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Gianluca Giarrizzo is a figurative stone sculptor and draughtsman living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Giarrizzo's primary mediums consist of marble, bronze, and ink drawings. He grew up in Wyoming and went on to receive his BA from Lewis and Clark College where he studied Sculpture and Philosophy, and an MFA in 2019 from the New York Academy of Art in Sculpture and Anatomy. Giarrizzo was selected by the New York Academy of Art to participate in the ABC Stone-sponsored Stone Carving Residency in Carrara, Italy in 2018 and again in 2019 through the Bill and Sharon Jacob Award for Outstanding Ability in Sculpture. In 2018 and 2019, he was awarded the Sculpture Scholar Award by the New York Academy of Art. Giarrizzo is an elected member of the National Sculpture Society and an Adjunct Professor at The Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) for drawing and sculpture, and the New York Academy of Art for stone carving. He has work in private collections across the U.S. and has been exhibited in shows and auctions nationally.
EDUCATION
2019 MFA, New York Academy of Art
Major: Sculpture
Minor: Anatomy
Commencement Speaker
2013 BA, Lewis and Clark College
Major: Studio Art, Sculpture
Concentrations: Philosophy, Creative Writing
EXHIBITIONS - RESIDENCIES - AWARDS
2023 Touchstone Gallery - "Figure"
Sculpture for online group show, Washington D.C.
2019, 21-23 Sotheby’s Auction - Take Home A Nude
Sculpture and drawings for auction, Sotheby’s, Manhattan, NY
2023 Greenpoint Gallery - “May Salon Show”
Drawings for group show, New York, NY
2023 New York Academy of Art - “Summer Exhibition”
Drawing for group show, New York, NY
2023 New York Academy of Art - “In the Studio: NYAA Faculty Exhibition”
Sculpture for group show, New York, NY
2022 Attleboro Arts Museum - “Connectivity”
Drawing for group show, Attleboro, MA
2022 Hilliard Gallery - “The Figure in Contemporary Art”
Drawing for group show, Kansas City, MO
2022 Manifest Gallery - "MARK"
Drawing in group show, Cincinatti, Ohio
2021 The Galerie House of Art and Design
Sculpture in group show, Sag Harbor, NY
2021 Fleisher Art Memorial
Drawing for group show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2021 National Sculpture Society
Elected Memebership
2020 Greenpoint Gallery
Drawings for virtual group show, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Las Laguna Gallery
Drawings for virtual group show, Laguna Beach, CA
2020 Wallman Contemporary Gallery
Drawings for virtual group show
2020 Paddle 8 Online Auction - Curated by Beth Redmond
Sculpture for auction, Online, Paddle 8
2019 Faculty Show at Fleisher Art Memorial
Drawing for group show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2019 The Bill and Sharon Jacob Award for Outstanding Ability in Sculpture
Awarded residency in Italy for sculpture, sponsored by New York Academy of Art
2019 Paddle 8 Online Auction - Curated by Lolita Cross
Sculpture for auction, Online, Paddle 8
2019 Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Drawing for group copyist show, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, NY
2019 The Unveiling
Stone sculpture for group show, ABC Stone Showroom, Manhattan, NY
2019 Phantasmagoria
Sculpture for group show, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY
2019 ABC Worldwide Stone Carrara Merit Residency
Awarded residency in Italy for stone sculpture, sponsored by ABC Stone and New York Academy of Art
2019 Wabi Sabi
Sculpture for group show, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY
2017 and 2018 Sculpture Scholar Award
Awarded scholarship for sculpture, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY
2018 Buy What You Love
Drawing for group show, Rema Hort Foundation, Manhattan, NY
2017, 18, 19, 22 Deck The Walls
Drawing and sculpture for group show, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY
2018 Figure in Motion
Drawing for group show, New York Academy of Art, Manhattan, NY
2015, 16, 17 Yellowstone Art Museum Annual Auction
Drawings for auction, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT
2017 Descent: Sculpture, Drawing, and Painting
Solo show, Josephy Center for Arts and Culture, Joseph, OR