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.
Artist Information
Working as an abstract painter, 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.
While painting, I 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. The end result suggests atmospheric imagery, gestural abstraction using light and depth to take the viewer into the painting.
Renseignements sur l’artiste
Travaillant plutôt comme peintre abstrait, je me concentre surtout sur l’acte physique de peindre et le plaisir de jouer avec les matériaux. Je travaille souvent sur plusieurs tableaux à la fois, passant d’une oeuvre à l’autre. Ceci me permet d’explorer tant les matériaux que les surfaces sur lesquelles je travaille. Je me réfère régulièrement au mouvement expressionniste abstrait et à la décomposition urbaine. Constamment à la recherche de surfaces dans mon environnement qui pourraient être reprises dans mon art, l’acte de peindre devient pour moi une forme de méditation.
Je manipule couleurs, surfaces et composition, me perdant ainsi dans le processus de création. Le résultat final suggère une imagerie quasi atmosphérique, où toute la profondeur du tableau est créée par le biais de mouvements abstraits et de clair-obscur. J’applique des couches de couleurs puis je les enlève. Je les égratigne, je dessine, j’ajoute, j’efface et ainsi de suite, jusqu’à que le tableau vive de lui-même. J’applique parfois des couches de résine, ce qui me permet de changer l’apparence de l’œuvre et capter la lumière d’une façon nouvelle, davantage sur le dessus de la surface. Créer et faire de l’art demeurent pour moi un plaisir physique, où je peux partager, m’abandonner et me laisser aller comme un enfant, libre de toutes contraintes et m’adonnant purement au moment présent, où j’apprécie l’art et la vie en général.
EDUCATION
1986 School of Visual Arts BFA, New York, New York
2000 Parsons School of Design, New York, New York
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011
Hoboken Artist Expo, Union Square Artist, Hoboken, NJ
Academy Gallery, REFLECTIVITY 2011, Bath, Ontario
Art Niagra, All of the Above, Group Installation, New York, NY
SMYTH TRIBECA, Group Show, New York, NY
Richman Fine Art, Installation of Multiples, Montreal, QC
Union Square Artist Space, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
ARTE Montreal ICWA, Group Exhibition, Montreal, QC
Le Meridien Hotel, FOUNDATION Painting Installation, Montreal, QC
The Propeller Center for the Arts, The Black and White Ball, Toronto, Ontario
The Brooklyn Art Library, Sketchbook Tour 2011, Brooklyn, NY, Washington, DC
San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX, Chicago, IL, Atlanta, GA, Portland, ME
2010
The Academy Gallery, Group Exhibition, Bath, Ontario
Gallery For Haiti, Group Exhibition, Montreal, QC
2009
Union Square Artist Space, Group Exhibition, New York, NY
Espace REUNION, Solo Painting Installation, Montreal, QC
Masion de la Culture, Painting Group Exhibition, Trois-Rivière, Quebec
Hermitage Club, Painting Show, Magog, QC
Centre Leonardo Da Vinci, Painting Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
MAA Club, Landscapes and Other Places, Montreal, Quebec
Martine Henault, Works On Paper Installation, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Darling (New Works), Montreal, Quebec
2008
McClure Gallery, Terraskin Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
Centre Leonardo Da Vinci, Painting Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
Centropolis Art Installation, Group Show, Laval Quebec
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Resin Group Show, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Orange, Works on Paper Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Winter Group Show, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Orange, Works on Paper Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
2007
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Eye Candy, 100+Painting Project, Montreal, Quebec
Martine Henault, Works On Paper, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Twenty by Twenty, Montreal, Quebec
Galerie Orange, Group Exhibition, Montreal, Quebec
2006
Galerie Sandra Goldie, Lines in the Round, Montreal, Quebec
ABC No Rio, Ides of March 5th Biennial Exhibition, New York, New York
2004
Collaborative Concepts, Collaborative Works Group Show, Beacon, New York
Galerie Luz, Paintings by Huber/Caracciolo, Montreal, Quebec
2003
Galerie Luz, Group Show, Montreal Quebec
Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Works in Progress, Montreal, Quebec
ABC No Rio, Ides of March , New York, New York
2002
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, New York
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, 14th Annual Small Works Show, New York, New York
1989
School of Visual Arts Gallery, Alumni Painting Show, New York, New York
1988
Washington Square East Galleries New York University, 12th Annual Small Works, New York, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Kraft Design, New York, New York
Collection RIDI, Montreal QC
Lexis-Nexis, New York, New York
France Telecom, New York, Montreal, Washington D.C.
Desjardins Lapointe Mousseau Belanger, Montreal, Quebec
European Investors, New York, New York
Progressive Corporation, Columbus, Ohio
Targray International, Montreal, Quebec
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Westmount Examiner , Color big and bold
Accenti Magazine, Art in Action
Corrier Italiana, Artist in review
Corrier Italiana, Molisana pittori
Sweetspot, MAA exhibiton Alert
Sweetspot, The Art of Giving