Presents
Please join us at the Italian American Museum on Thursday evening September 29th for a special artist talk and silk screening on glass demonstration by New York artist Joseph Cavalieri.
Biography/Artist Statement:
This is Joseph’s first exhibition at the Italian American Museum. He is 100% Italian American, born and raised in Pleasantville, New York. Cavalieri’s grandparents migrated from Ragusa, Sicily and Naples to settle on Spring Street in Little Italy and East 11th Street, before moving to Westchester.
Cavalieri’s work can be seen in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), and the Leslie-Lohman Museum (NYC). He has produced commissions for private clients in the New York area including a MTA Arts for Transit public art commission at the Philipse Manor Train Station in Westchester, New York. Joseph’s subjects range from depictions of the Simpsons and Jackie O, to portraits of Agnes Moorehead, and Isaac Hayes.
Cavalieri comes from a design background, art directing at GQ and People Magazines.
Cavalieri works in a material with a powerful spiritual history: painted stained glass. Since 1997 Joseph has taught workshops around the world, and has been invited to over twelve artist residencies. In 2015 he was the keynote speaker for the Glass Society of Ireland Conference. His aim is to merge contemporary imagery with the time-honored processes of painted stained glass. This technique was originally created by Medieval stained glass artists, and uses enamel paints which are made of ground glass, metals and pigment. These paints are applied to the glass surface then kiln fired at a temperature of 1300 degrees Fahrenheit (700 degrees Celsius). Once cooled the glass is soldered together with lead. Most of Joseph’s work is set into wall hung stainless steel light boxes with internal LED lighting.
Joseph has a BA from the School of Visual Arts, studying with Paula Scher and Milton Glazer, and has studied with Kazumi Ikemoto, Klaus Moje, Erica Rosenfeld, and Toby Upton at Urban Glass.
Thursday, September 29th, 6:30 P.M.
