SERENA BOCCHINO · LYRICAL ROAR
This book includes artwork from 2016-2023 by Serena Bocchino. Her oeuvre is wide-ranging; from paintings and sculpture, to works on paper and installations. The book includes four essays by preeminent figures from the art world, Barbara A. MacAdam; Joseph Knight, Ivy Brown and Greg Smith. There is also an essay by the artist herself. The work is inspirational and accessible, perfect for art aficionados and novices alike. Bocchino’s distinctive creative approach is explored and examined throughout, ultimately demonstrating that her professional studio practice is a unique place of investigation and experimentation.
Available at Ivy Brown Gallery throughout exhibition (Nov 1 – 28, 2023) and WeArtShop.Art
COSA SONO? Storia di un Dipinto Astratto
In celebration of her exhibition, Serena Bocchino’s acclaimed children’s book,
WHAT AM I?
The Story of an Abstract Painting is now in ITALIAN: COSA SONO?
Storia di un Dipinto Astratto
Available March 17, 2022 at the Museo Italo Americano Shop and WeArtShop.Art
INFLUENCE & HEROES: WOMEN ARTISTS WHO INFLUENCE AND INSPIRE CATALOG
The Nicolaysen Art Museum
MAY 25 – AUGUST 15, 2021
Director’s foreword by Andy Couch
Executive Director, Nicolaysen Art Museum
Curatorial Essay by Amanda Yonker
Curator of Art , Nicolaysen Art Museum
HEROES
Women Artists Who Influence and Inspire
By Serena Bocchino
Essay by Lilly Wei
THE PREMIERE OF THE EXHIBIT OF 37 POEM PAINTINGS FOR 37 WOMEN ARTISTS IS EXHIBITED AT THE
WITH A PUBLICATION INCLUDING AN ESSAY, “WONDER WOMEN” BY LILLY WEI
MONOGRAPH:
SERENA BOCCHINO
THE ARTIST
Designed and Edited by Lily Zhang
Featuring a foreward by: Kathleen Goncharov.
Including the following essays:
“Serena Bocchino: Jazz, Painterly Abstraction, and the Tenacity of the New York School” by Jonathan Goodman
“Abstracted Melodies: The Paintings and Technique of Serena Bocchino” by
Lisa A Banner.
This 140-page compilation includes 121 illustrations; demonstrates the evolution of Bocchino’s work from the mid-1980s through the turn of the 21st century to today’s work. This book also features Bocchino’s select Paintings. Installations, Drawings and Prints.
(Book) LCCN: 2015934813
ISBN 978-0-9961443-0-8
Sculptor Dimensions
SINO-US Art Exchange Exhibition
Published in 2017 by the School of Fine Arts China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Created for the SINO-US International Exchange Exhibition in Jingdezhen, China, this catalogue details the work on display at the School of Fine Arts China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). Sculptor Dimensions features the work Bocchino displayed at this exhibition, along with the work of other American and Chinese artists featured in the show.
Essays:
The Sculptors’ Dimension by Wang Chunchen
Visual Dialogue by Richard Vine
Dots & Lines by Lily Zhang Candler
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Fever
Serena Bocchino
Featuring an introductory essay by: Donna Gustafson
Published in 2012 by Exhibit A Fine Art and Editions
Millburn, NJ 07041
Serena Bocchino’s recent series, titled Fever, returns to first principles. Using minimal means – a palette restricted to black, white, red, and punctuated by the occasional application of gold or silver leaf – she explores surface, composition, and gesture.
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Serena Bocchino Paintings
on Bocchino’s iPOP series
Featuring essay by Jill Connor entitled “Serena Bocchino Paintings”
Published in 2010
Distributed during Bocchino’s iPOP solo exhibit
Simon Gallery
Morristown, NJ 07960
“iPop by Serena Bocchino delves into the knick-knacks of popular culture and comes out shining”
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Blue
Serena Bocchino Paintings
Featuring Azul by Pablo Medina, a poem inspired by Bocchino’s Catch Series
Published in 2007 by Tria The Suchman⋅Bart⋅Metheny Gallery
Chelsea, New York, NY 10001
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Serena Bocchino
The Romance Series
Paintings and Works on Paper
Published in 2003 by Exhibit A
Soho, New York, NY 10012
This catalogue features the following two essays:
“Serena Bocchino: The Persistence of Romance” by Robert C. Morgan
“Serena Bocchino: A Balancing Act” by J. Susan Isaacs
New York, NY 2003
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Serena Bocchino
Recent Drawings
Features Musical Gesture: Serena Bocchino’s Drawings, an essay by Donald Kuspit
Published in 2000 by Exhibit A
Soho, New York, NY 10012
Additional text credits include Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, Barry Schwabsky, The New York Times, and John Cage, Composition in Retrospect.
With photography by Bob Foster and Rober Kamand.
Rhythms
Paintings and Drawings by
Serena Bocchino
Published 1998 by Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art LTD.
Features an introductory essay by Nancy Einreinhofer, Director of Ben Hahn Galleries.
“The titles of the paintings and drawings in this exhibition reveal Serena Bocchino’s preoccupation with the delights of twentieth-century music…”
Features an additional essay by Claire McConaughy entitled “Facing the Art of Serena Bocchino.”
“Bocchino’s paintings are full of deep vibrating atmospheres manifested by patches of color and textures…”
Serena Bocchino
Observer Highway
Published 1995 by Special Projects International, Inc.
Soho, New York, NY 10012
Features “Observer Highway,” an essay by Lisa Jacobs, New York 1995.
“The artist in her studio is like a creature that easily blends itself into its surroundings. This intimate portrait of artist Serena Bocchino is the personification of the symbiotic relationship between the artist and her art…”