Rocco Scary

'CERTAIN LIVED EXPERIENCES CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN A MOMENTS NOTICE, BUT ONCE A CONNECTION HAS BEEN MADE, IT CAN LINGER A LIFETIME'.
The subject matter which I am interested is embedded in the idea of 'place' as a reservoir for memory and the connectedness which deems it unforgettable.
The house that one grew up in, the corner deli, the old movie theater, the amusement park, the grammar school building, that favorite street corner, etc. These places play a significant role in a society's daily functions, places where memories are created, shared, relived and stored.
They can define a society as a whole, and in the same instance add to an individual sense of self.
But many of these are continually in the process of slowly disintegrating; whether it is due to a sudden climatic event or the upheaval of mass construction and revitalization. The transformed environment can no longer be considered an extension of the self; and once it has been compromised, the deterioration of the attached memory will begin to take effect. To neglect the place where our most treasured memories originate would be to deny ...

MFA in Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
BFA in Sculpture, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2016 Fade to Blue, Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2015 The Memory Pages (part 2), Rutgers University, Newark NJ
2014 The Memory Pages (part 1), Rutgers University, Newark NJ
2014 People, Places and ...., Second Story Gallery, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2008 Featured Artist Project: The Center for Book Arts, NYC
2004 Book Findings, Artists' Book Exhibition, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
2003 'Paper & Fire', Artists' Book Exhibition, Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, NJ
1990 Mutual Benefit Life, Sculpture Exhibition, Newark, NJ
1984 Divine Obscurities, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2017
Building Books, Maloney Art Gallery, Morristown, NJ.
Art and Jazz: A Tribute to Ed Berger. Rutgers University, Newark, NJ.

2016
Accumulating Experience, Newark Open Doors Festival, 77 Market St, Newark, NJ.
Four Colleges: A Teacher Student Exhibition. The Morris Museum, Morristown NJ.
Ink, Press, Repeat: National Juried Printmaking and Book Art Exhibition, Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, NJ
UP Against the Wall, Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ.
Picturing the Garden State(Now), Gallery Bergen, Bergen Community College, Paramus, NJ.

2015
Redux: ...