “Through the Mist,” 2020, Honorable Mention

Boston-based photographer Donna Tramontozzi’s work explores how living creatures exist in today’s world. After a career as a high tech executive and business owner, Donna parlayed her knowledge of digital media and its storytelling potential into her photographic practice.

Donna has a BA in English and has studied at the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, the Maine Media Workshops and the Griffin Museum of Photography. Donna has exhibited in multiple juried shows throughout New England. Her solo show, Optical Shards, has been shown in various Griffin–affiliated galleries. It also won a silver portfolio award at the San Francisco Bay International Awards.