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Visual art has always been my favorite and strongest communication tool. My father is from Brazil and my mother is from Italy. My artwork has been influenced by both these cultures. I love both the traditional portraiture and figurative painting as seen in Italy, and the expressive bright colors and
emotions from in Brazil. I attempt to visually communicate and paint connectedness between people. I like to narrow in on the expressiveness of faces, body posture and gestures. Minute details add to the stories; the directions in which the figures are looking is of interest to me. To set the stage for my paintings I use strong lines and bold brush strokes of color. The paintings are very cramped and over the top; at times the viewer may feel there is not a place to rest their eyes. The life-size or larger scale of the subjects causes the viewer to become an unwitting next figure in these works; the viewer becomes surrounded by larger-than-life figures staring directly at them or in other directions surrounding them. The viewer may have the feeling of being part of the event that they are looking onto. At the same time, the works convey the feeling of looking onto something where the people are truly themselves, even if much of the painting is fabricated. My work is often about connections and crossing the bridge of separateness that we all feel. We inhabit a myriad of different forms that are heavily anchored by so many social conventions and structures, that we often lose sight of the fact that we are all just manifestations of life. In essence, that is precisely what the work is about. The paintings are about being human. |
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Education Master of Fine Arts in Painting New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minor in Japanese Fine Arts Scholarship; David Fagin Fund Scholarship; and Grabstein Memorial Fund Scholarship Manhattanville College, Harrison, NY, USA Intermediate Japanese Program [Semester Abroad] Kansai Gadai University, Hirakata, Japan Pre-College Summer Program Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA Summer Fine-Art Program New York State Summer School for the Arts, New York, NY, USA Internship Certificate for Education Texas Teachers Work experience Alvin Community College, TX (2022-present) Full-Time Faculty / professor Studio Art, Art History, Art appreciation 2021-Present
Houston Community College, TX (2018-present) Adjunct Professor, Painting Level-One and -Two 2018–Present
Adjunct Professor, Art History and Art Appreciation 2018–Present
SUNY, New York Summer School of Arts, Fredonia, NY [2010–2018]Master Teacher, Figure Studies 2016–2018
Master Teacher, Drawing and Painting 2017
Awards and Honors Italian Club of Westchester Community College Scholarship, Study Abroad: Art History, Italy Gilman International Scholarship, Study Abroad: Art History, Japan Tracy Rowell Memorial Scholarship, Scholarship Study in Art and Education Rivertown's Arts Scholarship, Visual Art Study Scholarship NASA: Life and Work on the Moon International Art Competition, Honorable Mention Scholastic Young Artists & Writers Awards, Two Regional Gold Keys Awards in Painting Faculty Teaching Excellence Award Nomination, Houston Community College Art Exhibits Group Shows: GCIC Faculty and Student Mentor Show Brazosport College, Fine Arts Gallery, Brazosport Texas, 2023 Texarkana National Juried Exhibition Texarkana Regional arts center, Texarkana Texas, 2023 Contemporary Portrait Exhibition LHUCA contemporary portrait, Lubbock Texas Lawndale Big Show Lawndale arts center, Houston Texas, 2021 Museum of Fine Arts Houston Staff Art Show; Museum of fine Arts Houston, Meadows Gallery, 2021 36th Annual International Exhibition In Tyler Tyler Texas, Meadows Gallery, 2021 Wallman Contemporary; Online virtual Gallery Covid-19 Group Show, 2020 New American Painting Instagram Page Covid-19 Alumni Works, Online, 2020 Staff Show; Houston Community College, Spring Branch Gallery, Houston Texas, 2019 Brownsville Museum of Art International Competition; Brownsville Texas, 2018 Texas National Competition and show; Nacogdoches Texas, 2018 30 Under 30; Veridian Gallery Chelsea New York NY, 2018 Take Home A Nude; New York Academy of Art, New York, NY | 2017 Perfection To A T; New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2017 SINGLEFARE4; New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2017 Dec The Walls; New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, 2016 Collective Conscience: Love, Respect, and Truth; New Rochelle City Hall, New Rochelle, NY, 2016 VGIF Art Show; Mueller Jacobs Gallery, New York, NY, 2015 NYSSSA Faculty Show; Rockefeller Gallery, Freedonia, NY, 2013–2014 Madeleine Gutman Art Gallery; Greenburgh Town Hall, Greenburg, NY, 2014 BFA Senior Show; Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 2014 Fagin Award Show; Berger Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, 2013 Solo Shows: “Wall to Wall” an Exploration of Figures in Space; Houston Community College, Spring Branch Gallery, Texas, 2018 “Faculty Exhibition” Houston Community College, Spring Branch Gallery, Texas, 2022 Publications Barolini, D. (2016). Color me lovely: Coloring book. Seattle, WA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Barolini D. (2020). The staff: Artist who work at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. Seattle, WA: Independent Publishing Platform. |
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