Artist Statement

Updated July 1, 2011Posted by Chris

 

I have always loved the effect on surfaces that time and weather creates. The inspiration that drives my current work comes from my immediate surroundings. My last studio was an old mill and factory building that is losing its life from the battle with time. Filled with rich history, I was surrounded by the aging and decaying surfaces of the walls and floors. It was amazing how time transformed these surfaces from once being brand new to the way it looks today.

The building itself is now a dead and vacant shell that once served as a factory in WWI. It is filled with colorful and texture rich areas that yield interesting shapes and colors. The texture in my work is made completely by random but there is a process that follows. After I begin a painting, with devoted detail ,it soon forms deep textures and archival look.

  

Exhibition History

Updated Dec 1, 2011Posted by Chris

 

Solo Exhibitions in BOSTON, MA 2004 - Present

Intervals - BEBE Estate Mansion August 2010
Dynamic Works Part 2 - Spencer Gallery Aug. 2009
Dynamic Works - Spencer Gallery June 2009
Double Fantasy - Atlantic Works Gallery April 2009
Open Studios - Chris Spuglio Studios July 2008
Surfaces - BEBE Estate Mansion July - Sept 07 2007
Distortions-Cornerstone Art Gallery Jan. 2007
The Heretic -Spuglio Studios Jan. 2005
Hypnopompic Image-Kennaley Portrait Studio March 2005
New Work-Kennaley Portrait Studio Aug 2004
After Effects-Spuglio Studios July 2004
Effects-Spuglio Studios June 2004

Group Exhibitions ( International ) 2006 - Present

"Lucid" Desotorow Gallery Oct. 2011 Savanna, GA
"Interprative Realms" Agora Gallery Aug. 2011 NY, New York, NY
"INN3R" Atlantic Artworks Gallery June. 2011 Boston, MA
"North East Prize Show" University Place Gallery May. 2011 Cambridge, MA
"Melrose Art Festival" Town Hall, April 2011 Melrose, MA
"Heaven & Earth" Atlantic Artworks Gallery Oct. 2010 Boston, MA
"Sonambulist" 4 Art Gallery Sept.. 2010 Chicago, IL
"Help From Our Friends" Atlantic Artworks Gallery July 2010 Boston, MA
"Chelsea Roaring 1920s Party" Amsterdam Whittney Gallery Sept. 2009 New York, NY
"Various Perspectives" BEBE Estate Mansion Aug. 2009 Melrose, MA
"Mansion Show" BEBE Estate Mansion June. 2009 Melrose, MA
"Throb" Atlantic Artworks Gallery Feb. 2008 Boston, MA
"Revelry Of Energy" Agora Gallery Jan. 2009 New York, NY
"Traces Of Memory" Estense Castle Museum Dec. 2008 Ferrara, Italy
"Twelve" Atlantic Artworks Gallery Dec. 2008 Boston, MA
"Unsuitable Content" Atlantic Artworks Gallery 2008 Boston, MA
"Un + Art" Artspace Hartford, Jan. 11-25 2008 Hartford, CT
"Conguent Allusions" Agora Gallery Jan. 8-Jan 28, 2008 New York, NY
Boston Urban Arts Festival Dec. 15 2007 UMASS Boston, Boston, MA
Boston Tattoo Convention Art Show September 2006 BCA, Boston, MA
"Through The Days"2006 Arvedson Gallery April 2006 New York, NY
"5 Senses" 2006 Pirate Gallery, Boston, April 2006

An entire work history can be provided upon request.