STATEMENT

My work concerns the passage and containment of information inside and outside of drawn margins. I investigate map like shapes and divisions imbued with collective history and complex differences. Surrounding the interior shapes and exterior shape is the distinctive use of line. Coarsely, well-defined or partially drawn lines measure distance and direction over elapsed time. The movement of lines separating open color fields defines edges and borders with natural limitations and formal restrictions. The arrangement of shapes coalesces to clarify the structure of the drawings while marks add vibrancy and variety to my abstracted subject matter.

BIO

With an undergraduate degree from Penn State, Frank D’Astolfo began a rewarding graphic design career. Later, he earned a graduate degree from University of Pittsburgh. While maintaining an award winning design practice, he exhibited art and taught part time in Pittsburgh. When he moved to NYC, accepted a teaching position at Tyler School of Art and established a design office, his art making stalled. Following Tyler, he started a design program at Rutgers University eventually becoming Professor Emeritus. During a sabbatical, he and his wife lived in Morocco where art making began again. He exhibits widely and lives in Woodstock, NY.