Ms. Belenna Mesa Lauto is an Associate Professor at St. John's University
specializing in photography. Her work has been exhibited both nationally
and internationally since 1985. Ms. Lauto has lectured extensively on management
and creative project developments for the professional photographic community
in New York, Chicago, Boston and Sweden. Selected pieces of her art work
have been acquired by museums and businesses, and her documentary work has
been published in a variety of publications including Newsday and LIFE magazine.
EDUCATION:
M.A. Photography, New York University, January 1985
B.F.A. Photography, St. John's University, May 1981
EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS:
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY; Queens International October1, 2006-January
14, 2007.
Foto Foto Gallery, New York Avenue, Huntington, NY;
Annual Juried Exhibition, May 5-28, 2006.
McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Abercrombie Gallery,
Lake Charles, Louisiana; March 23-April 16, 2006.
M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, Jamaica,
New York;
Department of Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, January 11-March 4, 2006.
New York Mercantile Exchange: 1 North End Ave, World Financial Center,
NYC
"Recent Works"
July 12-August 3, 2005
Stony Brook Union Art Gallery: State University at Stony Brook
"Two Artists' Views"
October 16-31, 2000
Rosewater Network: National Traveling Exhibition
Humanitarian Photographer of the Year
through 1998
Islip Art Museum, 50 Irish Lane, E. Islip, NY
The Changing Face of Narrative
February 22-April 20, 1997
St. John's University Gallery, Jamaica, NY
Projects: 1986-1996 (solo)
September 12- October 12, 1996
Eight Floor Inc./Gallery
473 Broadway, New York, NY, Icons of Power,
March 26-April 13, 1996
Musee D'Art Moderne, Bordeaux, France, International Biennial,
September 10-October 30, 1993
Museum of Modern Art, Miami FL, Contemporary Artists of the 90's,
November 1-30, 1993
Tribeca 148 Gallery, 148 Duane St., New York; Social Stigmas,
June 18-July 11, 1992
Discovery Art Gallery, 16 Village Square, Glen Cove, NY, Culture Shock,
March 10-April 7, 1990
Islip Art Museum, 50 Irish Lane, E. Islip, NY
Featured Artists from Permanent Collection, July 23-August 27, 1989
The Exhibition Space Gallery, 112 Greene St., New York
New Images in American Art, January 4-17, 1988
Centro Colombo-Americano, traveling show, Colombia
solo exhibit, February 16-October 30, 1987
Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, New American Photographs,
January 31-March 29, 1987
The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee , solo exhibit, March 2-April
3, 1986
REVIEWS:
Newsday, Queens Sunday Edition, September 15, 1996
The New York Times, March 25, 1990
The New York Times, June 9, 1985
The Tennessean, March 25, 1986
COLLECTIONS:
Islip Art Museum, "Conversations", acquired 1989
Center for Photography at Woodstock. "Think", acquired, 1998
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. "Reaching II", acquired 1998
EMPLOYMENT:
St. John's University, Jamaica, New York; Associate Professor Department of
Fine Arts; 1985-present
Cosmic Sound, Inc., New York, NY, (Custom Color Laboratory),
Manager, July 1982 - December 1985
Extensive freelance photographic and graphic design experience
Client list is provided upon request.
PUBLICATIONS:
Photo Lab Management, Santa Monica, CA. articles published as follows:
"Laser Copiers...", November 1991
"Labs and Retouchers", October 1989
"Training New Technicians", January, 1989
"Composites With Type", December 1988
"A Short Cut to P.C.'s", November, 1986
"Photo Composing", October 1986 and 1992
LIFE, February 1998; Just One More
Newsday; Long Island Life section: February 1, 1998; images and research
published.
Newsday Magazine, February 26, 1989 "Childhood Lost",
collage published.
NY SOHO Arts Review; 1995-96 Annual
Excursus Literary Magazine: Winter 98
LECTURES:
Syracuse University: "Bringing the Classroom to the Community"
Society for Photographic Education Eastern Conference October
2001
Queens Museum of Art: "Portrait Photography Then and Now"
February 28, 1999
Foto Massan: Swedish Laboratory Association Convention
November 9, 1991, Gothenburg, Sweden, by invitation
ProLab, Jacob Javitz Center, New York City
lectured on Photo composition on the following years: 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989,
1990
ProLab Midwest, Chicago, Illinois, 1990
