01 Artist Information

Welcome to the site! The site was created to let you visit with my work, friends, projects both past and current, and to have a place where other artists might link up. My good friends, Alex and Carla created the site allowing me access to constantly update the images and information on the site. So, try to stop by when you can, enjoy!
Frank

This window will allow you to get artist information such as a current resume of exhibitions, artist statement, a bit of a biography and information on upcoming shows and Projects. The artist information follows in French and Italian.

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Artist information
Working as an abstract painter, I often refer to abstract expressionism and urban decay for visual reference and inspiration. I search my environment for surfaces and compositions relating to my work. Architecture, city streets, wall surfaces, and industrial landscapes are where I find movement, rhythm and reference. I refer back to these images and surfaces when creating my own language in painting.

In the past, my work included found objects and collage. Combine paintings were constructed using materials from the street such as signage, metal, wood, and machine parts. With these 3-D compositions I worked on issues of space and contrast while exploring different materials and textures. As the work evolved, I understood my process as one to strip away and reveal layers of what was underneath. While painting, I would freely assault the canvas with drawing, painting and washes of varnishes, while always bringing myself back to the surface painting. This exploration revealed to me the beauty of the patina that is created through time, much like a wall decaying from the weather or coatings of paint from previous applications.

Furthering this exploration, layers of color and drawing are applied and stripped away. Surfaces are stained, scratched and scrapped, drawn and recovered with paint. This process is repeated until the paintings reveal a life of their own. Drawings are often worked over leaving ghosts of past actions who reveal themselves in the depth of the work. The end result suggests atmospheric imagery, gestural abstraction using light and depth to take the viewer into the painting.

Information sur l’artiste
Travaillant plutot comme peintre abstrait, je me concentre surtout sur l’aspect physique de l’art et et le plaisir de jouer avec les materiaux. Je traivaille souvent sur plusieurs tableaux a la fois, passant d’une oeuvre a l’autre, me permettant ainsi d’explorer tant les materiaux que les surfaces sur lesquelles je travaille. Je me refere au mouvement expressioniste abstrait et a la decomposition urbaine. Costament a la recherche de surfaces dans mon environement qui pourraient etre reprises dans mon art, l’acte de peindre devient une forme de meditation.

Je manipule couleur, surface et composition, me perdant ainsi dans le processus de la creation. Le resultat final suggere une imagerie casi atmospherique, ou toute la profondeur du tableau est cree par le biais de mouvements abstraits et de clair obscur. J’applique des couches de couleurs, puis je les enleve. Je les egratigne, je dessine, j’ajoute et j’efface ainsi de suite jusqu’a que le tableau vive de lui-meme. Parfois j’applique des couches de resine, ce qui me permet de changer l’apparence de l’oeuvre et capter la lumiere d’une facon nouvelle, plutot sur le dessus de la surface. Creer et faire de l’art demeure pour moi un plaisir physique, ou je peux partager, m’abandonner et me laisser aller comme un enfant, libre de toutes contraintes et m’adonnant purement au moment present, ou j’apprecie l’art et la vie en general.

Informazioni del Artista

Lavorando come un pittore astratto, ho spesso riferimento ad Espressionismo Astratto e degrado urbano per riferimento visivo e di ispirazione. Ritrovo nel mio ambiente superfici e composizioni relative al mio lavoro. Architettura, città, strade, le pareti, i paesaggi industriali e dove trovo movimento, ritmo e di riferimento. Mi riferisco a queste immagini e le superfici per creare una lingua di pittura mia stessa..

