Tony has lived in Nyack for the last 20 plus years where he and his wife have raised their two now adult children. Before becoming a teacher Tony worked extensively in construction and renovation starting summers when he was 16 years old on Long Island where he grew up. While in college in New Jersey and Manhattan he put himself through school as a framer and art installer. After undergraduate college Tony worked as a fabricator and prototype manufacturer in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Hoboken building one of a kind objects and architectural details for artists, industrial designers, and architects.As a teacher in Harlem, Queens, and Westchester, Tony has enjoyed sharing the spirit of fulfillment in “making” with his students whether it's teaching painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, graphic design, animation, architecture, or publication design. Tony says, “There is a thrill for students in creating something that they didn’t realize they could, and then sharing their efforts in thoughtful ways with classmates and the community”. Synthesizing his experiences as builder, figurative painter, graphic arts instructor, and outdoor enthusiast has brought him to the current direction in his work.
Inspired by a trip to Florence with my family, I sought a way to express my wonder of the scenic environment by means that encompass materials and techniques that I feel connected to. I am interested in light, shadow, atmosphere and the combination and juxtaposition of the natural and architectural in view around us. I push and pull at what is considered positive and negative space, and the ways in which unique flat shapes, as part of a whole, can create a discernible space. I’m enamored with flat painted color next to finished, polished wood grain and the considerations of surface quality that suggests. For my compositions I focus on the moments and places I am connected with and choose a color palette that speaks to those experiences.
EXHIBITS: EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE JURIED MEMBER EXHIBIT December 2023 GARNER ARTS CENTER December 2023 EDWARD HOPPER HOUSE MEMBER EXHIBIT June 2023 Painting NYACK ARTWALK, Nyack NY Paintings Juried Exhibition 2019 KATONAH VILLAGE LIBRARY GALLERIES, “Beaux Arts Finale”, Honorable Mention, Portrait and Illustration(July 2010)RYE FREE READING ROOM, Rye, NY, “Beaux Arts Exhibition”, Juried Exhibit, First and Third prize Portrait Paintings (October 2009)EDWARD HOPPERHOUSE ARTS CENTER, Nyack, NY“Small Works of Great Importance”, Juried Exhibit, Portrait Paintings (October 2008)BENDEIM GALLERY, Greenwich, CT Painting Juried Exhibit (February 2007)SERENDIPITY GALLERY Pennington, NJ Paintings (November 2006), Paintings (December 2003)NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY Paintings and Drawings, Group Show (March 2002),Paintings, Group Show (January 2002)LINCOLN CENTER/ CORK GALLERY, New York, NYPaintings, Group Show (2000)Cyanotype Photographs, Group Show (1998)MAXINE GREENE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, New York, NYPaintings, Group Show (1999)BROOME STREET GALLERY, New York, NYPaintings, Group Show (2003)Drawings, Group Show (2001)Paintings, Group Show (1999)ROSENBERG GALLERY, New York, NY Sculpture, two person exhibit (1994)Sculpture, senior show (1993)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: RYE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL Rye, NY (2007-Present)Rye City School District Art & Design K-12 District Coordinator, Visual Arts Instructor, Yearbook Adviser, Arts and Literary Magazine Adviser, Varsity Squash and Tennis Coach Distinguished Service Award Recipient
WESTCHESTER ARTS WORKSHOP, White Plains, NY (2009-2012) Westchester Community College Adjunct Teacher BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION New York, NY (2002-2007)New York City Department of Education Arts Coordinator, Visual Arts Instructor URBAN PEACE ACADEMY SECONDARY SCHOOL New York, NY (1997-2001)New York City Board of Education, Alternative High School SuperintendenceFine Arts Instructor, Academic Coordinator, Mentoring Program CoordinatorAwarded Chancellor's Caring Community Award (June 1999) EDUCATION: NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY· 2001- 2002, Masters of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing· Co-curator of student, faculty, and alumni exhibits in Academy Galleries WESTCHESTER ART WORKSHOP (OF WCC), White Plains, NY (2007-2009)· Following credit sequence for professional development in Digital Media· Course work in; Digital Imaging I. Digital Imaging II, SLR Digital Photography SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY· School of Continuing Education (1999-2003) Coursework in painting, drawing, and art history· Post-baccalaureate program in Art Education (1996)Obtained Provisional Certification in Art Education PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NYMasters in Industrial Design Program (1994)Course work in drawing and color theory NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, New York, NYSchool of Art and Education ProfessionsBachelor of Science 1994Major: Studio Art (Concentrations in Sculpture and Drawing) Honors: Graduated Cum Laude Dean's List (all semesters)
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