Work samples

  • Globes
    Globes
    Globes, 8x10', acrylic on canvas, 2015
  • Peaceable
    Peaceable
    Peaceable, 7x5', acrylic on canvas, 2015
  • Quiet Mind
    Quiet Mind
    Quiet Mind, 48x36", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • R Ribbon Cutting
    R Ribbon Cutting
    Remington R, ribbon cutting ceremony, Photo Credit Nicole Munchel

About Dominic

Dominic Terlizzi is a Baltimore area native and currently lives, teaches, and works in Baltimore. He received an MFA from Hoffberger School of Painting MICA 2008 and a BFA from The Cooper Union NYC 2003. His work has been exhibited in Baltimore, NYC, London, Washington, Delaware, and Mars. He is faculty at MICA, Towson University, and PI Art NYC. He has taught and lectured in Cebu City Philippines, Seoul South Korea, Jeju Island South Korea, Shanghai China, and Beijing China. He received the… more

Paintings 'White' 2016

My art is about a found common object alphabet,
            transforming minutia into grandeur, 
            cosmic mosaic architecture,
            hybrid image weaving.
My art is about authorship, authenticity, labor, and origin.
My art is about ornaments,
            algorithmic systems,
            spectrums and textures,
            retinal ground psychedelia.
My art is about nothing, nothingness, absence, place-holding, base.
My art is about a balance between lightness and darkness in gray zero.
My art is about increments of exchange,
            symbols of bread in primary colors,
            the origin of recipe, repetition, memory,
            domestication, refinement, and germination.
My art is about the manufactured, consumed, nameless, and discarded.
My art is about canons, precedents, predecessors, self, and scene.
My art is about non-digital residues.
My art is about the accumulation of craft,
            class schema and academic structure,
            the synthetic colliding against our histories.
My art is about a hierarchy of beliefs in moments present.
My art is about living,
            self-preservation, 
            a surface satisfaction.
My art is about acting without formal allegiance,
            knowing a part,
            usurping the view,
            stealing awesomeness,
            obfuscating a precise ending.
 
  • Tub Walk
    Tub Walk
    Tub Walk, 10x8", acrylic on linen, 2016
  • Stiff Arm
    Stiff Arm
    Stiff Arm, 10x8", acrylic on linen, 2016
  • Snake Sleep
    Snake Sleep
    Snake Sleep, 10x8", acrylic on linen, 2016
  • Two Oysters
    Two Oysters
    Two Oysters, 10x8", acrylic on linen, 2016
  • God's Eyes
    God's Eyes
    God's Eyes, 20x16", acrylic on linen, 2016
  • Finish Line
    Finish Line
    Finish Line, 20x16", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Juke and Run
    Juke and Run
    Juke and Run, 20x16", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Shoosh
    Shoosh
    Shoosh, 10x8", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Girl in Woods
    Girl in Woods
    Girl in Woods, 10x8", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Winners and Losers
    Winners and Losers
    Winners and Losers, 7x5", acrylic on canvas, 2016

Painting 2012-2016

My art is about a found common object alphabet,
            transforming minutia into grandeur, 
            cosmic mosaic architecture,
            hybrid image weaving.
My art is about authorship, authenticity, labor, and origin.
My art is about ornaments,
            algorithmic systems,
            spectrums and textures,
            retinal ground psychedelia.
My art is about nothing, nothingness, absence, place-holding, base.
My art is about a balance between lightness and darkness in gray zero.
My art is about increments of exchange,
            symbols of bread in primary colors,
            the origin of recipe, repetition, memory,
            domestication, refinement, and germination.
My art is about the manufactured, consumed, nameless, and discarded.
My art is about canons, precedents, predecessors, self, and scene.
My art is about non-digital residues.
My art is about the accumulation of craft,
            class schema and academic structure,
            the synthetic colliding against our histories.
My art is about a hierarchy of beliefs in moments present.
My art is about living,
            self-preservation, 
            a surface satisfaction.
My art is about acting without formal allegiance,
            knowing a part,
            usurping the view,
            stealing awesomeness,
            obfuscating a precise ending.
  • Globes
    Globes
    Globes, 8x10', acrylic on canvas, 2015
  • Peaceable
    Peaceable
    Peaceable, 7x5', acrylic on canvas, 2015
  • Quiet Mind
    Quiet Mind
    Quiet Mind, 48x36", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Apples and Oranges
    Apples and Oranges
    Apples and Oranges, 40x30", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Teacher
    Teacher
    Teacher, 30x24", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Knoxville Flower
    Knoxville Flower
    Knoxville Flower, 20x16", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Envelope
    Envelope
    Envelope, 20x16", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Kledon
    Kledon
    Kledon, 10x8", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Armless
    Armless
    Armless, 10x8", acrylic on canvas, 2016
  • Bird Watcher
    Bird Watcher
    Bird Watcher, 10x8", acrylic on canvas, 2016

