
carmelo blandino
REPRESENTED ARTIST
Since 2005, the paintings of Carmelo Blandino have derived a wealth of visual splendor and emotional resonance from flowers, assembling them into wondrous, intuitive compositions, quiet riots of comforting colors and delicate dynamics. Blandino has rigorously refined an approach one might call ‘urban baroque’, combining the subtleties of classical oil painting with the crackling energy of contemporary spray-paint-and–stencils street styles.
Born to Sicilian parents in Tübingen, Germany, and raised in the culturally charged city of Montreal, Quebec, Blandino studied art and design at the city’s local colleges and began a successful career as a freelance illustrator, working with architects, designers, and advertising agencies. In 2002, Blandino shifted his focus to the world of fine art. Today, his paintings are widely known for their immediacy and their sensual, even lascivious expressions of color, movement, and shape. His work is exhibited in New York, Palm Beach, Naples, Stockholm, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and his beloved Montreal.

Carmelo Blandino
REPRESENTED ARTIST
Since 2005, the paintings of Carmelo Blandino have derived a wealth of visual splendor and emotional resonance from flowers, assembling them into wondrous, intuitive compositions, quiet riots of comforting colors and delicate dynamics. Blandino has rigorously refined an approach one might call ‘urban baroque’, combining the subtleties of classical oil painting with the crackling energy of contemporary spray-paint-and–stencils street styles.
Born to Sicilian parents in Tübingen, Germany, and raised in the culturally charged city of Montreal, Quebec, Blandino studied art and design at the city’s local colleges and began a successful career as a freelance illustrator, working with architects, designers, and advertising agencies. In 2002, Blandino shifted his focus to the world of fine art. Today, his paintings are widely known for their immediacy and their sensual, even lascivious expressions of color, movement, and shape. His work is exhibited in New York, Palm Beach, Naples, Stockholm, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto and his beloved Montreal.
Work
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1983-1984 Vanier College: Creative Arts
1985-1988 Dawson College: Illustration and Design
Workshops
2000-2001 Saidie Bronfman Center: Drawing and painting
Teaching Experience
1992- 1994 St Lawrence College, Fine Arts Department, Ontario
1991-2006 Dawson College Montréal, Québec Professor of drawing, painting in the Illustration and Design Program
2007-2009 The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples Fl
2013 The Von Liebig Art Center, Naples Fl
2014 Creativity is Natural / Lecture series/ Naples art Association
2014 Portrait I / Portrait II Workshops
Bibliography
2014 American Art Collector / March Floral issue
2013 Maps Magazine. Front Cover display of A Love Song
2013 Gulfshore Life 01/01/2013
2010 Naples Illustrated / Legends of the Fall / Oscar De La Renta / Blandino
Gulfshore Life ( Rising Stars ) 01/15/2010
Gulfshore Life / the art of style 09/08/2010
Carmelo Blandino: Pulse Magazine 9 artist profile ) 01-15-2010
Naples Florida Weekly / Third on Canvas event culminates in live
auction Among the participating artists are: Paul Arsenault, Carmelo
Blandino Transitions: Building Bridges to Your Points. Presentation
Speakers include painter Carmelo Blandino, floral designer Anne
Durancu of Blue Pear, makeup artist Sharon … Chart Presentation:
Signals – Inside Futures
2009 MASS ART GUIDE -AUDIO CARMELO BLANDINO. Hosted by: Julie Glick
Recorded: July 2008. Length: 26 1/2 Minutes. Upcoming exhibitions:
Toronto International Art Fair October 3-6,
2008 NAPLES DAILY NEWS / At home with Art.
13th Annual Artists’ Studio Tour opens door to creative work and living
spaces By JANICE T. PAINE Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Top 10 luxury gifts to covet this holiday season/ #8 A gift of Art …At the Art
Gallery of Ontario’s Art Rental & Sales Gallery you can purchase from
approximately 700 pieces of original art by Canadian contemporary artists
such as Denyse Thomasos, Cathy Daley, Carmelo Blandino and Derek
Sullivan Marco News / 2008 Faculty Biennial on view at von Liebig
2006 Canadian House & Home / Tea Time, page 72
2005 Toronto Star, Deft Mix of Light & Dark Corriere Italiano, May 6th , L’Encan per
Santa Cabrini, un appuntamento divertente da non mancare!
