gary passanise works fluidly in a wide variety of mediums. Emphasis is always placed on relevant conceptual content and a medium is chosen to best articulate concepts, contextual meaning and parameters for site-specific installations.
his work simultaneously follows a continuous chronological reinvention based on curious historic moments and personal evolutions that inform and direct HIs Paintings, constructions and Sculpture.
CoNTACT
GARYPASSANISE@HOTMAIL.COM
INSTAGRAM: @garypassanise
314.780.6364
AWARDS
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MAAA
POLLACK KRASNER FOUNDATION, NEW YORK CITY
CREATIVE ARTIST PROJECT, MISSOURI ARTS COUNCIL
FORD FOUNDATION AWARD FOR PAINTING
SVERDRUP TRAVEL SCHOLAR
ARPA FOR THE ARTS REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION
ARTIST SUPPORT GRANT, REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION
EXHIBITIONS **DENOTES SOLO EXHIBITION
2024-2025
DIARY OF CONSEQUENCE, CONSTRUCTIONS, SAINT LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY**
LA’AVENTURA, PAINTINGS, HEIDMAN ART SALON, CROSSROADS, KANSAS CITY, MO
A HISTORY OF GEOGRAPHY, WORKS ON PAPER, L’ATELIER AU 774, FLORIMONT-GAUMEIER, FRANCE**
LENS, SULLIVAN ROOM WINDOWS, CITY MUSEUM, SAINT LOUIS**
BUGABOO: OBJECT OF FEAR, HOFFMAN LACHANCE CONTEMPORARY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2021-2023
SUMMER OF FIRE, HOFFMAN LACHANCE CONTEMPORARY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
WORK IN PROGRESS, FRENCH CURVE GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
SAATCHI ART FAIR, INVITATIONAL, CHICAGO, IL
BLUEPRINT, MACKLIND APPLIANCE, SAINT LOUIS, MO
SAATCHI ART FAIR BROOKLYN, INVITATIONAL, BROOKLYN EXPO, GREENPOINT, NY
BILINGUAL: ABSTRACT & FIGURATIVE, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
ROUGE/RED, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2020
OVERVIEW 2020, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
ART IS ACTION, CURATOR ROSEANN WEISS, VIRTUAL EXHIBIT & AUCTION TO BENEFIT BREAD & ROSES OF MISSOURI, ARCADE CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2019
SMALL WORLDS, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
ART IS LABOR, SCULPTURE AND ASSEMBLAGE, CURATOR DAIL CHAMBERS, ARCADE CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2018
TWENTY-SEVEN NIGHTS, SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND PRINTS, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
HEAVY, SCULPTURE, MACKLIND APPLIANCE, SCULPTURE, SAINT LOUIS, MO
OVERVIEW 2018, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2017
DRAWING FROM THE COLLECTION, FORTY YEARS AT LAUMEIER, LAUMEIER INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE PARK, SAINT LOUIS, MO
NEW PAINTINGS AND PRINTS, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
2016
SELECTED PAINTINGS 1996-2016, ARCADE CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECTS, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
GROUP EXHIBIT: GALLERY ARTISTS, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2015
VOLUME I, PAPER WORKS, SCHEMA PROJECTS, BROOKLYN, NY
40 AT 100, CECILLE R. HUNT GALLERY, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
ALL FORMALITIES ASIDE, RUTH REESE GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
NEW PAINTINGS, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
2014
TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ST. LOUIS, SAINT LOUIS, MO
INTERNATIONAL PAINTING ANNUAL IV, MANIFEST GALLERY, CINCINNATI, OH.
2013
NEW SCULPTURE, STERN STUDIO, VIENNA, AUSTRIA**
BLUE, WHITE, RED, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY SAINT LOUIS, MO
HORROR VACUII, NEW PAINTINGS: GARY PASSANISE & SHANE SIMMONS, THE MX EXCHANGE, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2012
CONSTRUCTIONS, SPACE B, NEW YORK CITY **
SURVEY-FIFTEEN YEARS OF PAINTING, THE EVERBANK GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
RECENT PAINTINGS, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
CONTEMPLATING LIMITS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS GALLERY, DENTON, TEXAS
TENTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, DAUM MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, SEDALIA MO
PAPER, CURATOR AHZAD BOGOSIAN, REGIONAL ARTS COMMISSION, SAINT LOUIS, MO
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS RESPOND TO ART HISTORY, EDWARDSVILLE ARTS CENTER, IL
2011-2010
LEGENDS OF WARCRAFT, MULI-MEDIA VIDEO INSTALLATION, SOHA GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS**
CURRENT PAINTINGS, INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITION, EDWARDSVILLE ART CENTER, IL
THE SKY IS NO LONGER THE LIMIT, BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBIT OF GALLERY ARTIST, THOMAS MASTERS GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
INVITATIONAL GROUP EXHIBIT, MIXED MEDIA INSTALLATION, MAD ART GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS
2009
DIARY OF CONSEQUENCE, SNOWFLAKE CITYSTOCK, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
15TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, THOMAS MASTERS GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
ALUMNI INVITATIONAL, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, EDWARDSVILLE, IL
WORKS ON PAPER, WILLIAM SHEARBURN GALLERY, SANTA FE, NM
2008-2007
