GINA OCCHIOGROSSO
Troy, NY
Past Exhibitions Biography CV Statement
Gina Occhiogrosso is a contemporary artist based in New York. She is interested in the processes of disassembly and realignment, and the incorporation of common, everyday materials like thread and yarn. These activities and elements allow her to explore anxiety, loss, humor, and heroic femininity. Her bold artwork becomes a conduit for information that is disrupted and reinterpreted in compositions that suggest the fleeting nature of forces, figures, and time.
MIND OVER MATTER
44 X 34″ acrylic, gouache, and ink on paper
PORTAL
29 X 21″ acrylic, gouache, and ink on paper
SOLD
SLOPER
24 X 20″ oil and acrylic on pieced and sewn muslin
Gina subverts the hallowed and often masculinized tradition of painting in her work. She doest this through a repeated process of cutting and then sewing painted surfaces together to develop new forms, dynamic connections, and illusions of depth.
Where the stitched edges join, there is a seam, which has both linear and sculptural qualities. The seam acts as a geometric disrupter of curvy ellipses and other organic forms. These forms are carefully rendered and then carved up with alternating precision and chance. The ghost of those cut edges has its own presence. Where the fabric overlaps in the reverse of the painting, a slightly more opaque path is traced. This issues a new element whose origin is not at first apparent.
ADDITIONAL WORKS ON PAPER
PIROUETTE
29 X 22″ acrylic, gouache, and flashe on paper
CLOAK
29 X 21″acrylic gouache and ink on paper
RED FIND
20 X 15″ acrylic, gouache, and ink on water color board
UNZIP
20 X 15″ acrylic gouache and ink on watercolor board
