Gianni Trieste
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
2219 Huntington Lane, #1, Redondo Beach, CA 90278, 310.418.8467
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By Jonathan Green PHD, writing for the Culver Center for the Arts, UC Riverside, about the film screening:
Gianni Trieste’s Moviettes
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Gianni Trieste’s Moviettes
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“The quirky and provocative artist Gianni Trieste — well known for his critical and socially themed paintings and sculptures—has been quietly making short films that he calls moviettes. These alternately politically biting and lyrically beautiful short pieces will now be presented for the first time as an extended meditation on the city itself. A flâneur with a camera, Trieste haunts on the downtown's streets finding splendor and oddity, even encouraging Police Chief Sergio Diaz to suggest a conceptual art installation: Tiny Tents on the Mall. If you love Riverside but want an unorthodox view of the city, this is not to be missed." µ
By Jeanne Boyer MA, writer/editor,
Inland Empire Magazine, Sep. 2011 issue
(Not published online)
Inland Empire Magazine, Sep. 2011 issue
(Not published online)
“CREATIVE FORCE. Gianni Trieste was born in Trieste, Italy, and incorporates some of the elegant architecture of that country with a pop sensibility in his 3-D creations, now on view. Trieste says that the combination of classical influence and irreverence became evident when he and his brother tossed stones at statues of Venus and Apollo at the Castello di Miramare in Trieste, Italy.
Trieste moved to Washington, D.C., then Maryland as a child, became a U. S. citizen, and later joined the U.S. Navy. He studied at UC Berkeley, has art degrees from UC Irvine and the University of Maryland. He makes moviettes for you tube as well as paintings.
Politics and social issues infuse much of his work, including his Neo-Cons series, and Trieste is working on politically themed pieces for an upcoming exhibit.
While he sees the entertainment value in politics, he’s passionate about the impact of politicians and Wall Street tycoons on people’s lives. “I take life seriously,” Trieste says.
His latest project is “Diaphanous Geithner,” a portrait of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, whose silhouettes are filled with sheer fabric with metallic dots. The Diaphanous Geithner rests on a colonnade of Doric columns that mimics the Treasury building facade, half submerged in an aquarium. Miniature Monopoly-style houses float underwater. A motorized hand between the Geithner profiles represents Trieste's effort to influence Geithner’s thoughts (he describes it in more colorful fashion).
His work often combines photos, drawings, classical figures, and news headlines. It’s important to look closely at the images making up the background on an eight-foot tall hand called ”Sex is to Bowling as Violence is to Parachuting,” or a sculpture called “The Consumer.” While his shaped canvases were inspired by the minimalist work of Frank Stella, Trieste’s examples include figures inside the tool or gun-shaped outlines.
Trieste has taught university classes, but finds they distract from his work. “You can never do any deep, multi-layered art when you teach, he says.
Trieste moved to Washington, D.C., then Maryland as a child, became a U. S. citizen, and later joined the U.S. Navy. He studied at UC Berkeley, has art degrees from UC Irvine and the University of Maryland. He makes moviettes for you tube as well as paintings.
Politics and social issues infuse much of his work, including his Neo-Cons series, and Trieste is working on politically themed pieces for an upcoming exhibit.
While he sees the entertainment value in politics, he’s passionate about the impact of politicians and Wall Street tycoons on people’s lives. “I take life seriously,” Trieste says.
His latest project is “Diaphanous Geithner,” a portrait of U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, whose silhouettes are filled with sheer fabric with metallic dots. The Diaphanous Geithner rests on a colonnade of Doric columns that mimics the Treasury building facade, half submerged in an aquarium. Miniature Monopoly-style houses float underwater. A motorized hand between the Geithner profiles represents Trieste's effort to influence Geithner’s thoughts (he describes it in more colorful fashion).
His work often combines photos, drawings, classical figures, and news headlines. It’s important to look closely at the images making up the background on an eight-foot tall hand called ”Sex is to Bowling as Violence is to Parachuting,” or a sculpture called “The Consumer.” While his shaped canvases were inspired by the minimalist work of Frank Stella, Trieste’s examples include figures inside the tool or gun-shaped outlines.