2001 Grafika Magazine, numero 68, mars 2001, Carmelo Blandino illustrateur, Le
Talent Partagé
Work Experience
2002-2014 Artist painter / Canada, USA, Europe
1991-2006 Vice-president / Nine High Inc., Montréal
1991-2006 Professor / Dawson College Montréal Illustration & Design Program
1992-2004 Principal at Studio 100 Dessins ( illustration studio)
1992-1998 Professor St-Lawrence College / Ontario
1991-1992 Assistant illustrator / Suzanne Duranceau Inc., Montréal
1989-1991 Illustrator / Studio de la Montagne, Montréal
1986-1989 Anchor advertising, Montréal
Exhibitions
2019 Solo Exhibition / Brenau University/ Museum / Gainsville, Georgia
2018 Solo Exhibition/Method & Concept/Artist in Residence
2016 Exhibition / New Work / Galerie Sono / South Norwalk CT
2014 Solo Exhibition / New Beginnings /Couture Galleri, Stockholm Sweden
Baker Museum / Florida Contemporary
Lecture and Exhibition / Von Leibig / Naples Art Association
Method & Concept / Suspended Dialogues/ Solo exhibit/ Lecture
2013 Solo Exhibition / Rebirth, Sono Gallery Norwalk Connecticut
Art Basel Miami/ Wynwood Walls
Gallery Sono/ Connecticut
JLD Design Showroom / Café Des Artistes
Hall-Barnett Gallery/ New Orleans
2012 Miami art Basel/ Wynwood walls
Solo show/The flowering of consciousness / Galerie de Bellefeuille Montreal
Group Show/ Arcadia Fine Arts / Four Seasons hotel New York City
En Masse group show, / Galerie Pangee
2011 En MAsse/ Primary flight/ Wynwood walls/ Art Basel Miami
Fountain Art Fair, / Miami Art Basel
Toronto International Art Fair / TIAF
2010 Solo show/The Earth Laughs In Flowers/ Couture Gallery / Stockholm
Solo show/The Earth Laughs In Flowers/ Galerie De Bellefeuille/ Montreal
29th Founders Show / Von Leibeig art center / Naples Florida
Art 2010, Group show Galerie De Bellefeuille
2009 Art 2009, Group show Galerie De Bellefeuille
Breathe, Group show, , Judith Liegeois showroom
Nature 2009, Group show, Galerie De Bellefeuille
Wallace Gallery, Fall Show
Third on Canvas, The Von Liebig Center, Naples
Naples Museum of Art, Have a Seat II
2008 Art 2008, Group show Galerie De Bellefeuille
Art show, Judith Liegeois showroom
Naples Museum Studio Tour
Palm Beach Art Fair
Solo show / Memoria, Galerie De Bellefeuille Faculty
Biennial, Von Liebig Art Center
Solo show, Sanctus- Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Chicago Art Fair
Toronto Art Fair ( TIAF)
2007 Group show, Art 2007, Galerie De Bellefeuille
Toronto International Art Fair
Palm Beach Art Fair, Galerie De Bellefeuille Solo show,
Vivo- Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto Small works- Bau-Xi
Gallery, Vancouver Solo show- Bau-Xi Gallery,
Vancouver Solo show- Galerie De Bellefeuile, Montréal
2006 Small works- Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Solo show- Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
Solo show- Galerie De Bellefeuile, Montréal
2005 Figura – Galerie De Bellefeuille
Group Show Galerie De Bellefeuille
Group II Show Galerie De Bellefeuille
Solo show at Galerie de Bellefeuille – Landscapes and Florals
Art Chicago – Chicago Art Fair
Art For Life – Casey House Foundation
Toronto International Art Fair
2004 The Painted Gift – Hubert Gallery in New York
Small Works – Bau-Xi Gallery in Toronto Small Works –
Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver Art For Life – Casey House
Foundation Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Galerie De Bellefeuille, Montréal
Circa 700 – Bau-Xi Gallery Toronto
2003 Pausa – Bau-IX Gallery in Toronto
Galerie De Bellefeuille, Montréal
2002 Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal
Bau-IX Gallery in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montréal
New Canadian Painting Royal Bank of Canada, Place Ville-Marie, Montréal
New Canadian Painting Competition, Royal Bank of Canada Exhibit, Ottawa
Viva Italia, Holt Renfrew, Montréal
Press
Colossal Humanity
Queens - based sculptor and Johnsons in Art founder, Brett F. Harvey, discusses the world as seen through his eyes and distilled into his male figures.2018
American Art Collector
Article on artist John O’Hern, “New Dimensions”includes reference to Brett Harvey’s sculpture entitled, Hold.2018
The Blue Review
18 Artists to Watch in 2018.2018