REMINGTON R

Remington R, 30x15x8', Aluminium, 2015, was made possible by the Baltimore Office for Promotion and the Arts ‘Transformative Art’ Grant Award. The project included partnering with Seawall Development, GRIA(Greater Remington Improvement Association).  The sculpture is made of welded aluminum fabricated with help from New Arts Foundry. 
  • R Ribbon Cutting
    R Ribbon Cutting
    Remington R, ribbon cutting ceremony, Photo Credit Nicole Munchel
  • R hoopers mill
    R hoopers mill
    Remington R, assembling sections
  • R Assembly
    R Assembly
    Remington R, assembling sections
  • R Assembly
    R Assembly
    Remington R, assembling sections
  • R Assembly
    R Assembly
    Remington R, assembling sections
  • R Installation/Crane
    R Installation/Crane
    Remington R, Installation
  • R Remington Row up close
    R Remington Row up close
    Remington R, rendering for Remington Row site
  • R Remington Row South Sky
    R Remington Row South Sky
    Remington R, aerial rendering for Remington Row site
  • R Remington Row Above
    R Remington Row Above
    Remington R, aerial north rendering for Remington Row site

Paintings 2012-2016

My art is about a found common object alphabet,
            transforming minutia into grandeur, 
            cosmic mosaic architecture,
            hybrid image weaving.
My art is about authorship, authenticity, labor, and origin.
My art is about ornaments,
            algorithmic systems,
            spectrums and textures,
            retinal ground psychedelia.
My art is about nothing, nothingness, absence, place-holding, base.
My art is about a balance between lightness and darkness in gray zero.
My art is about increments of exchange,
            symbols of bread in primary colors,
            the origin of recipe, repetition, memory,
            domestication, refinement, and germination.
My art is about the manufactured, consumed, nameless, and discarded.
My art is about canons, precedents, predecessors, self, and scene.
My art is about non-digital residues.
My art is about the accumulation of craft,
            class schema and academic structure,
            the synthetic colliding against our histories.
My art is about a hierarchy of beliefs in moments present.
My art is about living,
            self-preservation, 
            a surface satisfaction.
My art is about acting without formal allegiance,
            knowing a part,
            usurping the view,
            stealing awesomeness,
            obfuscating a precise ending.
 
  • Setting
    Setting
    Setting, 28x24, acrylic on canvas, 2014
  • Bowl of Fruit
    Bowl of Fruit
    Bowl of Fruit
  • Four Eyes
    Four Eyes
    cast acrylic on canvas, 48x36", 2014
  • White Cat
    White Cat
    cast acrylic on canvas, 24x26", 2014
  • Static Attic
    Static Attic
    cast acrylic on canvas, 20x16", 2014
  • French Concession
    French Concession
    cast acrylic on canvas, 14x11", 2014
  • Naive Brown Grass
    Naive Brown Grass
    cast acrylic on canvas, 21x18", 2014
  • Boat
    Boat
    cast acrylic on canvas, 10x8",2014
  • Logos
    Logos
    cast acrylic on canvas, 10x8", 2014
  • Snafu Balloons
    Snafu Balloons

