Primarily self-taught, I employ all materials and techniques for my work.
My knowledge of paint systems and technique is gained from old manuscripts on the subject and informative writings from the Old Masters, such as Rembrandt, van Dyke, and Velázquez, to name a few. All my paintings are done with hand ground colors and binders of my own chemistry. I choose to take these extra efforts so that I may control the painting’s process from the beginning, canvas stretching, to the finishing varnish end. Please visit “The Archive” for some examples of these early works.
My sculptural ideas are based on real and common objects, which I modify to create new thought relationships. The final modified objects construct relationships to it and contemporary society. The narratives of these relationships are generally sarcastic and poetic in nature. My sculptural objects deal with politics, consumer culture, and the reinterpretation of common objects into design motifs. Please visit “Objects” to view these works.
The new body of work in bas-relief is an abstract commentary on a fictional society. Each unique shape is a character playing a part in the larger scheme of things. Creating these works has enabled me to brighten my palette, experiment with new materials, and flex my ideas in new technique practices. Please visit the "Canvas reliefs" to view these works .
- Domenick Di
Pietrantonio, 2009
BORN
November,
1978, Queens, NY
EDUCATION
B.F.A.
2000 Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, New York NY
EXHIBITIONS
2009
Voices from the Boroughs, WNYC The Jerome L. Greene Space, NYC
SCOPE New York Special Projects, Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, NYC
Queens
International 4, Queens Museum of Art, Queens NY
Fuseworks
@ Open Source, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2008
Framing
Aids, QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, QMA, Queens NY
2007
QCA,
Project Diversity Queens, Repetti Gallery, Long Island City NY
Freaks
of Nature, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx NY
Killer
Beez, Headquarters Studio, New York NY
Taipei
Coast Guard, Barry Gallery, Taipei Artist Village, Taipei, Taiwan
Out
Looking In; In Looking Out: Urbanism NYC, The Painting Center, New York NY
2006
Mother
Tongue, Jamaica Center for arts and Learning, Jamaica NY
Studio
204, Crane Street Open Studios & L.I.C. Arts Weekend, L.I.C. NY
2005
LIC
Open Studio Weekend, Wills Building, L.I.C. NY
2004
Daily
Miracles: The First 25 Years at Flushing Town Hall, Flushing NY
Spring
Show, National Art League, Douglaston NY
Vibrations,
Flushing Town Hall, Flushing NY
2000
Gen
Art Summer Arts Festival, Puck Building Gallery, New York NY
BFA
in Computer Art Thesis Show, Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York NY
AWARDS
2007
Taipei Artist Village, Artist in residence, Taipei, Taiwan
ROC
LECTURES / TALKS
2007
QCA, “Hooked”, TV Interview by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, QPTV
National
Artist Talk Series, National Taiwan University of Arts,
Taipei, Taiwan
Fresco to Oil Painting Lecture and Workshop, TAV, Taipei,
Taiwan
Egg Tempera Technique and Demonstration, Taipei Medical
University, Taipei, Taiwan
2006
Old Master’s Techniques and Materials, National Art League,
Douglaston NY
PRESS
NY1, “Ramping it up in Queens”, TV interview, Queens International
4, QMA, 2009
Artist Magazine, Taipei Coast Guard,
May, 2007