Tony Juliano
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Tony Juliano (born February 7, 1975) is a satirist painter
in Orange, Connecticut
and is affiliated with the international art movement
Stuckism
.
from the Paier College of Art
in Hamden, Connecticut
in 1997.
In 2001, he exhibited at the Rx: Comic Relief show held at John Slade Ely House in New Haven, Connecticut
with other exhibiting artists Chris Capezzone, Bob Hepner, Rita Valley and Bill Saunders.
In 2003, Juliano founded Agoo Art, a free-lance fine art limited liability company. He was commissioned to paint murals for The Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut
and at Stew Leonard's Haunted Farm in Norwalk, Connecticut
and the Hamden Connecticut Public Library.
Juliano exhibited at CBGB
gallery called CB’s 313 Gallery in New York City
with Attaboy, KRK Ryden
, Patrick Williams, Naoto Hattori and Porkchop during the "Happily Deranged" show.
In 2004, Juliano was awarded the Business New Haven Rising Star Award for his accoplishments.
Juliano was included as one of the US representatives in the Stuckists' first national gallery show, The Stuckists Punk Victorian
, which was held at the Walker Art Gallery
in Liverpool
during the Liverpool Biennial
.
In 2006, Art that Brings Meaning to your Life at Hygienic Art Gallery, showcased Juliano’s paintings as well as Aidan Moran, Kim Mikenis and David Marshall.
In 2007, Juliano curated an art and music exhibition at The NEST Art Lofts in Bridgeport, Connecticut
where Juliano had the CT Roller Derby
girls serve refreshments on their roller skates
.
Juliano also teaches art at the Music and Arts Center for Humanity in Bridgeport, Connecticut
and the 21st century in Orange, Connecticut
.
Tony Juliano's artwork has been in magazines and books such as Direct Art, Juxtapoz, ISM quarterly, Art Buzz, and The Book of SPAM.
In 2007, Juliano started producing, Forgot to Laugh: Sideshow and Animation Festival. A combination of live vaudeville
performances that include fire acts, world ranked yo-yo performers, magicians, contortionists, burlesque, and other acts. Also animated shorts from Bill Plympton
, Spike and Mike, Aardman Animations
, and Happy Tree Friends
.
thrilled that he was lending his unique vision to creating
an actual comic book! Despite starting a Comic Art
museum, I may not know too much about Art, but I know
what I like. Now you can experience Tony's comic book
for yourself. And that's no 'Baloney'!"
- Lawrence Klein
Chairman of the MoCCA
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
“Juliano's work is accessible, widely-appealing, and often damn funny, but also contains undercurrents of more serious thought. But not too serious - after all, this guy named his pet Commander Hamster.”
- Nick Scalia
PLAY Magazine
"Off the Wall / On the Wall" March 13 - April 26, 2008
"Pot Shots at Hot Shots" March 8 - April 12, 2008
"Comic Show" March 24 - April 25, 2007
"Paper Cuts" July 30 - August 13, 2006
“Number 2” April 7 - May 6, 2006
“Art that Brings Meaning to your Life” December 31, 2005 - January 21, 2006
"PAINTING IS THE MEDIUM OF YESTERDAY" September 23 - October 5, 2006
“Tater Tot Farmers” April 1–14, 2005
“Addressing the Shadow and making Friends with Wild Dogs: Remondernism”
August 2–29, 2005
“The Stuckist Punk Victorian” September 18, 2004 - February 20, 2005
“Reference to the Masters” August 12 - September 19, 2004
“Emerging Artists Exhibit” February 4–21, 2004
“3 Miserable Bastards!” January 7 - February 20, 2004
Part of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven
“Cold” November 14 - December 21, 2003
“Body Art” August 1–31, 2003
“Reference to the Masters” July 3–27, 2003
“Figure it Out” May 2 - June 1, 2003
“Happily Deranged” April 1–26, 2003
“War on Bush” March 21 - April 25, 2003
“We Just Wanna Show Some F***in’ Paintings” September 9 - October 7, 2002
“Passionate Portraits” August 1–31, 2002
“The First Stuckist International” July 26 - October 6, 2002
“Playing with Matches” February 1–14, 2002
“Rx: Comic Relief” October 14 - December 16, 2001
“Taking Out the Trash” January 14 - February 15, 2001
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...
in Orange, Connecticut
Orange, Connecticut
Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,233 at the 2000 census. A 2007 Census Bureau estimate puts the population at 13,813. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen.-History:...
and is affiliated with the international art movement
Art movement
An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal, followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time, or, at least, with the heyday of the movement defined within a number of years...
