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Inspiration for what I do is based upon an intuitive and emotional response to what I am seeing. Painting figures and portraits invigorate me and continue to be a focal point in my compositions.
The people that I choose are in my life and environment; my family, my students and friends, my colleagues. Tackling larger compositions with the people sitting for me in a space or outdoors is an extraordinarily exciting prospect. I paint from life and most often complete the entire process directly in front of my subject. While I do not have any prejudice against photographic references, I value painting directly and I have found it has many benefits for me. I see more information while in front of my subject. I am inspired to change things and I have an urgency to capture what is flowing from reality. |
Daniel Finaldi
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Exhibitions , Social MediaSocial Media
Instagram:@danfinaldi www.danielfinaldi.com Exhibitions: 2019 "Mel Leipzig and Friends" Cape Cod Museum of Art, off Route 6A, 60 Hope Lane, Dennis https://www.ccmoa.org/ 2017 Summer Group Exhibition Dacia Gallery, NYC, NY 2015 "Trio" Mel Leipzig, Linda Pochesci and Dan Finaldi paintings from Cape Cod and beyond, Cape Cod Cultural Center, South Yarmouth MA 2015 USA Embassy in Praia Cape Verde Africa 2014 "Capturing Life in The Studio", Solo exhibition, Edward Williams Gallery, Farleigh Dickinson University 2014 Selected for the Art In Embassies Program, Three paintings exhibited in the American Embassy in Djibouti, Africa 2014 Contemporary Cape Cod, People and Places, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, South Yarmouth 2013 Romantic Realism, The Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, New Jersey 2013 People In My Life, Solo Exhibit, The Chapin School Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey 2012 Lois Dodd and Her Students, The Firehouse Center for the Falcon Foundation, Damariscotta, Maine 2012 Trenton Makes, A Trenton and New York City Show curated by Gerard Haggerty, Prince Street Gallery and the Ellarslie Museum 2011 From New Jersey to the Cape, exhibition Leipzig, Finaldi, Pochesci, The Cape Cod Museum, Dennis, Massachusetts 2011 The Influence of a teacher, Mel Leipzig and Proteges, West Windsor Art Center, West Windsor New Jersey 2011 Focus On Princeton, An exhibition featuring the latest works of the Princeton Artists 2011 Alliance Montclair State University Galllery, George Segal Gallery 2010 Portraits and Landscapes, Rizzo Fine Art, Princeton, New Jersey 2010 Intimate Portraits, One Person Show, The Nassau Club, Princeton, New Jersey 2010 Religion and Art, Ellarlsie Museum 2009 Vision and Voice, Princeton Art Alliance 2009 Realism Unbound, Noyes Museum 2009 New Jersey Arts Annual, Morris Museum 2008 One Person Show, Romano Gallery, Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey 2008 One Person Show, People and Places, Johnson and Johnson Headquarters, One Johnson Drive, New Brunswick, New Jersey 2008 A Matter of Perspective, Our Personal Landscape. Marie L Mathews Gallery, 2008 Princeton New Jersey The Way Home, Pierro Gallery of South Orange New Jersey 2007 Ellarslie Open Juried Show 2006 Walker Kornbluth Gallery, From the Country to the Shore New Jersey Center for Visual Art 2006 International Juried Show, Summit, New Jersey 2005 Noyes Museum, A Sense of Place 2005 Ellarslie Open Juried Show 2004 Two Person Show, Rider University Gallery (catalog) 2004 One Person Show, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, New York 2004 Exhibition of Recent Paintings, Walker Kornbluth Fairlawn, New Jersey 2002 Group Exhibition, The New Jersey Landscape, The Dutot Museum, Water Gap, Pennsylvania 2001 One Person Exhibit, Walker Kornbluth Gallery, Fairlawn, New Jersey 2001 The Contemporary New Jersey Landscape, Romano Gallery, Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey 2001 Earthline/Landscape, An Exhibition of Selected Artists Painting the New Jersey Landscape, The Gallery of South Orange, South Orange New Jersey (catalog) 2000 The Painted Gift, Hubert Gallery, New York City 1999 The Painted Gift, Hubert Gallery. New York City 1999 New Jersey Landscapes, curated by Lois Dodd, Rider University Art Gallery, Lawrenceville, New Jersey (catalog) 1998 Group Exhibit of New Jersey Landscape Painters, The Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, New Jersey 1998 The Painted Gift, Hubert Gallery, New York City 1998 5th Annual Juried Competition for publication in Manhattan Arts International Magazine 1998 One-person show of landscape and still life, Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York 1993 13th Annual Ellarslie Open juried competition at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie 1993 Selections, a juried competition at Schering Plough Corporation, Madison, New Jersey (catalog) National Juried Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York City, Juror 1993 Louis Finkelstein 167th Annual Exhibition for Painting and Sculpture, National 1993 Academy of Design, New York City 1993 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Painting and Sculpture, Juror John Russell, New York Times Art Critic, Ridgefield Art Guild, Ridgefield, Connecticut 1993 The Artist's Personal Metaphor, juried exhibition at Ellarslie City Museum of Trenton, Trenton, New Jersey 1993 TAWA and Aljira collaborative exhibit, The Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey 1990 National Juried Competition, Juror Lennart Anderson, First Street Gallery, New York City 1990 National Juried Competition, Juror Phillip Pearlstein, Creative Arts Workshop Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut |
Collections
Messiah College
Rider University St. Paul the Apostle Church Grants and Fellowships 2009 Gerald R. Dodge Fellowship Grant Recipient EducationMaster of Fine Art 1987 Brooklyn College, Brooklyn New York
Bachelor of Fine Art, 1984 S.U.N.Y at New Paltz, New Paltz, New York Residencies: Vermont Studio Center 1988 Collections Messiah College Rider University St. Paul the Apostle Church Grants and Fellowships 2009 Gerald R. Dodge Fellowship Grant Recipient Curatorial1994
Co-Curator The Noyes Museum, Realism Unbound, An Exploration of Representational Painting by New Jersey Artists. 2009 Co-Curator The Noyes Museum, A Sense of Place. Teaching 1992 Adjunct Brooklyn College Painting 1991/92 Adjunct Mercer Community College Drawing 2001-present Teacher of Fine Art Freehold Borough High School Publications
United States Art in Embassies Exhibition: Embassy Djibouti
United States Art in Embassies Exhibition: Embassy Praia Lois Dodd and Her Students, catalog Contemporary Cape Cod Artists: People and Places, by Deborah Forman Reviews2013 Packet Publications Time Off, Anthony Stoeckert
2013 Romantic Realism 2012 Princeton Packet Show at Chapin School 2010 The Artful Blogger: Ilene Dube Review 2010 RoseNet TV, An Internet Television Interview 2009 Central Jersey.com, Ilene Dube, Art and Soul Review 2008 Essex Journal, Bergen Record, Jessica Marlowe 2008 Time Off, Princeton Packet Online, Illene Dube 2006 The Star Ledger, Daniel Bischoff 2006 New York Times Fred Adelson 2004 The Trenton Times, Janet Purcell 2004 The Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York |