Todd Molinari

Art exists in the flow of history, but has history become an endless succession of moments in time without any point of reference? My studio practice attempts to grapple with this question, recognizing that the lack of an apparent answer signals tension rather than a predetermined outcome. My practice and research challenge the notion of the historical inevitability of anything.

One area of contemporary life that is marked by mutual incomprehension and separation is the relation between the realms of secularity and religion. As a priest and an artist, I stand in the breach of these two spheres of knowledge and action. This duality is also within me. My artistic practice and priestly existence examine the tension between the two. In my art I draw on the energy of each in order to engage in a process of transformation and exploration of myself and of the viewer. This contested space is a site for new artistic discoveries.

MFA, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2013

Certificate in Fine Arts, Painting, PNCA, Portland, OR, 2010

Summer Semester in Drawing, Florence Academy of Arts, Florence, Italy, 2008

Summer Semester in Painting, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Arts, Pont-Aven, France, 2007

STL, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1996, magna cum laude

STB, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1993, magna cum laude

BA, University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH, 1990, summa cum laude

Group Exhibitions:

2013, WIP, CBS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2013, The Drawing Show, Philadelphia, PA

2013, The Story of the Creative, Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, NY

2013, Binary, Manifesto-ish Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012, WIP, Gallery 813, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Painting Ain’t Dead, Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Rough House, Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, Wet Paint, Gallery 224, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2012, New Artists in the Summer, Freeman Motors Gallery, Portland, OR

2012, Faith and Art IV, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2011, WIP, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011, Faith and Art III, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2010, Faith and Art II, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2009, Faith and Art I, Gimpl Hall, Salem, OR

2009, Strong Forces, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2007, Final Show, CIS, Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Pont-Aven, France