Joseph PICCILLO
Works
About the artist
Joseph Piccillo was born in 1941 in Buffalo, New York. He received both his Bachelors and Masters degrees at State University College at Buffalo.
Piccillo’s graphite and charcoal drawings threaten to rupture the boundaries of their two dimensional world. His loaded images of running or rearing horses carry great emotional power, a key point in Piccillo’s works. Many of these horses bear the bridles and implements of their domination, as they perform in what could be the spotlight of a circus tent.
The artist enlarges his subjects until they fill the entire space, gaining power as they gain size. Piccillo’s skillful mastery of his technique allows for an unparalleled volume, not traditionally found in two-dimensional media. Expert application of charcoal enhances every nuance, with the shadows and light causing intricate veins to appear coursing with blood.
EDUCATION 1961 State University College at Buffalo, B.S. Art Education 1964 State University College at Buffalo, M.S. Art Education
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 “Age of Innocence,” Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Albrecht Museum, St. Joseph, MO Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Albert Knox Gallery Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Rochester Memorial Art Center, Rochester, NY Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, NY Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MA Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN State University of New York, Buffalo, NY Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY Little Rock Art Museum, Little Rock, AK University of Arizona
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS American Express Interfirst Bank Bank of America K Mart Corporation Charles R. Penny Foundation Microsoft Coca Cola Owens Illinois Continental Bank Pantheon Company Dow-Jones Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Principal Financial Group Fidelity Trust Prudential-Bache First American National Bank SOHIO First National Bank Southeast Banking Corporation General Electric Southwestern Bell General Mills Technimetrics Guess? Jeans Time, Inc. IBM Us West Intermedics
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