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D. Dominick Lombardi


Selected Solo Exhibitions

"The Graffoo," PGartventure, Larchmont, NY, 2009
"Toyota vs Godzilla," Artlexis Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2009.
"The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo," Gallery Milieu, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.
"Graffoos & Tattoos," Curated By John Pollard, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2008.
"The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo: A Ten Year Survey of Art of D. Dominick Lombardi,"
Curated By Carol Kino, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX, 2008.
‘The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo & Graffoos,” VanBrunt Gallery, Beacon, NY, 2007.
“The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo,” Lunarbase Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 2005.
“After the Rain,” Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY, 2003.
“Reverse Collage,” Art/Ex Gallery, Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford,
CT, 1997.
“Sign Symbol Surrealism,” Portico New York, Inc., New York, NY, 1990.
Beaulah Land, New York, NY, 1986.
King Street Cafe, New York, NY, 1986.
Westbroadway Gallery, New York, NY, 1979.

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

"Paper in the Wind," curated by David Gibson, 532 Gallery, New York, NY, 2009.
"RUBBISH! Art and the Ecosystem," curated by Julia Dixon, Artsexchange, White
Plains, NY, 2009.
"Black Madonna," curated by Lisa Paul Streitfeld and HP Garcia, HP Garcia Gallery,
New York, NY, 2009,
"Designing Intelligence: Intelligent Design Project,” Schmidt Center Gallery & Ritter Art
Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2009.
"Apocalyptic Pop," Curated by Kathleen Goncharov, The Dorsky Curatorial Program,
Long Island City, NY, 2008.
"Deep Pop," Curated by Andrew Michael Ford, Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona
College, New Rochelle, NY, 2008.
“Bridge Art Fair”, with VanBrunt Gallery, Kasia Kay Art Projects and Bleu Acier, Miami,
FL, 2007
“Skin City: The Art of the Tattoo”, Amanda Cooper, curator, The Arts Center,
St. Petersburg, Fl, 2007
“De.pic.tion,” Finestra Art Space, Chicago, IL, 2007
“Intelligent Design Project III,” Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL, 2007.
“Skin City,” The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, 2007
“Intelligent Design Project II,” Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI, 2007.
“In the Mix,” Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY, 2007.
“Singularity in the Communal Tide (Culture + Identity in the Moment,” Baird Center's
Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ, (Curated by Rupert Ravens), 2007.
“Cursive 2,” Art Commune, Curated by Thalia Vrachopoulos and Shin-yi Yang, Hong
Kong, 2007.
“Red Dot Art Fair”, Kasia Kay Art Projects, New York, NY, 2007.
“Intelligent Design Project,” Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2007.
“Scope Miami 2006”, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Miami, FL, 2006.
“Aqua Art Miami,” Aqua Hotel, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami, FL, 2006.
“Strange Brew: Alejandra Villasmil and D. Dominick Lombardi,” Repetti Gallery, Long
Island City, NY, 2006.
“Quantum Circus”, SooVAC, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
“Groovy,” First Run, New York, NY, 2006.
“Summer Gallery Exhibition”, KKAP kasia kay art projects gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006.
"Kaleidoscope", The Basement Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2006.
“Revisionist History; Getting the Story Straight”, Dam/Stuhltrager Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY, (curated by Andrea Stanislav) 2006.
Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York, NY 2006.
“Aqua Art Miami,” Aqua Hotel, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Miami, FL, 2005.
“Me, Myself and My Emotions,” Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY,
(curated by Rachel Phillips and Linda Dennis), 2005.
“Edgy and Elegant,” The Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY, (curated by Rosemary
Erpf), 2005.
“INKED!,” Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN, (curated by Koan Jeff Baysa), 2005.
"Peel Sessions," Citrus at Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, San Antonio, TX, (curated by
Anjali Gupta), 2005
“INKED!” The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA), Long Branch, NJ,
accompanying catalogue, 2005.
Stray Show, Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005.
NOVA, Lunarbase Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005.
CIGE/China International Gallery Exposition, Broadway Gallery, Beijing, China, 2005.
“Link the World”, Lunarbase Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, 2005.
“Cursive,” Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY, accompanying
catalogue, 2005.
“Character I,” The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA), Long Branch, NJ,
accompanying catalogue, 2005.
“Character II,” Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, accompanying catalogue,
2005.
“D. Dominick Lombardi and Ken Marchione,” Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT, 2005.
Art Miami, Lunarbase gallery (Williamsburg), Miami, FL, 2005.
“Group Show,” Lisa Boyle Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004.
“Grand Opening Exhibition” The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA), Long
Branch, NJ, 2004.
