Joseph Pisani

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Joseph Pisani (born 1971) is an American artist, abstract painter, designer, travel writer [1] living in Switzerland.

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[edit] Life

Joseph Pisani was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, by a second generation Italian family with strong ethnic roots. He was originally taught to draw and paint by his grandmother at around the age of seven[2].

He left New York in 1994 and traveled throughout America, including visits to forty-two of the fifty states, before setting off on a "backpack" solo tour of Western Europe. He stayed in Prague for a time, and in 1996 settled in the Rocky mountains, West of Denver, Colorado. As well as painting and drawing, he began to design and produce furniture and to experiment with wood sculpture and mixed media.

In 1998 he traveled again in Europe and the Middle East and found "an interesting spot hidden between two worlds" in the South Sinai, Egypt, where he discovered Scuba diving. The influence of the colorful underwater life of the Red Sea is apparent in paintings, such as: "The Secrets of the Underwater World", and "Deep (Approximately 63 Meters Below the Red Sea)".

Pisani continues to travel extensively, and uses his travel as the main source of inspiration for his art.

[edit] Art

Pisani's is influenced by the Abstract Expressionism of Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman. However, unlike Rothko, who purposely avoided giving titles to his work, because he did not want to influence viewers, Pisani deliberately lends clues through the poetic titles of his paintings:

“ I attempt to lead my viewers in the right direction about where I was, and what I was thinking or feeling at the time of creating a particular painting. Then, after giving this initial clue, it is my specific purpose to leave the viewers on their own to question how the title relates to the art itself and to decide how the artwork makes them feel in the context of my clues. ”

[edit] Recent Exhibitions (* denotes Solo Exhibition)

  • 2008 February 4, 2008, United Nations Office Geneva, "Oh Sweet Serendipity" Special Showing in Association with Sri Lanka's 60th Independence Anniversary* Info. and photos from exhibition
  • 2008 January 19 - February 23, 2008, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Weiningen, Switzerland, “Oh Sweet Serendipity” Under the Patronage of the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations office in Geneva*
  • 2007 September 29 - December 23, 2007, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Ost Tirol, Austria, “Kunst Verbindet” — together with Le Corbusier, Hans Peter Profunser, Marianne Liegl...
  • 2007 January 27 - February 25, 2007, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Weiningen, Switzerland, “Magic Cube” — together with Jan Janczak, Paul Cartier, Paul Racle...
  • 2006 October 26 - Present (Permanent Exhibit), Consulate of the USA in Zurich, Switzerland, “All the Colors of My Memories from Home”*
  • 2006 November 18 - December 23, Kunstgalerie Bachlechner, Weiningen,Switzerland, ”Train Station” — together with Charles Sambono (Zambia), Gerry Mayer (Austria)
  • 2006 September - November, Zurich, Switzerland, *“That Lasting Tingle of Déjà Vu”*, Under the patronage of the consulate of the USA in Zurich
  • 2006 May, Gallery Steinegger, Ruedlingin, Switzerland, "The Trials & Misdemeanors of Life on the Road"*
  • 2006 January - March, Grafik & Text Atelier, Zug, Switzerland, "How to do Everything in Just One Lifetime"*
  • 2005 April, Gallery Nordstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland, "Acquaintances in Foreign Places"*

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and Press Articles

  • Natalie Isenring "Ein Nomade mit satändigem Sitz in Zürich", Tages Anzeiger, January 24, 2008, Page 58 (Article as PDF)
  • Santosh Brivio "Eine künstlerische Reiseerzählung", Limmattal Zeitung, January 21, 2008, Page 11 (Article as PDF )
  • Kristina Pranter-Kreuzer "Kunstwelt zu Gast in Außervillgraten", Kleine Zeitung, October 2, 2007 (Article as PDF)
  • Paulina Szczesniak, "Glanzlichter der Woche (Highlights of the Week)", Zueritipp, No. 43, October 26, 2006
  • Sabine Schweizer, "Individuals: The Conceptual Artist", Inside Switzerland, Spring 2007, No. 1 (Magazine Website - Individuals Section)
  • Vera Huotelin, "When the Sun is a Carpet", Schaffhauser Nachrichten, May 8, 2006 (article online in German)
  • "Abstract Painter", Schweizer Touristik, April 7, 2006
  • Silvano Cerutti, "World Traveling Painter", 20 Minuten Week, May 26, 2005

[edit] References

  1. ^ Travel Writer (Destination) for Inside Switzerland Magazine Inside Switzerland Masthead Page
  2. ^ Natalie Isenring "Ein Nomade mit satändigem Sitz in Zürich", Tages Anzeiger, January 24, 2008, Page 58 (Article as PDF)

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