| Artist | Joseph Bellofatto | Resides | United States |
| Website | storytellerartist.com | Medium | Oil Graphite Coloured pencil Ink |
| Print Shop | storytellerartist.com/collections | [email protected] | |
| Representing Gallery | 311 Gallery Raleigh, NC. USA ArtExposure Hampstead, NC. USA | Themes | Mythology Surrealism Imaginative Realism Romantic Fantasy Neoclassical |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook |
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
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| 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