Trieste has taught university classes, but finds they distract from his work. “You can never do any deep, multi-layered art when you teach, he says.
By Daniel Foster PHD, Director of the Oceanside Art Museum,
previously President and CEO of the Community Foundation,
former director of the Riverside Art Museum, in an article special to The Press-Enterprise newspaper
< http://www.pe.com/arts/stories/PE_News_Local_S_foster17.3879ba2.html >
previously President and CEO of the Community Foundation,
former director of the Riverside Art Museum, in an article special to The Press-Enterprise newspaper
< http://www.pe.com/arts/stories/PE_News_Local_S_foster17.3879ba2.html >
"Working in a Quonset hut art studio in downtown Riverside (California), Gianni Trieste mixes bold political images and commentaries with an innovative approach to mixed media, digital and sculptural practices.
Born in northern Italy, Trieste's travels have produced a rich and diverse cultural background that informs his art. A graduate of the University of Maryland and UCI (University of California, Irvine), Trieste's education exposed him to a wealth of art history and knowledge which often produces an intersection between classic and contemporary vocabularies.
Finding inspiration from popular culture, Trieste is a master of collage, constantly reinventing his use of materials and techniques to finding new and powerful methods of conveying his message. ’Trieste's images and shapes, which on their own would never seem to go together, inhabit the same space with a balanced chaos.”
Born in northern Italy, Trieste's travels have produced a rich and diverse cultural background that informs his art. A graduate of the University of Maryland and UCI (University of California, Irvine), Trieste's education exposed him to a wealth of art history and knowledge which often produces an intersection between classic and contemporary vocabularies.
Finding inspiration from popular culture, Trieste is a master of collage, constantly reinventing his use of materials and techniques to finding new and powerful methods of conveying his message. ’Trieste's images and shapes, which on their own would never seem to go together, inhabit the same space with a balanced chaos.”
By Genelle Glessner, Riverside Art Museum
Recent visit to artist Gianni Trieste's studio.
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Recent visit to artist Gianni Trieste's studio.
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A graduate of the University of Maryland and UC Irvine, Trieste's education exposed him to a wealth of art history and knowledge which often produces an intersection between classic and contemporary vocabularies. Finding inspiration from popular culture, Trieste’s unique combinations of photographs, prints, and other collage elements into art is masterly; constantly reinventing his use of materials and techniques to finding new and powerful methods of conveying his message. Trieste's images and shapes, which on their own would never seem to go together, inhabit the same space with a balanced chaos. Trieste is noted for his work with photographs that he digitally manipulates into thought-provoking artworks. "When I first walked into Trieste's studio, I was greeted warmly and immediately fell into his complex world of art and politics.”
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A regular exhibiting artist at the RCAA, Trieste is preparing to open a small exhibit in the Alcoves of the Riverside Art Museum from March 2-May 30. Last year, one of Trieste's works was selected by the Museum for its permanent collection.
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A regular exhibiting artist at the RCAA, Trieste is preparing to open a small exhibit in the Alcoves of the Riverside Art Museum from March 2-May 30. Last year, one of Trieste's works was selected by the Museum for its permanent collection.
By Andrea Serna, Arts and Culture Writer & Editor, Random Lengths News, San Pedro, CA
Reviews “Dear Mr. President” exhibit at South Bay Contemporary at The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2017/01/05/dear-president-artists-send-message/14553
Reviews “Dear Mr. President” exhibit at South Bay Contemporary at The Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2017/01/05/dear-president-artists-send-message/14553
For artist Gianni Trieste, politics infuse much of his work. “I take life seriously” he declares in his artist statement.
Dingler’s work often combines photos, video, drawings and news headlines. He is regarded as a revolutionary thinker; he blends fantasy with photographic reality to achieve an engaging synthesis. His colorful works have been exhibited across the United States and Europe.
