DOMINICK COCOZZA
b. 2001, Mazatenango, Guatemala; lives and works in Arlington, VA, and Providence, RI
EDUCATION
2020 - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BFA Painting Candidate (expected June 2024)
2018 Summer Residential Governor’s School for Visual and Performing Arts, Radford, VA
Visual Arts Concentration
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - Midnight In The Garden: Cherokee Town & Country Club, Atlanta, GA
2023 - 16th International ARC Salon: Art Renewal Center Museum, NJ
2022 - Residual Hauntings: RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 - Of Solid Bodies: RISD Museum Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 - PAC College Scholarship Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2021 - 27th Annual Friends of the Yellow Barn Studio Members Exhibition: Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2021 - Inside Outside, Upside Down: The Phillips Collection Museum, Washington, D.C.
2021 - 15th International ARC Salon: Art Renewal Center Museum, NJ
2021 - Small Works Show IV (virtual): Yellow Barn Studio and Gallery, Glen Echo, MD
2019 - Vernacular: Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
2018 - The Congressional Art Competition: U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
(artwork selected to represent Virginia’s 8th congressional district)
2018 - Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s School Visual Arts Program Exhibition, Radford University, Radford, VA
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2023 - SOMOS Latinx Literary Magazine at Brown University, work included in Spring 2023 Issue
2022 - The Brown Daily Herald "Providence Art Club displays work from Rhode Island College Students" published online February 2022
2021 - The Phillips Collection Museum “Meet Inside Outside, Upside Down Artist Dominick Cocozza” published online September 2021
2020 - Arlington Magazine Extraordinary Teen Awards 2020 Page 49, July/August Issue
2020 - Filmed Interview "American Teen's Immigration Art Showcased at US Capitol," Voice of America (VOA), May 2020
2019 - National Arts Education Association (NAEA) Magazine Cover, Vol. 61, No.3, June/July Issue
2019 - CNN Article "Painting of 2 migrant children holding Bring Our Mom Back sign to hang in Capitol” published online
2019 - BBC News Article “Painting of migrant children will hang in US Capitol” published online
2019 - The Hill Article “ Virginia teen’s painting of migrant children to hang in US Capitol” published online
2019 - Prensa Libre Article “Obra de joven guatemalteco que relata tragedia migrante se exhibirá en el Capitolio” published online
VISITING ARTIST TALKS
2023 - Exploring Your Identity as an Artist with: Dominick Cocozza, Jordan McCracken-Foster, and Prof Clara Lieu (virtual live stream), Art Prof, January 2023
2019 - NGA Artist Talk on Thomas Cole's The Voyage of Life series, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, December 2019
AWARDS
2023 - Naomi Rabb Winston Scholarship sponsored by The National Society of Arts and Letters, Highly Commended Award
2023 - 16th International Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon: Finalist Da Vinci Initiative Category
2021 - 15th International Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon: Semi-Finalist Da Vinci Initiative Category
2020 - Naomi Rabb Winston Scholarship sponsored by The National Society of Arts and Letters, Honorary Mention
(attended two-hour master class hosted by nationally recognized artist/printmaker Joseph Craig English)
2020 - Scholastics Art & Writing Awards: Gold Key (1st Place) Painting x 2, Drawing & Illustration, Editorial Cartoon Sponsored by The Herblock Foundation, and Art Portfolio
2020 - Celebrating Art Competiton, High Merit
2019 - United States Congressional Art Competiton, 2019 Winner (VA’s 8th District)
(the winning painting was on exhibit in the U.S. Capitol building for a year)
2019 - Arlington County Fair Competetive Exhibits: Grand Champion (Fine Arts) and 1st place x 5 (mixed media, acrylic, oil, watercolor, and drawing)
2019 - Scholastics Art & Writing Awards: Gold Key (1st Place) Painting x 2 and Mixed Media
2018 - National PTA Reflections Awards, 1st place Yorktown High School (visual arts)
2018 - Scholastics Art & Writing Awards: Gold Key (1st Place) Painting x 2
*More Awards available upon request