East End Food Market in Riverhead is a project of East End Food Institute, held at 139 Main Rd, Riverhead. The Winter Market runs November-April on Saturdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm, and the Summer Market takes place the rest of the year on Fridays from 3:00pm to 7:00pm. Visit the market to see EEA Member art work while you enjoy local farm, food, wine, and craft vendors as well as music and activities in partnership with other local nonprofit organizations. The market is a terrific first stop on your day trip to the East End, whether you plan to visit the North Fork or South Fork. Chat with vendors, staff, artists and volunteers to explore and learn more about our community! 

Now showing: 
Works from James Slezak

Photography

I began digital photography seriously in 2010.  I have no formal training in art or photography.

My images have been in shows at East End Arts, Art League of Long Island, Suffolk County Historical Museum, Remsenburg Academy, Guild Hall, Long Island Photo Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Southampton Town Hall, The White Room Gallery, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Hamptons Art Hub, Peconic Ballet Theatre, Gallery North, The Art Guild, Water Mill Museum, Southampton Cultural Center, Marblehead Arts Association, Cape Cod Museum of Art, 311 Gallery, LTV and Heckscher Museum of Art.

I have had solo shows at Jason’s Vineyard, Riverhead Library, Mattituck-Laurel Library, Hampton Bays Library, Rogers Memorial Library in Southampton, Westhampton Library and Hamptons Library.  I was one of three artists in a show at Dodds & Eder in Sag Harbor.

I have had images accepted for publication in the Riverhead News Review, Attencion (a newspaper in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico), The Wine Press, The New York Times, The Southampton Review, The Sun magazine, Hamptons Art Hub and The Southampton Press.  One of my images has been published in a photo book “San Miguel de Allende: A Closer Look” created  by Photographic Gallery, SMA, MX and the Hampton Bays calendar.

Stony Brook University Hospital and Hallock State Park and Preserve have some of my images on permanent display.

I am represented by Wm. Ris Gallery in Jamesport, NY.

When I began my exploration of photography I was living on the North Fork and was surrounded by farms, vineyards and scenes of rural life.  Not surprisingly, most of my photography dealt with landscape.  We moved to Hampton Bays and the maritime environment engaged me and this is reflected in my photos.  Subsequently, however, I have been drawn to the space between representation and abstraction and am more willing to take risks with my images.  I feel very fortunate to have found this activity that engages me in so many ways.

slezak.james@gmail.com