Robert Mielenhausen: A Life of Art A film by Peter Scheer/Pilotlight Films

“My art is a process of continual change and development. It speaks to a synthesis of intimate spaces and structural forms. The compositions are both literal and abstract, stepping outside the realms of trend and sensationalism. The work embraces a sense of past and present, stillness and motion, the remembered and forgotten.”

Robert Mielenhausen

ARTIST BIO

Robert Mielenhausen’s work explores the convergence of photography and representational painting. Photography is the primary element of inspiration and a source for the artist’s work. Mielenhausen creates utilizing a mixed-media of textural materials, photography, and representational painting derived from his photographs of urban landscapes. As a graduate student at Adelphi University on Long Island he studied painting under Richard Vaux and was graduate assistant to Milton Goldstein in printmaking. Robert graduated from The New York Institute of Technology in New York earning a BFA and Adelphi University completing a Master’s Degree in Studio in Art in 1979. He went on to teach art and art history at Southampton High School retiring in 2006. The artist’s work resides in numerous private, corporate, and educational institutions collections. Placements include: Standard Motor Company, New York, Daytona College, Palm Coast, FL., Adelphi University, New York, The City of Palm Coast FL. He has been reviewed and his exhibits featured in the New York Times. His work has been published in the Lumina Journal of Sarah Lawrence College and reviewed in AM New York Magazine. Robert’s exhibitions highlights are OK Harris Works of Art, Onward Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Islip Art Museum, Amsterdam Whitney International Fine Art, Project Artspace, and Architectural Digest Design Shows. The artist was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1951. His family moved to suburbia in that year. Robert resides with his family on the South Shore of Long Island where he also maintains his studio.

REPRESENTATION: Tilting at Windmills Gallery, Manchester Vermont , Project:Artspace New York, NY.

“My art is a process of continual change and development. It speaks to a synthesis of intimate spaces and structural forms.

The compositions are both literal and abstract, stepping outside the realms of trend and sensationalism.

The work embraces a sense of past and present, stillness and motion, the remembered and forgotten.”

Robert Mielenhausen

Robert Mielenhausen

Education:

New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY. BFA

Adelphi University, Garden City, NY. MA Studio Art

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2024 Shelter Rock Art Gallery, “Urban Gateway” curator, Paul Kopelow, Manhasset, NY.
  • 2020 Project:ARTspace, “A Sense of Place” curator, Kevin Sudeith, New York, NY.
  • 2022 Southern Vermont Arts Center Yester House Gallery, “Urban ReTlections” curator, Alison Crites, Manchester, VT.
  • 2018 Alfred van Loen Gallery, “Street Wise” curator, Deborah Katz
  • 2017 Project:ARTspace, “Urban Perspectives” curator, Michael Yi, New York, NY.
  • 2016 Southern Vermont Arts Center Yester House Gallery, “Urban Perspectives” curator Alison Crites, Manchester, VT.
  • 2014 Midoma Gallery, “Streets and Fragments” curated by committee, New York, NY.
  • 2014 Tai Group, “Bike Works” curated by committee, New York, NY.
  • 2013 Viridian Artists Inc. “Bike Works” curator, Vernita Nemec, New York, NY.
  • 2012 Cold Spring Harbor Library Gallery, “Rome” Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
  • 2012 Saint Joseph’s College “Rome” curator, Dawn Lee, Patchogue, NY.
  • 2011 Viridian Artists Inc., “Roman Wall Reliefs” curator Vernita Nemec, NYC.
  • 2011 Huntington Library Gallery, “Urban Settings” Huntington, NY.
  • 2010 Martin Lerman Gallery, “Rome” curator, Martin Lerman, Huntington, NY.
  • 2009 Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts, “Mixed-media Bicycles” curator, John Cino, Patchogue, NY.
  • 2007 Alfred van Loen Gallery, “Urban Archaeology” curator Stan Brodsky, Huntington Station, NY.
  • 2006 Adelphi University Manhattan Center, “Urban Archaeology Series” curator, Richard Vaux
  • 2005 Cold Spring Harbor Arts Center Gallery, “Mixed-Media Works” Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
  • 2001 B.J. Spoke Gallery, “New Paintings, Organic Matter” curator, Beverly Fiegelman, Huntington, NY.
  • 2000 Michael Peter Hayes Gallery, “Transcendence” curator, Michael Peter Hayes, East Norwich, NY.
  • 1999 Prism Gallery, “Portals And Visitations” Port Jefferson, NY.
  • 1980 Water Mill Museum, “Still Life And Interiors” curator, Barton McGuire, Water Mill, NY.
  • 1979 Adelphi University, “Graduate Thesis Exhibition” advisor, Prof. Peter Jennerjahn, Garden City, NY.

