ARTIST STATEMENT As a child in the 1970’s, I was fortunate to be awash in the great art and whimsical characters of package design of products of that time. I knew I loved all the snack cakes and fun fast foods of my childhood, but my love and attraction to the package design was subconscious. In recent years, I’ve explored up-to-date versions, particularly with a lot with transparent packaging, in which the consumer is able to see the wonderful edibles inside. Now, with the same love of the design, I’ve taken to dumping out contents, creating a new experience for the viewer. After completing my first ‘dumped’ painting, I fell in love with the idea of capturing a moment that is often overlooked in a frenzy of cleaning… whereas now the viewers are able to stop and enjoy the moment captured in delicious oil paint for as long as they please.
RESUME
BORN 1968, Livingston, NJ
EDUCATION 1990 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2023 Solo Show, Billis WIlliams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Group Show, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
2022 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Highline Nine, NY, NY Sequential Synergy: The Art of the Comic, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY International Art Show, George Billis Gallery, Reno / Lake Tahoe
2021 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT Art On Paper Fair, George Billis Gallery, Pier 36, NY, NY Art Hamptons Fair, George Billis Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
2019 Food For Thought Louis K. Meisel Glallery, NY, NY Solo: Childhood Dreams, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Solo: Tasty Realism, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY Market Art + Design Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Bridgehampton Museum
2017 Paintings, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
2016 Solo: Paintings, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY
2014 Verisimilitude, The Curator Gallery, NY, NY Jersey Women Artists Now: Contemporary Visions, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2013 Solo: Paintings, OK Harris, NY, NY 2012 Feast for the Eyes: The Art of Food, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
2011 25th International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
2009 Solo: Paintings, Allan Stone Gallery, NY, NY Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, Florida Evolution 20 @ 10, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, NY, NY
2008 Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, Fl From the Garden of Earthly Delights, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ Solo: Monsters, Food, and the Figure, Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Elizabeth, NJ Talent 2008, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Skin, Gallery 6, Staten Island, NY
2007 Talent 2007, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 21 st International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ
2006 Talent 2006, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Mini – Mania, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ 20 th International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ
The Merck 2006 Union County Juried Art Show, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
2005 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL Talent 2005, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY About Faces, Portraits Past and Present, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY The Merck 2005 Union County Juried Art Show, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
2004 Group, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Avalanche Art Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ
2001 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Braunsdorf Gallery, Westfield, NJ Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ
2000 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Artists Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ Col Legno, New York, NY
1999 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ
1998 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ
1997 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
PANELIST 2012 Alumni Scholarship Awards, MFA Panel, School of Visual Arts, NYC
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Visual Arts Center of NJ, Cartooning, 2007- 2008 Private, 2009- present BIBLIOGRAPHY
American Art Collector, “Preserving Icons”, February 2018 Anderson, George. “The Dark, Funny and Totally Original Art of Gina Minichino.” NJ Savvy Living, April 2008 McCormack, Ed. Gallery and Studio, October 2007 McCormack, Ed. Gallery and Studio, October 2006