2022                       Referential Abstractions, Red Metal Barn, Cloverdale, CA

2002                       Recent Paintings, (MfA Thesis) East Gallery, Claremont, CA

1994                       Ovidio Federici, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA               

1991                       Formal Impressions, LA Artcore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1990                       New Painted Works, System M Gallery, Long Beach, CA

1988                       Organic Abstractions, System M, Long Beach, CA

1967                       Senza Titoli, Studio 12, Rome, Italy

 

SELECTED GROUP

 

2023                       The Fifth Year Show, Red Metal Barn, Cloverdale, CA

1999                       Graduate Art Exhibit, CSULB, CA

1993                       Waxworks, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                                    Almost Monochrome, Studio Raid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

                                    Mostra 93, Museum Italoamericano, San Francisco, CA

1992                       Three Artists, Artcore Annex, Los Angeles, CA

1991                       Sixth Annuale, LACE, Los Angeles, CA

                                    Different Eyes, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA                 

                                    Artists & Critique, Boxembaum Center. Santa Monica, CA

                                    The Next Generation, Gallery Five, Santa Monica, CA

1990                       Emerging/Diverging, Boritzer Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                                    Wallworks, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

1989                       Paintings, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA

                                    Shrines, SITE, Culver City, CA

                                    Control/Chaos, Installation Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                                    Two Years of Alternative Art, System M, Long Beach, CA

1988                       Perpetual Motion, Rental Gallery LA County Museum of Art, CA

                                    Installations, Encino Terrace Center, Encino, CA

                                    Artists Liaison, Evanston Art Center, Chicago, IL

1981                       Paint on Paper, Sykes Gallery, Millersville State College, PA

1980                       Geometric Abstractions, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, NY

 

OF MY PROJECT

 

A frequent aesthetic concern of mine has been the dichotomy between process and imagery. In fact, my work takes form mainly through process since I believe that a painting is ultimately an object rather than a representation of a reality within the confines of a surface.

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My paintings are self-contained structures. Nothing of interest is outside the boundaries. I prefer vertical (or square) formats since I intend to create singular identities (portraits) rather than vessels of “framed” representations (landscapes). I also generally like to title my work with only one word. This reinforces the notion that titles will serve as proper names, rather than descriptions.

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My paintings are laminated structures and evolves almost autonomously as I apply onto the surface of each piece several subsequent and often dissimilar layers of pigments/mediums/colors.  Each layer is executed by different self-imposed parameters.

One layer might materialize by homogeneous transparent veils, while another might be only extemporaneous random marks.

 

I rarely use sketches, outlines or studies and I do not start with a specific theme or vision in mind. Typically, I tend to work on serialized bodies of work, three to six pieces at one time.

Each group becomes a distinct body of work of similar attributes.  

 

Even though, I aspire pure abstraction, at times, the work might evoke physical images.  Recently, away from familiar urban environments, I’ve been influenced by the countryside. The organic geometry of Nature is a strong inspirational source of my seemingly random marks and arrangements.