Exhibitions
SOLO
“Taking Stock” 1 Rockwell Place, Brooklyn, NY Virtual Exhibition, 2021
“Magickland Italian Landscapes” La Porta Gallery, Buonconvento, Italy Virtual Exhibition December 2020 “Dialogues” 1 Rockwell Place, Brooklyn NY Virtual Exhibition June 2020 “Binario” St. Stephen’s Cultural Center Rome, Italy November 2018 Beaux Arts Gallery, Siena June 2016 Comune di Castel S. Elia, Italy September 2015
Outside In: from Nature to Studio St. Stephen’s Cultural Center Rome, Italy September 2010
La Porta Gallery, Buonconvento, Italy September 2009
Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York June-July 2008
“Open Air Painting from Italy, a Continuing Tradition” Museum of Arts & Sciences, Macon, GA January – March 2008
“Segni in Natura” Palazzo Glorione, Buonconvento, Italy September 2005
Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York July 2004
Appleton Gallery, New York April 2003
Ville de Claviers, Claviers, France August 2002
“Double Vision” Synagogue for the Arts, New York January 2001
“Landscapes in Passing” Synagogue for the Arts, New York January 1999
GROUP
Summer Juried Exhibition New York Academy of Art 2021 “Through Foreign Eyes: Civita Castellana by Artists Past and Present” Civita Castellana, Italy October 2012 Curator and Artist
Hand works Gallery “Italy on My Mind” Bluehill, ME September 2008
Sanford Smith’s “Works on Paper” Park Avenue Armory, New York February-March 2008 featured artist “Celebrating Women in the Arts” Phyllis Lucas Gallery
“Ever Changing Visions of the Real” Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York July 2007
Lyme Art Association, CT 2007
Ratio Gallery Bellport, New York June 2005
The Salmagundi Club 27th Annual Juried Exhibition June 2004
Philadelphia Sketch Club 141st Exhibit of Small Oil Paintings March 2004
Sagra della Val D’Arbia, Buonconvento, Italy September 2003, 2004
Amos Eno Gallery, New York “Small Works Exhibition” August 1999
Philip Pearlstein (juror) NY Academy – September 1998
New York Academy of Art – January 1997
Take Home a Nude Auction – New York Academy of Art June 1995
J. Javitts Federal Plaza, New York April 1995
Arena Esedra, Rome, Italy May through August 1992
Re di Roma, Rome, Italy April 1992
Publications/Commentary
“House Painting, Ancient Roman Style” NYCitywoman.com April 2022 Maddine Insalaco
“The Art of Becoming a Landscape Painter” NYCitywoman.com January 2022 Maddine Insalaco “John Robert Cozens, the Sublime and Civita Castellana: A New Discovery” The British Art Journal Volume XIX, No. 3 Spring 2019 Maddine Insalaco “Transparency, refraction and reflections” The Artist UK February 2019 pp.52-55 Maddine Insalaco
“Sites Specific” Fine Art Connoisseur March/April 2017
“Historic Painting Itineraries of Civita Castellana 1700 – 1850” Comune of Civita Castellana, Italy content for digital app and map of historic artists’ motifs February 2017 Maddine Insalaco and Joseph Vinson
“Talking Shop with Maddine Insalaco” Linea 2015 The Art Students League of New York
“Through Foreign Eyes: Con gli occhi degli artisti stranieri a Civita Castellana” Museo del Agro Falisco Forte Sangallo, Civita Castellana Exhibition catalogue essay October 2012 Maddine Insalaco and Joseph Vinson (Curators)
“A Streamlined Method for Quick, Deliberate Outdoor Painting” American Artist Plein Air Magazine September 2011 Maddine Insalaco
“Lost Icons of the Past: Following Historic Painting Itineraries in Modern Italy” American Artist – Workshop with the Masters Summer 2011
“Viewpoint: the Effects of Government, a 14th century Tuscan perspective” Baltimore Sun November 2008 Maddine Insalaco
“Maddine Insalaco Painting Under the Tuscan Sun” The Boulevard June-July 2008
“Maddine Insalaco and Joe Vinson: A Progressive Approach to Improving Landscape Paintings” American Artist Workshop Spring 2008
“Open Air Painting from Italy, A Continuing Tradition” Museum of Arts and Sciences Macon, Gallery Guide January 2008
“Leon Cogniet’s Torre delle Milizie: A Case of Mistaken Identity”, Musee des Beaux-Arts d’Orleans, France 2006
“On the Masters Trail: Investigating the Origins of Open-Air Painting” Plein Air Magazine January 2005
“Open Air Painting in Italy” The Cultured Traveler August 2004
“Sun Strokes” Art and Antiques Summer 2002
“One Artist’s Way” Healthy Living January/February 2000
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Awards and Grants
Robert M. MacNamara Foundation Residency February 2007 Westport Island, ME
Ucross Foundation Residency March 2006 Clearmont, WY
The Salmagundi Club 27th Annual Juried Exhibition President’s Award June 2004
Lectures
“Open Air Painting:Italian Origins, Tradition, Relevance” Zoom Presentation June 2021
“Open Air Painting: Italian Origins and Modern Implications”
St. Stephen’s Cultural Foundation, Rome May 2010
Boston University Fine Art Department April 2009
Palm Springs Museum of Art, CA March 2009
National Academy of Design, New York March 2008
Lyme Art Association Lyme, CT March 2008
Mercer University, Macon, GA January 2008
“The Italian Origins of Open Air Painting- Tradition Revisited”
Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY March 2006
National Academy of Design, New York March 2002
School of Visual Arts, New York February 2002
Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York December 2001
Education
The New York Academy of Art New York: M.F.A. 1996
La Scuola delle Arti Ornamentali Rome, Italy: Certificate in Painting 1992
Columbia University School of International Affairs, New York: M.A. International Affairs – 1982. Specialization in International Finance.
Honors: International Fellow 1981-82, Herbert H. Lehman Graduate Fellowship in International Affairs 1980
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA B.A. International Relations – 1979