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CONTEMPORARY REPRESENTATIONAL ART

Joe Nicastri

Biography


OE NICASTRI
Born
1945September 21, Bayshore, NY


Education

1968
1969M.A., State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY

1967-
1968University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1964-
1967B.A., State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY

1963-
1964Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY


Current Gallery Affiliations

Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Selected Gallery History

OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Fotuhi-Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions
2008Karen Lynne Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2008Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2006Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
2004University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2003Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
2002Florida International University, Miami, FL
2002Columbia College, Chicago, IL
1999Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, CO
1999Holocaust Museum and Resource Center, Orlando, FL
1999Brevard Museum of Art and Science, Melbourne, FL
1998Illinois State University
1998Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
1998Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA
1998Isabel Amdur Gallery, Miami, FL
1998University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1998Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, CO
1997Hebrew Union College, New York, NY
1997Fotouhi Cramer, New York, NY
1997Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1996Rosen Museum Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995Jaffe Baker Blau, Boca Raton, FL
1994Jason McCoy, Inc, New York, NY
1993Ann Jaffe Gallery, Miami, FL
1992Jason McCoy, Inc., New York, NY
1992Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1991Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990Margulies - Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
1989J. Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987Mathew Scott Gallery, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Community College, South Campus Art Gallery, Miami, FL
1984Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
1980Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE
Tomasulo Gallery, Union College, NJ
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
1978Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
1974Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY

Gallery History

Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York, NY
Jason McCoy Gallery, New York, NY
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago, IL
Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
Ann Jaffe Gallery, Miami, FL
Margulies Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
Freites-Reville Gallery, Boca Raton and Miami, FL

Public Collections and Commissions

Florida Holocaust Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Beit Jacob Safra Sephardic Synagogue of Turnberry, FL
Jewish Association of Residential Care, Boca Raton, FL
Adolph and Rose Levis Jewish Community Center, Boca Raton, FL
Clark University, Worcester, MA
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
American Bankers Insurance Corporation, Miami, FL
Art in Embassies Program, Washington, DC
Baxter Laboratories, Deerfield, IL
Cleveland Museum, Cleveland, OH
First International Bank of Houston, Houston, TX
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee WI
The Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Seagrams Collection, New York, NY
Sidney and Frances Lewis Foundation, Richmond, VA
Southeast Bank Corporation, Miami, FL
Sun Bank, Miami, FL
Banker's Savings, Miami, FL

Group Exhibitions
2008 Klaudia Marr Gallery. Sante Fe, NM
2001New Acquisitions, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee WI
2001Arthur and Mata Jaffe Collection, Florida Atlantic University Museum, Boca Raton, FL
2001Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2000Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1999Society for Contemporary Crafts, The Art of the Book, Pittsburgh, PA
1996Fotouhi Cramer, Box, New York, NY
1995The Southeast Collection, Miami, Fl
Edith Caldwell Gallery, Miami International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
1994Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Dada, Miami Beach, FL
Edith Caldwell Gallery, Contemporary Still Life, San Francisco, CA
Sharadin Gallery, Three Sculptors, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
1993Jason McCoy, Inc., Summer Group Show, New York, NY
Center for the Arts, Collage and Assemblage: Works by Florida Artists, Vero Beach, FL
Marguerite Oestreicher Fine Arts, Caveat Voyeur, New Orleans, LA
Palo Alto Cultural Center, The Uncommon Flower, Palo Alto, CA
Museum of Art, Southern Roots, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Bianca Lanza Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, Miami Beach, FL
Turman Gallery, Is Poetry a Visual Art?, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
Jamaica Arts Center, Literal/Visual, NY and Queens Museum, NY
North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, Book, Box, Word, Miami, FL

1992-
1993Polk Museum of Art, Cultural Landscape of Florida, Lakeland, FL
Gallery of Fine Arts, Cultural Landscape of Florida, Fort Meyers, FL
Tallahassee Fine Arts Gallery, Cultural Landscape of Florida, Tallahassee, FL
Jacksonville Museum, Cultural Landscape of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
1992Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Visual and Concrete Poetry, The Beauty in Breathing, Miami Beach, FL
Jaffe Baker Gallery, Miami International Art Fair, Miami Beach, FL
Gerald Peters Gallery, Los Angeles Art Fair, Santa Fe, NM
Gerald Peters Gallery, Chicago Art Fair, Santa Fe, NM
1991Gerald Peters Gallery, Los Angeles Art Fair, Santa Fe, NM
Bass Museum, Contemporaries in Our Midst, Miami Beach, FL
Miami-Dade Community College, Wolfson Campus, South Florida Collective1, Miami, FL
Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Season Sneak Preview, Coral Gables, FL
Museum of Art, Hort 33, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Boca Raton Museum, Books as Art, Boca Raton, FL
Edith Caldwell Gallery, Group Show, San Francisco, CA
1990Marhulies-Taplin Gallery, Past, Present, Future, Miami, FL
Haggerty Museum of Art, Images of Death in Contemporary Art, Milwaukee, WI
Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Group Show, Washington, DC
Barbara Fendrick Gallery, Group Show, New York, NY
1989Gallery Helene Grubair, The Art of the Box, Miami, FL
Main library, Florida Artists Pop-up Books, Miami, FL
J. Rosenthal Fine Arts, Works on Paper, Chicago, IL
1988North Miami Museum, Couples, North Miami, FL
Michael Lord Gallery, Chicago Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI

Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago Art Fair, New York, NY
1987Barbara Greene Gallery, Group Show, Miami, FL
1986Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago Art Fair, New York, NY
1985Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works, New York, NY
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Winter Solstice, New York, NY
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Chicago Art Fair, New York, NY
1984Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works, New York, NY
Nancy Hoffman Gallery , Chicago Art Fair, New York, NY
1983The Art Institute of Chicago, Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism; Works of Art on Paper from the Collection of Jalane and Richard Davidson, Chicago, IL
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism; Works of
Art on Paper from the Collection of Jalane and Richard Davidson, Philadelphia, PA
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works, New York, NY
1982Aldrich Museum, Homo Sapiens: The Many Images, Ridgefield, CT
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works: Tenth Anniversary Show, New York, NY
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Works on Paper, New York, NY
North Miami Museum of Art, Five in Florida, North Miami, FL
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Center, Seven in Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1981The Plaza Gallery, Albany Alumni, State University Plaza, Albany, NY
Ringling Museum of Art, International Florida Artist, Sarasota, FL
Summit Art Center, Bouquets, Summit, NJ
Newport Harbor Art Museums, Inside/Out: Self Beyond Likeness, Newport Beach, CA
San Jose State, The Artist and the Airbrush, San Jose, CA

1980-
1982Western Association of Art Museums, Deja Vu: Masterpieces Updated
1980Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works, New York, NY
Newhouse Gallery, Group Show, Staten Island, NY
Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, The Flower Motif in American Art, 2nd Half of the 20th Century,
MA
Brooklyn Museum, American Drawing in Black and White, Brooklyn, NY
1979Memorial Art Gallery, Uncommon Visions, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1978Montclair Museum, Drawing the Line, Montclair, NJ
Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Drawings-Seven Artists, Cleveland, OH
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works, New York, NY
1977Boston University Art Gallery, Stiff Life, Boston, MA
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Major New Works, New York, NY
New Gallery, Drawings, Cleveland, OH
1976Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Drawings, New York, (traveled to: Delaware Art Museum)
The Art Gallery, Aspects of Realism, University of Notre Dame, IN
Butler Institute of American Art, 1976 Midyear Show, Youngstown, OH
Paris, FIAC, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, France
1975DM Gallery, Drawings, London, England
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Workings on Paper, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1974Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Drawings, New York, (traveled to: Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL; Center for the Visual Arts, University of Illinois)
1973Art Gallery, Drawings, Los Angeles, CA
1972Lowe Art Museum, Phases of New Realism, Coral Gables, FL
1970Hundred Acres Gallery, High Class Drawings, New York, NY


Grants
1981Fine Arts Council of Florida

Selected Private Collections and Commissions

Jim Clark
Bill Koch
Bonnie and Stephen Rodenberry
Lester Woerner
Carolyn and Marty Bloom
Maureen and George Collins
Linda Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gaston
Marilyn Lazarus
Mrs. and Mr. Kenneth Young
Anita and Morris Broad
Bobbi and Steve Berkman
Donna Kolikof
Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein
Nancy and Kerry Herndon
Barabara and Ron Sickman
Bob and Gloria Kolikof
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bronfman
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Adler
Dr. Alexander Angelides
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Baron
Mr. Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Ms. Barbara Danielson
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Defranco
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Elson
Ms. Nancy Hoffman
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Feinsod
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Firestone
Mrs. Beulah Friedman
Mr. Marvin Ross Friedman
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gaston
Ms. Fay Gold
Mr. Allan Greenwald
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hollfelder
Mr. and Mrs. William Janss
Mr. Richard Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Klein
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Landon
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lanier
Carol and Jerry Levin
Dr. and Mrs. Donald Levy
Dr. Alan Lewin
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Lewis
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Magoon
Mr. Martin Z. Margulies
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Meisel
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Miller
Ms. Abby O'Neil
Ms. Christina Nosti
Mr. Herbert Plimpton
Mr. Jorge Presser
Mr. Paul Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rose
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Russell
Marvin And Ruth Sackner
Mr. Horacio Sardinas
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Scanlon
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Seiden
Mr. Thomas Sleeper
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Smolev
Mr. and Mrs. Steven P. Smolev
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Snyder
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sosnoff
Mrs. Marjorie Talalay
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Taplin
Mrs. Lewellyn Thompson
Mr. Alfredo Triff
Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Weitz


