RESTORING THOUGHTS Collage. Digital prints on rice paper and canvas. 48x75 inches. 2014 (Made in China, during residency at Red Gate, Beijing)

RESTORING THOUGHS

Restoring Thoughts is basically about the fragility of the object and its intrinsic value,

which has more to do with the idea of its conception, and less with their concrete

existence.

I am trying to reconstruct the idea of fragility through the visual memory of the object.

The images of these works are pretending to be parts of traditional Chinese porcelain, to which I have exaggerated its fragility representing them in paper and fusing with the technique of

¨Mariquitas¨ (Ladybugs), cutout paper dolls, very popular in the 70s in my country.

PALABRAS INVISIBLES (Invisible Words) Installation, Braille words, transparent vinyl words, aluminum and plexiglass. 2013

INVISIBLE

This exhibition offers a subtle questioning about the criterion of visuality conferred on much of the artistic production and at the same time presents a non visual appreciation, supplementing the conceptual structure of the proposal thus expanding the range of perception of art, making it accessible to visually impaired people who use touch to receive written information and recognize the diversity of tangible materials. Like these works involve more to sighted people, allowing them to perceive a somewhat less direct, the conceptual burden of the piece.

The centerpiece of the proposal constituent pieces based on words and phrases with abstract and universal meaning.

SUNGARDEN Ceramics mural at Naugatuck Valley Community College, Connecticut. 36 x 180 inches 2013

SUNGARDEN

The theme of this mural covers the four elements of nature, I try to communicate the life cycle through symbols that relate to the daily lives of humans. This garden is a place of light, a place of openness to the outside world, a space that invites to be filled with the sharing of ideas and emotions.The central image of the mural is a line of land in shape of branches, showing multiple births of the sun as trees or flowers, connecting  with a kind of forest inhabited by numerous symbols, among which we can identify intellectual, affective and ecological meanings.

Pascal, Lead and Fuel (detail), 2011. Photography and collage.

Pascal Meccariello, Circo Visceral 2-Payasos, Clarividentes y Condenados,(detail), digital photos and collage on canvas, 2010, 52 x 64 inch

Pascal Meccariello, Circo Visceral 1, Magos, Verdugos y Fenómenos (detail), digital photos and collage on canvas, 2010, 52 x 64 inch

Pascal, In Shape of Heart-Blind, Deaf and Dumb, Mute digital photogrphy, 2008, 90 x 40 inches

Pascal Meccariello, Urns for Little Superheros, 2009, installation, variable dimensions

Pascal, Acuario Voraz, de la serie Mundos Paralelos, 2009, acrilic, ink and collage, 50 x 117 inches

PASCAL MECCARIELLO CV

Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1968.

Studies in in the field of ceramics, engraving, integration of arts and

Performance, drama, dance, and puppets theatre.

He has worked as a professional actor in numerous plays in his country, has realized stages for

diverse theatre productions.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Boomerang, Mamey Galeria, Santo Domingo.

2015 Cariberismo, Moble Contemporáneo, Santo Domingo.

2013 Invisible, Centro Cultural de España in Santo Domingo, D. R.

Parenthesis, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, Connecticut.

2011 Macromeme-Acuarios Urbanos, District & Co. The Gallery, Santo Domingo, D. R.

2009 Transflujo, District & Co. The Gallery, Santo Domingo.

2004 Recent Works (Obras Recientes) Galería Elespacio, Santo Domingo, D. R.

2002 Ciclo Vital, drawings & installations, Galería Elespacio, Santo. Domingo, D.R.

Imagen Residual (multimedia) Lima Biennial,Peru.

2001 Imagen Residual (multimedia) Casa de Francia, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

1999 Rituales de Salvacion (Rituals of Salvation) Centro Cultural de España, D. R.

1997 Vulnerario, Casa de Francia, Dom. Rep.

El Corazon, Museo Arqueologico Regional de Altos de Chavon, La Romana, D. R.

1995 Ambito Sensorial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dom. Rep.

Cambio de Piel (Change of Skin)European Ceramics Work Centre, S´Hertogenbosch,Netherland.

1994 Corazas, Centro de Arte Nouveau, Dom. Rep.

1993 Entre el Fuego y la Tierra (Between Earth and Fire) Centro de Arte Nouveau, D. R.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2020 Con Vista al Mar-Dominican Contemporary Art, Santo Domingo

2018 Opera Aperta, French Embassy Santo Domingo, D. R.

Bordering the Imaginary: Art from Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and their Diasporas, BRIC Arts, Brooklyn, NY.