His letter and his art address whistleblowers such as Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army soldier who was convicted by a court-martial in July 2013 of violating the Espionage Act. Manning disclosed to WikiLeaks nearly three-quarters of a million classified and unclassified, yet sensitive, military and diplomatic documents.
Gianni Trieste’s “Whistleblower John Kiriakou.” Part of the “Dear President” exhibit at The Loft Gallery in San Pedro. Photo courtesy of The Loft Gallery.
Trieste’s contribution (5’x3’ multi-process painting) to the show depicts John Kiriakou’s face surrounded by monetary symbols found on paper currency that, Trieste says, represent an impingement on Kiriakou’s 1st Amendment freedom, and represent economic disparity and the power of the overly-wealthy minority. Kiriakou is a former CIA agent sentenced to almost two years in prison for providing ABC News with the name of a Pentagon torturer. He was sentenced under the Espionage Act. He was the first U.S. government official (Deuce Martinez) to confirm, in December 2007, that waterboarding was used to interrogate Al Qaeda prisoners. Trieste is convinced that providing information to a news organization should be covered in the U.S. Constitution under the First Amendment.
Dingler’s work often combines photos, video, drawings and news headlines. He is regarded as a revolutionary thinker; he blends fantasy with photographic reality to achieve an engaging synthesis. His colorful works have been exhibited across the United States and Europe.
His letter and his art address whistleblowers such as Chelsea Manning, the U.S. Army soldier who was convicted by a court-martial in July 2013 of violating the Espionage Act. Manning disclosed to WikiLeaks nearly three-quarters of a million classified and unclassified, yet sensitive, military and diplomatic documents.
Gianni Trieste’s “Whistleblower John Kiriakou.” Part of the “Dear President” exhibit at The Loft Gallery in San Pedro. Photo courtesy of The Loft Gallery.
Trieste’s contribution (5’x3’ multi-process painting) to the show depicts John Kiriakou’s face surrounded by monetary symbols found on paper currency that, Trieste says, represent an impingement on Kiriakou’s 1st Amendment freedom, and represent economic disparity and the power of the overly-wealthy minority. Kiriakou is a former CIA agent sentenced to almost two years in prison for providing ABC News with the name of a Pentagon torturer. He was sentenced under the Espionage Act. He was the first U.S. government official (Deuce Martinez) to confirm, in December 2007, that waterboarding was used to interrogate Al Qaeda prisoners. Trieste is convinced that providing information to a news organization should be covered in the U.S. Constitution under the First Amendment.
By Odette Leonelli, independent curator, Redondo Beach, CA
Review of Gianni Trieste’s UFO Visitor Series.
Review of Gianni Trieste’s UFO Visitor Series.
"Willingly or not, Gianni Trieste has made a true big bang statement with his UFO Visitor, who can be heard but not seen. The objectification of women – from Helen of Troy to Marilyn Monroe, from Barbie to Kim Kardashian's money-making machine of voluptuous and exquisite vapidity – has denied women their own voice for millennia, demanding instead that they exist and express themselves in a narrow confinement, as reflections of men's power.
UFO Visitor is revolutionary exactly because she is the affirmation of a unique feminine voice. She reveals her herself through her voice as a compassionate, understanding, intelligent, uncompromising being. In a society reeking with the objectification of complicit women, Dingler makes a loud and brave proclamation: a strong and wisdom woman's voice is enough to tip the balance.
Her opinions and accomplishments, not her sex appeal, take the are on charming display in Trieste’s art, be it her strong opposition of the Trans-Pacific Partnership – our most recent sacrificial altar to male capitalism – or the respect in her judgement to lead a fleet of interstellar space ships.
Call 310.418.8467 to contact the artist for more information or to arrange a studio visit."
UFO Visitor is revolutionary exactly because she is the affirmation of a unique feminine voice. She reveals her herself through her voice as a compassionate, understanding, intelligent, uncompromising being. In a society reeking with the objectification of complicit women, Dingler makes a loud and brave proclamation: a strong and wisdom woman's voice is enough to tip the balance.
