Jon D'Orazio

BORN IN YOUNGSTOWN OHIO, A TWIN SON OF P. ARTHUR D'ORAZIO, ARCHITECT. I WAS TRAINED AS AN ARCHITECT AND BEGAN PAINTING JUST AFTER RECEIVING A MASTERS DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. I THEN MOVED INTO WESTBETH ARTIST'S COMMUNITY AND SOON AFTER BEGAN PRACTICING SHAMBHALA BUDDHIST MEDITATION.THE EARLY WORKS ARE PAINTINGS COMMUNICATING THE ENERGY AND WONDER OF NATURE. THEY BEGAN AS LARGE WASHY LANDSCAPES AND GRADUALLY BECAME RICHER, CULMINATING IN STRONG ENERGETIC SEASCAPES. A SERIES OF KOI PAINTINGS WERE BEGUN IN 1987. (TEN ADDITIONAL KOI PAINTINGS WERE DONE IN 2005). IN 1989 I TOOK A GIANT LEAP INTO ABSTRACTION. THIS WORK IS CONCERNED WITH SPACE AND PURE PERCEPTION. THE VISION IS EXPANSIVENESS AND WAKEFULNESS. THE PAINTINGS ARE EXPERIENTIAL. MANY ARE QUITE SPACIOUS AND SUBTLE, DEMANDING PATIENCE, WHILE INVITING A FRESH OUTLOOK. THE QUALITY OF LIGHT AND ONE'S MOVEMENT ABOUT THEIR SPACE IS INTEGRAL TO EXPERIENCING THEM. THIS WORK INCLUDES GROUPS OR MULTIPLES AS WELL AS SCULPTURAL PIECESALL THESE AREAS MAY BE VIEWED AT: Saatchi Gallery

FORMAL EDUCATIONGILMOUR ACADEMY: GATES MILLS, OHB. ARCHITECTURE: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON DCCOURSE WORK AND THESIS FIRST DRAFT COMPLETED TOWARD A MASTERS OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING: CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON DCMASTER OF ARCHITECTURE (DESIGN): COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NYCBUDDHIST STUDIES, BRUSH PAINTING, JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY: NAROPA INSTITUTE, BOULDER, COINFORMAL EDUCATION: PIANO, PHOTOGRAPHY, YOGA, DO-IN, MACROBIOTICS, TAI CHI CH'UAN, QI GONG, KYUDO AND SOGETSU & KALAPA IKEBANA.VAJRAYANA (TIBETAN) BUDDHISM & SHAMBHALA BUDDHISM. SOLO EXHIBITIONS:GRUZEN SAMPTON ARCHITECTS: NYCVERA ENGELHORN GALLERY: NYCBUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN. ART: YOUNGSTOWN, OHGLENN GREEN GALLERY: SANTA FE, NMO.K. HARRIS GALLERY: NYCO.K. SOUTH GALLERY: MIAMI, FLSHAMBHALA CENTER: NYCCHOGYAM TRUNGPA COURT: NYCMACDOWELL COLONY: PETERBOROUGH, NHWESTBETH GALLERY: NYCSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: WESTBETH GALLERY: NYCTAIPEI CULTURAL CENTER: NYCRUBIN MUSEUM OF ART: NYCETHAN COHAN FINE ART: NYCNIKOLAI FINE ART: NYCWHITE BOX GALLERY: NYCSHAMBHALA CENTER: NYCTENRI GALLERY: NYCBUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART: YOUNGSTOWN, OHBOLOGNA LANDI GALLERY: EAST HAMPTON, NY,

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