Carmelo Blandino

My recent flower series is inspired by the battle between memory and experience. Memories create the emotional triggers that inform the experience of the present moment. Looking deeply into my own life, I realized how powerful memories are in distorting the "now."
Holding on to memories creates a weight of emotion and sentiment and with each flower I paint I am releasing a memory and inching closer into a powerful authentic moment. While creating this series, I found myself coming back to the same mantra: "I release the weight of the past to step into the lightness of the present."
This series began as a way to let go of the ten years prior. I revisited and revised old work by repainting them again and again, slowly extracting my old story. Each painting represents a step towards freedom from the known and the cultivation of a new persona. I began painting with my left hand and transitioned from oil to acrylic, obliterating every connection with the past. With each brushstroke the past dissolved and revealed the present. My transformation was documented through the form of a flower and acknowledging the graceful dance of life.


Carmelo Blandino was born to Sicilian parents in Tubingen, Germany, and grew up in the culturall...

2014

Wolf Kahn / Carmelo Blandino / Galerie Sono / Connecticut
Solo Exhibit / New Works/ One man show/ Galerie Sono/Connecticut
Solo Exhibition / New Beginnings /Couture Galleri, Stockholm Sweden
Baker Museum / Florida Contemporary / Naples Florida
Lecture and Exhibition” creativity is Natural / Von Leibig / Naples Art Association
Thomas Riley Studio / Suspended Dialogues/ Solo exhibit/ Lecture


2013
Art Basel Miami/ Wynwood Walls
Gallery Sono/ Connecticut
JLD Design Showroom / Café Des Artistes
Hall-Barnett Gallery/ New Orleans

2012 Solo show/The flowering of consciousness / Galeire de Bellefeuille Montreal
Group Show/ Arcadia Fine Arts / Four Seasons hotel New York City
En Masse group show, / Galerie Pangee

2011 En MAsse/ Primary flight/ Wynwood walls/ Art Basel Miami
Fountain Art Fair, / Miami Art Basel
Toronto International Art Fair / TIAF

2010 Solo show/The Earth Laughs In Flowers/ Couture Gallery / Stockholm
Solo show/The Earth Laughs In Flowers/ Galerie De Bellefeuille/ Montreal
29th Founders Show / Von Leibeig art center / Naples Florida
Art 2010, Group show Galerie De Bellefeuille

2009 Art 2009, Grou...