Stuckism
Stuckism
Stuckism is an international art movement founded in 1999 by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art...
.
Life and work
Tony Juliano was born in 1975. He received a BFABachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...
from the Paier College of Art
Paier College of Art
The Paier College of Art is a private 4-year art school in Hamden, Connecticut, on the outskirts of the greater New Haven area. Formerly the Paier School of Art, the institution's current name and form date from 1982 when it received a charter and accreditation for offering a 4-year Bachelor of...
in Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town's nickname is "The Land of the Sleeping Giant." Hamden is home to Quinnipiac University. The population was 58,180 according to the Census Bureau's 2005 estimates...
in 1997.
In 2001, he exhibited at the Rx: Comic Relief show held at John Slade Ely House in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
with other exhibiting artists Chris Capezzone, Bob Hepner, Rita Valley and Bill Saunders.
In 2003, Juliano founded Agoo Art, a free-lance fine art limited liability company. He was commissioned to paint murals for The Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
and at Stew Leonard's Haunted Farm in Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk, Connecticut
Norwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...
and the Hamden Connecticut Public Library.
Juliano exhibited at CBGB
CBGB
CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
gallery called CB’s 313 Gallery in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
with Attaboy, KRK Ryden
KRK Ryden
KRK Ryden is an American visual artist.-Work:Ryden's surrealistic art style is reflective of his taste in cartoons and pulp art. His work is described as "colorful and visually appealing reflections on discarded icons".-Life:...
, Patrick Williams, Naoto Hattori and Porkchop during the "Happily Deranged" show.
In 2004, Juliano was awarded the Business New Haven Rising Star Award for his accoplishments.
Juliano was included as one of the US representatives in the Stuckists' first national gallery show, The Stuckists Punk Victorian
The Stuckists Punk Victorian
The Stuckists Punk Victorian was the first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art. It was held at the Walker Art Gallery and Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool from 18 September 2004 to 20 February 2005, and was part of the 2004 Liverpool Biennial....
, which was held at the Walker Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery
The Walker Art Gallery is an art gallery in Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England, outside of London. It is part of the National Museums Liverpool group, and is promoted as "the National Gallery of the North" because it is not a local or regional gallery but is part...
in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
during the Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Biennial is a British international festival of contemporary art held in Liverpool. The festival comprises the International Exhibition, the John Moores Painting Prize, the Bloomberg New Contemporaries Exhibition and the Independents Biennial....
.
In 2006, Art that Brings Meaning to your Life at Hygienic Art Gallery, showcased Juliano’s paintings as well as Aidan Moran, Kim Mikenis and David Marshall.
In 2007, Juliano curated an art and music exhibition at The NEST Art Lofts in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
where Juliano had the CT Roller Derby
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
girls serve refreshments on their roller skates
Roller skates
Roller skates are devices worn on the feet to enable the wearer to roll along on wheels. A first basic type of roller skate consists of a boot with four wheels with ball bearings, arranged in the same configuration as the wheels of a typical car.-History:...
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Juliano also teaches art at the Music and Arts Center for Humanity in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
and the 21st century in Orange, Connecticut
Orange, Connecticut
Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,233 at the 2000 census. A 2007 Census Bureau estimate puts the population at 13,813. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen.-History:...
.
Tony Juliano's artwork has been in magazines and books such as Direct Art, Juxtapoz, ISM quarterly, Art Buzz, and The Book of SPAM.
In 2007, Juliano started producing, Forgot to Laugh: Sideshow and Animation Festival. A combination of live vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
performances that include fire acts, world ranked yo-yo performers, magicians, contortionists, burlesque, and other acts. Also animated shorts from Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton
William "Bill" Calvin Plympton is an American animator, former cartoonist, director, screenwriter and producer best known for his 1987 Academy Award-nominated animated short Your Face. and his series of shorts Guard Dog, Guide Dog, Hot Dog and Horn Dog.- Biography :Bill Plympton was born in...
, Spike and Mike, Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...
