John Descarfino received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and his MFA from Hunter College of The City University of New York. He had numerous solo exhibitions at the Lucas Schoormans Gallery in New York City and was included in group exhibitions at the McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; Blum and Poe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Galeria Espacio 48, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the Berkshire Museum; the Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center; and the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM, among others.

A Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation NYC 2019 fall visual grant has been awarded to John Descarfino to help with the future installation of his project “Interlayer” in NYC.

John’s surroundings inform his paintings. In ways literal and metaphorical, they become them. For John, painting is a practice spirited by a sense of discovery and mystery, and by an urge to find harmony between himself and the world. Arranging colored pigments on a surface is a revelation of oneself, of an interiority invoking the emotional resonance of experience. 

John’s paintings are included in several public collections including the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebaek, Denmark; JP Morgan Chase; and The Capital Group, Los Angeles. He received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, The City University of New York Research Foundation; and Faculty Development Leaves from Parsons School of Design as well as The City University of New York. He is currently a Professor of Painting and Drawing at Kingsborough Community College of the City University of New York.

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