Andrew Smaldone
Education
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design 2005
BA Fine Art, The George Washington University 2001
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Dreaming Elsewhere, Stanza 251, Florence
2022 Correlative, SRISA, Florence
2017 Rooms, Hubertus Hoffschild, Lübeck
2015 Underpin (with Nicholas John Jones), Egg, Livorno
2015 A Liquid Space - Ten Year Retrospective, SHED with number_5 GmbH, curated by Gordana Bezanov, Villnachern CH
2014 One Thing Against Another Creates, SRISA, Florence
2012 Along Similar Lines, SRISA Project Space, Florence
2010 New Work, SRISA, Florence
2008 A Fashionable But Apt Phrase, Number_ 5 GmbH, Zurich
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
But Who Reads the Light? The Season, NYU Florence with Alessandra Capodacqua and Jacopo Santini
Now and Then: From the Archive, SRISA, Florence, curated by Rebecca Olsen
2020
Ti regalo un’idea (curated by Michela Eremita), Museo Santa Maria della Scala, Siena
2019
Accrochage, Hubertus Hoffschild, Lübeck
Gino Gianuizzi, Galleria Neon, LaVeronica Arte Contemporanea, Modica (RG)
2017
Spettri Del Visibile, Studiomdt, Prato
2016
Circostanza, Cartavetra, Florence
2015
Made in Filandia, La Filanda, Pieve a Presciano
Accrochage, Hubertus Hoffschild, Lübeck
The Emerging Image, University of Madison-Wisconsin, Madison
Dissemination, Casabianca, Zola Predosa (Bologna)
The Wall (archives)#10, Assab One, Milan, a project by Pietro Gaglianò
2014
Una Fine Estate, Montestigliano Tuscany, curated by Sergio Tossi
The Wall (archives)#9, Sponge Arte Contemporanea, Pergola, a project by Pietro Gaglianò
2013
Spitting Seeds (with Justin R. Thompson), SRISA, Florence
Stanza 251, Zona B - Contenitore Culturale, Florence
Terra Mater, Villa Mocenigo, Portogruaro
Nel Granaione, Montestigliano Tuscany, curated by Sergio Tossi
2011
Defect as an indication of desire, galleria neon>campobase, Bologna, curated by Andrea Bruciati
P.A.S.T. Projects library and archive (conceived by Paul Sammut and Alexandra Terry) in collaboration with Elena Bajo at Woodmill in Bermondsey, London
2010
Very Late at Night, Auction, galleria neon>campobase, Bologna
Right to Assemble, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville
1h art on Fire!, Arte Fiera Off, neon>campobase, Bologna
2009
Near The Center, Interno 5, Brescia curated by Guido Molinari
1h art on Fire!, Tina B. Art fair, Vernon City, Prague
Water Carefully, Galleria Neon > campobase, Bologna
Elsewhere I am Here, MAS Gallery, Serbia curated by Gordana Bezanov
2008
Finalist exhibition for the Premio Celeste, Fabbrica Borroni, Milan
Dialogue 4 works on paper, Zeitgeist gallery, Nashville
I'm asking for the sky, Sardegna, Curated by Martin Siegrist and Gordana Bezanov
QUATTRO / QUINTI Kore Arte Contemporanea, Villa Scheiderff, Bagno a Ripoli: curated and text by Lorenzo Bruni
Selected Bibliography
2024 L’artista Andrew Smaldone da Denver a Firenze per riscoprire una vita “slow”, intoscana, by Costanza Baldini
2023 Correlative Catalogue, Correlative Catalogue, Vanillaedizioni, texts by P. Gaglianò & A.Rojas
2021 Coaching, Practicing, and Following Your Intuition, Tintamarre, by Jacob Broussard
2020 Come in Sogno. Breve Nota Sulla Pittura di Andrew Smaldone, Stanza 251 by Stefano Loria
2019 Abstraction with Reference, ISI.org, by Colasurdo and Sterchak
2018 A period for an artwork (contributor), by Pancrazi and scarabeli
2017 Abstrakte Eindrücke von Landschaften und Städten, Lübecker Nachrichten, by Alessandra Röder
2017 Spettri del Visibile, interview by Elena Magini
2016 Arte, musica, libri: la galleria apre le porte al festival della contaminazione, La Repubblica, by Gaia Rau
2015 Andrew Smaldone, Interview for Talking Art, by Egle Prati
2015 Underpin, dall'Inghilterra agli USA due artisti e lo studio della superficie, Il Tirreno, by Alice Barontini
2014 Andrew Smaldone, la pittura come architettura e intimità, diari del web, 2 December, by Paolo Vegas
2014 La sostenibile leggerezza del talento di Smaldone, La Repubblica, by Sergio Tossi
2012 Right to Left: the work of Andrew Smaldone in Fisk Frisk by Justin Randolph Thompson
2010 Andrew Smaldone: le dimensioni pittoriche dello spazio ARTITUDE interview by Sonia Cosco
2009 Nell' intimita', Il Nuovo Corriere, by Davide Agazzi
2008 Dialogue 4: Works on Paper, Nashville Scene, by Joe Nolan
Grants/Awards/Residency
2018 L’AHAH Residence, with Enrico Bertelli, Paris
2016 First Sabbatical Leave for Scholarly Research, SRISA
2015 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2015 Made In Filandia Residence, La Filanda, Pieve a Presciano,Italy
2011 New American Paintings, No. 94 selected by Dan Cameron
2006 Artist in Residence, American University in Corciano, Italy
1997-2001 The Presidential Arts Scholarship, The George Washington University
Teaching
2007 - current Professor of Fine Arts, Santa Reparata International School of Art
2012 - current Academic Dean, Santa Reparata International School of Art
2016 - current Lecturer, Art Practice and Methods and Contexts, Washington University St. Louis in Florence
2019 - current Lecturer, Strategies Working On-Site, Washington University St. Louis in Florence
2022 - current Part-Time Lecturer, Drawing I For Non-Majors, NYU Florence
Projects
2014 curator of A Job Ain't Nothin' But Work, Kevin J. Everson and Justin R. Thompson Villa Romana, Florence
Collections
Santa Maria Della Scala, Collezione Museo d'arte per bambini, Siena
Lectures/Guest Critic
2019-2021 Guest Critic, Professor Franco Pisani Architecture Studio Design, ISI, Florence
2019 Pulling from the City, Studio Arts College International, Florence
2019 Guest Critic, Studio Arts College international, Post-Bac in Studio Art, Florence
2019 Recent Works (Open Architecture Lecture), ISI, Florence
2018 Light in Space, Kent State at SRISA, Florence
2017 External Reviewer, Des Lee Gallery, MFA Final Reviews Washington University, St. Louis
2017 External Reviewer, First Year Architecture, Washington University, St. Louis
2015-2019 Guest Critic, Washington University in Florence Summer BFA program, Florence
2009 Working on an Intimate Scale, Scuola Lorenzo de Medici, Florence
2006 Memory & Painting, American University, Corciano
Art Criticism
2009 - 2013 Reviews for ArtReview Magazine