2017 Otra dimensión, Sculptures, Museo Fernando Peña Defillo, Santo Domingo, D.R.

2016 Mas Alla del Autorretrato (Beyond Self-Portrait), Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo.

2015 Bienal Internacional de Asunción, Paraguay.

2014 Inventario Quintapata, Capilla de los Remedios, Santo Domingo.

Operacion Espejos (Operation Mirrors) performance with artists group Quintapata, D.R.

2013 ADN, artists group Quintapata, 55 Venice Biennial, Italy.

2012 ADN, artist group Quintapata, 11 Havanna Biennial, Cuba.

Primary Colors, performance, Independence Do, Puerto Plata, D.R.

2011 Move the Boulder, Centro Cultural de España, Mexico, Mexico City.

2010 Mover la Roca (Move the Boulder) CCE Miami-At The Moore Space, Miami, Flo.

Agua (Water) Museo Municipal, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

XXlll Concurso de Arte E.León Jimenes, Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Rep.

Mover la Roca (Move the Boulder) CCE Buenos Aires-Centro Cultural Recoleta, Argentina.

2009 Mover la Roca, Spanish Cultural Center, Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. and Lima, Peru.

2008 Arteamericas, Miami, U.S.A.

2007 New Media Festival, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, U.S.A.

Arteamericas, Miami,U.S.A.

El Juego de la Diferencia, Caguas Museum, Puerto Rico.

2006 E. Leon Jimenes Art Competition, Santiago, D.R.

Conexos, Alinka Gallery openning, Santo Domingo, D.R.

2005 Happy, performance at Chocopop Sonoro, Puerto Plata-Santiago, D.R.

Blanco y Negro, Varelli Gallery, La Romana, Dominican Rep.

Cuerpo Impropio, Museo de Arte Moderno, Dom. Rep.

¡Dominicanazo!,Samson Projects,Boston, U.S.A.

2004 Obras Inéditas, Galería Lyle O. Reitzel Arte Contemporáneo, D.R.

II Bienal Interamericana de Videoarte, Centro Cultural del BID, Washington, U.S.A.

NOW! Colectiva, Varelli Galería, La Romana, D.R.

Island Nations,RISD Museum,Rodhe Island, U.S.A.

Chocopop 04 Segundo Encuentro Internacional de Performances, Pto. Plata, Dom.Rep.

Eros Criollo, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

2003 V Bienal del Caribe, Santo Domingo, D.R.

Chocopop 03 Primer Encuentro Internacional de Performances, Pto. Plata, Dom. Rep.

2002 Bienal Iberoamericana de Lima, Perú.

Concurso de Arte Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dom. Rep.

2002 Lima Biennial, Peru.

2001 Dominican Contemporary Photography, S.Domingo, Dom. Rep.

Big River 2,Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Trinidad.

2000 Eventa 5,Uppsala International Biennial, Sweden.

1999 Act/Language Power and Display,Florida A&M University,United States.

1998 Caribe: exclusion, fragmentacion y paraiso, MEIAC, Badajoz, Spain.

The Circle Comes Round/Recent Art from the Dominican Rep.IRADAC, City College N.Y.

Cumana International Biennial, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Cumana, Venezuela.

Art of the World,Beaux Arts Magazine, Passage de Retz, Paris, France.

San Juan Biennial,Puerto Rico.

1997 Inside, Kassel, Germany.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2012 Fulbright Scholar in Residence, Naugatuck Valley Community College, CT, U.S.A.

2009 Grand Prize, XV National Biennial,Dom.Rep.

2004 Video Prize,E.León Jimenes art competition,Santiago,Dom.Rep.

2002 Grand Prize,E.Leon Jimenes Biennial Competition,Santiago,Dominican Rep.

1997 First Prize, V Salon Nacional de Dibujo de Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.

1996 Prize installation XX National Biennial,Dom.Rep.

1994 UNESCO-Aschberg bursary for artists.

RESIDENCIES

2014 Davidoff Art Residency, Red Gate, Beijing, China.

2001 Big River 2 Work shop, Caribbean Contemporary Arts CCA7, Trinidad.

1996 Artist in Residence, Woodstock School of Art, New York, U.S.A.

1995 European Ceramics Work Centre, EKWC, Netherlands.