 John Recco - Hoosick Artist |
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| Recco was born in Lowell, Massachusetts and received his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1981, and an MFA from Columbia University in 1984. He also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine, receiving the Saltonstall Scholarship there in 1985.
His paintings have been featured in both solo and group exhibitions in New York City, Boston, MA, Albany, NY; Cincinnati, OH.and various other museums and galleries in the U.S. He is currently represented by the Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery in New York. He is the recipient of numerous awards including residencies at Yaddo, The Millay Colony, a NYSCA Individual Artist Grant, numerous NY State SOS grants and most recently, a Senior Level Fulbright Fellowship for Greece. A frequent teacher, Recco has taught at Bennington College, Williams College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and Marlboro College in Vermont. The artist's style is bold in both color and line. His paintings usually feature objects that relate to his childhood as well as subject matter that reflects his daily life in upstate New York. In addition, his interest in Greece has inspired an ongoing series of work that uses the Greek landscape, mythology and imagery from the past and present. |
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