David Curcio

Works

Overview

Inspired by Outsider Art, David Curcio began making embroidered drawings and quilts as a way of getting away from printmaking into a new and totally unfamiliar medium. His latest series Yakuza Graveyard marks his return to woodcut.

Biography

David Curcio received his MFA at Pratt Institute in New York in 2001. While teaching printmaking abroad, he furthered his education in etching at Il Bisonte Scuola della Grafica in Florence and completed a residence in Japanese woodcut in Awaji-Shima Japan. Curcio's work has recently been included in Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop: A Modern Guide to the Ancient Art of Mokuhanga, a book about American artists working in the Japanese print medium.

Exhibitions

Contemporary Mokuhanga
February 13 - April 23, 2016
Cade Tompkins Projects is pleased to announce a printmaking exhibition by a group of artists whose work expands the boundaries of mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese woodcut process. Mokuhanga is achieved with use of water-based inks, hand-printing techniques and Japanese-style printing papers. The prints selected for this show present contemporary imagery...
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Art Fairs

Art in an Airstream
A satellite presentation at the 2016 International Fine Print Dealers Association Print Fair November 3 - 6, 2016
NOVEMBER 3-6, 2016; Thurs-Sat, 12-8pm; Sun 12-5pm; Park Avenue and 67th Street, New York City Cade Tompkins Projects will exhibit works by represented artists with a focus on contemporary fine art prints in a beautiful Airstream International 28, parked for four days on Park Avenue and 67th Street during the 2016 IFPDA Print Fair, steps away from the entrance to the Park Avenue Armory. The Tribute and Serendipity: The late New York resident Wade F. Thompson was, and his family continues to be, important patrons to the Park Avenue Armory....
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David Curcio American, b. 1972

Contemporary Mokuhanga

Art in an Airstream