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Born in New York, and studied at The School of Visual Arts in NY. Relocated to los Angeles and lived and worked there for 35 years. Moved to UK for four years and now back in the USA since January 2020, and currently residing in Sarasota, Florida. Art has exhibited and sold nationally and internationally over the last thirty years.
Selected Publications
SRQ Magazine. September 3rd 2021
Review of Art Center Sarasota show "Probable Realities".
See website:
Observer Longboat Key. September 3rd 2021
Review of Art Center show
https://www.yourobserver.com/article/art-on-art-colored-pencils-are-his-tools-to-success
Color Pencil Society of America
Focus Artist 2013.
Click on pages to the right to expand to full article.
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Art Venti
Sarasota Florida USA
website: https://ventiartworks.com/
https://www.saatchiart.com/artventi
Art Education: School of Visual Arts
New York, New York, USA
2024
Art Center Sarasota
"Beyond Comfort" Juried Regional Show.
May 23rd - July 27th
2nd Place Award from Virginia Shearer, Executive Director at Sarasota Art Museum.
2023
Art Center Sarasota
"Storytelling" A Visual Narrative. Juried Show.
October 12th - November 11th
1st place Award
Art Center Sarasota
"An Abstract View"
August 24th - September 23rd
Woodfield Gallery
St Petersburg, Florida.
Ongoing group show.
2021-2022 exhibitions:
2022 Feb 11th - March 4th
One Man show "Dreamscapes"
Woodfield Gallery, St Petersburg. FL
Art Center Sarasota, Florida.
One Man show. "Probable Realities"
2021 September 2nd thru October 2nd.
Sarasota, FL.
REVIEWS and PUBLICATIONS:
2021 Review of "Probable Realities" at
The Art Center Sarasota by SRQ magazine. Sept 3rd 2021.
2017 Review of the artwork "The Unravelling of Now", by Making A Mark blog during the 118th Annual Pastel Society exhibit at Mall Galleries. London. UK (scroll down page).
https://makingamark.blogspot.com/2017/02/118th-annual-exhibition-of-pastel-society.html
2016 Lines and Colors blog:
http://www.linesandcolors.com/2016/04/25/art-venti/
2016 Colored Pencil Society of America. Cover of CPM Calendar 2016.
2015 October: Best of Show, Colored Pencil Magazine of America competition.
2015 January: Article in Drawing Magazine Winter edition 2014-15
2013 April: Colored Pencil Magazine of America, Award, calendar and feature.
https://coloredpencilmag.com/product/1304/
2013 Aug: Hale Art Space Huffington Post Review by Juri Koll
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/art-venti-pencilpainting-_b_3699638
Book: “Aleatoric Art in the 21st Century”. Art of the Aleatoric artists.
http://www.blurb.com/books/3857455-aleatoric-art-in-the-21st-century
2010 July Peter Frank, Art critic. Review in Palette Magazine.
Lark Gallery Show. Los Angeles. CA
Selected Group Shows:
2020 USA
Art Center Sarasota
August: “The Big Show” First Place Award
May: 2nd Place Award in Members Juried show
2019 United Kingdom
New English Art Club Group Show The Mall Galleries
The Mall, London. SW1
Pastel Society Show The Mall Galleries
The Mall, London SW1
2017-19 USA
CK Contemporary. San Francisco. CA Representation and 3 Group Shows.
2017 United Kingdom
Cello Factory Gallery. London. The London Group Open. Mall Galleries, London. New English Art Club
Mall Galleries, London. Pastel Society, UK Annual Exhibition
2016 Saatchi Gallery Screen, Chelsea London, UK
USA
2015
Bleicher Golightly Gallery (BG) Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA Los Angeles Municipal Gallery. Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA
TAG Gallery Juried show, Juror: Jim Morphesis. 2nd place Award.
Venice Art Auction (Google Bldng), Venice (+2013, 2014)
Incognito Exhibition, Santa Monica Art Museum, CA
Interactive Lines, The Galleries, Cabarrus Arts Council, N.C
2014
Drawing Discourse, 5th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, University of N. Carolina.
Incognito Exhibition, Santa Monica Art Museum, CA.
Lee County Alliance for the Arts,
Fort Myers. FL.
Courtesy Aleatoric Art Gallery.
Houston, Texas
Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Real and Surreal Group Show.
World Wide Art Fair, courtesy Artavita Gallery. L.A Convention Center. CA
2013
Dwell Design Fair. L.A. Convention Center. CA
Two Man Show: Hale Art Space, Santa Monica. CA.
Dwell Design Fair. Courtesy Saatchi Art. Convention Center L.A. CA
2012-2013
Hale Arts Space, Edgemont Center, Santa Monica, CA
California Open, TAG gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica,,CA.
Best of Show. Juror: Meg Linton, director of Ben Maltz Gallery.
Color Pencil Society of America. Group Exhibition. Award winner.
2011
Loft Gallery, Group show, San Pedro, CA
Phoenix Gallery, "Colors of Life" exhibition. Long Beach, CA Juror: Peter Frank, critic, writer, director of Redlands Art Museum.
First Place Award.
Palm Springs Desert Museum
Palm Springs, CA
Artist Council Show
2007, 2004, 2000, &1998
1997
Southern California Open Juried Exhibition
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna Beach, CA
1996 Southwest “96”
Museum of New Mexico,
Santa Fe, NM
1995
Fine Art Institutes S. Cal. Open Exhibition
San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
Juror Suzanne Muchnic. Honorable Mention award.
Fidelity Arts Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Group show.
1994
29th Annual Exhibition
San Bernardino County Museum
Redlands, CA
Brand XXIII, Annual Juried Show Brand Library
Glendale, CA
1992
John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA "Twisted Tales, The Fourth Annual Excursion"
L.A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA "Wallworks"
Juror: Howard Fox, Curator at L.A.C.M.A. 2nd. Place Award
1991
Long Beach Arts Juried Show, First Place Award
Juror: Diane DuPont, Curator, University Art Museum,
Cal. State Univ., Long Beach, CA
1988
Berkeley Art Center Annual Exhibition Best in Show Award, Berkeley, CA
Century Gallery, 2 person show. Sylmar, CA
1986
Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA
Merging One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Artists' Society International
San Francisco, CA
Hayward Gallery Annual Exhibition, Hayward, CA
29th Annual Exhibition, Chautauqua, New York, 3rd place Award
Art in Public Places
Geometrix Consultants, San Francisco, CA
Mansour Travel co., L.A. CA
Hope Chapel, Hermosa Beach, CA (mural)
Wyndmont Inc. Jamison, PN
Magnet Corp. Incline Village, Nevada.