Vince Contarino
Vince Contarino is a Brooklyn-based artist whose paintings work in an open dialogue of regenerative image-making through the language of abstraction. He received his BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL and has exhibited across the US and Europe. His awards and residencies include The Sharpe- Walentas Studio Program and a 2012 Fellowship in Painting from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Contarino was featured in “Golden Age: Perspectives on abstract painting today”, published by NUTUREart and his work has been covered in Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, and SFAQ, among others. He has been a visiting artist at Art Omi, The Wassaic Project, University of South Florida, and was a partner and co-director of Present Company, a Brooklyn-based exhibition and social space.
Vince Contarino, "Snake_Charmer", 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 20 × 16 in
Vince Contarino, "Barricade", 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 72 × 60 in
Vince Contarino, "Pageantry", 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 20 × 16 in
Vince Contarino, "Talisman", 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 20 × 16 in
Vince Contarino, "Long Division", 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 48 × 36 in
Vince Contarino, "Under the Influence", 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 48 × 36 in
Vince Contarino, "Landing", 2021, Acrylic on canvas, 20 × 16 in
Vince Contarino, "Double Play", 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 40 × 34 in