ArtMuse Express explores the ever-evolving career and work of Abstract Expressionist artist, Serena Bocchino. This article explores the intricacies of Bocchino’s practice, providing the reader with a personal look into the artist’s techniques and stylistic strategy when creating.
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Harmonies of Creativity:
The Artistry of Serena Bocchino
February 2024 Feature
The Artworld Post takes an insightful look at Bocchino’s work and art practice: “To experience a Serena Bocchino piece is to embark on a journey of discovery, where colors dance, forms collide, and emotions swirl in a kaleidoscope of sensation.”
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Artistic Tribe NYC
May – June 2023
Feature
The Brooklyn-based publication, Artistic Tribe NYC, highlights the work and upcoming exhibition of Serena Bocchino. The article outlines Bocchino’s beginnings from receiving her Master’s Degree at NYC to her most recent exhibition in Palm Springs, California. Bocchino’s upcoming exhibition will take place November 1st – 29th at Ivy Brown Gallery at 675 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014.
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Serena Bocchino at Artist Entrepreneurship Conference at SOHO House in NYC
JULY 2023
Serena Bocchino, along with a small, curated group of leaders in the arts, provided insight into her work, artistic process, and future events. Attendees included members of the private exclusive club, as well as the NYC member-event community, Women of Culture.
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James Bacchi Contemporary presents JAZZED Inspired works by Serena Bocchino
JAZZED: Inspired Work by Serena Bocchino marks the artist’s first exhibition in Palm Springs. This show brings together
an eclectic variety of media: From enamel paint, mirrors, porcelain pieces, and works on paper, to paintings on canvas as
well as suspended sculpture.
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Rhapsody At Museo Italo Americano
Serena’s lively and lyrical abstract paintingencompasses two decades of artmaking. Her diverse range of artistry explores music’s lyricism, melody, and rhythm through soft and loud abstract imagery, while simultaneously incorporating representational movements analogous to dance.
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SERENA BOCCHINO: INFLUENCE & HEROES: WOMEN ARTISTS WHO INFLUENCE AND INSPIRE
The HEROES: Women Artists Who Influence and Inspire included within the INFLUENCE exhibition, reveals the many artists who have done just that in her studio practice. Bocchino pays it forward with this exhibition hoping to influence and inspire other artists to widen his or her visual languages and fearlessly create work that excites and inspires everyone who comes into contact with it!
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The Nicolaysen Art Museum hosts Serena Bocchino for a mini-residency and exhibition opening
CASPER, Wyo. (Release) – The Nicolaysen Art Museum is excited to introduce the work of Serena Bocchino to the Casper Community. Serena Bocchino’s exhibition will include paintings and sculptures in her show titled Influence by Serena Bocchino. The exhibit will consist of work from the following series: The Veil Series, Colorforms, Mirror Series, Twirl, FEVER, Color Theory, and iPOP.
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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
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ARTFAIR 14C – Booth A4
GLASS GALLERY @ MANA CONTEMPORARY
10 SENATE PLACE, JERSEY CITY, NJ
November 12 – 14, 2021
Friday, November 12 12pm – 6pm
Saturday, November 13 12pm – 7pm
Sunday, November 14 12pm – 6pm
with special VIP tickets available for Thursday preview and Friday “After Hours” Events.
Bocchino’s exhibition will include paintings, works on paper, and the debut of her wire & wood stationary sculpture, titled Eureka
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Forever at the Intersection of Art and Music
“Forever at the Intersection of Art and Music” by Rebecca Maxon documents the life and and work of Serena Bocchino from the inception of her career to the international success and esteem she has gained today.
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Inaugural Public Art Installations at Newark Penn Station
October 2019 – January 2020
New Jersey State Council in the Arts and NJTransit has chosen Serena Bocchino to create four public art installations at the iconic Newark Penn Station. Installations will feature customized mural-sized exterior and interior pieces that boast Bocchino’s quintessential style. Installations embody themes of sustainability and environmental-consciousness in today’s world.
