Biography
Jacin Giordano (b. 1978 Stamford, CT) is based in Western Massachusetts, United States. He received his BFA in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD and his MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Giordano has exhibited in galleries, museums, and art fairs throughout the United States and internationally including deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL; The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL; Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL; The Texture Museum, Kortrijk, Belgium, and Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-sorgue, France. Giordano was a 2006 recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant for Visual Art.
His work has been in various publications including The New York Times, Artforum, New American Paintings, The Boston Globe, and Vogue.
Although his work sometimes blurs the line between painting and sculpture, Jacin primarily identifies his work through the lens of painting where he is continually interested in deconstructing and reconfiguring the physical possibilities of paint. His work is the result of experimentation and a constant exploration of material, texture and process.
Education
2015-2018 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, MFA
1996-1999 Maryland Institute College of Art, Cum Laude, Baltimore, MD, BFA
1992-1996 New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Cutpaintings, Online Viewing Room, Galerie Sultana
2018 Fossil, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
Disintegrating loops of uprooted plastic (MFA Thesis), Readywipe Gallery, Holyoke, MA
2017 Hunting in the Valley of Color and Plastic, OTTO ZOO, Milan, Italy
2015 How the land became plastic, Farside Gallery, Miami, FL
Shadows of echoes of memories, Galerie Sultana, Paris, Franc
2014 Before After, WNE University, Sprinfield, MA
2013 That unicorn is probably going to die, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
2012 Wound, Bound, Tied and Knotted, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2011 Damage, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
2010 …Years Later, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 Blanket, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, France (catalogue)
2008 Volta NY, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, New York, NY
2007 People, Places, and Things, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Leger Comme l’air, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, France
2004 The Rainbow’s End and All of the Plastic in Between, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 Tinseled Reality, Fredric Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL
Group Exhibitions
2021 Can I Sit Next to You?, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
2020 Cantum-Combine, Online exhibition, Richard Koh Fine Art (Curated by Elham Shafaei)
PLUS ONE, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2019 Cut: Abstraction in the US from the 1970’s to the present (Curated by Amy Galpin), Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2018 If you care to see me you should think about it, OTTO ZOO Gallery, Milan, Italy
Tissage/Tressage, Fondation Villa Datris, L'Isle-sur-la-sorgue, France
Miart Fair with OTTO ZOO Gallery, Milan, Italy
2017 The Armory Fair, Galerie Sultana, New York, NY
Que desagradable! (Curated by Sarah Fritchey), UMass Amherst NYPOP gallery, New York, NY
2016 The Rest is History, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
Wild Things, (Curated by Lidewij Edelkoort & Philip Fimmano), Texture Museum, Kortrijk, Belgium
NADA Fair, Galerie Sultana, Miami, FL
Frieze NY, Galerie Sultana, New York, NY
Cult of Color, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Contact, (curated by Rachel Steinberg), UMass NYPOP gallery, New York, NY
2015 100+ Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, (curated by Jane Hart), Design Sublime, Miami, FL (catalogue)
Artissima, Galerie Sultana, Torino, Italy (Solo Booth)
Presence & Absence, Herter Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA
Human Occult Powers, Circuit 12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, Galerie Sultana, Los Angeles, CA (Solo booth)
2014 Frieze London, Galerie Sultana, London, UK
2013 deCordova Biennial (curated by Lexi Lee Sullivan), deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum,
Lincoln, MA
Raw Material, Puebla 124, Mexico City, Mexico
2012 Restless: Recent Acquisitions, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Vanishing Points: Paint and Paintings from the Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection,
Harn Museum, Gainesville, FL
2011 Vanishing Points, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Summer Blues, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Paramount Reality, Latned Atsar, Los Angeles, CA
A&V 2011, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Zona MacoFair, Mexico City, Mexico
2010 New Work Miami 2010, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Chansons de Geste, Galerie Sultana, Paris, France
Move, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, France
Zona MacoFair, Mexico City, Mexico
2009 TIME + TEMP, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
The Other Side of the Rainbow, Volta 5, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Basel, Switzerland
With You I Want to Live, Museum of Art Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Small, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2008 SCHADENFREUDE (curated by Daniel Newman), The Collins Building, Miami, FL
Show Off, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, France
2007 Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
The Expanded Painting Show (curated by Nina Arias and Paco Barragan), Miami, FL
Undertow (curated by Sibel Kocabasi and Alvaro Pereyra), Mimar Sinan Fine Art,
University, Istanbul, Turkey
Show Off, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, France
Gallery Artists, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, France
Confluence, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2006 Art Basel/Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Milwaukee Art Fair, Locust Projects, Milwaukee, WI