In passato, il mio lavoro incluso oggetti tovati e collage. Dipinti combinati sono stati costruiti utilizzando materiali dalla strada, come segnaletica, metallo, legno, e di parti di macchine. Con questi composizioni 3-D ho lavorato su questioni di spazio e di contrasto mentre esploravo diversi materiali e texture. Ho capito subito che il mio processo e uno di rivelare strati e ciò che è stato sotto. Assalto liberamente la tela con disegno, pittura e lavaggi di vernici, mentre sempre portare indietro la superficie pittorica. Questa esplorazione mi a rivelato la bellezza della patina che si crea attraverso il tempo, un po 'come un muro che decade dalle intemperie o rivestimenti di vernice d’applicazioni precedente.

Promuovere questa esplorazione, strati di colore e disegno sono applicate e spogliato. Superfici sono macchiati, graffiato , tratte e recuperati con vernice. Questo processo viene ripetuto fino a quando i dipinti rivelano una vita propria. I disegni sono lavorato lasciando fantasmi del passato nella profondità dei lavori. Il risultato finale suggerisce immagini atmosferica con astrazione gestuale utilizzando luce e profondità per prendere lo spettatore nella pittura.

La chiave del mio processo e di capire e fare attenzione sul atto fisico di fare arte.. In futuro, vorrei spingere il mio lavoro, spogliando strati e creare una tavolozza disciplinata. L’attenzione sul mio methodo di lavorare mi assistera a sviluppare la mia espressione personale in pittura ulteriormente costruendo il rapporto e il dialogo che si verifica quando l'atto fisico della pittura è terminata.



EDUCATION
1986 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York
2000 Parsons School of Design, New York, New York

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2008 Leonardo Da Vinci Centre, Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
Centropolis Art Installation, Parcours Des Arts, Laval, Quebec
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Resin Group Show, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Orange, Works on Paper Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec

2007 Galerie Sandra Goldie, Eye Candy, Montreal, Quebec
Martine Henault, Works on Paper Installation, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Sandra Goldie, 20x20x20 Group Show, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Orange, Winter Group Show, Montreal, Quebec
2006 Galerie Sandra Goldie,Painting show, Montreal, Quebec
2006 ABC No Rio, Ides of March, New York, New York
2004 Collaborative Concepts, Collaborative Works Group Show, Beacon, NY
2004 Galerie Luz, Frank Caracciolo & Thomas Huber, Montreal, Quebec
2003 Galerie Luz, Group Show, Montreal, Quebec
Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Works in Progress,Montreal,Quebec

2002 ABC No Rio, Ides of March, New York, New York
Artist in Cellophane, Artomat, New York, New York
Parsons School of Design, Stimulus, New York, New York
Rothman's, Painting Installation, New York, New York
2001 Charas Gallery Performance Art Space, Group Show, New York, NY
New York Art Fair, Paintings Direct.com, New York, New York
1998 Kenneth Winslow, Summer Group Show, New York, New York
Bahay Gallery, Summer Group Show, New York, New York
1997 Pat Hearn Gallery, Benefit Group Show, New York, New York
1996 Printed Matter, Democracy V: Giftland, New York, New York
Angela Lange Fine Art, New York, New York
1995 148 Gallery, Maximum Capacity, New York, New York Curcio\Spector, Inaugural Exhibition, New York, New York
55 Van dam, Small Paintings, New York, New York
55 Van dam, Storage, New York, New York
Ward-Nasse Gallery, So It Is Written, New York, New York
Ward-Nasse Gallery, International Salon, New York, New York
1994 Craig Cornelius Gallery, New York, New York
1993 Skep Gallery, New Paintings, New York, New York
1991 Kasia's Gallery, Three By Three, Brooklyn, New York
1990 Washington Square East Galleries, Fourteenth Annual Small Works Show, New York, New York
School of Visual Arts Gallery, Alumni Painting Show, New York, New York
1988 Washington Square East Galleries NYU, Twelfth Annual Small Works Show, New York, New York

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Lexis-Nexis, New York, New York
France Telecom,New York,Montreal,Washington D.C.
Desjardins Lapointe Mousseau Belanger,MTL,Quebec
European Investors, New York, New York
Progressive Corporation, Columbus, Ohio