Vincent Serritella
About Vincent Serritella:
ART BIOGRAPHY
Of Cuban-Italian American descent, Vincent Serritella was born in Miami, Florida. The symbolism and philosophy of Latin art combined with the discipline,craftsmanship and techniques of the Italian masters have had a major influence on his work.
His paintings have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and cultural centers,including Nassau County Museum of Art and Gallery Revel in New York City; Vincent Gerard Gallery in Los Angeles; The Center for the Fine Arts and Art Basel with Laure de Mazieres Gallery in Miami, Florida. He attended the Maryland Institute College of Art and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he received a B.F.A.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“Personal Space”
Modern technology and global communication have opened up the doors to many individuals and cultures universally. In a time where so many virtual identities are created, “Who am I?” becomes an important question for me. “Where am I from?” “What are my passions?” A canvas opens up that window and allows me to share that experience as a visual diary.
The combination of oil paint and oil stick allow me to build an optical layering effect of transparency to refract light throughout the canvas. This gives a sense of depth by floating two-dimensional patterns over the layers and achieves a juxtaposing surface quality throughout this series.
The symbolism and metaphors throughout the work speak of freedom, influence, escapism, glamour, addiction, heritage, engineering and craftsmanship as the canvas allows me to let one into my personal space.
BIOGRAPHY / VISUAL EFFECTS
After years of formal art education, Vincent’s paintings have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and cultural centers in New York, Los Angeles, Miami and Baltimore. This art background has influenced Vincent’s understanding of light, color and space that is used in his visual effects work.
Self trained in high-end 3d animation techiques, Vincent was first a senior effects technical director at New York’s fast paced commercial house RhinoFx where he created award winning work for clients such as “Vice Grip”, “3M” and “AT&T”. .
Vincent joined Sony Pictures Imageworks in 2003 on Disney’s “The Haunted Mansion”,then was quickly crewed on to create effects for Academy Award winning “Spiderman 2″ Since then, Vincent has lead the visual effects for blockbusters such as Columbia’s “Ghost Rider”, Paramount’s “Beowulf” where he recieved a 2008 VES Award nomination, and recently completed work on Colombia’s “Hancock”.
Visit Vincent’s website at:
http://www.vincentserritella.com
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