Show Off, Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris, FR
Nu Art 06, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Native Seeds, Lincoln Road Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
Raconte-moi une Histoire (curated by Federic Bonnet), Galerie Baumet-Sultana, Paris,
France
D.E.M.O.N.S. to Diamonds, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
The Armory Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
O The Games We Play (curated by Tyler Emerson), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami FL
Hanging by a Thread (curated by Nina Arias & Jose Diaz), The Moore Space, MiamiFL
CO-OPERATE, Bas-Fisher Invitational, Miami, FL
The Downtown Dinner, LMCC (Benefit Show), New York, NY
The Armory Show, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Surface Tension (curated by Laurel Gitlen), Savage Art Resources, Portland, OR
Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
cha-cha-cha (curated by Jose Diaz), Worm-hole Laboratories, Miami, FL
Domestic Arrivals (curated by Anat Ebgi), White Box Gallery, New York, NY
Lock, Stock and Barrel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 10 Floridians (curated by Ivo Mesquita), Miami Art Central, Miami,FL
Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Made in Miami, Fredric Snitzer Gallery Miami, FL
The Night Speedy Legs Went GQ, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Drawing Conclusions (curated by Nina Arias), Buena Vista Building, Miami, FL
2002 Art Basel Miami Beach, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
15/Caliber (curated by Brandon Opalka), Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
Smoke and Mirrors (curated by Hernan Bas), Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Roving Friday (curated by Dustin Orlando), Objex Art Space, Miami, FL
Grants, Awards, Curatorial Projects and Panels
2021 Co-Curated with Jessica Poser; Rhizomatic, William Blizard Gallery, Springfield College
2020 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant
2015 Bennett Endowed Scholarship, College of Humanities and Fine Arts, UMass, Amherst
2011 Panel Discussion: “Textiles in the Visual Arts,” Art Table, Miami
2007 Curated: The End, 2020 Gallery, Miami, FL
2006 South Florida Cultural Consortium Grant for Visual Artists
2005 Panel Discussion: “Everything You Want to Know About Art Collecting,” Art
Center/South Florida
2001 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
2000 Artist Full Fellowship, The Vermont Studio Center Residency
Selected Bibliography
Roberta Smith, "Out-of-Town Galleries Arrive, Bearing Art," The New York Times, July 13, 2017
New American Paintings, Northeast edition, Issue #122, February/March 2016
Mara Hoberman, "Jacin Giordano," Critic's Picks Artforum.com, February, 2015
Cate McQuaid, "Cartoony geometrics, 3-D 'paintings' standout at the deCordova Biennial, The Boston
Globe, October 12, 2013
Anne Tschida, “…What happens when paint leaves canvas,” The Miami Herald, August 30, 2011
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “New Work Miami 2010,” Miami New Times, July 22, 2010
Adriana Herrera, “Jacin Giordano y la tensión del límite pictórico ,” El Nuevo Herald,
January 24, 2010. Translated by Raul Mendez
Amir Fallah, “Studio Visit: Jacin Giordano,” Beautiful/Decay Blog, September 2009
Frederic Bonnet, “The Dark Side of the Moon,” Domus, March 2009
Dorothee Tramoni, Keith Magazine, Dec. 2008-Jan. 2009
Nathan Danilowicz, “Art Basel, Miami Beach,” artUS, Issue 22, Spring 2008
Luis Rigual, “Florida Power Players,” Florida International Magazine, April, 2008
Amanda Coulson, Volta NY Catalogue, 2008
Paul Clemence, Julie Davidow and foreword by Elisa Turner, “MIAMI Contemporary
Artists,” Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2007
Henry Quintero, “Almost Famous,” Ocean Drive, December, 2007
Jayme O’Rourke, “Artist Showcase,” Florida International Magazine, November, 2007
Burt Ritchie, “Jacin Giordano,” Gallery Diet No,3, June, 2007
Victor Barrenchea, “Chaos vs. Order: Continual Conflict,” Biscayne Times, May, 2007
Frederic Bonnet, “Jacin Giordano,” Vogue (French), February, 2007
“Paillettes,” Le Journal Des Arts, February 2-15, 2007
Yasmine Youssi, “La Peinture Avant Tout,” La Tribune, January 27, 2007
Juliette Delaporte, “Jacin Giordano,” Paris-Art.com, January, 2007
Marvs Summers, “Artbeat,” Broward New Times, October 19, 2006
Elisa Turner, “Critic’s Pick,” The Miami Herald, October 6, 2006
Yasmine Youssi, “Raconte-moi une Histoire,” Le Point, June 8, 2006
“Raconte-moi une Histoire,” Zurban, May 24, 2006
Nicola Taylor, “Tell Me a Story,” Paris-art.com, May, 2006
B. B., “Raconte-moi une Histoire,” Le Monde, May 6, 2006
“Raconte-moi une Hitoire,” La Journal Du Dimanche, April 30, 2006
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “School’s Out,” Miami New Times, April 6, 2006
Margery Gordon, “Hanging by a Thread,” Art News, December, 2005
Carlos Suarez De Jesus, “Bobbin and Weavin’,” Miami New Times, Sep.8, 20005
Adrianna Herrera, “Colgado de un Hilo,” El Nuevo Herald, October, 2005
Michelle Weinberg, “A Collaborative Canvas,” New Times, August 8, 2005
Jeff Jahn, “Portland Art, Days of Past Future, “ NW Drizzle, January, 2005
Franklin Einspruch, “An Open Letter,” Artblog, December 30, 2004
Ryan Dirks, “Surface Tension,” The Portland Mercury, December 2, 2004
Franklin Einspruch, “Snitzer Re-Loads,” Street Miami, June 17, 2004
Paige West, “Fred Snitzer Gallery,” Art Addict, May 25, 2004
Alfredo Triff, "Art's Big New Home," New Times, February 26, 2004
Elisa Turner, "Private Property," The Miami Herald, February 1, 2004
Roni Feinstein, “Expanding Horizons,” Art in America, December 3, 2003
Elisa Turner, "Snitzer Show," The Miami Herald, August 10, 2003
Elisa Turner, "Luminous Textiles," The Miami Herald, May 25, 2003
Damarys Ocana, "Jac the Dripper," Street Miami, May 16, 2003
Alfredo Triff, “The Night Crazy Legs Went GQ,” New Times, March 6, 2003
Damarys Ocana, “On Your Mark…Draw,” Street Miami, February 14, 2003
Damarys Ocana, “15 Standouts,” Street Miami, August 23, 2002
Elisa Turner, “Regional Reflections,” The Miami Herald, August 11, 2002