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Installation view from RHAPSODY at the Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco CA 2022

Windows Series-Let Me Out_Works on Painted Paper Enamel paint on painted rag paper 16 x 20 inches

Full of Grace 2022 Enamel paint with collaged elements 60 x 80 inches

Celestial Jazz 2022 Enamel paint with collaged elements 52 x 72 inches

Serena Bocchino is an American contemporary artist. Bocchino’s studio practice investigates the intersection of abstraction and expressionism with a distinct focus on music, movement, and identity. Bocchino’s work has been exhibited internationally in many solo and group exhibitions. She has received many awards including, Pollock Krasner Foundation Award, PS1/MoMA Studio Residency, the Basil Alkazzi Award USA and The New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships in both Painting and Drawing. Most recently, NJ Transit and NJSCA commissioned Bocchino to create four public art installations at Newark Penn Station.  In May 2021, The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming, invited Bocchino to create a site specific sculpture to be included in her solo exhibition, INFLUENCE, a ten year survey exhibition.

A Symphony of Visual Rhythms

 

Check out this recent article in The Art Insight to learn more!

Review for 

A Way of Seeing Everything and Nothing 

at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art

INTERSECTION:

PAINTING & MUSIC

 

LIVE PERFORMANCE

 

Pompano Beach Cultural Center

Sunday, April 28 | 7 PM

 

Serena Bocchino takes to the stage in an electrifying live painting performance. Collaborators and Co-Creators include internationally-lauded opera star Amy Shoremount-Obra, and renowned musicians, pianist Bradley Moore, violinist Eric Silberger, violinist Mann-Wen Lo.

The Reviews Are In!

Check out Art World Daily's take on the performance with commentary by Ann Williams: “Serena Bocchino: Painting the Sound of Music”

HEROES: WOMEN ARTISTS WHO INFLUENCE AND INSPIRE

 

Arts Council of Princeton

March 9 - March 30

Book Signing & Opening: March 16, 3 - 5 PM

 

In honor of Women's History Month,

Bocchino will be showing the original works from her recent book,

HEROES: Women Artists Who Influence and Inspire

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.

 

James Bacchi Contemporary
presents:

 

Jazzed:

Inspired Works by Serena Bocchino

March 18 - April 10,2023

 

Bocchino X Imagery Estate Winery
Limited Edition Collaboration - The Winemaker's Palette

INTERSECTION:

PAINTING & MUSIC

 

LIVE PERFORMANCE

 

Pompano Beach Cultural Center

Sunday, April 28 | 7 PM

Bocchino will join many accomplished artists -  including: Sol LeWitt (CT), Terry Winters (NY), and Pat Steir (NY) -who have been chosen to create a limited edition label. Bocchino's work will be exhibited at the Imagery Estate Winery Gallery beginning March 2022.

 

The Museo Italo Americano
presents:

RHAPSODY

Featuring Serena Bocchino

Exhibition extended to September 11, 2022

Serena Bocchino exhibits at the 

MUSEO ITALO AMERICANO

 Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123

Featuring selected works from the past 20 years.

This exhibition will include a homage to Bocchino’s Italian Heritage.

 

 

 

Veils Installation at Atelier Montez

The Veils Installation 
 
Atelier Montez
Via di Pietralata, 147/A-B, 
00158 Roma, Italy

The National Museum in Gdańsk Poland 

MARCH 27 - SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

 

THE COLLECTION: BASIL ALKAZZI’S GIFT

CURATED BY WOJCIECH ZMORZYNSKI

The Nicolaysen Art Museum

CASPER, WYOMING

MAY 25 - AUGUST 31, 2021

 

INFLUENCE & HEROES: WOMEN ARTISTS WHO INFLUENCE AND INSPIRE CATALOG

 

Director’s foreword by Andy Couch
Executive Director, Nicolaysen Art Museum
Curatorial Essay by Amanda Yonker
Curator of Art , Nicolaysen Art Museum

Also at The Nicolaysen Art Museum

HEROES

Women Artists Who Influence and Inspire

 

 THE PREMIERE OF THE EXHIBIT OF 37 POEM PAINTINGS FOR 37 WOMEN ARTISTS with a PUBLICATION INCLUDING AN ESSAY, "WONDER WOMEN" BY LILLY WEI

 

RECENT ACQUISITIONS & PERMANENT MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:

 

The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, New York

The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, Wyoming

The Lotus Museum, Beijing, China

Taoxichuan Museum CAFA, Jingdezhen, China

The National Museum, Gdansk, Poland

Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, California

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, Jersey City, New Jersey

Deloitte, Morristown, NJ 

 

 

 MONOGRAPH available now on

WeArt Shop

» Available at WeArt Shop

 

 

Serena Bocchino

The Artist

 

 

By Lisa A. Banner (Author), Jonathan Goodman (Author), Kathleen Goncharov (Introduction), Lily Zhang (Editor)

 

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This monograph on the life and career of artist, Serena Bocchino spans 25 years. Written by Art Historian Lisa A. Banner, Art Writer and Critic, Jonathan Goodman, Edited by Chinese Art Specialist, Lily Zhang, and includes a foreword by Curator, Kathleen Goncharov. In the book, Serena Bocchino the Artist, Goodman sites Bocchino's art historical influences of the New York School and the Abstract Expressionists. This informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s and 1960s in New York City was influential to Bocchino’s development as an artist.

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"Bocchino’s paintings reveal a connection in the imaginative energy of the imagery, which salutes the adventurous spirit of American creativity. Bocchino's recent works demonstrate an ongoing evolution that is exciting to witness. With nearly three decades of work already under her belt...her work has always more to discover.”

– Jonathan Goodman, Art Critic, Serena Bocchino: The Artist

 

"Serena Bocchino brings an ever-accelerating energy to this selection of abstract paintings and monotypes ...Improvisations like this, as every jazz musician knows, require a virtuosic blend of imaginativeness and discipline."

- Richard Vine, Editor, Art in America