Her opinions and accomplishments, not her sex appeal, take the are on charming display in Trieste’s art, be it her strong opposition of the Trans-Pacific Partnership – our most recent sacrificial altar to male capitalism – or the respect in her judgement to lead a fleet of interstellar space ships.
Call 310.418.8467 to contact the artist for more information or to arrange a studio visit."
By Riverside Art Museum Staff
Review of One Person Exhibit in the Alcove
APRIL 2 – MAY 30, 2009 RECEPTION: APRIL 25, 2009, 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
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Review of One Person Exhibit in the Alcove
APRIL 2 – MAY 30, 2009 RECEPTION: APRIL 25, 2009, 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
< https://riversideartmuseum.org/exhibits/john-dingler/ >
Originally hailing from the North of Italy, Gianni Trieste finds his inspiration on the streets of Riverside, California. As a graduate of the University of Maryland and UC Irvine, Trieste utilizes his knowledge of art history to create one-of-a-kind hand-created digital artwork, often displayed as shaped canvases. Influenced by sources as diverse as Gothic architecture, Renaissance frescos, and 1960s artists like Frank Stella, Trieste combines classic concepts with contemporary technique. This curious blend of the ordinary and extraordinary yields remarkably unique works of art. Beginning with photographic images of buildings, nature, television, and politics, Dingler utilizes digital technology to then compose thought-provoking assemblages. Trieste’s work draws in audience members with its sometimes graphic mixture of imagery, color, and content.
For this exhibition, Trieste is featuring images from his Odd Shaped Canvases series. These works often begin as sketches, usually small, developed enough to record an idea, then re-manipulated. Some of the visual elements include: a progressive deconstruction of Vermeer’s Geographer; a photograph of the studio floor; a plastic Ionic columns taken from a birthday cake; an acrylic painting of a woman; the black hand, a photo of an artist’s arm. The remaining 2 images on display are states of a process of progressive deconstruction of this original shaped canvas.
For this exhibition, Trieste is featuring images from his Odd Shaped Canvases series. These works often begin as sketches, usually small, developed enough to record an idea, then re-manipulated. Some of the visual elements include: a progressive deconstruction of Vermeer’s Geographer; a photograph of the studio floor; a plastic Ionic columns taken from a birthday cake; an acrylic painting of a woman; the black hand, a photo of an artist’s arm. The remaining 2 images on display are states of a process of progressive deconstruction of this original shaped canvas.
Curated by Peter Erickson, Little Berlin Cooperative Artists Space
2430 CORAL ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125
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2430 CORAL ST. PHILADELPHIA, PA 19125
[email protected], littleberlin.org,
https://www.facebook.com/events/little-berlin/ouroboros/755786031206058/
The artists featured in Little Berlin’s "Ouroboros" create their work in self-referential, cyclical manners.
Gianni Trieste, born in Italy, is a multi-disciplinary artist working in sculpture, painting, installation and video. He is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine. His video collage work, which he calls “moviettes” serve as both art pieces as well as documentation of his own and others’ politics.
Through a breadth of techniques, these artists are compelled to express their personal visions, inner dialogues, theories, and reflections. The artworks in this show were selected because of their defiance of classification or objectives commonly held by academia or the art market. At the same time, the artists do not work in a vacuum. Some have earned MFAs; others have sold works fetching 5-figure price tags. They are exposed to the same cultural experiences as the rest of of us, though they have chosen to delve deeply into artistic creation to explore and comment on the wider world.
The work does not seek to fulfill the strict requirements of an academic thesis, nor does it make attempts at being marketable for prospective buyers. It does not necessarily set out to comment on contemporary social trends, nor does it try to emulate an aesthetic movement. It is artwork created of self-motivation, though not inherently selfish. These are deeply personal visions pursued for deeply personal reasons.
Each work is a unique manifestation of the endless possibilities that can be explored from the depths of the mind. It comes from a place that exists within all of us, where our identities are formed through self-written narratives; thought loops, drawing on memories and dreams; questions and conclusions; decisions and occurrences; theories and observations. Through looking inward, these artists shed light on the basic elements that we all share in being human.
