Discipline: Visual Art

Andrew Castrucci

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1994

Andrew Castrucci, a.k.a. Italo Zamboni, has lived and worked on the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1984. His work encompasses visual art and activism. His solo exhibitions include at Bullet Space (1990, 1996, 2001, 2002), an abandoned tenement building he helped convert into a liveable (and eventually legal) space; “Works” at Tribes, New York (2002); and “Empire State” at Generous Miracles, New York (2001). His group exhibitions include “American Visions” at the Whitney Museum (2000). Castrucci has produced a number of pieces of film and video and edited books. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Brooklyn Museum in New York; the Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA; and the Getty Center Library, CA, among many others. He has received awards, grants, or fellowships from the Andy Warhol Foundation, Art Matters, North Star Foundation, Artist’s Space, and Yaddo.

Studios

Alexander

Andrew Castrucci worked in the Alexander studio.

Originally designed to be a visual art gallery, this facility was built in memory of the late John White Alexander (1856-1915) and funded by Elizabeth Alexander and their son James. John White Alexander was highly regarded as a portrait painter and, in the early part of the 20th century, served…

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