cimini's Profile

From: New York, NY
Joined: February 01, 2008

About cimini:

ARTIST STATEMENT
I have been developing a vocabulary for my current work since 1996, which originates from the linear landscape of New York City. It has since mutated to geometric spaces and their relationships to each other while still adhering to its architectural origins. My color palette is always in flux and am always searching for new color relationships, an exploration that never ceases to surprise me. During the process, I devote my concentrations to composition and color relationships allowing the emotional story to unconsciously unfold. The feeling or environment that evolves during this process is often revealed in the title of the painting. I use marble dust and wax medium to invent different surfaces. The marble dust gives the paint a chalky look while the wax medium enhances the paint with a soft patina as well as giving a translucency, revealing the layers of paint underneath. Both mediums lend an organic feel to the oil paint.

grants/awards

Recent recipient of a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation selected
by a committee of distinguished art professionals awarded to artists with
established ability.

Paintings held in corporate collections

Novartis: mansel avenue, fredna avenue, red plateau,acquired in 2007,
primary triptych, acquired in 2006
WolfBlock Boston: river view, acquired in 2006
Berlex Laboratories: floating in cement shoes, acquired in 2004
Pearson Publishing: concrete eden, sun king, purchased rights to use images of these paintings on the cover of the textbook Managing Behavior in Organizations published in 2004 and 2006
respectively. The paintings are held in private collections.

Recent exhibitions

2008
Group Exhibition, DEZART ONE Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Art Expo Exhibition with art-exchange, New York, NY

2007
Group Exhibition, DEZART ONE Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
2 person Corporate Exhibition sponsored by the Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, small studies, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY

2006
Solo Exhibition, Urban Architectural Paintings, DEZART ONE Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Solo Exhibition, Paintings new paintings, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY

2005
Solo Exhibition, The Gillette Gallery, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
2 person Corporate Exhibition sponsored by the Manhattan Althletic Club, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, mutated dna, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, DEZART ONE Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

2004
Solo Corporate Exhibition at Berlex Laboratories, Montvale, NJ
Solo Exhibition, new paintings, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, DEZART ONE Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Group Exhibition, The Organization of Independent Artists Gallery, New York, NY

2003
Solo Exhibition, featuring the new over the sofa series, Pegasus, New York, NY
Solo Corporate Exhibit at Benjamin Enterprises, Inc. Middletown, NY
Solo Exhibition, Small Studies, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Paintings: early 2003, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Collected Paintings, Jennifer’s Gallery, Ramsey, NJ

2000-2002
Solo Exhibition, New Paintings 2002, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Paintings for the Bathroom Wall, Pegasus, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Paintings: Summer of 2001, Jadite Galleries, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Pacifico, New York, NY