Local Artist Spotlight: Nick D’Angelo
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Nick D’Angelo is a lifelong Hamilton resident, currently living in Lawrence and working as an advertising editor in New York City. Nick has been making art his entire life but began seriously painting in 2007. Nick’s experiments with painted photographs, collages and solvent transfers led to the creation of a large body of work for a solo show at Triumph Brewing Co. in Princeton, NJ in the Spring of 2008. Nick is currently working on new pieces, focusing on delicate images with noise scrawled all over them and reproducing mechanical effects (like a silk screen) manually. Nick works on large canvases, exclusively in acrylic paint, but mixes in all kinds of materials (crayon, sharpie, highlighter, etc) as well. Nick counts among his influences, Francois-Marie Banier, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol and Anselm Kiefer.Â
School:
Rider University: BA English, Fine Art Minor
Mercer County Community College: Digital Imaging (current)
Shows:
Group
Mercer County Community College Student Exhibition, Spring 2007
Gallery 125, Art of Summer, Summer 2008
Solo
Triumph Brewing Co., Nick D’Angelo-Paintings & Drawings, Spring 2008
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 “I don’t really know what’s beyond the surface of the paintings, but I guess everything that I think about or experience is hopefully recorded on the canvas. I’m learning that making art involves more work than inspiration (thank you, Chuck Close) and that art is not a monument, but a record of a passing moment (thank you, Robert Rauschenberg).” -Nick D’AngeloÂ
You can see more of Nick’s work on his website.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
These painting are dope, I went to the show at Triumph and there was this incredible painting of a guy stirring a drink.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:48 am
and he is also an incredible kisser…kiss to you Artist Nick.
April 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Gotta love a man who’s good with paint and with words!