BIOGRAPHY:
Selected One-Person Exhibitions
2010
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2009
Elaine Barker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2006
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2005
R. Duane Reed Gallery, NY
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2004
Philips Fine Art, Sand Jose, CA
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2003
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
2002
Perimeter Gallery, New York, NY
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
2000
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Rathbone Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Robert Kidd Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1997
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galerie Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1995
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1992
Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Brendan Walter Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Barbara Fendrick Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Davis-McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Burchfield Center, Buffalo, NY
1986
Elliot Smith Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1984
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
1983
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
Galleria Forni, Bolgna, Italy
1981
Betsy Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, IL
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1980
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York , NY
1979
Galeria Loyse Oppenheim, Geneva, Switzerland
1978
Galeria Loyse Oppenheim, Geneva, Switzerland
State University College at Buffalo, NY
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Kranser Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Age of Innocence, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
"New York Collects Buffalo State," Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
2001
"Horse Tales, Katonah Museum of Art," Katonah, NY
"Summertime," Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2000
Figures, Fantasy & Illusion: Selections from the Arthur S. Goldberg Collection, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
1999
"Contemporary American Realist Drawings," Chicago Art Institute
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (two person show)
1998
"Landfall Press - 25 Years of Printmaking," Traveling Exhibition
"The Horse Show," Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1995
"The Beauty in the Beast," Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus OH
1991
"A Horse of a Different Color," Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, AZ
1989
"The Figure Revisited," Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
1987
"Drawing: The New Tradition," Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
"New Acquisitions," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
1986
"N.Y.C. New Work," Delaware Art Museum, Delaware, MD
"American Realism: 20th Century Drawings and Watercolors," The Glenn C. Janss Collection,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1985
"Large Figurative Drawings," The Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA
"The Recognizable Image: 16 Contemporary Realists," The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
"Figure it Out: Exploring the Figure in Contemporary Art," Laguna Gloris Art Museum, Austin, TX
1984
"Indianapolis Biennial," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
"Hard Line: Drawing as a Primary Medium," Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
"Andrew Wyeth: A Trojan Horse Modernist," Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
"Beasties," Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
"Animals!," Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
"Images on Paper," Art & Architecture Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
1983
New Work, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
"Drawings," Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
"The figurative Mode: Recent Drawings from the New York City Galleries," Dowd Fine Arts Center Gallery, S.U.N.Y College at Cortland, NY
"Art on Paper 1983, 19th Weatherspoon Annual Exhibition," Univ. of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
"Cross Currents of Contemporary Art: On the Leading Edge of the Eighties," General Electric Corporate Art Collection, Fairfield, CT
1982
"Points of View," Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
"Collectors Choice," Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
"Collectors Choice," Loch Haven Art Center, Orlando, FL
1981
"New Dimensions in Drawing," Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA
“Animal Imagery," Institute of Contemporary Art, Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA
"Animals in American Art 1880-1980," Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY
1979
Art 10 '79 Basle, Switzerland
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
1978
Art 8 '79 Basle, Switzerland
Fischer Fine Arts Ltd., London
1977
Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels
Fischer Fine Arts Ltd., London
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Today, in an age of easy mechanical reproduction, there is still something of the magical in the representation of an animal by hand. A part of the power of Joseph Piccillo's work lies in his ability to dazzle us with sheer technical mastery." Regan Upshaw
Known primarily for his work depicting horses, Joseph Piccillo also finds intrigue in the human form. Utilizing a grid format his charcoal and graphite portraits are organized as "tiles" resembling photographs from old magazines or images from an era past. Piccillo's odd placement of each panel adds an atmosphere, which is distinctly of our time. He illustrates a wide range of emotions in each portrait through his mastery of chiaroscuro, from scorn and anger to anxiety to melancholy, creating the tension and balance that makes each separate compartment a part of an impeccably unified composition.
Joseph Piccillo has been exhibiting his work for thirty years in New York, across the United States and throughout Europe. His work can be found in numerous public and private collections such as IBM, Microsoft, Time, Inc., Dow-Jones, Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
EDUCATION:
1961 State University College at Buffalo, B.S. Art Education
1964 State University College at Buffalo, M.S. Art Education
BORN:
1941 Buffalo, New York
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 Collection
Steuben Glass Commission – “The Speed” 2008
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
Selected Reviews
2006
“Joseph Piccillo”, Margaret Hawkins, Chicago Sun Times, May 6, 2006
2003
“Joseph Piccillo: New Paintings and Drawings”, Cate McQuaind, The Boston Globe November 14, 2003
2002
“Joseph Piccillo, Works on Paper and Canvas”, Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, June 14, 2002
“Joseph Piccillo: Paintings and Drawings”, Keri Guten Cohen, Detroit Free Press, March 2002
2000
“Joseph Piccillo 1992 – 2000”, Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, September 28, 2000
1999
“Joseph Piccillo at Chase Gallery”, The Boston Globe, June 10, 1999
1997
“Horse Power” Foster Grunfeld, Town and Country, January 1997
1995
“Joseph Piccillo” Carol Shepley, St. Louis Post Dispatch, April 27, 1995
“Rediscovering the Merits of Representational Work”, Deborah Gimelson, Architectural Digest, July 1995
1994
“Joseph Piccillo” David McCracken, Chicago Tribune, April 22, 1994
1993
“Joseph Piccillo” Elizabeth Converse, “Visions”, Spring Issue, 1993
1991
“Big Drawings Reach for Painting’s Weight” David McCracken, Chicago Tribune, January 18, 1991
1990
“Drawings by Joseph Piccillo Evoke Classical Art”, Alexandra Bellos, St. Louis Dispatch, March 12, 1990
“Joseph Piccillo”, Peter Clothier, Art Gallery International, Summer 1990, Vol II. No. 4
1987
“Piccillo’s Draftsmanship is Superb”, Alan G. Artner, Chicago Tribune, February 19, 1987
1986
“Divers and Horses – Joseph Piccillo”, Jim Harris, St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 10, 1986
“Elliot Smith Sets Diverse Piccillo Show”, Herbert Granick, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, February 1, 1986
1984
“Joseph Piccillo – New York Reviews” Ronny Cohen, ARTNEWS, November 1984
“Joseph Piccillo” Ellen Lee Klein, ARTS Magaine, January 1984
“Joseph Piccillo” Grace Glueck, The New York Times, November 23, 1984
“Seeing Delight” Patricia Johnson, Houston Chronicle, February 5, 1984
1981
“New Dimensions in Drawing” ART NEW ENGLAND, May 1981
“Joseph Piccillo” Kim Levine, The Village Voice, October 28 – November 3, 1981
“An Artistic Menagerie” Newsday Magazine for Long Island, October 11, 1981
“His Horses are Halfway Horrific” Jerry Tallmer, New York Post, October 30, 1981
“Joseph Piccillo” Vivian Raynor, The New York Times, October 30, 1981
“Joseph Piccillo’s Art of Ideas” George Howell, Buffalo Evening News, November 8, 1981
“Artists Take Up the Human Form” George Howell, Buffalo Evening News, November 15, 1981
“Monumental, Elegant Horses Reign Over exhibit of Piccillo Drawings” George Howell, Albright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo Evening News, November 25, 1981
1980
“Joseph Piccillo” at Betsy Rosenfield, ART IN AMERICA December 1980
“Joseph Piccillo” David Elliot, Sun Times, November 3, 1980
1973
“Joseph Piccillo’s Game Structures” Diane Cochrane, American Artist, December 1973
FILMS
2001
Hannibal
High Fidelity