Paul Santoleri
"Subterranean/Basement"
May 2 - 31, 2008 Projects Sotano
Utilizing the unique exhibition possibilities of Project’s lower level, Paul Santoleri presents Subterranean / Basement. Featuring both large and small-scale works, as well as his site-specific wall paintings, the artist will be presenting for the first time a body of work created with day-glow paint. Through spontaneous and free-formed animalistic and vegetal hybrids, one is able to view the spirit of creative energy that exists in all living things. Santoleri invites us to discover an underground world of color and light and to visit a phantasmal environ of his imagination.
An international muralist, Santoleri’s studio work is in many public and private collections throughout Europe, Latin America and the U.S., including the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He also has a con-current exhibition at the Thomas Eakins House in Philadelphia, which runs through June. Subterranean / Basement opens First Friday, May 2nd with artist receptions from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition continue through May 31st, 2008. The reception is free and open to the public.
Paul Santoleri
"New Work"
June 3 - July 31, 2005 Projects Gallery
Master muralist, Paul Santoleri, whose renowned works tower over Philadelphia in almost innumerable locations from playgrounds to oil refineries, highways to walkways, brings us yet another side of his dynamic talent. This body of “new work” was created specifically for his first solo exhibition in the Projects Gallery.
In a group of intimate, interior-scale paintings with an evolving personal language of playful squiggles, intricate interwoven lines, vibrant colors and expressive imagery, the artist invites the public to interact with his work in a scale made for a living space. A graduate of Philadelphia’s Tyler School of Art and the University of Arizona in Tucson, Paul has recently returned from Europe, where he participated in group exhibitions in Spain and Italy. He also recently completed a commission of two interior murals at WXPN’s new “World Café” building in Philadelphia. Slated for a solo exhibition at the Painted Bride this coming November, Paul continues with an energy and whimsical style that thrills his audience, whether in wall murals or studio paintings.