Paintings 2012-16

My art is about a found common object alphabet,
            transforming minutia into grandeur, 
            cosmic mosaic architecture,
            hybrid image weaving.
My art is about authorship, authenticity, labor, and origin.
My art is about ornaments,
            algorithmic systems,
            spectrums and textures,
            retinal ground psychedelia.
My art is about nothing, nothingness, absence, place-holding, base.
My art is about a balance between lightness and darkness in gray zero.
My art is about increments of exchange,
            symbols of bread in primary colors,
            the origin of recipe, repetition, memory,
            domestication, refinement, and germination.
My art is about the manufactured, consumed, nameless, and discarded.
My art is about canons, precedents, predecessors, self, and scene.
My art is about non-digital residues.
My art is about the accumulation of craft,
            class schema and academic structure,
            the synthetic colliding against our histories.
My art is about a hierarchy of beliefs in moments present.
My art is about living,
            self-preservation, 
            a surface satisfaction.
My art is about acting without formal allegiance,
            knowing a part,
            usurping the view,
            stealing awesomeness,
            obfuscating a precise ending.
 
  • EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES
    EMPERORS NEW CLOTHES
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 36x48”
  • MEETING IN THE MUD
    MEETING IN THE MUD
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 18x24”
  • FOLK RIOT
    FOLK RIOT
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 16x20”
  • SONG SAILOR
    SONG SAILOR
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 36x48”
  • FOND FAREWELL
    FOND FAREWELL
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 36x42”
  • SLANT IS FREE
    SLANT IS FREE
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 8x10”
  • WHO ARE YOU?, WHO DO YOU BELONG TO?
    WHO ARE YOU?, WHO DO YOU BELONG TO?
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 11x14”
  • JUST THE TWO OF US
    JUST THE TWO OF US
    2012, acrylic on canvas, 18x24”
  • PHASE MOON
    PHASE MOON
    2012, acrylic on canvas, 30x40”

Paintings 2012-16

My art is about a found common object alphabet,
            transforming minutia into grandeur, 
            cosmic mosaic architecture,
            hybrid image weaving.
My art is about authorship, authenticity, labor, and origin.
My art is about ornaments,
            algorithmic systems,
            spectrums and textures,
            retinal ground psychedelia.
My art is about nothing, nothingness, absence, place-holding, base.
My art is about a balance between lightness and darkness in gray zero.
My art is about increments of exchange,
            symbols of bread in primary colors,
            the origin of recipe, repetition, memory,
            domestication, refinement, and germination.
My art is about the manufactured, consumed, nameless, and discarded.
My art is about canons, precedents, predecessors, self, and scene.
My art is about non-digital residues.
My art is about the accumulation of craft,
            class schema and academic structure,
            the synthetic colliding against our histories.
My art is about a hierarchy of beliefs in moments present.
My art is about living,
            self-preservation, 
            a surface satisfaction.
My art is about acting without formal allegiance,
            knowing a part,
            usurping the view,
            stealing awesomeness,
            obfuscating a precise ending.
 
  • THIRD THINGS
    THIRD THINGS
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 20x24”
  • POST CHARM
    POST CHARM
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 12x16”
  • THRASHER TROVE
    THRASHER TROVE
    2012, acrylic on canvas, 12x16”
  • REPOSIT
    REPOSIT
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 11x14”
  • JESUS CIRCA 1999
    JESUS CIRCA 1999
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 36x42”
  • OSAMABAMA
    OSAMABAMA
    2012, acrylic on canvas, 11x14”
  • ICH BELIEBE DICH
    ICH BELIEBE DICH
    2013, acrylic on canvas, 11x14”
  • PRIMARY
    PRIMARY
    2012, acrylic on canvas, 18x24”