Reviews
1998Dianne Zuckerman, The Denver Post, April 13
Robert O’Steen, The Florida Catholic, April 23
1997Art in America, October
Nancy Hochman, Jewish Week, March
Jeanne C. Wilkeinson. Art Review, March 15
Miami Herald, January
1995Justin Spring, Art Forum, April
1995Grace Gluck, The New York Observer, January
1993Judy Cantor, Art in America, April
1987Miami News
Miami Today, March
1980New York Times
Deborah Magid, Arts Magazine
1979Arts Magazine, October
Arts Magazine, May
Soho Weekly News
1977Arts Magazine
1976Arts Magazine
New York Times
Village Voice


Publications
1998Museum of Art, Views of the Holocaust, (brochure) Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1994Sheridan Art Gallery, Sculpture '94, (catalogue), Kutztown University
1993North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, Book, Box, Word, (catalogue), Miami, FL
1992Polk Museum of Art, The Florida Landscape, (catalogue), Lakeland, FL
1991Roger Hurlburt, "Prickly Aesthetics", Sun Sentinel, November 6th
1990Haggerty Museum, Images of Death in Contemporary Art, Milwaukee, WI
1988North Miami Museum, Couples, (catalogue), Miami, FL
1987Architectural Digest, November
North Miami Museum, Joe Nicastri, (catalogue), Miami, FL
1986Peter Plagens, "Miami Slice", Art in America, November
1984Orbis Publishing Limited, The Book of Advanced Airbrush Techniques, London, England
1983Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, (catalogue), Perspectives on Contemporary American Realism: Works of Art on Paper from the Collection of Jalane and Richard Davidson, Philadelphia, PA
"Saving Face: The Art of Five Area Portraitists", Marquee Magazine, Miami
1981Late Twentieth Century Art, From the Sydney and Frances Lewis Foundation, (catalogue)
1980Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, New York Realists 1980, (catalogue)
Art 1980, Chicago Navy Pier
John Arthur, Contemporary American Works on Paper: Realist Drawings and Watercolors, A
Survey by the New York Graphic Society, Boston
National Arts Guide, Vol. II, No. 3, May/June
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Seven in Miami, (catalogue), Miami, FL
1979Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester University, Uncommon Visions, (catalogue), Rochester, NYCleveland Museum of Art, Seven Artists, Contemporary Drawings, (catalogue), Cleveland, OH.
1977Brooklyn Museum of Art, American Drawing 1929-1977, (catalogue), Brooklyn, NY
1975Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Art on Paper, (catalogue), Greensboro, NC
1974Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Art on Paper, (catalogue), Greensboro, NC


Public Service
1997Founder, President and Program Director, Arts For Humanity, Miami, FL
1987-1997Board of Directors, Career Advancement of Visual Artists (CAVA), Miami, FL
1987-1997Program Advisor, Career Advancement of Visual Artists (CAVA), NFFA
1990-1985Visual Arts Panelist, NFFA
1988Chairman, Visual Arts Panel, NFFA.
Originator and Co-founder of "Career Advancement of Visual Artists," (CAVA), Artist's Residence in Miami, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Miami, FL
1986Chairman, Visual Arts Panel, NFFA


Arts For Humanity
1998National Conference of Community and Justice, Metrotown, workshop; Miami, FL
National Conference of Community and Justice, Anytown, pilot program—ten day workshop; Philadelphia, PA
Gypsies, Jews and Haitians: Collaboration between The New World Symphony, Alliance Cinema, Area Stage Company; music, theater, art exhibit, film, symposia; coordinator and featured speaker and art exhibit. Miami, FL
Miami Beach Senior High, Gypsies, Jews and Haitians, symposium; Miami FL
Hidden Children of the Holocaust: presenter and featured speaker; Miami FL




Positions Held
1998-99Drawing and Painting Instructor, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
1985Drawing and Painting Instructor, Quartz Mountain Summer Art Institute, OK
1980Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Union College, Cranford, NJ
1974Visiting Artist and Lecturer, "Colloquy," Yale School of Music and Art, CT
1973-78Assistant Professor, Drawing and Printmaking, Florida International University, Miami, FL
1971-73Instructor in Printmaking and Drawing, Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL
1971Master Printer, Lithography, Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY
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