John Mascaro is a painter

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 and self taught architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

 working between New York and Paris.

Mascaro graduated with an MFA from the Slade School of Art in 2004. In 2008 he co-founded Mut-Architecture with Eleonore Morand. Mut's projects blur the division between painting and architecture, as seen most specifically in their "Restaurant 51" project at the [Cinémathèque Française] in Paris, France, and the "South Bronx Igloo project" in which a large cardboard igloo was fabricated atop a roof in the South Bronx section of New York.

Mascaro's paintings and structural experiments have been exhibited at Haven Arts

Haven Arts

Haven Arts is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2004 by philanthropist Barry Kostrinsky in the Mott Haven area of the South Bronx in New York City...

in the South Bronx, New York.

External links

• The artist's website (mut-architecture.com).
• http://www.domusweb.it/architecture/article.cfm?id=192759
• http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/9/view/6440/mut-architecture-restaurant-51-at-cinematheque-francaise-paris.html
• http://www.framemag.com/index.php?module=news/556