“Black & White: D. Dominick Lombardi, Lucio Pozzi, Ed Smith,” Time and Space Ltd.,
Hudson, NY, 2004.
“Blast,” Branchville Gallery, Ridgefield, CT, 2004.
Lisa Boyle Gallery Chicago, IL, 2004.
“Painter’s Forms,” The Workspace Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Nell Ogorzaly,
2003.
“Miraculous: Contemporary Exvotos Paintings,” chez TGN, Brooklyn, NY, (curator:
Trong Nguyen), 2003.
“People, Places, Things,” dfn Gallery, New York, NY, 2003.
“Drawing Conclusions II,” Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, (curators: Jill Connor &
Gae Savannah), 2003.
“Drawing Conclusions: Work by Artist-Critics,” NY Arts magazine gallery, New York, NY,
(curated by Judy Collischan), traveling to: Berliner Kunstprojekt, Berlin, Germany, 2003.
“Characterism,” Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2003.
“Six Approaches,” Marist Art Gallery, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Curator:
Donise English, 2002.
Ketilhusid Museum, Akureyri, Iceland, traveling to: Pakkhusid, Olafsfjordur, Iceland;
Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarborg Museum, Hrafnarfurdor,
Iceland, 2002.
“Reactions,” Exit Art, New York, NY, traveling to: Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery,
Pasadena, CA, 2002.
“Re-Figured,” South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Curated by Salvatore Scalora,
2002.
“Metro-North: Abstract Painting from the Metropolitan New York Region,” Schweinfurth
Art Center, Auburn NY, Curated by Kenise Barnes, 2001.
Gallery Ofeigur, Reykjavk, Iceland, 2001.
“Summer Show,” dfn Gallery, New York, NY, 2000.
“Best of the Art-Ex 95-2000,” University of Connecticut Stamford Branch Gallery,
Stamford, CT, 2000.
“Show Your Work: The Process Behind the Pieces,” Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY,
1999.
“ABSOLUT SECRET New York,” McKee Gallery, New York, NY, 1999.
“Art As Spectacle,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, (Thelma Golden,
Curator/Director of Branches, Whitney Museum of American Art), NY, 1998.
“Interstate I95,” John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT, 1998.
“New Art Annual,” Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, (Ann Philbin, Director, The
Drawing Center, New York, NY), 1997.
“Assemblage: More Than Meets The Eye,” Pace University Gallery/Choate House,
Pleasantville, NY, 1997.
“New Art Annual,” Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, (Jill Snyder, Director, Aldrich
Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT), 1996.
“31st Annual Open Exhibition,” San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA,
(Elizabeth A. T. Smith, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA), 1996.
“All-Of-A-Piece,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, (Robert Storr, Curator of
Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, NY), 1995.
“15th Annual Faber Birren Color Show,” Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, (Cora
Rosevear, Curator, Museum of Modern Art), 1995.
Nardin Galleries, Somers, NY, (curated by Philip Verre, Vivian Raynor and Edward
Giobbi), 1995.
“Small Works International,” Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY, (curator: Jerry), 1994.
Kunstraum, Cologne, Germany, 1994.
Art Chicago International, Chicago, IL, 1993.
Silpakorn University Art Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand, accompanying catalogue, 1993.
Kunstraum, Cologne, Germany, 1993.
Art Cologne, Intenationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany, 1992.
Gallery of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China, 1992.
Art Cologne, Intenationaler Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany, accompanying catalogue,
1991.
“Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture,” Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA,
accompanying catalogue,(Jock Reynolds, Director, Addison Gallery of American Art,
Andover, MD), 1991.
“Neo-Dada,” Mid-Hudson Arts & Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, (curators Billy
Name & Bob Pucci), 1991.
“Galex 24,” Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL, Curated by Ann Nathan, 1991.
Art Cologne, Intenationaler Kunstmarkt, Portico Gallery, Cologne, Germany, 1990.
“75th Anniversary Exhibition (1915-1990),” Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, 1990.
“14th Annual "small works,” 80 Washington Square East Gallery, New York, NY,
(curator: Ivan C. Karp, Director, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY), 1990.
Art Cologne, Intenationaler Kunstmarkt, Portico Gallery, Cologne, Germany, 1989
“Hudson Valley ‘89,” Mid-Hudson Arts & Science Center/Barrett House, Poughkeepsie,
NY, (curator: Frank Goodyear, Director, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA), 1989.
“Hudson River Open,” Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, (curators: Susan & Liese
Hilgeman, Assistant Director, The Hudson River Museum), 1989.
“Calgene Contemporary Fine Arts Competition,” Natsoulas Novelozo Gallery, Davis,
CA, (curators: Robert Arneson, Squeak Carnwath and Manuel Neri), 1989.
“Grass Roots Exhibition,” Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY,
1988.
Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
EV Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
“Gambling Show,” Public Image Gallery, New York, NY, 1986.
“Tar Beach,” Native Sun, New York, NY, 1986.
“Tenth Anniversary Exhibition,” Westbroadway Gallery, New York, NY, 1983.
Westbroadway Gallery, New York, NY, 1982.
“Discovery ‘82,” Bridge Gallery, White Plains, NY, 1982.
Westbroadway Gallery, New York, NY, 1979.

