Patrick Fiore’s powerful paintings reflect the beauty and challenges of life. He received his BFA from Syracuse University and his MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Mr. Fiore is Faculty Emeritus, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida where he taught for 29 years. He has been awarded for his illustrations which have been published nationally, including; The Washington Post, New York Times, Viking Penguin and Dell Books. His art exists in site specific installations in New York, Utah, and Florida and his paintings have been exhibited throughout the U.S.
Capturing figures in a personal moment, he invites the viewer to reflect on our shared experiences. Composition, context and light stage the narrative while encouraging us to enter the story. Transparent layers of paint build form, while atmospheric color merges figure with environment.
Patrick’s work is informed by the Social Realists (Ben Shahn, Kathe Kollwitz, Jose Clemente Orozco, Charles White, Jacob Lawrence, Otto Dix, Paul Cadmus, George Tooker). Presenting historical and contemporary human rights issues challenges our assumptions about equality. His work is specific at times, denoting time, place and culture however, universal emotions are expressed through pose and gesture.
Returning to his hometown in Upstate New York, Patrick explores America through the diversity of The People’s History. He states, “We continue to weave a resilient community that has proven, caring yields growth, adding new fibers creates strength and preserving our long-treasured heritage insures our longevity as quality is passed down from our ancestral families to a new generation”.