ArtistJoseph BellofattoResidesUnited States
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Graphite
Coloured pencil
Ink
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Representing
Gallery
311 Gallery
Raleigh, NC. USA

ArtExposure
Hampstead, NC. USA
ThemesMythology
Surrealism
Imaginative Realism
Romantic Fantasy
Neoclassical
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About the artist

Joseph Bellofatto is a full-time artist currently residing in the suburbs of Raleigh, NC, USA. He originally started his art career as an illustrator in the sci-fi/fantasy genre and then moved to creating fine art from his own ideas. His primary artistic interest lies in figurative work and portraits in the classical tradition that expresses a narrative, an aesthetic, or hopefully both. His mediums of choice are: oils, graphite, coloured pencils and ink. 

The artist’s work has been exhibited in galleries across the US, but primarily throughout the east coast of the US. He also travels along the eastern part of the nation to attend various conventions and art fairs where he exhibits and sells his work.

Joseph Bellofatto has won numerous awards in gallery shows across the US, has been twice nominated for a Chesley Award from the Association of Science-Fiction and Fantasy Artist Association (ASFA) and has had his work appear in several editions of the annual published by owners of Infected by Art and its corresponding website. The artist’s work has also been a finalist several times in the annual salon competition catalogue published by the Art Renewal Center (ARC) and in 2023 became an ARC Associate Artist. He is also a member of The International Guild of Realism.

Artwork Themes & Subject Matter

Joseph Bellofatto’s artistic objective is to create work that primarily conveys the traditional virtues (beauty, chivalry, heroism, sacrifice, etc.). The genres he believes to best achieve this are mythology, surrealism, imaginative realism and romantic fantasy. His subject matter focuses on the human form and portraits.

Upcoming Exhibition

WhenExhibitionGallery
August
2024
Group exhibition: ‘Lazy Days’Cary, NC. USA
September
2024
Group exhibition: ‘DragonCon’Atlanta, GA. USA
September
2024
Group exhibition: ‘Alexandria Art Festival’Alexandria, VA. USA
October
2024
Group exhibition: ‘Mid-Atlantic New Painting Biennial’UMW Galleries
Fredericksburg, VA. USA

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Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 

International Guild of Realism Annual Juried Exhibition – T. H. Brennen Fine Art Gallery – Scottsdale, AZ. United States (winner, Artist Choice Award)

2023

Ellington-White Contemporary Gallery & the Rosenthal Gallery National Drawing Competition – Fayetteville, NC. United States

2022

35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, Lake Charles, LA. United States

2021

3 Man show, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC. United States

Fantasy, Fe Gallery, Sacramento, CA. United States

Quest for the Modern Figure, 33 Contemporary, Chicago, IL. United States

2020

Spiritual Art Grant Opportunity Marianne Oberg Foundation for Spiritual Art, Charlotte, NC. United States (semi-finalist)

Annual National Competition, Hill Center Galleries, Washington, DC. United States

Eccentric: A National Exhibition of Surreal Artworks and Unconventional Materials  d’Art, Center Norfolk, NC. United States

2019

IGOR Winter Salon Online Exhibition
IGOR Annual Juried Competition   Principle Gallery  Alexandria, VA

 Maryland Federation of Art Winter Members Show

 “Mythic” An Imaginative Realism and Pop Surrealism Theme –  Fe Gallery Sacramento, CA 

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