The Coney Island Mermaid Parade, which is a festival of ancient mythology & nautical folklore, is held annually on the Summer Solstice. Due to the COVID pandemic the iconic parade was cancelled. Instead, I went searching the desolate seaside playground in search of real mermaids. Among the apprehension, I found pure joy.
Oliveri is an American artist and fine art photographer born in 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island. Oliveri's nine self published photo books and photographs have been the recipients of numerous international awards and acknowledgements. Oliveri was recently featured in the New York Responds Exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York 2021 and the Women Street Photographers at El Barrio Art Space in NYC 2021 and has been featured in Musee Magazine, L'Oeil Magazine, WhiteHot Magazine for Contemporary Art and SouthXSoutheast Photography Magazine among others.
Awards URBAN Photo Awards Trieste, Italy, Deja Vu, Already Seen, self published book.
URBAN Photo Awards, Trieste, Italy 2022 Deja Vu, Already Seen, self published book.
Silver Award- Mermaids of Coney Island, self published book,Tokyo International Foto Awards 2021
Bronze Award- The Space Between, self published book,Tokyo International Foto Awards 20121
URBAN Photo Awards, Trieste, Italy 2021, Mermaids of Coney Island.
Water Exhibition, New York City Center for Photographic Art,1st Place Winner curated by Mark Sink, 2020
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Silver Award for self published book Coney Island Mother of Exiles, 2019
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Bronze, self published book Flora & Fauna 2019
2019 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Category Winner, Women See Women, juror Elizabeth Avedon 2019
2019 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Category Winner, 2019
Still Life Category Winner, Pollux Award, 2018 Juror Phillip Brookman
Women See Women, 12th Julia Margaret Award 2018, Honorable Mention
Px3 Paris, 2018 Bronze Winner Fine Art Category 2018
American Splendor, 2018 Honorable Mention, Jurors: Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Harlem, NYC
Significant Color, 2o18
11th Julia Margaret Cameron Award, 2017
Pollux Award, 2017
2016, won solo exhibition competition at Ph21 Gallery in Budapest.