Two Person Exhibitions:

  • 2024 Saint Joseph’s University Gallery, “Observation and Imagination In Realism” with Renee Brown, curator, Dawn Lee, Patchogue, NY.
  • 2024 Alfred van Loen Gallery, “Intersections and Urban Perspectives” with Pamela Waldroup, curator, Danielle Reischman, South Huntington, NY.

Selected Group Exhibitions:

  • 2024 Fotofoto Gallery, “Spring Fling” curator, Pamela Waldroup, Huntington, NY.
  • 2024 D. Velez Gallery, “Cities, Oceans, Landscapes” curator, Danielle Velez, Huntington, NY.
  • 2023 Omni Gallery, “Five Long Island Painters” curator, Dawn Lee, Uniondale, NY.
  • 2021 Islip Arts Council Gallery, “Facing Our Future” committee selection, East Islip, NY.
  • 2020 MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island “Patchworks” curator, Mary Cantone, Patchogue, NY.
  • 2019 Alex Ferrone Gallery, “Spring Into Collecting” curated by Alex Ferrone, Cutchogue, NY.
  • 2019 Flagler County Art League Gallery “Four Person Show” curator, Tom Garguilo, Palm Coast, FL.
  • 2019 Southern Vermont Arts Center Yester House Gallery, “Autumn Angles” Juried Exhibition, Jurors: Leslie Pell van Breen, Joshua Farr, Manchester, VT.
  • 2019 Islip Art Museum, “Inaugural Exhibition” Bayshore, NY.
  • 2018 Viridian Artists Inc., “50th Anniversary Exhibition” New York, NY.
  • 2018 Southern Vermont Arts Center Yester House Gallery, “Vantage Point” Manchester, VT.
  • 2018 Alex Ferrone Gallery, “Urbanesque” curator, Alex Ferrone, Cutchogue, NY.
  • 2018 Islip Art Museum, “The Art of Meditation” curator, Seung Lee, East Islip, NY.
  • 2017 Southern Vermont Arts Center Yester House Gallery, Open Call “Variations” Arts Committee selections, Manchester, VT.
  • 2016 Salvo Gallery, “Installations Projects” curator, JJ Graham, Bunnell, FL.
  • 2015 Flagler County Art League, “Group Exhibition” Palm Coast, FL.
  • 2015 Ceres Gallery, “Holiday Invitational” New York, NY.
  • 2015 Southern Vermont Arts Center Yester House Gallery, “National Fall Open” Juror David Miller, Manchester, VT.
  • 2014 Hollingsworth Gallery, “Art of the Bicycle” curators, Weldon Ryan, Tom Garguilo, Palm Coast, FL.
  • 2014 Islip Art Museum, “Mash Up” Committee selection, East Islip, NY.
  • 2013 Graphic Eye Gallery, “Constructions” Invitational, Port Washington, NY.
  • 2013 Patchogue Arts Council Gallery, “Lost Civilizations” curator, John Cino, Patchogue, NY.
  • 2010 Onward Gallery, “THE EXHIBITION, Viridian Artists Inc. Present” Tokyo, Japan.
  • 2010 BJ Spoke Gallery, “Artists Invite Artists” Huntington, NY.
  • 2009 Viridian Artists Inc., “Seven Artists New Works” curated by Vernita Nemec New York, NY.
  • 2009 Briarcliffe College hosting the Patchogue Art Biennial, Patchogue, NY.

Art Fairs:

  • 2024 ARTexpo New York, New York, NY.
  • 2016 Hampton Contemporary, Southampton, NY.
  • 2013 Contemporary Art Fair NYC, New York, NY.
  • 2012 Architectural Digest Design Show, New York, NY.

Gallery Talks:

  • 2024 Saint Joseph’s University, “Observation and Imagination in Realism” October, Patchogue, NY.
  • 2018 Alex Ferrone Gallery, “Urbanesque” September, Cutchogue, NY.

Publications and Press:

  • 2019 “Robert Mielenhausen A Life of Art” video filmed and produced by Filmmaker Peter Sheer
  • 2021 Robert Mielenhausen, Self-published autobiography of my art and development as an artist, with huge assistance from Peter Sheer
  • 2015 Modenus Interior Design Source
  • 2015 Lumina Journal published by Sarah Lawrence College, Image contributed “Saint Vincent’s”
  • 2013 Architectural Digest Magazine, February edition
  • 2013 AM New York Magazine, In conjunction with Viridian Artists Inc. Solo Exhibition “Bike Works” October edition
  • 2013 Nearphoto, October
  • 2013 Palm Coast Observer, July edition
  • 2012 The New York Times, “Rome” Listing and description for Cold Spring Harbor Library Exhibition
  • 2003 The New York Times Long Island review, “Weaving With Color” Omni Gallery, September, Helen Harrison