 

Affiliations

Member: (AICA) International Association of Art Critics, 2001 - present.
Board Chair: Castle Gallery/College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, 1996-8.
Art Advisor: Pfizer at Doral Arrowwood / Educational Center, Purchase, NY, 1997- 2000.

 

Published Articles and Essays

Critic: Art in Asia, New York, Seoul, 2007-present.
Feature Writer: & magazine, Miami, Amsterdam, Dubai and Bombay, 2006 to present.
Critic: culturecatch.com, 2006 to present.
Critic: resolve40.com, 2007.
Catalog Essay: “Keeping the Real(ist) Fire Burning,” Seventh Annual Realist
Invitational, Jenkins
Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005.
Critic & Feature Writer: dart (U.S. Editor), Toronto, Canada, 2005-present.
Critic: The New York Times (Westchester Section), New York, NY, and 1998 to 2005.
Critic (Section Editor): NYARTS magazine, New York, NY 2004 to present.
Critic & Feature Writer: Sculpture magazine, Washington, D.C., 1999 to present.
Feature Writer: Sculpture Review, New York, NY, 2004 to present.
Critic: Art Papers, Atlanta, Georgia, 2004 to present.
Critic: Articles Houston, TX, 2004 to present.
Feature Writer: Juxtapoz, San Francisco, CA, 2002.

Catalog Essay: Robert Dell, Hitavaettir Thermal Guardians, Reykjavik Art Museum,
Harbour House, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2001.
Catalog Essay: Bendel Hydes, XXX Festival International De La Peinture, Chateau-
Muse Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1998.
Critic: Art New England, Brighton, MA, 1997-99.
Critic: ART news, New York, NY 1997.
Critic: New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, 1997-98.
Critic & Feature Writer: The Record-Review, Bedford/Pound Ridge, NY, 1995-99.

Critic & Feature Writer: Night, New York, NY, 1996-7.
Feature Writer: Family Publishing Group, Inc., Westchester and Connecticut, 1996-7.
Catalog Essay: Non-Objective Art, And Its Legacy, for the traveling exhibition:
Champions of Modernism: Non- Objective Art of the 1930s & 40s and Its Legacy, 1996.
Feature Writer: The Advocate, Stamford, Connecticut, 1996.

 

