Domenica Brockman

Artist Statement:
I create bold, abstract, geometric paintings in encaustic and painted collage. In my work, I use the logic and formality of geometry as a framework to stir associations, ideas, and memories from the realms of the physical and non-physical. My process is intuitive, combining chance with careful decision-making to create balance and harmony with color and form. The play of light and movement are recurring themes. The resulting images are a visual language designed to spark the imagination and be freely interpreted by the viewer.


Artist Bio:
(b.1968, Pittsfield, MA) works in encaustic and painted collage, using abstraction and geometry to visualize an inner landscape. Domenica holds a BFA from Cornell University and a post-baccalaureate degree from the School of Visual Arts. She has participated in many solo and two person shows in places including as the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, the Yellow Studio Gallery in Cross River, NY, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY, and the Gallery at East Hill in Ithaca, NY. Residing in Ithaca, NY, Domenica manages the Petrune Gallery, and is co-founder of the Cayuga Arts Collective, a non-profit for artists in the Finger Lakes Region. Her work can be found in p...

BFA Cornell University
Post Baccalaureate Degree in Art Education, School of Visual Arts

Exhibitions:


“Postcards from Orquevaux,” two-person exhibition with Justin Hjortshoj, Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY, November 2023

“Intersection of Color,” with Conny Goelz Schmidt, Yellow Studio Gallery, Cross River, NY, April 2023

“Full Spectrum,” solo exhibition at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT, February-May 2023

“Interpretation of Line,” with Ariel Bullion Ecklund, The Gallery at South Hill, Ithaca, NY, October 2022

“Smooth the Rough Edges,” with Ariel Bullion Ecklund, Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY, December 2021

“Freedom in Constraint,” with Ileen Kaplan, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY, October-November 2020

“Recent Abstract Paintings,” Petrune Gallery, Ithaca, NY November 2019

“Rocks, Water, Fire, and Ice, Notes from Iceland,” Petrune Gallery, June 2019

“Out of Line,” Solo exhibition, CAP Gallery, Ithaca, NY, January 2019


“The Light and the Snow,” Solo exhibition, The Commons Spot, Ithaca, NY, February 2015

Group Exhibitions:

“Synesthesia: The Color of Sound,” Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Art, June-July 2023

“Spring Member’s Exhibition,” Southern VT Art Center, May- July 2023

“Small Works, 2022”, Main Street Gallery, Clinton, NY, November-December, 2022

“Winter Member Exhibition,” Southern Ve...