Artist
Statement
Joseph Fucigna is a multi-media sculptor who is
presently creating abstract constructions using colored plastic
fencing, netting and cable ties. Layers of plastic fencing and
colored cable ties are folded, hung, and bunched together to create
abstract forms which deal with issues of line, shape, texture
and color. The vibrant colors, rich textural surfaces and transformation
of common materials are the strengths of his work.
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Selected One - Person Exhibitions
| 2004 |
Norwalk Community College Gallery,
Norwalk, CT |
| 2002 |
PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT |
| 2001 |
Norwalk Community College Gallery, Norwalk,
CT |
| 1990 |
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College,
Providence, RI |
| 1988 |
Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT |
| 1987 |
Art/EX Gallery, Stamford Museum, Stamford,
CT |
| 1986 |
Ann Goodrich Gallery, New Haven, CT |
| 1985 |
Laughlin & Winkler Gallery, Boston, MA |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2005 |
“In Situ:
An Exhibition of Installation Art”, Westport Arts Center,
Westport, CT. (Curated by Sharon Kurland) |
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“(re) – creation”,
Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT. (Curated by Miriam Belanger) |
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“Joseph Fucigna + Tracey
Sperry”, Fenn Gallery, Woodbury, CT |
| 2004 |
Joseph Fucigna + Laura Watt”,
Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT (Curated by Margaret Roleke) |
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“Dialogue in Abstraction”,
University of Connecticut/Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford,
CT. (Curated by Ben Ortiz) |
| 2003 |
“Paraskavedekatriaphobia”,
Arts Industria, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
“Soft”, Untitled
(space) Gallery, New Haven, CT. (Curated by Debbie Hess) |
| 2001 |
“Fifty Second Art of the
Northeast Annual Exhibition”, Silvermine Guild Arts
Center,New Canaan, CT. (Curated by Bill Arning) |
| 1999 |
“Figure Fetish”,
PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT |
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“Bunch”, UNTITLED(space)
Gallery, New Haven, CT |
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“Summer Exhibition”,
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ. (Curated by Brooke Barrie) |
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“Regeneration: Rebuilding
Torn Societies”, United Nations, New York, NY. (Curated
by Jean Krasno and Bonnie Woit) |
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“DD-MM-YY”, Hartford,
CT. (Curated by David Borawski) |
| 1998 |
“Art as Spectacle”,
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY |
| 1997 |
“Sculpture X 2, Works
by June Ahrens and Joseph Fucigna”, ARTSPACE, New Haven,
CT |
| 1996 |
“Body Apart”, Lukacs
Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT (Curated by Eileen
Doktorski) |
| 1995 |
“Inspiring Character”,
Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT |
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“Floating”, Cast
Iron Gallery, 159 Mercer Street, N.Y, N.Y |
| 1994 |
“Working with Tradition,
The Academic Artist”, New York State Museum, Albany,
NY. (Curated by Donald Kuspit) |
| 1993 |
“New York to Kyoto, Works
from the Sculptors Guild” Kyoto Gallery Marutamachi-dori,
Aburanokoji Higashi-iru, Kamikyo-Ku, Kyoto, Japan |
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“New York to Kyoto, Works
from the Sculptors Guild” Cast Iron Gallery, 159 Mercer
Street New York, NY |
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“Working With Tradition,
The Academic Artist” Burchfield Art Center, Buffalo,
NY, (Curated by Donald Kuspit) |
| 1992 |
“Modern Times Through
the Concerned Eye”, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah,
NY |
| 1986 |
“Triangle Artists Group
Exhibition”, 112 Greene Street, New York, NY |
| 1984 |
“National Academy of Design,
156th Annual Exhibition”, New York, NY |
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Commissions
| 2002 |
“Cingular
Double Jack”, Cingular Wireless, Rockefeller Plaza,
NY, NY |
| 1992 |
“Reach # 3”, Concord
Group, Norwalk, CT |
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Awards
| 2001 |
Silvermine Board
of Trustees Award - 52nd Art of Northeast Annual Exhibition |
| 1995 |
Best in Show - "Connecticut
Art: 25th Annual Competition", Stamford Museum, Stamford,
CT |
| 1991 |
Individual Artist Grant, Connecticut
Commission on the Arts |
| 1989 |
Amidar Award - 40th Art of Northeast
USA Exhibition |
| 1988 |
Paula N. Rhodes Memorial Scholarship,
School of Visual Arts, New York |
| 1987 |
Amidar Award - 38th Art of Northeast
USA Exhibition |
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Merit Scholarship, School of
Visual Arts, New York, NY |
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Selected
Collections
Cingular Wireless, Atlanta, GA
Mr. Eric Bibler, Weston, CT
Ms. Ann Chernow, Westport, CT
Concord Group, Norwalk, CT
Philip and Hilary Fox-Mills N., Salem, NY
Mr. Agostino Galluzzo, Lakeville, CT
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hirshon, Stamford, CT
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pugh, Greenwich, CT
Ms. Patsy Whitman, Stamford, CT
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Teaching
Present - Chair, Art Department,
Norwalk Community College
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Education
MFA - School of Visual Arts, New
York, NY
BFA - Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Triangle Workshop, Pine Plains, NY
Directed by Anthony Caro
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