Gerard Di Falco
Studio Di Falco
Artist Statement
Di Falco’s work in etching uses zinc plates with both hard and soft grounds and several nitric acid baths. The studio techniques he employs include INTAGLIO, CHINE COLLE, DRYPOINT, & AQUATINT (both resin-based and spray enamel).
Di Falco’s style is multi-faceted and defies definition; his works have been described as realistic, abstract, expressionistic, documentary, and gothic. His inspiration comes most definitely from photographic imagery . . . be it real or imagined . . . and involves numerous academic fields of study including architecture, archaeology, cinema, mythology, cosmology, folklore, and death-studies. He works mostly in oil-based etching inks and prints on European papers from Italy, France, Germany, England, and Spain. His trademark is the “MULTIPLE-PLATE” etching, in which he etches upward of nine individual plates and lines them up in horizontal or vertical rows on the printing press to produce one printed image. He also works in monoprints and experimental digital imagery on plastics. Aside from printmaking, Di Falco also articulates his visual ideas via painting, sculpture, and installation. He explores both secular and liturgical themes in his explorations into the Sacred and the Profane.
Bio
Jerry Di Falco has shown his art in over 400 solo and group exhibitions (Juried & Invitational) around the world since 1975. He holds a Master of Science degree from Drexel University in Curatorial Science and Studio Art (1985) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Rutgers University (1974). Jerry’s accolades include: 1) the City of Philadelphia’s Human Relations Award in Arts and Culture (2009); an Individual Artist’s Grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York City (2002, $30,000); and two Individual Artist’s Grants from the Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts (1992 and 1987). He won several Artist Residency Awards, including those at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2002-2003), Taller Puerrtorriqueño (1997), Rutgers University (1992), the Philadelphia Board of Education (1990), and Drexel University (1985). Mr. Di Falco currently creates his etchings by hand at The Fleisher Art Memorial’s Center For Works on Paper (705 Catherine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), within their Open Studio in Printmaking, where he serves as a Studio Monitor. The Fleisher Art Memorial’s main campus, located on the 700-block of Catharine Street, is a part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s educational and artists’ outreach program. He taught art at Rutgers University, and has also worked at Drexel University, The University of Pennsylvania, and The University of the Arts—all in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a Curator of Contemporary Art, Di Falco has worked for The City of Philadelphia’s Port of History Museum, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rutgers University, and Nexus Gallery.
Artist Statement
Di Falco’s work in etching uses zinc plates with both hard and soft grounds and several nitric acid baths. The studio techniques he employs include INTAGLIO, CHINE COLLE, DRYPOINT, & AQUATINT (both resin-based and spray enamel).
Di Falco’s style is multi-faceted and defies definition; his works have been described as realistic, abstract, expressionistic, documentary, and gothic. His inspiration comes most definitely from photographic imagery . . . be it real or imagined . . . and involves numerous academic fields of study including architecture, archaeology, cinema, mythology, cosmology, folklore, and death-studies. He works mostly in oil-based etching inks and prints on European papers from Italy, France, Germany, England, and Spain. His trademark is the “MULTIPLE-PLATE” etching, in which he etches upward of nine individual plates and lines them up in horizontal or vertical rows on the printing press to produce one printed image. He also works in monoprints and experimental digital imagery on plastics. Aside from printmaking, Di Falco also articulates his visual ideas via painting, sculpture, and installation. He explores both secular and liturgical themes in his explorations into the Sacred and the Profane.
Bio
Jerry Di Falco has shown his art in over 400 solo and group exhibitions (Juried & Invitational) around the world since 1975. He holds a Master of Science degree from Drexel University in Curatorial Science and Studio Art (1985) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Rutgers University (1974). Jerry’s accolades include: 1) the City of Philadelphia’s Human Relations Award in Arts and Culture (2009); an Individual Artist’s Grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation in New York City (2002, $30,000); and two Individual Artist’s Grants from the Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts (1992 and 1987). He won several Artist Residency Awards, including those at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (2002-2003), Taller Puerrtorriqueño (1997), Rutgers University (1992), the Philadelphia Board of Education (1990), and Drexel University (1985). Mr. Di Falco currently creates his etchings by hand at The Fleisher Art Memorial’s Center For Works on Paper (705 Catherine Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), within their Open Studio in Printmaking, where he serves as a Studio Monitor. The Fleisher Art Memorial’s main campus, located on the 700-block of Catharine Street, is a part of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s educational and artists’ outreach program. He taught art at Rutgers University, and has also worked at Drexel University, The University of Pennsylvania, and The University of the Arts—all in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a Curator of Contemporary Art, Di Falco has worked for The City of Philadelphia’s Port of History Museum, The Free Library of Philadelphia, Rutgers University, and Nexus Gallery.
More of Gerard Di Falco's work can be found at Saatchi Online here
and Absolute Arts here
Contact: gerarddifalco@msn.com
and Absolute Arts here
Contact: gerarddifalco@msn.com
