Michael Fanelli is a photographer and graphic designer based in Clinton, Connecticut. His work in photography began with film, particularly using medium and large format cameras both in the field and the studio. Although he now uses digital equipment, the process remains largely the same: to render an image intentionally, using the language of traditional photography, even when pursuing experimental imagery. Celebrating what can be seen with a camera that at times may not be viewable to the eye under normal circumstances.

Michael is a member of the arts group Gallery One CT. He exhibits his work in galleries throughout New England and was selected to show work in the Nor’easter exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art.

Michael is also co-owner with Annie Wildey, a painter and printmaker, of AiR Studio Gallery located in Westerly, RI

Recent Exhibitions

2024

New Britain Museum of American Art
Nor’Easter Exhibition, 53nd Annual
New Britain, CT
July 28 – Just 15, 2024

Summer Crush
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
August 2 – September 28, 2024

The Art of Contemplation
Mary C. Daly Art Gallery
Mercy by the Sea
Madison, CT
June 21 – August 18, 2024

Avondale Arts
Watch Hill, RI
June 2024

Moments and Journeys
Mill Gallery
Guilford Art Center
Guilford, CT
May 3 – 26, 2024

Inside Narrative and Storytelling
Hygienic Art Gallery
New London, CT
March 23 – April 20, 2024

ACGOW 24 Regional Invitational
Westerly, RI
April 4 – April 28, 2024

South County Art Association
Open Juried Photography Annual
March 14 – April 13, 2024

Rivers & Tides
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
March 1 – April 28, 2024

South County Art Association
All Media Exhibition
January 18 – February 10, 2024

Three in One Salon Show
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
January 2nd – 31st, 2024

Cooked Goose
October 1, 2023 – February 4, 2024

2023

AIR Holiday Show
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
November 3 – December 31, 2023

Closely Observed
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
October 6 – 30, 2023

Images 2023
Sill House Gallery
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
Old Lyme, CT
September 9 – 30, 2023

Visual Journeys
Valentine H. Zahn Gallery
Westbrook, CT
September 1 – November 3, 2023

Summer Crush I, II, III
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
July – September 2023

ACGOW 23 Regional Invitational
Westerly, RI
May 5 – 28, 2023

Spring into Summer I & II
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
May – June, 2023

Light and Line
Mill Gallery
Guilford Art Center
Guilford, CT
April 28 – May 21, 2023

Spring Back
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
April 2023

RearView: Objects may appear closer
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI
February – March, 2023

CAFA+ Members 2023
Connecticut Academy of Fine Art
January 28 – March 4, 2023

Winterlude
La Grua Center
Stonington, CT
January 6 – February 26, 2023

2022

CAFA 111th Annual Exhibition
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
Old Lyme, CT
July 2, 2022 – August 20, 2022

CAFA+ Photo 2022
Connecticut Academy of Fine Art
November 5 – December 10, 2022

The f-Stops Here
Hygienic Art
New London, CT
October 7 – November 4, 2022

New Britain Museum of American Art
Nor’Easter Exhibition, 52nd Annual
New Britain, CT
August 11 – 28, 2022

Waterworks
Chester Gallery
Chester, CT
July 1 – August, 2022

Light Shifts
The Space Gallery
Chester, CT
November 3 – December 30, 2022

Images 2022
Sill House Gallery
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts
Old Lyme, CT
October 13 – November 6, 2022

Inaugural Exhibition
AiR Studio Gallery
Westerly RI

Spectrum Gallery
Centerbrook, CT
4 group shows (2021–22)