, and Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends is an American Flash cartoon and made by Mondo Mini Shows, created and developed by Aubrey Ankrum Rhode Montijo Kenn Navarro and Warren Graff. The show has become a popular Internet phenomenon and it's since debut and has also won a cult following.As indicated on the official...
.
Quotes
"I love Tony "Baloney" Juliano's paintings, and wasthrilled that he was lending his unique vision to creating
an actual comic book! Despite starting a Comic Art
museum, I may not know too much about Art, but I know
what I like. Now you can experience Tony's comic book
for yourself. And that's no 'Baloney'!"
- Lawrence Klein
Chairman of the MoCCA
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is an American not-for-profit arts organization devoted to the production and history of comic books, comic strips and other forms of cartoon art. Located at 594 Broadway in New York City, MoCCA was founded by Lawrence Klein in October 2001.In 2007, MoCCA hired...
“Juliano's work is accessible, widely-appealing, and often damn funny, but also contains undercurrents of more serious thought. But not too serious - after all, this guy named his pet Commander Hamster.”
- Nick Scalia
PLAY Magazine
Past exhibitions
- City Lights Gallery" - Bridgeport, CT. (group exhibit)
"Off the Wall / On the Wall" March 13 - April 26, 2008
- 3rd Rail Studios - New Rochelle, NY. (group exhibit)
"Pot Shots at Hot Shots" March 8 - April 12, 2008
- l'art Noir New Orleans - New Orleans, LA. (group exhibit)
"Comic Show" March 24 - April 25, 2007
- Europa Gallery - Brooklyn, NY. (solo exhibit)
"Paper Cuts" July 30 - August 13, 2006
- Art Underground - Baltimore, MD. (featured artist)
“Number 2” April 7 - May 6, 2006
- Hygienic Art Gallery - New London, CT. (group exhibit)
“Art that Brings Meaning to your Life” December 31, 2005 - January 21, 2006
- La Viande - London, England (group exhibit)
"PAINTING IS THE MEDIUM OF YESTERDAY" September 23 - October 5, 2006
- Hope Gallery - New Haven, CT. (duo exhibit)
“Tater Tot Farmers” April 1–14, 2005
- CB’s 313 Gallery New York, NY. (group exhibition)
“Addressing the Shadow and making Friends with Wild Dogs: Remondernism”
August 2–29, 2005
- The Walker - Liverpool, England (group exhibition)
“The Stuckist Punk Victorian” September 18, 2004 - February 20, 2005
- Firehouse Gallery - Milford, CT. (group exhibit)
“Reference to the Masters” August 12 - September 19, 2004
- Limner Gallery - New York, NY. (group exhibit)
“Emerging Artists Exhibit” February 4–21, 2004
- Small Space Gallery & Space 63 - New Haven, CT. (group exhibit)
“3 Miserable Bastards!” January 7 - February 20, 2004
Part of the Arts Council of Greater New Haven
- ALL Gallery - New Haven, CT. (group exhibit)
“Cold” November 14 - December 21, 2003
- The Art Coalition - North Hollywood, CA. (group exhibit)
“Body Art” August 1–31, 2003
- Firehouse Gallery - Milford, CT. (group exhibit)
“Reference to the Masters” July 3–27, 2003
- Hygienic Art Gallery - New London, CT. (featured artist)
“Figure it Out” May 2 - June 1, 2003
- CB’s 313 Gallery - New York, NY. (group exhibit)
“Happily Deranged” April 1–26, 2003
- Stuckism International Center USA - New Haven, CT. (group exhibit)
“War on Bush” March 21 - April 25, 2003
- Stuckism International Center USA - New Haven, CT. (group exhibit)
“We Just Wanna Show Some F***in’ Paintings” September 9 - October 7, 2002
- The Art Coalition - North Hollywood, CA. (group exhibit)
“Passionate Portraits” August 1–31, 2002
- Stuckism International Centre - London, England. (group exhibit)
“The First Stuckist International” July 26 - October 6, 2002
- Margaret L. MacDonough Gallery - New Haven, CT. (solo exhibit)
“Playing with Matches” February 1–14, 2002
- John Slade Ely House - New Haven, CT. (group exhibit)
“Rx: Comic Relief” October 14 - December 16, 2001
- York Square Gallery - New Haven, CT. (solo exhibit)
“Taking Out the Trash” January 14 - February 15, 2001