Mr. Aievoli has been exhibiting his paintings and assemblages in regional
galleries since 1978. A graphic designer since 1976. In 1988 Mr. Aievoli
started working in academia and now serves as the Director of the Interactive
Multimedia Arts graduate program at Long Island University, C. W. Post
campus, Brookville, NY. Mr. Aievoli also continues relationships with
a number of the areas new media development agencies.
Aievoli's fine art work is rooted in the traditions of the early Abstract
Expressionists as well as the Neo Expressionist movement. Mr. Aievoli
studied with Jack Bice, Richard Gubernick and John Fitzgerald (a student
of Malcolm Morley).
"By
and large, it is the paintings that give the exhibition its vitality....moreover,
it furnishes definite insight into talent... for it takes knowledge
and ability to successfully substitute fracture for coherence...Patrick
J. Aievoli's "Rider:56"...are(is) fine quality work(s) in this spirit",
- Braff, pg 24, N. Y. Times, L. I. section, Sunday, May 20, 1984
Since
starting his career Mr. Aievoli has developed his style towards the
concepts of Robert Henri's Art Spirit; "Art is the signposts on the
road of life...". Always fascinated with the magnitude of popular culture
and its effects on society Mr. Aievoli finds interest in the iconoclastic
mentality of current trend and the vapid avoidance of their own genesis.
"Each
time we think that we start anew we seem to want to leave behind where
we came from as opposed to using that for reference and reflection ...
an incredible waste of energy and time" states Aievoli.
Mr. Aievoli states as his current influences Bacon, Basquiat, Beuys,
Cornell, Diebenkorn, Fischl, Sherman, and others. Aievoli's recent work
is centered around the combination of digital art and traditional mediums.
New work can be seen this May 15th in a group show at 18 Orchard Street,
NYC, NY.
Exhibition
list
One
Man Shows
SUNY
Farmingdale Memorial Gallery
1984 Tuckahoe Galleries - 1986
SUNY Farmingdale Memorial Gallery 1989
Group Shows
BSU Gallery 1978 Five Towns Music and Art Foundation 1984
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island 1984
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art 1984
Bennekill Square Gallery 1988
SUNY Farmingdale Faculty Show 1991
LIU / C. W. Post Faculty Show 1998
LIU / C. W. Post Faculty Show 1999
LIU / Brooklyn Faculty Show 1999
LIU / C. W. Post Faculty Show 2000