Joseph Gerard Sabatino
Joseph Gerard Sabatino is a multi-interdisciplinary artist born in Belleville, NJ and currently works out of his studio in the historic district of Paterson, NJ. After receiving his education from Montclair State University with a BFA in Fine Art Photography and a semester abroad at Scuola Lorenzo di Medici Institute in Florence, Italy - Sabatino went on to exhibit in a variety of New York and New Jersey venues. Evident in the series of black and white photographs developed during that period, the artist continues to be inspired by the banality of private and public settings. Although formally schooled in traditional, fine art photography, Mr. Sabatino is primarily self- taught as a sculptor. The humble traditions exposed to him at an early age from migrant parents of Italy are fused with the techniques and skills associated with blue-collar labor. Access and exposure to workers in the industrial field offering their unmatched knowledge helped shape his perspective and creativity, contributing to his artistic practices today.
Solo exhibitions include the AC Institute, R. Jampol Project(s), Solo(s) Project House, The Paterson Museum and The Dryfoos Gallery at Kean University. He has exhibited in Northern Kentucky University’s national “Underground Railroad” exhibition and participated in “Bittersweet: The Chocolate Show” at Rutgers University. Sabatino was also selected to participate in three consecutive New Jersey Fine Art Annuals and was one of five New Jersey artists selected statewide to participate in Kean University's exhibition, “The Garden Statement.” The show included a catalog with contributing essays by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado of El Museo del Barrio, NY. The artist was a recipient of Aljira’s ‘Emerge’ Artist Fellowship & Development Program and was one of ten artists selected nationally for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award for Miami University’s “National Young Sculptors Award.” Internationally, Sabatino has featured work in Florence, Italy as well as in Graz, Austria. His work has been reviewed or featured in The New York Times, The Herald News, Artefuse, The Hedonist, ArtVoices Magazine, The Star-Ledger, The Record and The Jersey City Reporter. Sabatino has also participated in Deltarte’s Artist Residency Program while simultaneously creating a large scale site-specific installation at the historic Museo della Bonifica di Ca’ Vendramin in Veneto, Italy. The work was covered on national TV with Rai TGR, Correiere della Sera, Art Tribune, arskey, Polesine in Diretta TV Interview, Radio Kolbe, Radio Diva, and La Voce di Rovigo.
Additionally, Mr. Sabatino is an art consultant implementing logistics for galleries, museums as well as residential clients. Joseph also collaborates with individual’s needs creating custom steel fabrications, armatures or commission-based works; all under Sabà Art Solutions, LLC.
