about Domenick Di Pietrantonio

 

 

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

 

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