Summary
Working from observation, Tony Serio turns his focus to the urban landscape and Hudson River in Northern Manhattan. Using palette knife and brushes, he explores the terrain and architecture with a richly built up paint surface full of light and atmospheric color observed in the moment.
Serio studied at Yale School of Art and Maryland Institute College of Art. Solo shows at the Bowery Gallery and other New York venues. Group shows include: Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA; The Drawing Center, NY; The Babcock Gallery, NY and The Hopper House, Nyack, NY. Awards include: Alice B. Kimball Grant for traveling in Italy, Yale University; Drawing Center Show Award and NoMAA (Northern Manhattan Arts Association) Grants in 2008 and 2011 to paint a series of Hudson River Greenway landscapes. Collections include Donald and Allison Innes, Columbia University and various other private collectors
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003-2023 (8 Exhibitions)
Bowery Gallery, NYC
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Romano Gallery, Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ
Cityscapes and Hudson River Greenway Landscapes
2011
Rio Gallery, New York City
Solo Exhibition, Hudson River Greenway Landscapes
2009
Miss Porters School, Gilbert Gallery Farmington, CT
Cityscapes and Landscapes
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion Columbia University, NYC
Views of Northern Manhattan
2008
Boricua College, NYC
Views of Northern Manhattan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Students of Raoul: That '70s Show, Baltimore, MD
Raoul Middleman Studio Museum in Baltimore
2026
Blue Mountain Gallery, NYC
2026 Winter Juried Exhibition, Alix Bailey, Juror
2024, 2025, 2026
Prince Street Gallery, NYC
Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors, Annual Exhibit
2023
Bowery Gallery, NYC
Uptown Painting, Two-person show with Tony Serio and Michael Louis Johnson
2022
Westbeth Gallery, NYC
Light of Day: The Language of Landscape
2019
Zeuxis, NYC
In The Neighborhood
2014
Westbeth Gallery, NYC
City as Subject, curated by Xico Greenwald
2013
NoMAA Gallery, NYC
Art on Site: Northern Manhattan Artists Explore the Landscape
2012
NoMAA Gallery, NYC
Northern Manhattan as Muse
2009
Edward Hopper House Center, Nyack, NY
Top to Bottom: A Hudson River Arts Map Installation, curated by William Hochhausen
2002
The Drawing Center, NYC
25th Anniversary Selections Exhibition
1999
First Street Gallery, NYC
National Competition, Juried by Graham Nickson
1991
The Babcock Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, Particular Places curated by Bernard Chaet
1987
The Drawing Center, NYC
Selections Exhibition
1985
Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
New Talent Show
EDUCATION
1985
Yale University School of Art New Haven, CT
M.F.A. in Painting/Printmaking
1978
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD
B.F.A. in Painting
Lecture and Teaching
2025
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
Lead an onsite drawing workshop, reviewed senior projects and gave a presentation of my work.
2023
Painting Perceptions
Interviewed by Larry Groff for his online series of artist interviews.
2023
Bowery Gallery, NYC
Participated in a conversation with Michael Johnson on our two-person show.
2010
Knox College, Galesburg, IL
Participated in a group review of a student’s senior project in landscape painting.
AWARDS
2012
MTA–Artists Unite, Subway Elevator Poster Project
2008, 2011
NoMAA Individual Artist Grant
1987
Drawing Center Cash Award
1985
Alice B. Kimball Traveling Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT