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 2023 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY 2022 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Highline Nine, NY, NY 2022 Sequential Synergy: The Art of the Comic, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY 2022 International Art Show, George Billis Gallery, Reno / Lake Tahoe, NV 2021 Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT 2021 Art On Paper Fair, George Billis Gallery, Pier 36, NY, NY 2021 Art Hamptons Fair, George Billis Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2019 Food For Thought, Louis K. Meisel Glallery, NY, NY 2019 Solo: Childhood Dreams, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2018 Solo: Tasty Realism, George Billis Gallery, NY, NY 2018 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 2014 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 2009 Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, Florida 2009 Evolution 20 @ 10, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ 2009 The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, NY, NY 2008 Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach, FL 2008 From the Garden of Earthly Delights, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ 2008 Solo: Monsters, Food, and the Figure, Union County Office of Cultural and Heritage Affairs, Elizabeth, NJ 2008 Talent 2008, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 2008 Skin, Gallery 6, Staten Island, NY 2007 Talent 2007, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 2007 21st International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ 2006 Talent 2006, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Mini – Mania, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ 2006 20th International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ 2006 The Merck 2006 Union County Juried Art Show, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ 2005 Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL 2005 Talent 2005, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 2005 About Faces, Portraits Past and Present, Staten Island Museum, Staten Island, NY 2005 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 2003 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 2001 Braunsdorf Gallery, Westfield, NJ 2001 Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ 2000 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 2000 Artists Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ 2000 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ 2000 Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ 2000 Col Legno, New York, NY 1999 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ 1998 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Papermill Playhouse Miniature Art Exhibition, Renee Foosaner Art Gallery, Millburn, NJ 1997 Talent, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
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
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