Adriano Farinella

Biography

b.May 1975

Artist Statement

I approach painting landscapes as a spiritual practice; a meditation focused on making the work resonate with more than just the physical effects of light on land and sky, in essence, more metaphysics than physics. If the sky is a metaphor for consciousness, the clouds then represent the infinite ideas, inspirations, emotions, and choices available at any moment. They are full of purpose and presence but are in constant motion, perpetually changing and evolving into some other form, and yet, ultimately remaining themselves. They are at once the beginning of things and the end of things. This impermanence serves as the path to the unnameable essence that is realized when one is truly present and simply aware of the vastness and the purpose of everything. The filter of memory helps transcend the obstacles of time and space. By cultivating the art of memory, the feeling of a time and place becomes more prominent than the actual place itself and the temporal gives way to the eternal. So the paintings become less landscape and more atmospheres. The clouds become figures who have been painted at a time in their lives and who, like human figures, are born, live for a time, change frequently, and then leave. I am most inspired by paying attention to the present moment, and to the evolution of memory and imagination. I strive to make the paintings passionate and peaceful bridges to and from memory.

Art Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, 1998

Awards

SOLO EXHIBITS 2010 SOLO EXHIBITION Ward Gallery, Harbor Springs, Michigan 2009 SOLO EXHIBITION Ward Gallery, Harbor Springs, Michigan 2009 SOLO EXHIBITION Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania 2009 FEATURED ARTIST ARTSQUEST The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2008 SOLO EXHIBITION Gallery Piquel, New Hope, Pennsylvania 2008 SOLO EXHIBITION Bolete, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2008 SOLO EXHIBITION Apollo, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2008 SOLO EXHIBITION American Male, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2007 SOLO EXHIBITION Apollo, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2007 SOLO EXHIBITION Bolete, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2006 SOLO EXHIBITION The Apollo, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2005 SOLO EXHIBITION Project Blue Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania 2005 BANANA FACTORY FEATURED ARTISTS Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2004 BANANA FACTORY FEATURED ARTIST Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2004 BANANA FACTORY ARTISTS ANNUAL Binney and Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2003 SOLO EXHIBITION Recent Paintings: Summer Landscapes, Figurative Studies, Portraits Connexions Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania 2003 SOLO EXHIBITION Recent Paintings: Landscapes, Figurative Studies, and Portraits Lena DiGangi Gallery, Totowa New Jersey GROUP EXHIBITS 2010 MORE SERIOUS BUSINESS NCCC Fowler Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2010 FACULTY EXHIBITION David E. Rodale Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, Pennsylvania 2010 BANANA FACTORY ARTIST'S ANNUAL Binney and Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2009 30th ANNUAL ALLENTOWN MUSEUM JURIED EXHIBITION Allentown Art Museum, The Crest Gallery,Allentown, Pennsylvania Curated by Chakaia Booker, James Carroll, Michiko Okaya 2009 BAUM SCHOOL OF ART FACULTY EXHIBITION Rodale Gallery, Baum School of Art, Allentown, Pennsylvania 2008 BANANA FACTORY ARTISTS ANNUAL EXHIBITION Binney And Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2008 THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE Monsoon Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2006 GROUP DRAWING EXHIBITION Project Blue, Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania 2005 SPRING EXHIBITION Connections Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania 2005 BANANA FACTORY ARTISTS ANNUAL Binney and Smith Gallery, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2005 SPRING GROUP EXHIBITION-PENNSYLVANIA ARTISTS Louise Melrose Gallery, Frenchtown, New Jersey 2004 WINTER EXHIBITION Connections Gallery, Easton, Pennsylvania 2003 GROUP EXHIBITION The Artful Woman Binney and Smith Gallery,The Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Curated by George Sorrels 2002 SUMMER ANNUAL Lena DiGangi Gallery, Totowa, New Jersey Curated by Lena DiGangi 2001 SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION Binney and Smith Gallery, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Curated by George Sorrels 1998 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY SENIOR EXHIBITION Kutztown, Pennsylvania Curated by Dan Talley 1998 ITALY SOJOURN PLEIN-AIR EXHIBITION Albergo Fuiggi, Fuiggi, Italy Curated by Matthew Daub 1997 ITALY SOJOURN PLEIN-AIR EXHIBITION Teatro Communale, Milano-Marittima, Italy Curated by Matthew Daub