The particular meaning behind the subjects I paint is more intuitive than narrative. I use some photographs for reference, but the compositions come from my mind as I simplify shapes, space and colors. I struggle to balance the simplified against the specifics, the abstract against representational, the flatness against space and volume.
Biography: selected Exhibitions
Solo
2003 St Peters Church, New York
2003 Rush Arts Gallery, New York
2002 Ansonia Window Show, New York
1984 Bowery Gallery, New York
1983 Bowery Gallery, New York
1982 Bowery Gallery, New York
1980 Gallery 285, Queens College, New York
Group
2005 NutureArt auction at Spike Gallery, New York
2004 The Creative Center, 9x12 Show, New York
2004 Chashama Open Studios @ 40 Worth, New York
2004 Creative Arts Network, Chashama Group Show, Philadelphia
2004 Visual AIDS Postcards From the Edge Benefit, Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
2004 "Night of 1000 Drawings", New York
2004 Starving artists benefit exhibit, New York
2004 100 Drawings, Kentler Drawing Space, Brooklyn, New York
2004 NutureArt, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Caelum Gallery, New York
2003 "Night of 1000 Drawings", New York
2003 Douglas Dibble Memorial Exhibit
2002 Art:ASAP, New York
2002 Fire Patrol No. 5 Art, New York
2002 Synchronicity, New York
2001 Gallery @49, New York
2001 Bowery Gallery, New York
1998 Art in General, New York
1994 Bowery Gallery, New York
1984 Lincoln Center, Emerging Artists
1984 Minato-Ku Tokyo, Japan
1982 Hobart & William Smith Colleges, "30 NYC Painters"
Publications
2005 Potomac Review, inside art
2004 Bathtub Gin Review, cover art
2004 Film appearance: “Men without jobs”
2003 Latchkey, online literary journal, featured artist
2003 Crab Creek Review, cover art
2003 Cimarron Review, cover art
2003 Chelsea Literary Review, cover art
2003 Denver Quarterly, cover art
2002 Cornhill Arts Festival Poster
2001 Alaska Airlines, January
Awards & career related Experience
2004 Chashama Studio Program, New York
2002 artist in Residence, Calhoun School, New York
2001 Artist in Residence, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Drawing Marathon
Education
1980 M.F.A., Painting, Queens College of the City University of New York
1973 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
Country: United States
E-mail: ddaless879@aol.com
Site: http://www.dalessandrostudios.com