Iacopo Pasquinelli was born in 1964 in Florence, Italy. He began designing as a child and continued to draw and paint as an adult. He studied for two years at the studio of painter Tiziano Bonanni and later continued to paint in his own studio, experimenting with different painting techniques to achieve desired moods. Inspired by the majestic beauty of the Mugello region of Tuscany, Iacopo has recently painted the Mugello Series, which includes landscapes of the area near his summer home, an area that continues to fascinate and move him.
Iacopo has recently moved to New York and is now interpreting what is striking to him about the coastals areas of New York and Connecticut - "the immense and luminous sky that touches the horizon in far off places without the interfernce of hills". He is awed by the coast where the land and water unexpectely flow directly into the sky. Consequently, his paintings reflect is search for the representation of the depth in these horizons.
Iacopo captures the essence of a landscape by portraying his first impression of the scene. He believes that the emotional response to a scene is made at first sight, before the eyes can make out the details in the particulars.
He mixes his colors directly on the painting surface, which gives his paintings a certain transparency. The colors are than carefully blended, leaving no visible signs of brushstrokes. Owing to this technique, his paintings have a "subtle luminosity" (Helen A. Harrison, New York Times).
Iacopo has won recognition and praise for is artwork. His work said to be "lyrical" and to have "poetical authority".
His artwork is in private collections in Europe and the United States. His art is available at Left Bank Gallery Essex CT, at MRK Gallery Port Jefferson NY and at his studio in Long Island, NY.
Professional Affiliation
Smith town Arts Council
Huntington Arts Council
Selected Exhibitions
2009 "Smithtown Arts Council Annual Members' Art Forum",
Group Show, Smithtown NY.
2009 "Adventure" Group Show, Huntington Arts Council
Huntington NY
2009 " Gallery North 44th O.A.S."' Group Show, Gallery North Setauket NY
2009 "Westport Fine Art Festival", Group Show, Westport CT.
2009 "Easthampton Fine Art Festival" Group Show, Easthampton CT'
2009 "The Other Half of the Sky", Two-person Show, Left Bank Gallery,
Essex CT.
2009 "Winners Circle", Group Show, Gallery North, Setauket, NY.
2008 "Gallery North 43rd Annual Outdoor art Show", Group show,Gallery
North, Setauket, NY.
2008 "A Sense of Place", Juried Group Exhibition, Sylvan Gallery, Clinton, CT.
2007 "Panoraimax" , Solo Exhibition; La Dolce Vita, Florence, Italy.
2007 "A Tavola con Vista", Two-Person Show; Enoteca Le Barrique,
Florence, Italy.
2006 "19th Annual National Open Juried Art Show",
The Sussex County Arts & Heritage Council, Newton, NJ.
Juried by James Gwynne.
2006 "29th Annual Non-Member Juried Exhibition",
The Salmagundi Art Club, NY, NY.
2006 "Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 95th Annual Exhibition",
The Mystic Arts Center, Mystic, CT. Juried by P. Boothe and R. Lytle.
2006 "East Islip Public Library 23rd Annual Juried Art Show",
Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Islip, NY.
Juried by the Arts council of the East Islip Public Library.
2006 "Fifth Biennial National Art Exhibit;
Charlotte County Art Guild", Punta Gorda, FL.
Juried by Stephen Doherty,
Editior-in-Chief of American Artist Magazine
2005 "East Islip Public Library 22nd Annual Juried Art Show",
Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Islip, NY.
Juried by the Arts Council of the East Islip Public Library.
2005 "Smithtown Arts Council 30th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition",
Mills Pond House, St. James, NY.
Juried by Claudia Altman-Siegel
- Director of the Luhrig Augustine Gallery, Chelsea, NY.
2004 "Quattro Secondi", Solo Show, Enoteca Le Barrique, Florence, Italy.
Awards and Honors
2008 Best New Artist, Gallery North 43rd Annual Outdoor Art Show,
Setauket, NY.
2006 Finalist, Landscape Category.
23rd Annual Artist's MagazineCompetition.
December Issue.
2006 Landscape Award, The 19th Annual National
Open Juried Skylands Art Show. Juried by James Gwynne
2006 Merit Award, Fifth Biennial National Art Exhibit;
Charlotte County Arts Guild, Punta Gorda, FL.
Juried by Stephen Doherty,
Editor-in-Chief of American Artist magazine
2005 Winsor & Newton Prize.
East Islip Public Library 22nd Annual Juried Art Show, Islip, New York.
Juried by the Arts Council of the Library.
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