Doki © Monika Merva (Juror’s and Director’s Selection)

Portraits 2012
Juried by Anna Walker-Skillman
Artists’ Reception February 3 from 6-9 pm
Exhibition Dates: January 13 – February 25, 2012

Exhibiting Artists: Margaret Adams (Juror’s Honorable Mention and liveBooks Website Award), Leon Alesi, Sandy Alpert, Russ Anson, Susan A. Barnett (Blurb Book Award), Mariana Bartolomeo, Clarrisa Bonet, Michael Cardinali, Anirudha (Robi) Chakraborty, Bruno Costa E. Silva, Helene Fjell, Judith Fox, Akihiro Furuta, Ana Galan, Mark Hedengren , Marc Hofer, Dave Jordano, Niko Kallianiotis, Kwesi Kankam, Robbie Kaye, David Keenan, Thomas Kittel, Bruce Kravetz, Sarah-Marie Land, Thomas Lee, Gloriann Liu, Monika Merva (Juror’s and Director’s Selections), Dorothy O’Connor, Inga Pae Peterson, Wendy Paton, Christopher Petrich, Wojciech Sasiela, Debora Schwedhelm (Director’s Honorable Mention and liveBooks Website Award), Fred Scrunton, Kristin Skees, Aline Smithson, Agnieszka, Sosnowska, Sabrina Staires, Patricia Sweeney, Niobe Syme, Alison Turner, Stacie Turner, Sandra Chen Weinstein, Jaclyn Wright, Jeffrey Young, and Erica Yum Belli,

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Thomas Kellner reviewed together with his supporting Jury (Thomas Gerwers, PROFIFOTO, Manfred Zollner, fotomagazin, Christoph Tannert, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin and Helga Oberkalkofen, Art Galerie Siegen) all entries.

I also received the Portfolio Award. Which means I will be featured in the June issue of Fotomagazin out of Germany.

A solo show is given to ferit Kuyas at Art Galerie Siegen, opening Sunday June 26.

photographers:network selection 2011 presents works by: Tatyana Bessmertnaya, United States of America, Max de Esteban, Spain, Luis Delgado Qualtrough, United States of America, Marie Docher, France, Odette England, United Kingdom, Lorena Guillen Vaschetti, Argentina, Jenny Gummersal, United States of America, Laura Heyman, United States of America, Thomas Kleynen Germany, Ferit Kuyas, Switzerland, Monika Merva, Brooklyn, United States of America, Inger Lise Rasmussen, Denmark, Ellen Rennard, United States of America, Jutta Schmidt, Germany, Karen M. Strom United States of America, Michael Wagener, Germany, Donna J. Wan, United States of America, Ewa Monika Zebrowski, Canada.

photographers:network selection 2011
June 25th – July 3rd 2011
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Friedrichstrasse 42
57072 Siegen
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ClampArt is pleased to announce “The City of Children,” an exhibition of photographs by Monika Merva—
the artist’s first solo show at the gallery. The exhibition coincides with the release of the monograph of the
same title from Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg—Berlin (Hardcover, 112 pp., $45).

The City of Children, or more formally Gyermekközont, is a rundown palace in Hungary that was seized by the
government and transformed into a housing facility for children seeking help away from their dysfunctional
and poverty-stricken families. More simply, it is an orphanage of sorts.

Photographer, Monika Merva, who is of Hungarian descent and speaks the language, visited the City of Children
on many occasions over a number of years since 2002, often spending time with the same children again and again.

Curator, Anne Wilkes Tucker, writes: “Children generally know whom to trust, especially those who’ve
experienced hardships. Monika Merva brought empathy and compassion as well as skill to this project
and we can feel it in the children’s responses. They allowed her into their private spaces and she’s
honored their trust with vivid, memorable portraits.”

Shot with a medium format camera, unposed, and in natural light, Merva’s photographs are refreshingly
empathetic and sensitive. The artist comments: “I believe home is where our strength lies. It’s the source
of everything— where all our fears, questions, love, and a sense of belonging originate.”

Merva’s work is represented in the permanent collections of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris;
Hungarian Museum of Photography, Kecsemet; Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; and the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston.

For more information and images please contact Brian Paul Clamp, Director, or see www.clampart.com.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

I will be there at the reception as well as Susan A. Barnett, another exhibiting artist.
Please read below for more details or visit the Silver Eye website.

The Silver Eye Center for Photography is pleased to present Future Forward, our first annual members’ exhibition juried by Darren Ching, owner of Klompching Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, and creative director of Photo District News, the award-winning monthly magazine for the professional photographer.
Future Forward attracted more than 100 national and international photographers who submitted over 1,000 individual images for consideration. From this extremely impressive pool of artists, Darren Ching selected six photographers for this inaugural members’ exhibition. They are: Susan A. Barnett (New York, NY); Hope Guzzo (Laurel, MD); Nic Lyons (San Francisco, CA); Leigh Merrill (Dallas, TX); Monika Merva (Brooklyn, NY); and Stephen Strom (Sonoita, AZ).

The Heinz Endowments: In The Spotlight
Q&A with Ellen Fleurov, Director of Silver Eye Center for Photography. She had some wonderful questions for me about this work and my family history.

Please view the link here

The powerHouse Arena is pleased to invite you to
a book launch and exhibition opening of:

HumanKind
Book Launch and Juried Invitational Photo Exhibition

Exhibition: December 17–January 20
Opening Reception: Friday, December 17, 7–9PM

Refreshments provided by Stella Artois

The powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
rsvp: rsvp@powerHouseArena.com