Four public art installations are chosen and supported by NJ Transit and commissioned by New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
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“Song Made Visible”
Serena Bocchino will be featured in INDUSTRY MAGAZINE with article by Laura D.C. Kolnoski
“‘My art has always been based on music, a physical expression of it, with an emphasis on contempoarary jazz'”
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“SERENA BOCCHINO: SLOWFAST“
Interview featured in Jersey City Magazine Spring/Summer 2019 Issue
‘”Bocchino’s work has an energy that mirrors her personality. It is thoughtful and engaging and will lead you into an unexpected narrative of movement and form,” says Andrea McKenna, AHP Gallery Curator.’
ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS
262 17th Street
Jersey City, NJ 07310
MARCH 1-APRIL 6, 2019
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“Review: Power Through Color”
Featured in AS Magazine Summer 2018 Issue
By: Jill Connor
“Bocchino does not render a response to naturalism. Instead, the artist utilizes unpredictable, erratic lines that transform the idea of abstract painting into a mood of spontaneity.”
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Solo Exhibition at Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters
Curated by Stacy Hecht
Serena Bocchino Solo Exhibition
Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick NJ
November 2017-January 2018
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ESKFF International Studio Residency
MANA Contemporary Jersey City, NJ 07306
Serena Bocchino was chosen to participate in an international studio residency at the Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation (ESKFF). Residency took place during the Fall of 2017.
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Sculpture Dimensions Sino
China / USA Exhibition
Taoxichuang Art Museum
CAFA: China Central Academy of Fine Art
Jingdezheng, China
June 5 – July 30, 2017
Serena Bocchino was one of a select group of American artists chosen to take part in this culturally transformative international exhibition at the CAFA Museum in Jingdezheng, China. A fully illustrated catalogue detailing this exhibition is available with essays by Wang Chunchen, Richard Vine and Lily Zhang Candler.
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Serena Bocchino the Artist
ARTHAUS
411 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
April 6 – June 30, 2017
Opening reception and book signing:
April 6, 2017 6-8pm
X CONTEMPORARY MIAMI BEACH 2016
Select works by Serena Bocchino on view
Along with works by Richard Meier and Liu Ruowang
November 30th to December 4th, 2016
NOBU HOTEL Eden Roc
45 Street and Collins Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33140
ON⋅VERGE: Alternative Art Criticism
Serena Bocchino – Solo Exhibition
By: Jill Connor
ARTMORA
Chelsea, New York, NY 12512
“Serena Bocchino: Paintings”
Review By Jonathan Goodman
ARTSEEN
The Brooklyn Rail
July 13, 2015
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Art in America
Exhibitions The Lookout: Serena Bocchino at Art Mora
May 2015
“Marking her 30th year of exhibiting in New York, Serena Bocchino brings an ever-accelerating energy to this selection of abstract paintings and monotypes. “
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Serena Bocchino: Paintings
April 30, 2015-May 27, 2015
ARTMORA Gallery
Chelsea, New York, NY 12512
This exhibition also marks the release of a new book spanning 25 years of Bocchino’s work and career. Serena Bocchino The Artist is written by Lisa A. Banner, Jonathan Goodman, and Lily Zhang, with forward by Kathleen Goncharov. Bocchino will be signing copies at the opening reception.
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Then and Now
Select Works: 1993-2014
April 6 – June 30, 2017
ARTHAUS
San Francisco, CA 94107
This exhibition of selected works from Bocchino’s self- titled book opens with an Artist Reception and Book Signing on Thursday evening, April 6, 6-8pm.
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QUARTET
ON DISPLAY AT POP AUSTIN
2014
A portfolio of four lithographs, 18 x 18 inches each, with hand-leafed works by Serena Bocchino and published by Greg Smith, Exhibit A Fine Art and Editions, is inspired by her visual interpretations of American jazz music including that of the most creative Saxophonist in America, James Carter.
This project was released at POP AUSTIN International Art Fair, October 17-19, 2014
Blue
Serena Bocchino Solo Exhibition at Tria
The Suchman⋅Bart⋅Metheny Gallery
Chelsea, New York, NY 10001
The New York Times
“Drawings Set Apart in a World of Lines”
By: Benjamin Genocchio
March 9, 2008
“The lyrical styles of Ms. Bocchino’s abstracts evokes the rhythmic impulses of music”
Art in America
“Serena Bocchino at Tria”
By: Jonathan Goodman
March 2008
“‘Blue’ a show by painter Serena Bocchino, demonstrated a great affection for the color of the sea and sky in 10 enamel- and oil-on-canvas paintings”