Selected Curatorial

Joe Bar, “Art Noir,” Seattle, WA, 2007.
Omega Institute Exhibition, Sheraton New York Hotel, “Fear is a Four Letter Word,”
New York, NY, 2007.
The lab gallery, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, “Speaking in Strings: Ken
Butler and Kurt Coble”, 2006.
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA), Long Branch, NJ, “Critics Select II,”
2005.
The lab gallery, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, ‘The Reality Show”, 2005.
The lab gallery, The Roger Smith Hotel, New York, NY, “East Vs West”, 2005.
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA), Long Branch, NJ, “Over the Top -
Under theRug,”2005.
Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, “FUNKADELICIDE,” 2005
Viscaya Lounge, New York, NY, “One Night Stand- The Sex Show,” 2005.
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art (SICA), Long Branch, NJ, “Critics Select,”
2005.
Art.com, “The Impact of War,” an online exhibition, 2004.
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY: “The Waking Dream,
1998;” “Lights - Sound - Action!” 1998; ‘The Tradition of Icons,” 1997; “ “Champions of
Modernism: Non-Objective Art of the 1930s & 40s and Its Legacy,” 1996, Traveling
through 1998 to: Mary Washington College Galleries, Fredericksburg, VA, Gibbes
Museum of Art, Charleston, SC, 1997; Sunrise Art Museum, Charleston, WV, 1997; Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL, 1998; Polk Museum of Art,
Lakeland, FL, 1998.
Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY, “Obsession (Food),” April 3 - May 30, 1998.
Choate Gallery, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY, “Assemblage: More Than Meets
The Eye,” 1997.
Hiram Halle Gallery/Pound Ridge, NY, “New Collage,” November 3 - November 23, 1996.

 

Selected Lectures, Panel Discussions and Grant Panelist

Grant Panelist: “Alliance of Young Artists & Writers,” Gold Medal Grant selector forThe Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, 2008.
Guest Lecturer: “Intelligent Design Project,” Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2007.
Guest Lecturer: “Defining Success,” University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 2006.
Panelist: “2nd Annual San Antonio WAX (Writers and Artists Exchange),” San Antonio, TX, 2005.
Visiting Artist and Critic: “The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo", Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2005.
Visiting Artist and Critic: Artist critiques, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2005.
Panelist: “Character - Scene 1", SICA (The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts), Long Branch, NJ, 2005.
Panel Moderator: “Critics Select", SICA (The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts), Long Branch, NJ, 2005.
Guest Lecturer and Artist: “The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo", Branchville Gallery, Branchville, CT, 2005.
Visiting Artist and Critic: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2005.
Guest Speaker: “An Evening of Writing and Art,” NY Arts Gallery, NY, 2003.
Guest Lecturer: “The Post Apocalyptic Tattoo: Art of a Comix Centric,” Visual Arts Seminar Program, SUNY Stonybrook, 2003
Panelist: “1st Annual San Antonio WAX (Writers and Artists Exchange),” San Antonio, TX, 2003.
Panelist: “Careers in Contemporary Art, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,” Ridgefield, CT, 2001.
Grant Panelist: Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts (Mid-Hudson Region), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, June, 1998.
Workshop Instructor: “Reverse Collage Technique,” Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, 1998.
Grant Panelist: Bronx Recognizes Its Own Fellowship Awards (BRIO), Bronx Council on the Arts, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY, May 1996.

 

 

Featured Artist/Cable Television interviews: State of the Art, WDMC-TV, 12/6/89;WDMC-TV, 10/11/90; Cable Vision News, WITV, 10/14/90.
Guest Lecturer: “Neo-Dada,” Fine Arts Gallery at Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, 1989.
Guest Lecturer: “Beginning a Painting,” New Rochelle Art Association, New Rochelle, NY, 1981.

 

Selected Books, Grants, Magazines and Awards

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Grant, Intelligent Design Project (prints), 2006.
Featured Images and Poem: ANIMAL, Issue 6/Instincts, 2005, pp.102-105.
Excellence in the Arts award, The First Annual Friends of SICA Awards Dinner, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ, 2005.
Featured artist/poet: Blurred Vision 1 & 2, Blurred Books, Pod Publishing, NY, 2005.
(Cover and interior pages)
Visiting Critic and Artist, Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth university, Richmond, VA, 2004 & 2005.
Writing Residencies in Akureyri and Reykjavik, Sponsor: Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2001 & 2004.
New American Paintings, number 32, Northeastern, The Open Studio Press,
Wellesley, MASS, 2001.
Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts (Mid-Hudson Region), Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY, February 1999.
Dorothy Mayhall Memorial Award, Stamford Museum, New Art Annual ‘97, Stamford, CT, 1997 (curator: Ann Philbin)
Book Cover Art: Thoughts of an Everyday Woman, An Unfinished Urban Folktale,  Blind Beggar Press, Bronx, NY, 1995



 

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