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Carol Benisatto
cbenisatto@yahoo.com
http://www.carolbenisatto.com
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#156 - Cinda
Carol Benisatto
Mixed Media
18\" x 24\"
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#126 - Diega
Carol Benisatto
Mixed Media
24\" x 36\"
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#111 - Zsa Zsa
Carol Benisatto
Charcoal, Pastel
24\" x 36\"
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#152 Cristal
Carol Benisatto
Mixed Media
24\" x 36\"
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My most recent body of work is composed of large gestural drawings done in charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and mixed media. They employ distortion and exaggeration in a way that enables the shapes to be liberated. I think they can best be described as character portraits. I begin each piece with some blind contour drawing, and then develop it according to the length of the pose and the energy, emotion and personality of my sitter.
For me drawing is a finished medium rather than solely a vehicle for preliminary studies. Part of the reason for this is dictated by my process which allows me to capture the moment rather than focusing on the academics of portraiture.
I enjoy the feel of charcoal and take advantage of its tactile properties in depicting sensual aspects of my models. Charcoal is completely responsive in heightening emotional states… mine and the model’s.
BIO
Carol Benisatto has a degree in Advertising Art & Design, and has also conducted her studies at several well known art institutes, including; The Stevenson Academy of Art in Seacliff, The Long Island Art League, formerly The Huntington Township Art League, and The Nassau County Museum of Art. She is studying the figure with Maija Veide at The Katonah Art Center.
She is a member of Viridian Artists @ Chelsea, where she is Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors. She is also a member of the Katonah Museum Artists Association and the Ossining Art Council.
Her most recent work is a collection of unusual character portraits and landscapes. For the most part, her media is charcoal, pastel and ink, but has also been showing work done in acrylic, watercolor and collage. Currently she is exhibiting at Viridian Artists @ Chelsea, and a number of locations in Putnam and Westchester County, including The Paint Box in Bedford Hills, and The Flatiron Gallery in Peekskill. Her work is in private collections in San Franxisco, Virginia, Florida, Montana, New Jersey and New York.
RECENT JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Northern Westchester Center for the Arts
June 2000
“Gone Fishin”, Judge – Harry Philbrick
Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Northern Westchester Center for the Arts
October 2002
“Viewpoints”, Judge – Sarah Bancroft
Associate Curator, The Guggenheim Museum
32nd Annual ART SHOW:Bedford
October 2004
40th Annual Invitational Exhibit
November 2004
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of
Croton-on –Hudson
Katonah Museum of Art
May 2005
“artistic fragments art 2005”
Judge-Benny Andrews
33rd Annual ART SHOW: Bedford
October 2005
Bedford, NY
34th Annual ART SHOW: Bedford
October 2006
Bedford, NY
“Timeless The Art of Drawing”
September 2008
Morris Museum
Morristown, NJ
The KMMA at the Sculpture Barn
October 2008
New Fairfield, CT
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
May 2000
1984 Country Tavern
Kent, NY
July 2000
“Living in Harmony”
Boone Dog Coffee House
Brewster, NY
November 2001
“Intimate Views”
Food for Thought Gallery
New Milford, CT
April 2003
“Painting & Prints”
Flying Pig Café’
Mt. Kisco, NY
June 2004
“Models and Muses”
Cirque d’Art Gallery
Bedford, NY
February 2006
“Configurations”
Viridian Artists Gallery
New York, New York
December 2007
“Drawings & Paintings”
Scarsdale Jewish Community Center
Scarsdale, NY
RECENT GROUP SHOWS
2001
“Flowers and Fairies”
Upper View Gallery
2002
Muscoot Farm
Somers, NY
2003
“Impressions of Innisfree”
Hendrick Hudson Library
Montrose, NY
2003
“Impressions of Innisfree”
Merritt Book Store
Millbrook, NY
2000-2005
The Village Gallery of Katonah
Katonah, NY
2005
New Members Show
Viridian Artists Gallery
New York, NY
2005
The Schoolhouse Gallery at The Southampton Inn
Southampton, NY
2006
Northern Westchester Hospital Art Show
Represented by the Katonah Museum of Art
2006
“Big City Concerns”
Fountain Street Gallery
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
December 2006
Viridian Artists Gallery
New York, NY
April 2007
“People”
The Schoolhouse Gallery
Croton Falls, NY
June 2007
Katonah Art Center at the Katonah Library
Katonah, NY
September 2007
“New Art for New Collectors”
Viridian Artists Gallery
New York, NY
December 2007
“Celebration:Viridian Artists 40th Year Celebration”
Viridian Artists Gallery
New York, NY
December 2007
Village Gallery of Katonah at the Katonah Library
Katonah, NY
March 2008
Viridian Artists’ Gallery at Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2008
Artwork featured in independent film:
“Failing Better Now”
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