NEW YORK, NY.- Lyrical Roar is an exhibition of works by Serena Bocchino, whose process of organic morphing, where one medium seamlessly transitions into another. Bocchino encompasses various dimensions, including the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, and aesthetic aspects in her work that includes paintings, mixed media and sculpture.

Jazz music plays an inspirational role in Serena’s work. Its complex styles and intricate, propulsive rhythms have a direct result on the lines and shapes Bocchino creates. Intellectually her exploration allows you to examine and question the concepts and ideas that underpin her work. Emotionally, she taps into the depths of your feelings and translates them into visual expressions, evoking specific responses from the viewer.

Spiritually, her artistic practice becomes a means of connecting with a higher sense of purpose or transcendence, seeking to express the intangible aspects of existence. Through her multidimensional exploration, Bocchino gives rise to entities that transcend the boundaries of her studio and offer new perspective experiences to both the artist and those who engage with her artwork.

A catalogue raisonné will accompany this exhibition, with essay by Barbara MacAdam, Ivy Brown, Joseph Knight and Greg Smith.

Serena Bocchino is an American contemporary artist. Bocchino’s studio practice investigates the intersection of abstraction and expressionism with a distinct focus on music, movement, and identity. Bocchino’s work has been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions. She has received recognition and awards including, the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, PS1/MoMA Studio Residency, the Basil Alkazzi Award USA and The New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowships in both Painting and Drawing. Recently, NJ Transit and New Jersey State Council on the Arts commissioned Bocchino to create four public art installations at Newark Penn Station.

In May 2021, The Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming, invited Bocchino to have a residency at the Museum to create a site- specific sculpture to be included in her solo exhibition at the Museum. The exhibition title: INFLUENCE, a ten-year survey exhibition that included the exhibition: HEROES: Women Artists Who Influence and Inspire (included the book of the same title) which honors 37 women artists who influenced Bocchino’s studio practice. Bocchino exhibited at the Museo Italo Americano in San Francisco CA in the Spring 2022. She is having her first solo exhibition in Palm Springs at James Bacchi Contemporary, in March 2023 and will be having a solo exhibition, curated by Joseph Knight, at the Ivy Brown Gallery in New York City, in November 2023. Serena Bocchino’s work may be found in Museum, Public and Private Collections across the United States and Abroad.

JOIN US FOR SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT NOVEMBER AT THE GALLERY:

-November 1: Opening Reception

-November 9: Collectors Panel 6pm to 8pm Hosted by Regina Berg November 11 Young Collectors Brunch 12 to 2pm

-November 15: NYU Alumni Night 6pm to 8pm (Private Event) November 18 Women of Culture with poet George Nelson Preston Hosted by Alex Harper & Julie Zhu Brunch. 12-2pm

-November 28: Heroes: Women Artists Who Influence and Inspire Honoring the Artists (some will be in attendance), And Heroes Book signing 6pm to 8pm

Ivy Brown Gallery
SERENA BOCCHINO: Lyrical Roar
November 1st, 2023 - November 29th, 2023
Curated by Joseph Knight