Irene Gennaro

In my work, I am engaged in a process of evolving self discovery.  While related to many of the universal ancient myths, my work includes aspects of memory, loss, healing and continuity.

In the series¹ Ex Votives, Spirit Messengers, Goddesses and Guardians, religious ritual and historical connections play significant roles.

Dream Catch captured images gathered over 20 years.  It is an exploration of personal iconography encompassing areas already mentioned as well as some yet to be identified.

Gennaro is the recipient of 2006 Paid Fellowship from The National Academy Museum's Mural Workshop Program, NYC.  She has received The Bronze Casting Award from Polich Art Works in Rock Tavern, NY and eight awards from N.A.W.A. for carving and sculpture. She took part in La Féte Internationale de La Sculpture de Saint-Jean-Port-Joly, Quebec, Canada, Exhibition & Symposium.

Gennaro's work is included in several group exhibitions yearly.  In 2003, the 8th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition, organized by the University of Hawaii selected her work to be among the core group of sculptures chosen to travel for two years to 14 museums and universities in Asia and the US.

In 2004, she was one of six artists taking part in a unique exhibition curated by William Wilson at San Joaquin Delta College in California.  

The show, "Life & Death," was designed to explore the documentation of death in western society.  During the fall of 2004, Gennaro exhibited 19 sculptures in a two artist exhibition at The Trenton City Museum. The Museum has accepted a sculpture for its permanent collection.  Gennaro's work has been selected for inclusion in; Washburn University's 10th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Topeka, KS, 2005-2006 and "Archival To Contemporary Six Decades of The Sculptors Guild," Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY, 2006.  

The Hillwood Museum has accepted a sculpture for its permanent collection.  

In October 2005, Gennaro exhibited "Dream Catch," a series of forty new works at 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC.  In 2007, Gennaro will be exhibiting "Impermanence", a new series of sculptures at 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC.

 

 

Meeting

Garden of Augurs

Sanctuary 3

Dream Catch II

Cairo