Basics

Channels:
Photography, Art, Computer, Music, Design, and Unique
Genres:
2D, Abstract, Abstract, Alternative Photography, Architectural, Artistic, Black & White, Cityscape, Color, Commercial, Digital Art, Editorial, Ethnographic Art, Event, Fantastic Realism, Fashion, Fine art, General, Industrial, Infrared, Journalistic, Land
Roles:
Photographer, Art Director, Artist, Graphic Designer, Photo Manipulator, Unique Artist, Web Designer
Specialties:
Fine Art Photography, Digital Photographic Manipulation, Mixed Media.
Hometown:
The Electric City

Biography

Self taught with over 20 years working in the photographic field.

Styles

Abstract Interpretation
Digital Painting

Creative Tools Used

35 MM SLR (Pentax ME Super, Cannon T-40)
Medium Format Pextax ASAHI
Pentax D10 Digital SLR
Photoshop
Liquid Light
Digital SLR

Techniques

Digital manipulation through Photoshop.
Dark room manipulation (Scratched negative, sandwiched negative, double exposure)

Achievements

Director, Capital Region Initiative Supporting the Arts (www.cristany.org)
Co-Founder and Coordinator, Art Night Schenectady. (www.artnightschenectady.com)
Artist in residence at A Taste of Greece, Albany, NY.
Published in Boom Magazine September 2007
Published in Upstate Fashion Magazine Winter 2007 & Spring 2008
Published in Target Audiance Magazine Winter 2007
Published in Metroland Magazine March 2008

Exhibitions

Works by Mitch Messmore
Wine Bar & Bistro, Albany, NY, April 2008

The Green Show
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, March 2008

Art-of-FACTS
Lark Massage, Albany, NY, March 2008

Art-of-FACTS
Ecco Salon, Schenectady, NY, February-March 2008

Group Show Featuring Members of the UAG
440 Arts Center, Schenectady, NY, February 2008
Art Night Schenectady One Night Show

Fatal Abstraction
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, February 2008

Digital Paintings
Earthly Delights, Schenectady, NY, January-May2008

Art-of-FACTS
The Daily Grind, Albany, NY, December 2007-February 2008

New Works by Messmore, Tanguay, and Watsky.
Flavour cafe & Lounge, Troy, NY, December 2007

7X5 for $75
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, December 2007

A Taste of Lark n' Art - A Lark Street Restaur-ART Week.
Featured artist at A Taste of Greece, Albany, NY
October 23 - October 26, 2007

One Arabian Night
The Parker Inn, Schenectady, NY, September 2007
Art Night Schenectady One Night Show

Best in Show
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, September 2007

The Faces of Fall
Professor Java's, Colonie, NY, September 2007

Members Show
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, August 2007

Images from the Middle East
Moon and River Cafe, Schenectady, NY, August 2007

Peoples Choice
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, June 2007

Angles & Demons
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, April 2007

Images from the Middle East
Envy Lounge, Albany, NY, April 2007
1st Friday 1 night show

t(he.art) an invitational
Amrose + Sable Gallery, Albany, NY, February 2007

Red Show
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, February 2007

Small Works Show
Upstate Artists Guild, Albany, NY, December 2006

Bakery Show
Albany Underground Artists, Albany, NY, December 2006

Bakery Show
Albany Underground Artists, Albany, NY, November 2006
Assisted with installation

Images from around the world
SUNY Center for International Development, Albany, NY, June 2004 through May 2006

A collection of works from Mitch Messmore and Sladjana Bijelic
The Pedestrian Cafe, Schenectady, NY, April 2000

European Retrospective
Cafe Dolce, Albany, NY, December 1998

Cave Photos
Professor Java's, Colonie, NY, September 1996

Photo Montage
Cafe Dolce, Schenectady, NY, June 1995

Specialties

Fine Art Photography, Digital Photographic Manipulation, Mixed Media.

Inspirations

Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, Frank Zappa, Kurt Vonnegut, The Roman Empire, and the lovely people of Bosnia.