Bronze 2009-2012

  • Bank Line Greeting Man
    Bank Line Greeting Man
  • Are U Sad U Are Sad
    Are U Sad U Are Sad
    Are U Sad U Are Sad, 15x10x27”, Bronze 2009
  • Time Wounds All Heals
    Time Wounds All Heals
    Time Wounds All Heals, 14x5x18”, Bronze, 2009
  • Scary Cat
    Scary Cat
    Scary Cat, 8x3x8”, Bronze, 2009
  • Rearing Majesty
    Rearing Majesty
    Rearing Majesty, 12x14x18, Bronze, 2009
  • When We Arrived
    When We Arrived
    When We Arrived, 40x48x3, Bronze, 2010
  • Our Water Fall
    Our Water Fall
    Our Waterfall, 48x70x3", bronze, 2011

Beer and Bread Friendship machines

Beer and Bread friendship machines, is series of viewing boxes which hold intimate narrative stories inside. These boxes are made from mixed media and house bread figures covered in varnish. Each box addresses a complex moral space that is navigated through humor and grotesque exaggeration.
  • Panopticon
    Panopticon
    Panoptican, 8‘x12’x8’, Mixed Media, 2008
  • Panoose
    Panoose
    Panoose, 42x60x8”, Mixed Media, 2008
  • Iraqi Lovers
    Iraqi Lovers
    Iraqi Lovers, 10x18x26”, Mixed Media, 2008
  • Two Months Salary
    Two Months Salary
    Two Months Salary, 10x26x48”, Mixed Media, 2008
  • Orgy House
    Orgy House
    Orgy House, 24x26x30”, Mixed Media, 2008

Neo Futurist Grunge Video Game

My art is about a found common object alphabet,
            transforming minutia into grandeur, 
            cosmic mosaic architecture,
            hybrid image weaving.
My art is about authorship, authenticity, labor, and origin.
My art is about ornaments,
            algorithmic systems,
            spectrums and textures,
            retinal ground psychedelia.
My art is about nothing, nothingness, absence, place-holding, base.
My art is about a balance between lightness and darkness in gray zero.
My art is about increments of exchange,
            symbols of bread in primary colors,
            the origin of recipe, repetition, memory,
            domestication, refinement, and germination.
My art is about the manufactured, consumed, nameless, and discarded.
My art is about canons, precedents, predecessors, self, and scene.
My art is about non-digital residues.
My art is about the accumulation of craft,
            class schema and academic structure,
            the synthetic colliding against our histories.
My art is about a hierarchy of beliefs in moments present.
My art is about living,
            self-preservation, 
            a surface satisfaction.
My art is about acting without formal allegiance,
            knowing a part,
            usurping the view,
            stealing awesomeness,
            obfuscating a precise ending.
 
  • Scull
    Scull
    Scull, 42x50", oil on canvas, 2007
  • Big Bang
    Big Bang
    Big Bang, Oil on Canvas, 68x48”, 2007
  • Beginning
    Beginning
    Beginning, Oil on Canvas, 50x60”, 2007
  • Male Pattern
    Male Pattern
    Male Pattern, OIl on Canvas, 48x46”, 2007

Bread Kingdom

Bread Kingdom is a project in which I began investigating the structural and sculptural properties inherent in existing bread products. This led me to realize my own family recipe and begin sculpting figures. I used my garden of bread sculptures to paint totemic monumental portraits of each form.
  • Bread Kingdom
    Bread Kingdom
    Bread Kingdom, Mixed Media: Breads, Crackers, Pretzels, Glues, Wood, 48x28x33”, 2006
  • Pyramid
    Pyramid
    Pyramid, Oil on Canvas, 18x30”, 2007
  • Stack
    Stack
    Stack, Oil on Canvas, 18x26”, 2007
  • Bread Kingdom
    Bread Kingdom
    Bread Kingdom, Mixed Media: Breads, Crackers, Pretzels, Glues, Wood, 48x28x33”, 2006
  • Bread Cave
    Bread Cave
    Bread Cave, Oil on Canvas, 42x50”, 2007
  • Balcony
    Balcony
    Balcony, Oil on Canvas, 18x30”, 2007
  • Pretzel Stack
    Pretzel Stack
    Pretzel Stack, Oil on Canvas, 8x10”, 2007