Mixed Media

Painting

Archived Work

Contact Information

306 Harrison Avenue
Collingswood NJ 08108

Studio Address:
823 Carpenter Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
tel: 215-880-5226
tel: 856-858-5603
e-mail: dpoacelli@gmail.com
www.poacellifineart.com
www.absolutearts.com
www.artslant.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

My general artist statement begins by saying
“Relationships are never easy . . . especially those between color, shape, texture, space and tension.” No matter what the materials these relationships apply. The works in metal are created using aluminum printing press plates that I sand, cut and adhere to wood panels. Basically they are about energy – creative, biological, emotional and sexual. They are abstract pieces with emotionalized titles such as Adult Swim, Herd Mentality or Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object – all in an effort to make the viewer “see” them again after the initial site and hopefully understand them through the use of metaphor and satire. Many of the metal pieces are almost interactive. As the viewer moves the pieces change according to the play of light on the aluminum fragments..

Awards and Honors

2011
2011 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Painting

Collections

Bank of America, Wilmington, DE

Jenkins and Martin L.L.P., Beaumont, TX

SAP Software Corporation collection, Germany

“Global Focus” collection, Beijing, China

Morgan Lewis Legal Firm, Princeton, NJ

State of New Jersey

Many private, national and international collections

Commissions

Two posters for Fleisher Art Memorial
(Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Section of Aids Quilt for Names Project

Design of Collingswood Centenial History Book

Four calendars for Borough of Collingswood

Design of T-Shirt for Rutgers University

Publications

QBix Gallery Publication, September 2006 Issue

New Art International 2001 – 2002, Book Art Press, Woodstock, NY

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

Color on the Edge, Dalet Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Mixed Metaphors, RoCa Gallery, Harve de Grace, MD

2008
Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ

2006
Esquire Deposition, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

2005
Balance Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Hypno Gallery, Moorestown NJ

1996
Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA

1994
Pavilion Gallery, Burlington, NJ

Two-Person

2011
Resonance and Reflections, AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010
Fabricated Stories, AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004
Opposites Attract, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Invitational, with Dallas Piotrowski

1997
Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Group

2011
Fall Art Exhibit, Gloucester County College, Deptford, NJ

REAL Abstract, Hopkins House Gallery of Contemporary Art, Collingswood, NJ

Art in the Open Exhibition, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

Art in the Open, Philadelphia, PA

Fine Art Sale, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

2010
Southern New Jersey Artists Redux, Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Indigo Gallery, Charleston, SC

the Architect Show, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Metamorphoses, Dalet Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008
The Green Exhibit, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

2007
Room 414, Westin Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Sponsored by uwishunu
Curators: Eileen Tognini and RJ Thornburg

2006
Bahdeebahdu, Philadelphia, PA
Invitational

The Pressed Image, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Art in The Garden, Hawk Mountain, PA
Juried Exhibition

Gallery RoCa, Havre de Grace, MD

QBix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Anniversary Exhibit, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Works on Paper, Perkin’s Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Jurors Award

Q-Bix Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

International Art Competion, Agora Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Opposites Attract, Perkin’s Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Invitational

Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA

Works on Paper, Perkin’s Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Jurors Award

Living With Art, Main Line Arts Center, Haverford PA

2003
Works on Paper Exhibitions (October and April), Perkins Center fort the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
Juror’s Award

Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Juried Exhibition

2002
Non-objective Painting and Sculpture, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Works on Paper, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Absence of Color, Art Forms Gallery, Manayunk, PA
Juried Exhibition

2001
Apropo, 7th Annual Invitational, Lambertville, NJ

8 Women, Inliquid at DiPalma, Philadelphia, PA

Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ

Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA

Richards Gallery, Englewood, NJ

2000
Fleisher Challenge, Philadelphia, PA

Ken-Tem-pe-rer-e, Lambertville invitational, Lambertville, NJ

1999
Agora Gallery, New York, NY

Viridian Gallery, New York, NY

Domestic Spaces, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

Pavilion Gallery, Burlington, NJ