Artist Statement

Everybody experiences life in their own way, but through art we can seek to communicate the unspeakable. What I seek to share in my paintings is a view of the world transformed through line and colour. I am a visual storyteller and I use images as a visual vocabulary to tell both internal and external stories.

About

Carmela Casuccio was born in the United States, but has lived most of her life in Canada. Over the years, she has studied with many teachers, but is mainly a self-taught experimental abstract artist. Her influences range from the chiaroscuro techniques of Rembrandt and the late work of J.M.W. Turner to the American Abstract Expressionists. Carmela’s goal has always been to create works of art that are original and true to her inner vision. She has successfully created a body of work that shows a world of her own making.

Acrylic is her favoured medium and her paintings range from intricately designed smooth canvases to heavily textured and 3 dimensional sculptural paintings with layered watercolour paper on canvas or board. Carmela’s subject matter includes abstract cities explored intimately or from a distance. Her vibrant land and seascapes are unique visions of the world as experienced through her travels and imagination. Her non-objective works are mystery places to discover. Carmela’s paintings always cause the viewer to pause and reflect on the image, feeling it is familiar although it exists nowhere else. Collectors of her work often contact her years after their purchase to tell her of the joy they feel every time they look at her painting. It gives her much satisfaction to know that the joy she felt in creating her work is still being communicated.

Carmela has exhibited her work widely in Toronto galleries and juried art shows and also in selected galleries in the United States and Europe. Her paintings can be found in private and corporate collections internationally.

Carmela’s work is equally at home in both corporate and residential settings, from Board Rooms to bedrooms. She sells from her website, accepts commissions and is happy to work with designers and home stagers.

Contact Carmela at carmela@carmelacasuccio.com

Instagram: @carmelacasuccio_art

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Carmela Casuccio

SELECTED SHOWS AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS

 2025              ITALICIZED  Red Rose Gallery, Aurora         
                        Thornhill Red Door Gallery
                        6x6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA
                        VIEWPOINTS 2025  Boynton House Gallery
                        RHGA Juried Spring Show
 2024              IMPACT 2024 Neilson Park Creative Centre       
                        Espresso 21 Gallery and Café
                        RHGA Juried Spring Show
                        6x6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA
                        VIEWPOINTS 2024  MGA juried show  McKay Art Centre
                        Espresso 21 Gallery and Cafe
                        Small is Beautiful McKay Art Centre
2023               Art Shop Project, Guelph, ON                                                                        
                        Wychwood Barns Art Market
                        Espresso 21 Gallery and Cafe
                        “Spring into Colour” Heintzman House
                        6x6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA
                        Celebrate Spring – MGA
                         RHGA Juried Spring Show
                         VIEWPOINTS 2023  MGA juried show  McKay Art Centre
                         Small is Beautiful McKay Art Centre

2022                PERCEPTIONS – McKay Art Centre
                        VIEWPOINTS 2022 MGA juried show  McKay Art Centre
                        “Spring into Colour” Heintzman House
                        Project Sunflower - MGA
                        RHGA Juried Spring Show
                        6x6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA

2021                 Toronto Markham Marriott
                         MGA @ 40
                         VIEWPOINTS 2021 MGA juried show  McKay Art Centre
                         6x6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center, USA
                         WINDOWS OPEN 2021 MGA Juried Show                            
                         “Passion” Richmond Hill Group of Artists
                         “Artists’ Choice” Markham Group of Artists

2020                 RHGA Group Show-Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
                         “The Show That Never Was”
                         “Windows Open 2020”,
                         “Small is Beautiful” Markham Group of Artists

2019.                 “An Affair with the Arts”, Markham Arts Council Gala , Markham
                         Bayview Art Tour, Toronto
                         Heintzman House 14th Annual Art Show, Thornhill
                         Richmond Hill Cultural Summit, Richmond Hill

2018                  Anonymous Art Show, Art Square Gallery, Toronto
                         Winter Show, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto

2017                 “Seen from Within: Entering the City” (Solo),
                        “Canada 150”, Yellow House Gallery, Toronto

2016                 “Land & City”, “Summer-scapes”, Arta Gallery, Toronto
                        “Summer Residents Exhibition”, Arta Gallery, Toronto
                        “Urban Icons”, 2 person show Steam Whistle Gallery, Toronto
                        “Timeless Collision”, 2 person show Yellow House Gallery, Toronto
                        “Celebrating the Arts” Gilda’s Club Auction, Toronto

2015                “Spark of Hope” Art Auction, Aga Khan Museum
                        “Celebrating the Arts” Gilda’s Club Auction, Toronto      

2015—2014      iCandy Original Art Gallery, Toronto

2013                 Artiques Gallery, Hamilton, On.
                        p|m Gallery, Toronto

2012—2011      Crimson Feather Gallery, Alton Mill Art Centre

2011                 22 Kings Gallery, Cobourg, On.
2011—2006    Toronto Art Expo, Metro Convention Centre, Toronto

 2009              Mayor’s Art Showcase  Invitational Markham                                 
                       Art for All Canada Art Exhibition and Conference
                       Riverdale Art Walk Show, Hang Man Gallery

2007               District Lofts Gallery, Toronto (Solo)     
                       VIEWPOINTS II, Crescent School

2006.              Colour & Form Society 2 x 2, Carrier Art Gallery
                       Nuit Blanche, Toronto
                       Legacy of the Circle, McKay Art Centre, Markham
                      1570 Gallery, Rochester, N.Y.
2006-1999    Colour & Form Annual Juried Shows

2005              “Wide Paths”, Belgrade, Serbia
                      University of Toronto Faculty Club (Solo)

2004-1990     Toronto Watercolour Society Shows