Gianni Trieste, born in Italy, is a multi-disciplinary artist working in sculpture, painting, installation and video. He is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine. His video collage work, which he calls “moviettes” serve as both art pieces as well as documentation of his own and others’ politics.
Through a breadth of techniques, these artists are compelled to express their personal visions, inner dialogues, theories, and reflections. The artworks in this show were selected because of their defiance of classification or objectives commonly held by academia or the art market. At the same time, the artists do not work in a vacuum. Some have earned MFAs; others have sold works fetching 5-figure price tags. They are exposed to the same cultural experiences as the rest of of us, though they have chosen to delve deeply into artistic creation to explore and comment on the wider world.
The work does not seek to fulfill the strict requirements of an academic thesis, nor does it make attempts at being marketable for prospective buyers. It does not necessarily set out to comment on contemporary social trends, nor does it try to emulate an aesthetic movement. It is artwork created of self-motivation, though not inherently selfish. These are deeply personal visions pursued for deeply personal reasons.
Each work is a unique manifestation of the endless possibilities that can be explored from the depths of the mind. It comes from a place that exists within all of us, where our identities are formed through self-written narratives; thought loops, drawing on memories and dreams; questions and conclusions; decisions and occurrences; theories and observations. Through looking inward, these artists shed light on the basic elements that we all share in being human.
Gianni Trieste was born in Italy, and has lived in the United States since his teens, currently producing art from his studio in Riverside, CA USA.
Trieste has investigated contemporary consumerism through several complex works, and was an early visual critic of the Bush administration’s shenanigans, making a series of politically and socially informed art projects. He makes frequent use of transparent materials, producing dazzling, sometimes intimate, partly abstract, texturally rich, narrative works. “And ideal day, for me, is to spend it exploring new ideas, transforming them into tangible objects that have a compelling force.”
He has won several competitions for his unique and creative use of new media. Articles about his art have appeared in domestic and international media, and has exhibited in Europe and Asia. Tri-Star Pictures included four of his shaped canvases in a motion picture. He is on the forefront of artists who put “moviettes” on YouTube and Krackle where he is free to reconstitute his still images in a filmic format to tell new stories. His work can be found by entering “Gianni Trieste” into any search engine.
He has held pedagogical positions in fine art, technology, and art history on the university and community college levels, published related articles, as well as curated and juried art exhibitions.
Trieste attended University of California, Berkeley, received a BA from the University of Maryland, and earned his MFA in fine art from the University of California, Irvine.
Gianni Trieste’s personal website is <http://giannitrieste.weebly.com/>; he can be emailed [email protected]>, or called
(951-787-1881) for appointments to discuss upcoming projects and to schedule studio visits.
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Trieste has investigated contemporary consumerism through several complex works, and was an early visual critic of the Bush administration’s shenanigans, making a series of politically and socially informed art projects. He makes frequent use of transparent materials, producing dazzling, sometimes intimate, partly abstract, texturally rich, narrative works. “And ideal day, for me, is to spend it exploring new ideas, transforming them into tangible objects that have a compelling force.”
He has won several competitions for his unique and creative use of new media. Articles about his art have appeared in domestic and international media, and has exhibited in Europe and Asia. Tri-Star Pictures included four of his shaped canvases in a motion picture. He is on the forefront of artists who put “moviettes” on YouTube and Krackle where he is free to reconstitute his still images in a filmic format to tell new stories. His work can be found by entering “Gianni Trieste” into any search engine.
He has held pedagogical positions in fine art, technology, and art history on the university and community college levels, published related articles, as well as curated and juried art exhibitions.
Trieste attended University of California, Berkeley, received a BA from the University of Maryland, and earned his MFA in fine art from the University of California, Irvine.
Gianni Trieste’s personal website is <http://giannitrieste.weebly.com/>; he can be emailed [email protected]>, or called
(951-787-1881) for appointments to discuss upcoming projects and to schedule studio visits.
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