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My father is from Brazil and my mother is from Italy. Both these cultures have influenced my artwork. I have the love of traditional portraiture and figurative painting as seen in Italy, and love for expressive bright colors and emotions that I found in Brazil. Visual art has always been my favorite and strongest communication tool. I use the figures in the paintings, to tell stories. I attempt to visually communicate and paint connectedness between people. My paintings have sometimes been referred to as friendship paintings. However, I try and go deeper than that by hiding an underlining tension. I like to narrow in on the expressiveness of faces, body posture and gestures. The directions in which the figures eyes are looking, is of interest to me. Minute details are also used to add to the stories. To set the stage for my paintings I use strong lines and bold brush strokes of color. Because of the large scale of the painting, the viewer becomes the unwitting next figure in these works, they become 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. Each personality in the painting represents an individual slice of existence in the form of an expression, gesture or behavior. 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. People, are the sole inspiration for the paintings. |
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Education Master of Fine Arts in Painting | 2017 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, USA Bachelor of Fine Arts; Major in Fine Arts, Minor in Japanese | 2014 Manhattanville College, Harrison, NY, USA
Kansai Gadai University, Hirakata, Japan Pre-College Summer Program | 2010 Cooper Union, New York, NY, USA Summer Fine-Art Program | 2009 New York State Summer School for the Arts, New York, NY, USA Teaching-related Experience SUNY, New York Summer School of Arts, Fredonia, NY (2010–2017) Co-Teacher – Drawing and Painting | 2017
Teacher's Aid – Art Department | 2013–2014
New York Academy of Art, New York, NY | 2015–2017 Library Assistant
Gallery Intern
Clerk – Fabric Cutter
Gallery Assistant
Italian Club of Westchester Community College Scholarship; Study Abroad: Art History, Italy | 2011 Gilman International Scholarship; Study Abroad: Art History, Japan | 2011 Tracy Rowell Memorial Scholarship; Scholarship Study in Art and Education | 2010 Rivertowns Arts Scholarship: Visual Art Study Scholarship | 2010 NASA: Life and Work on the Moon International Art Competition; Honorable Mention | 2009 Scholastic Young Artists & Writers Awards; Awarded two regional Gold Keys in painting | 2010 Art Exhibits Group Shows: 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 Private Collections: Andrew Moger; New York, NY Fredirick LoVarde; Paris, France Publication Barolini, D. (2016). Color me lovely: Coloring Book. Seattle, WA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. |
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