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Dr. Shen (Joel Schreck)

Photographs & Digital Art

All Editions of 10

Hand printed with Ultra Chrome pigmented inks on archival paper.

Art is signed, titled, numbered, and dated on the back

 

BIO

As a teenager Joel studied painting with Polish artist Leo Cizes and later, at New York’s Art Students League.  In the 1960s, he became interested in photography, but even before he bought his first camera, he built a darkroom. His art has always been about crafting pictures rather than taking pictures. 

In 1968, Joel and his wife Betty founded Exposure Gallery on New York’s lower East side.  During the 1960’s, he exhibited his work there and at other East Coast galleries. A.D. Coleman,  photography critic of the New York Times during the 1970s described him as a technical master. His photographs from that period were one of a kind images individually crafted using bleaches, dyes, and toners. You can find examples of this work from the 1960s here.  

In 1970 they moved from Manhattan to Berkeley California.  Impressed by the amazing flora of Northern California they began crafting Oshibana, pictures made with pressed flowers. In the 1970’s, their Wilderness Cards and Noah's Art were sold at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and scores of galleries throughout coastal California.

In 1985, while Joel was working for McGraw Hill, he was introduced to digital media, which profoundly influenced his work. Today his work includes both monochrome photography as well as digital art.

See Joel Schreck's Current Work at

joelschreck.com

 

Contact Him at
 joelharveyschreck@gmail.com
 

11 X 14 or 16 X 20: 11 x 14" Santa Cruz Summer Joel Schreck Photograph c. 2020