Vittorio Marino Vicini
Born Nov 1956
I attended Wayne State University and received a BFA in printmaking and
painting. My paintings include products such as magazines, books, diner and
kitchen still life, and food advertisements of our past. There is something
about how some of these products are packaged in a form of entertainment and
advertising. One could say that it is the color, design and approach to
composition in these images that is a reflection of that time.
Whether it is cereal boxes, yesterday’s kitchen or diner still life’s, toy packages or comic books, these are all time capsules of a certain time of American life. The interplay of contemporary design with nostalgic imagery plays an intriguing interplay of realism and contemporary art. The bold colors, the intriguing compositions, and of course, all our hero's in the classic comic era.
GROUP and SOLO Shows
June
1975
"Wayne
State University Undergraduate Exhibition "Detroit, MI 1975
April 1981
"Second Annual Print Making Competition" Scarab Club Detroit MI
August 1981
"Ann
Arbor Art Association Print Making Competition" Ann Arbor MI
"1982 State Fair Art Competition", First Place award, Detroit, MI
July
1982
"Third
Annual Print Making Making Competition", Scarab Club, Detroit,MI, First Place
awarded
November 1984
"Artist
Today", Woodward Gallery, Birmingham MI
October 1984
"1984
Michigan State Fair Art Competition", Second Prize, Detroit, MI
June
1985
Detroit
Artist Market, “Detroit Realist”, Detroit, MI
July
1982
Group
Show, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
August 1995
"Celebrating Michigan Artist", Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
September 1996
"One Man Show: Vic Vicini", University of Liggett, Gross Point MI
September 1997
"Paintings by Vic Vicini", Livonia Public Library, Livonia, MI
December 5th 2009 - January 1st 2010
“Small Gems”, Elliot
Fouts Gallery, Sacramento CA
May 2009
Hunter Rose,
Rebecca Casey,
Vic Vicini,
Blue Wing Art Gallery,
405 Main
St., Woodland, CA 95695
February 2009
Philippe Gandiol, Vic Vicini
,
Elliot Fouts Gallery,
Sacramento CA
November 2009
"THE HOLIDAY SHOW - SIZE MATTERS",
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
December 2009
Artistic Stimulus II,
Miller
Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
February 25, 2009
50 Years + 50 Artists + 50 Painting,
Miller
Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
February 6, 2009
Vic Vicini and David Lobenberg, Elliott Fouts Gallery, Sacramento CA
February 2010
The Lively Still Life,
Elder
Gallery, 1427 South Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28203