Antonio Alexander Puri

Artist Statement
My expression of the self continuously evolves in an effort to challenge perceptions and deconstruct identifying labels used by others. Constructs of different aspects of the self are limited; is my existence a microcosm within the universe or do I make art that transcends individuality to connect with Oneness? Are all descriptions of who I am truly encompassing? My art comes from personal expression. It is multilayered and complex with veneers, glazes, varnishes of emotions, transgressions, singularity, obsession, and enigma. I am interested in comparing connections between my eastern roots and my western experiences. I embrace the possibility that we can exist in a world free from labels.

Selected EXHIBITIONS
Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
Planet Art Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Musée du Chateau, Montbéliard, France
Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY
Dowd Fine Art Gallery, SUNY, Cortland, NY
West Chester University, West Chester, PA
Penn State: College of Technology, Williamsport, PA
Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
Salisbury University Art Gallery, Salisbury, MD
Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA
Rowan University Wilson Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Brownson Art Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Heineman Myers Contemporary Art, Bethesda, MD
The Guild, New York, NY
Tria Gallery, New York, NY
Tamarind Art, New York, NY
Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Selected AWARDS
2nd International Almasi Gabor & Dorothea Fleiss Residency, Totovo Selo, Serbia
The International Artcamp Inter-Art Auid XVth Edition Residency, Romania
IV International Art Festival Dryanovo Symposium, Bulgaria
Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Visual Arts of the Indian Diaspora Artist Residency, Mauritius
New Courtland Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA
Meulensteen Art Centre: Grafisch Atelier Daglicht, Summer Artist Residency, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Artists' Fellowship Inc. Grant, New York, NY
chashama artist-in-residence subsidized space grant, New York, NY*
Selected Museum COLLECTIONS
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Bergen Museum of Art and Science, Paramus, NJ
Planet Art Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Musée du Chateau, Montbéliard, France
National Art Gallery, Mauritius
Museum of Art, Satu-Mare, Romania
Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria

EDUCATION
University of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, IA (JD)
College of William and Mary School of Law, Madrid, Spain
Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (BA in Fine Arts and English)
Academy of Art, San Francisco, CA