Dominic Finocchio

About Dominic Finocchio

Dreams have been described as a chain of image fragments drawn from memory, driven by desire and not subject to free will; a description that points to a similarity with the images shown here.

Though my most recent paintings and drawings are categorically narrative they do not represent a specific idea or incident. After an often-lengthy preparatory process of building a composition that begins with arbitrary choices and a focus on formal concerns, the figures and the depicted environment into which they are placed are chosen when all the disparate elements cohere and develop an apparent pictorial logic with agreeable specificity.

Because I do not determine beforehand what the image can, should or will convey, it will always be something unforeseen. Some works will offer an invitation to simply have a visual experience that cannot or need not be explained, while other works will present ambiguity and indeterminacy that may ask a viewer to explore, interpret or analyze the image.

This process allows me to rely on intuition in an effort to chance upon the unexpected. My hope is that I will give viewers an image that is persuasive, purposeful and compelling.

Dominic Finocchio

2023

Inquiries:

Duane Reed Gallery

4729 McPherson Avenue

St. Louis, MO. 63108

314.361.4100

www.duanereedgallery.com

info@duanereedgallery.com

In 2014 my work was featured in the quarterly publication "The Art of Man", Edition #17 in which the focus is centered on depictions of the male figure that, in varying degrees and approaches, represent a classical point of view.

Below are some of the collections in which my work can be found, awards I have received and exhibitions in which my work has been shown

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:

The Evansville Museum of Arts and Science - Evansville, IN.
The Marriott Corporation - Renaissance Hotel - St. Louis, MO. (commissioned works)
The Santo Foundation - St. Louis, MO
The Bristol-Meyers Squibb Corporation - Evansville, IN.
Koetting Associates - St. Louis, MO.

AWARDS:

The St. Louis Artists' Guild (2021) - Best of Show
Art Saint Louis (2023) - Award of Excellence
The Buchanan Center for the Arts (2021) - The Mary Jane Twomey Award - Best of Show
The Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences (2020) - The Caroline Karges Merit Award
Art Saint Louis (2012) - Award of Excellence
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts (2011) - Best of Show
Butler Institute of American Art (2006) - The Phil Desind Award
Art Saint Louis (2003) - Award of Excellence
Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences (2002-03) - The Elise Strouse Merit Award and The Mary McNamee Bower Purchase Award
Art Saint Louis (2001) - Award of Excellence
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science (2000-01) - Purchase Award
Art Saint Louis (1998) - Purchase Award
Evansville Museum of Art and Sciences (1986) - Purchase Award

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023

Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO - "Small Works Invitational"

2022

Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO - "Small Works Invitational"
Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO - "Desire and Indifference" (solo exhibition)
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "(all the) Feels"
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "Maturity and It's Muse"
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "Whimsy" - virtual exhibition

2021

The Foundry Art Centre. St. Charles, MO - "8'x8'x8'"
Buchanan Center for the Arts, Monmouth, IL - "64 Arts"
The St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO - "It Was All Very Queer"
Webster Arts, Webster Groves, MO - "Reentry"
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "Footprint"
Art Fluent - "Connection" - online exhibition
The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO - "Group Art Show"
Martha's Vineyard Drawing Prize - "Questions" - online exhibition
Verum Ultimum Gallery - "Chasing Ghosts VI" - online exhibition
Art Saint Louis - "Humanity" - virtual exhibition

2020

The Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL - "Art of the Message" (curated exhibit)
The Evansville Museum - Evansville, IN - "The 60th Mid-States Art Exhibition"
The Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO - "Group Art Show"
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "Creatures II"
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "The Exhibition XXXVI"

2019

Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "Heaven and Earth"
Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO - "Comfort and Joy"
OA Gallery - Kirkwood, MO - "The Works"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "Outliers"
St. Louis Artists' Guild - St. Louis, MO - "Anne Metzger National Biennial"
Foundry Art Centre - St. Charles, MO - "Figurative Works II"
Jacoby Arts Center - Alton, IL - "Art Is...Process"

2018

The Schmidt Art Center at Southwestern Illinois College - Belleville, IL - "Imaginaria" (solo show)
Millstone Gallery at COCA - University City, MO - "Figures, Fables & Fiction" (curated exhibit)
St. Charles County Community College - St. Charles, MO - "Body Work" (curated exhibit)
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "Pink Pearl"
The Evansville Museum - Evansville, IN - "The 59th Mid-States Art Exhibition"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "Menagerie"
Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO - "The Exhibition XXXIV"

2017

Mildred Cox Gallery at William Woods University - Fulton, MO - "Lies Provide" (solo show)
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "Rabbit Hole"
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts - Mt. Vernon, IL - "27th Biennial"
St. Louis Artists' Guild - St. Louis, MO - "Clearly Human III"

2016

Manchester Arts - Manchester, MO - "Inside Outside"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO. - "The Exhibition XXXII"

2015

The Cedarhurst Center for the Arts - Mt. Vernon, IL - "26th Biennial "
The Evansville Museum - Evansville, IN -"The57th Mid-States Art Exhibition"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "Light Into Dark"

2014

Art Saint Louis – St. Louis, MO – "The Exhibition XXX"

2013

Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO.- "The Exhibition XXIX"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "Honor Awards"
Foundry Art Centre - St. Charles, MO. - "The Figure"

2012

The Vino Gallery, St. Louis, MO "Configuration"
Butler Institute of American Art - Youngstown, OH - "Butler 76th National Midyear Exhibition"
Art Saint Louis – St. Louis, MO – The Exhibition XXVIII

2011

Cedarhurst Center for the Arts – Mt. Vernon, IL – 25th Biennial
Jacoby Art Center – Alton, IL – 7th Annual
Fontbonne University – St. Louis, MO – "The Figure Now"
Art Saint Louis – St. Louis, MO – "The Exhibition XXVII"

2010

Art Saint Louis – St. Louis, MO – 'The Exhibition XXVI"
Jacoby Arts Center – Alton, IL – 6th Annual
Springfield Art Museum – Springfield, MO - "MOAK 4 State Regional"

2009

Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge, LA – "Compact Competition/20”x20”x20”"
Art Saint Louis – St. Louis, MO – "The Exhibition XXV"

2008

Orange County Center for Contemporary Art - Santa Ana, CA - "On, Of and About Paper"
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA - "Compact Competition/20"x20"x20""
World Trade Center- Clayton, MO-(Curated by Art St. Louis)
Upstream People Gallery - Omaha, NE - "10th Annual Realism International Online Art Exhibition"

2007

Butler Institute of American Art - Youngstown, OH - "Butler 71st National Midyear Exhibition"
Cedarhurst Center for the Arts - Mt. Vernon, IL - "Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition"
Upstream People Gallery - Omaha, NE - "9th Annual Contemporary Art International Online Juried Art Exhibition"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO - "The Exhibition XXIII"

2006

Springfield Art Museum - Springfield, MO - "MOAK 4 State Regional"
Butler Institute of American Art - Youngstown, OH - "Butler 70th National Midyear Exhibition"
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA - "Compact Competition/20"x20"x20""
Foundry Art Centre - St. Charles, MO - "Show Me"
Foundry Art Centre - St. Charles, MO - "Paintings 2006"

2005

Springfield Art Museum - Springfield, MO.- "Watercolor U.S.A."
Red Dot Fine Art - Santa Fe, NM.- "International Figure Exhibition"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO. - "The Exhibition XXI"

2004

Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO.- "Honor Awards"

2003

Klaudia Marr Gallery-Santa Fe, NM. - "Realism Invitational"
Art Saint Louis - St. Louis, MO. - "The Exhibition XIX"