NO-STRUCTURE-NEW SCULPTURE, METROPOLITAN GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
SIXTEEN ON 21, METROPOLITAN GALLERY, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY FACULTY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
THE COLUMBIA INVITATIONAL, COLUMBIA ART LEAGUE, COLUMBIA, MO
EAST/WEST-PAINTING ILLINOIS/MISSOURI, EDWARDSVILLE CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EDWARDSVILLE, IL
NEW PAINTINGS, SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART, KANSAS CITY, MO**
ST. LOUIS PAINTERS, DAUM MUSEUM, SEDALIA, MO
2006-2005
ABSTRACTION IN THE HEARTLAND, DAUM MUSEUM, SEDALIA, MO
NEW PAINTINGS, WILLIAM SHEARBURN GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS**
NEW SCULPTURE-ELEMENTS OF SCALE, ART AND ARTISTS, WASHINGTON DC & WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, BARNES JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER, OUTDOOR SITE, SAINT LOUIS, MO
2004-2003
WHITE GIRL, PROJECT SERIES, INSTALLATION CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM SAINT LOUIS**
PM PROJECT, PHATORY LLC, NEW YORK CITY**
EAST VILLAGE HOWL FEST, GROUP INVITATIONAL, NEW YORK CITY
2002-2001
LAUMEIER ACQUISITIONS 1997-2000, LAUMEIER INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE PARK, SAINT LOUIS, MO
GRADO SEQUENCE, MIXED MEDIA VIDEO INSTALLATION, LEATHER TRADES GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
SPRING EXPOSITION, JOSEPH SILVESTRO GALLERY CATALOGUE RESONAE, BROOKLYN, NY
NEW SCULPTURE & PAINTINGS, STEIN GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
2000-1998
HEARTLAND, INSTALLATION, HENDRON GALLERY LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
KURSK, MIXED MEDIA INSTALLATION, CROWE T. BROOKS GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO
THE FIRST FIVE YEARS, MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ART, SLU, SAINT LOUIS, MO
INFORM V, LEMP GALLERY SAINT LOUIS, MO
1997-1996
GROUP INVITATIONAL, MMC GALLERY, MARYMOUNT COLLEGE, NEW YORK CITY
CITY SERIES, CEDAR RAPIDS MUSEUM OF ART, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
NEW PAINTINGS & SCULPTURE, MOSSA CENTER, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
MILLENNIUM, THOMAS K. LANG GALLERY, VIENNA, AUSTRIA**
LIGHT & COLOR, JEFFREY COPLOFF FINE ART, NEW YORK CITY
AMERICAN PAINTERS, CENTRAL ACADEMY OF ART, BEIJING, CHINA
WAX STRUCTURES, PHILLIP STEIN GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
1995-1994
CONSTRUCTIONS, LEDISFLAM, NEW YORK CITY**
NEW PAINTINGS & PRINTS, CSK GALLERY DENVER, CO **
RESONANT LIGHT, SCULPTURE AND MONOPRINTS, LAUMEIER INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE PARK, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
RECENT CONSTRUCTIONS AND PAINTINGS, LEDISFLAM, NEW YORK CITY**
CONSCIENCE OF THE RECTANGLE, STEIN GALLERY, PAINTINGS & SCULPTURAL INSTALLATION, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
NEW SCULPTURE, NEW HARMONY GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, NEW HARMONY, IN**
1993-1991
CONSTRUCTIONS, LEDISFLAM, NEW YORK CITY**
NATIONAL PAINTING INVITATIONAL, EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, EVANSVILLE, IN
MATERIAL, DESON SAUNDERS GALLERY, CHICAGO, IL
SCULPTURE, ELLIOT SMITH GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
GROUP INVITATIONAL, ROSA ESMAN GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY FACULTY, BALLARAT UNIVERSITY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
CONTEMPORARY SCULPTORS, LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY, SAINT CHARLES, MO
EMERGING ARTISTS, ALBRIGHT KNOX MUSEUM, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
GROUP INVITATIONAL, ROBERT MORRISON GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY
NEW WORK, ELLIOT SMITH GALLERY, SAINT LOUIS, MO**
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
STUTTGART MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, GERMANY
CENTRAL ACADEMY OF ART, BEIJING, CHINA
SAINT LOUIS ART MUSEUM
LAUMEIER INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE PARK
ALBRIGHT KNOX MUSEUM, BUFFALO, NEW YORK
SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUM, SPRINGFIELD, MO
CLEVELAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
MITCHELL MUSEUM
PULITZER PUBLISHING MERCANTILE TRUST
OLNEY CENTRAL COLLEGE
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
OWENSBORO MUSEUM OF FINE ART
WEBSTER UNIVERSITY SAINT LOUIS & VIENNA, AUSTRIA
EMERSON ELECTRIC
RANKEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE
WELLS FARGO
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
ST. LOUIS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
GENERAL STEEL
HISTORIC RESTORATION
MAY COMPANIES
ANHEUSER BUSCH
AMERICAN AIRLINES
AT&T
A G EDWARDS
RENAISSANCE GRAND HOTEL
DAUM MUSEUM, SEDALIA, MO
PEABODY ENERGY
US BANK
NEW HARMONY GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
THE CURRENT HOTEL, DAVENPORT, IA
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
PROFESSOR EMERITUS, DEPARTMENT OF ART, DESIGN & ART HISTORY,
LEIGH GERDINE COLLEGE OF ART, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY, SAINT LOUIS, MO AND VIENNA, AUSTRIA FOUNDER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE SANTO FOUNDATION, 2004-2021
EDUCATION
MFA PAINTING/DRAWING, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE, 1981
BFA PAINTING/DRAWING, WEBSTER UNIVERSITY SAINT LOUIS, 1977